Pérola 17

Hello people,
This week was good!  We ended up working really hard at the beginning of the week and found lots of new people that wanted to go to church, and we were able to bring lots of them to sacrament meeting.  We were a bit scared that because this week was the youth camping trip during the time of carnaval and all of the church youth were gone, that all of the youth we were going to bring to visit the church wouldn't find it too inviting.  However, all of them loved it still and felt the spirit. One of the ladies we brought to visit the church is a girl that I think I mentioned before that had a dream about us going to teach her and she agreed on a day to get baptized, the 16th of March, with her sister; so that should be super awesome. 
Yes it is still raining, but near the end of the week it started to clear up again so that was good. 
Also as a funny note one of our plans as a zone for this next month is called Avatar State and as missionaries we need to control the four elements.  We need to be adaptable in all situations like Water; we need to be firm and strong in our testimony and purpose like Earth; we need to keep our internal flame burning just like Fire; and we need to be spiritual aware and calm just like an Air bender.  It's a pretty awesome idea and it's going to help me be excited to work, and I am pretty sure for everyone else too, so it goes into my journal as the best zone plan I have had* in the mission. Love you guys!
Elder Holcomb

[*Best zone plan he's been given. Believe it or not, he didn't make it up.  I assumed it was all his idea, but he says he can't take any credit, other missionaries came up with it.  A zone plan is basically the plan or goals they have for the month together as a zone. A zone is the group of missionaries in a city or multiple cities.  So smallest to largest:  "area" which is 1 companionship (companionship meaning 1-3 missionaries), then "district" which is 4 or 5 companionships, then "zone" which is 2 or 3 districts, then "mission" which is give or take 5 zones.]