Hey guys!!! I first off want to tell you all thanks so much for the love and support from this last week. Really im so grateful for all the support and experiences and everything. Just strengthens my testimony of the family and yea we are sick. You guys are the best and really cant even say how grateful i am.

grammy sent me how was sarahs experience for her birthday and it made me super happy to hear she had a great experience and that you guys could all get your swimming on. Im also super proud that you guys could do your relay!!! I know thats hard... i remember ragnar...its tough but dont feel bad about time mom!! you did it!! The same result as everyone else you accomplished it!! woo!! Thats so awesome and yea enjoy your summer while you can because the next summer will be pretty busy ;) 

Anyways Im glad you could enjoy that video i reccomended. But yea this week went better. First of all this week we went so hard with the Figaroa Family to get them to church and we committed them and everything and just taught with power. Their problem is that the mom named Vivianna has a stomach problem and she is facing an operation soon and cant be seated for a long time. Me and my companion were outside waiting for them to arrive and they were going to arrivfe 15 minutes before the sacrament meeting started but they were late and we thought they blew us off again so i was all hey comp lets say a prayer so there outside i offered a prayer asking that they would arrive and literally as SOON AS i said amen and opened our eyes i heard "HEY HERMANOS ELDERS" and they pulled up right next to us. haha wow the Lord answered that prayer quick. Then after the bishop gave her a priesthood blessing and it went really well!! I hope they can progress and i think we are gonna try and put the baptismal date this week.

oh and i should probably mention that we had transfers last night and im staying with Elder Castro for another cycle as ZL!! so we are pumped to go hard in the paint. 

This week we also went ot Juárez for a training meeting with Prez Derbzzzz for some instruction and today we give our zone meeting today for Casas Grandes. Lets see what else cool happened this week.. oh i was asked by the stake to translate Stake conference for the people who only speak english in september so im pretty excited about that!! haha super cool. And other cool thing is this week we had a bunch of fruit and we had like lime juice on it and chili powder and its soo goood like watermelon or melon or pineapple or whatever.. haha or mango so that was great. haha sorry but just a bunch of cool random stuff. 

Last thing is that these weeks i have really lost the fear of testifying like full force. Like i never want to offend everyone in their beliefs but ive learned to testify boldy and with the spirit and respecting others. But this week teh Lord gave me lots of chances to testify with my heart that this is the Church of Jesus Christ. This is the truth. We hold the priesthood authority of God. Christ recognizes this church. Me and my companion went about like Alma and Amulek this week and we left lessons edified. This week we taught a bunch of university college kids and the majority were atheists and just wanted to argue but we didnt succumb to them and left our testimonies and left them silent and i declared that they cant take away what ive felt and seen. 

As i reflect on this past year im infintely grateful for this mission. I knew the church was good before but i never took it like full on 100% seriously. Obviusly i wasnt a bad kid but now ive changed and if theres two things ive learned its to love everyone no matter what. the Apostle paul says that love is the fufillment of the law. and two. I need to rely on the Lord. I read an excerpt that the grandparents sent me that we need to stay close to Christ. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILIES. I feel like im the same Josh and different...like improved...i think? Who knows but im great and i got 11 months left but im giving it all because they say the second year passes faster than the first..

TEAM MEDEIROS!!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!! hard in the paint ye ye ye

This is Isaias...he accompanies us