I have really been having a wonderful time. De verdad, I am surrounded by truly wonderful people dedicated to a truly wonderful cause. This work just tends to weed out the selfishness in us, I think.
By the way, last friday I went out PROSELYTING! Haha! It was a little crazy to be out teaching the gospel after my first week of actually really speaking the language.. :P Haha, but really our Heavenly Father fills in our empty spaces. Mi compañero was getting a little frustrated for the first while... But I just kept smiling. It was such a beautiful day. And people for the most part were really nice for us. I think mi compañero was bugged by all the dogs barking at us. ´¡Ellos nos van a comer!´ Haha! Anyways, all I could do was smile. I think it´s tested my compañero´s patience a little that I don´t always know exactly what´s going on... There´s another half norteamericano half latino compañerismo that was like that and they ended up splitting because the latino was so frustrated with him. I think that mi compañero and I have worked through a ton. And we´re able to speak with una sola voz, porque we focus on the work and on Jesus Christ and on the people we´re teaching and loving with all of our hearts... We have our differences, but we really are the DREAM TEAM! Haha.
OH! I almost forgot this hilarious story... So I asked someone how to say fist bump (with mime) and they told me it was ´Choque.¨ So when ever I gave fist bumps I would say Choque. Anyhow, mi compañero and I found this amazing family and talked a TON about the evangelio. They were totally prepared by God I think... I wouldn´t be surprised if the son has already read the whole of the Book of Mormon. Anyways, when nos estabamos presentando, mi compañero said- ¨Yo soy Elder Correa. Y mi compañero es...(pointing to me)¨and I said ¨Elder Chock. Asi como ´Choque´¨. I was trying to say, My name is Elder Chock. Like the fist bump. My companion got a funny look on his face, but we taught the lesson. Then after, he bursts out laughing and asks why I did that. I said, What? Well... Choque is from the verb choquear or to hit, so it´s like I was saying, ¨Chock, like hit me.¨ 
Hahaha! Anyways, it´s kinda a joke all over the CCM now. When I walk in people say, ¡Asi como Choque! And It´s a good time.
Anyways, about the food, Argentinans eat a TON of meat. And it´s all incredibly delicious. BUT... My digestive system isn´t really used to the diet here, haha. It´s been a little... difficult. Just gotta say that my mommy´s cookin´ is still the best stuff out there! ;) Really, though, the food is delicious.
I was thinking the other day, because my peruano friends were teaching me how they use hot peppers with their food- we bite the pepper and then eat while the spice kinda burns our mouth. It´s a cool sensation. They called it ´rico´or a rich sensation. It´s really quite cool. And I was thinking about a friend of mine, we both ate these spicy peppers and I just let my mouth feel the feeling and tried to enjoy it, even though it was a little páinful- my friend drank milk and yelled and screamed and did all he could to avoid feeling that pain, and I think it was a lot worse for him. I was thinking that life is like that- we´ve already eaten the pepper, we´re going to have desafios and pruebas in this life but we can choose to just sink our teeth in and enjoy it instead of trying to kick and scream the problems away. I have found joy in all my problems, although I am tested to my physical, spiritual, and emotional limits.
The language really is coming. Elder Correa and I were teaching the other day, and the Spirit was really powerful- we discerned our investigadore´s need and we helped him out with his questions. The coolest part about learning a new language is that I´ve learned that the words aren´t what changes people´s hearts, it´s the spirit. When you love someone with all that you have and try to communicate that, it comes through rather perfectly. I´ve thought a lot about all the words we say and things that don´t really matter at all. All I need to do is focus on listening, truly listening, and the Spirit guides me what to say. I think that I´m learning to be a better friend, brother, man, and eventually father.
The other day when mi compañero y yo estaban working out outside the CCM, I noticed all the different bugs and thought, Wow, what a beautiful world our Heavenly Father has given us.
I´m looking forward to this Navidad! We´re going to do a secret gift thing.
I really feel like I´m so loved by my Heavenly Father- I really have all that I need to be truly happy.
I miss you guys and love you all!
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