Running In The Rain

Hi friends!

Funnily enough, the people here believe San Marcos has a curse. The curse is that it rains everywhere but here. I kinda believe it though because every day this past week it said it was going to rain and it never did. It wasn't until about an hour ago when I finished getting my last haircut of the mission that it suddenly started raining. But it didn't just start raining, it started pouring. We weren't expecting it. In the mission there are always fun surprises!

This week we went out visiting a ton with the members and collaborated with them a lot! We've also done a lot of contacting to find people to put on date for baptism. It's hard but it's satisfying work. I enjoyed a lot this last week, and I'm excited for this final full week of missionary service! We have a bunch of activities planned and we're ending it off with the branch conference on Sunday which I'm very excited for! I'm now starting to plan all I'll have to do to be all packed up and ready to leave next week. There's still a lot of work ahead, but I'm excited to give a final hurrah before I finish. Next week I may or may not write an email, who knows because a lot will be going on. But I'm excited to end off the mission with Elder Muñoz as my companion one last time (3rd times the charm). 

Anyways, have a great week! I love you all! See ya next time!

- Élder Grant

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