Heavenly Father has really guided me to teach the gospel in the way he always knew I could!!!

I can't believe I am the one now who is actually emailing on my mission!!!  It still hasn't been quite a week yet, but this has been by far the longest week of my entire life!!  The first and second day were really difficult, just because of the huge change in life from home to mission, but I am really starting to be able to teach lessons pretty well now.  I get a slight advantage in learning from my brothers, because I am already fluent in the language! haha,  It is also crazy how much you get to love your district even though we have only been together for about a week;  it feels like we have known each other for forever.  My companion, Elder Mogle, is great!!  We get along really well.  We both take the lessons and the gospel really seriously, but at the same time we can have fun together.  I will miss my whole district and companion once we leave next week.  So this whole week has been focused on the Restoration of the Gospel.  You really dive straight into it, and you even start teaching on the same day you are here!!!  I didn't do so well my first time, but it is all about learning; now I am so much better at teaching the first lesson and am pretty good at teaching lesson 2 as well (the Plan of Salvation).  It is crazy how much I have learned just from a few days of sincere study.  I feel like Heavenly Father has really guided me to be able to teach the gospel in the way he always knew I could!!!  I have still got a lot to learn, but now I am more really excited, (instead of discouraged) about learning more about teaching.  Me and my companion did our first TRC investigator lesson yesterday, and it is crazy how much joy you can get from teaching someone the gospel.  I wish I had taken the opportunity to do that at home more.  It would have saved me a lot of learning and trouble out here!!!  I leave next week which is crazy to think.  It is like I am preparing to leave home again, and go to Colorado where I have no idea what awaits me.  I will do all I can to prepare to serve the Lord, and I never want to let him down.  I miss all of y'all and I will talk to you soon!!

Love,
Elder Samuel Austin