{A deaD moNkeY in tHe streeT iSn'T WeiRD tO Me}

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Mom, don`t even remind me that i almost have a year. It`s rough enough to leave behind your family, your country, and your culture for two years....but when i come back i`ll have to do it again...because i`m panamanian now. I love it here. I really do feel like it`s my home. Everything seems normal to me....haha a dead monkey in the street isn`t weird to me anymore...uhhh. That`s awesome that your going to be the Stake Young Women’s First Counselor (yes i copied and pasted that)... That will be an awesome calling!

Dad...we have zone conference every three months...never as a whole mission because its so spread out...i think there are four or five different conferences...we never have a mission conference all together. But we just had a conference with all the leaders in the mission this last week...it was a three day shindig...kinda really sweet.

Right now we`re finding pretty much everyone through references of members. We still contact a lot but references are way more effective. And no we don`t have bikes...lastimosamente...

i`ve got an experience about a blessing that we gave in Santiago. We went to lend service one day and the lady there said she had a sick neighbor who wanted a blessing. He also wanted us to pray for his home. So we got there and he wasn`t doing so good. I put my hands on his head and Elder Chevez put his hands on top of mine. After the blessing we were in the street and I took tell Elder Chevez had felt something. He told me he could feel hands on top of his during the blessing. It really strengthened my testimony of the priesthood and Elder Chevez had been struggling a bit so it was a good experience for him to have.

I also remember being in the relief society president`s home...she wanted us to pray for it because they had been robbed the night before. It was an incredible experience blessing that home. The priesthood really does work miracles when we have faith.

I`m soooo excited that Devan turned his papers in!!! He`s going to love his mission! Its super hard and worth every minute! And that`s awesome that Nate was made an Elder! It`s such a blessing to be able to serve in the different offices of the priesthood.

Ok...so this weekend we were talking with a recent convert family (some of them aren`t members) one of them is called Luis Rodriguez..he`s trying to give up alcohol and he came yesterday to church for the first time! He`s 21 and he`s such a stud! I told him if he stopped drinking for good i`d give up ice cream haha. We showed up early at his house and he was totally ready in his sweet shirt and good looking church shoes! Now he has a baptismal date for the 16 of oct. and his brother Ricaute as well...and Ricaute`s girlfriend Milagro! Awesome! There`s one thing about baptizing people in the mission. Elder Johnson told me that he could baptize a thousand people on his mission, but if he didn`t work and wasn`t obedient...it wouldn`t mean anything...i feel the same way. Baptisms aren`t success. Obedience and hard work is success.

And and one thing about Erick Sera...i told him i`d trade him backpacks when he goes on a mission (my backpack is kind of a big deal) so i hope you`re cool with that. Erick is a stud too haha

Love you all! I hope your week rocks!

Elder Henrie

ps general conference this weekend! Sweet!