Elder Samuel Holdstock

  Hola hola todos!! I hope everyone is doing so well today! I finally have both a phone and some time to write an email today.  I have been here in Bolivia for just over 2 weeks now and I love it! It's so green and pretty and the people are so nice. There are also two types of Bolivian -- the ones that love Americans and are always trying to practice their English with us, and the others that think they don't need Americans so we get told at least twice a week while walking in the streets that we need to go home. But I love it! Bolivia has not have American missionaries for a minute and the first American came to Bolivia only like 6 months ago and since then more have slowly been coming. When I arrived, I came with 22 other Gringos and we almost tripled the American missionary population. It's so fun because since my companion is also from Utah, it's a really easy way to get to talk to people. One awesome experience I want to share happened earlier this week. We have a ...

 ¡Hola hola todos! I hope you're all doing well! This last week was the last week I'll spend in the United States for a minute. Thursday morning, before its even bright and early, I head to Bolivia. After 4 flights and like 36 hours I'll be there at last. I'm so excited to be able to serve the people there as I have been able to do here in Indiana. I didn't think I'd be this sad about leaving, but through the charity and the gospel you are able to build incredible relationships really quickly.  This week flew by so fast. It was full of walking and talking and knocking. Numerically it was not a great week, but we were able to talk to so many people and it feels like a successful week. Even though most if them aren't ready to hear the message of the restored gospel right now, hopefully their hearts were softened and are being prepared for future missionaries.  This week was Zone Conference and the focus was on the Book of Mormon and the incredibly powerful boo...