How is everyone doing? I am still doing great of course. I had some very good experiences this past week with the opportunity to be with President and the Assistants. So we went to San Luis, San Rafael, and Alvear. Those were the three zones that we had zone conferences at this week. It was so great to be able to go back to my old zone of San Rafael. It is the one and only other place I have gotten to know here in Mendoza. And it was great to be able to see it all again.
Traveling with President is something else, and not something that very many missionaries get to do so I have been making the best of it and trying to enjoy it. I think it helped him to have me there as well. Obviously because I had to give the presentation on how to do the new letter to president which is the reason for taking me. But also because then he had somebody to help him with his and also set everything up. He is just a great guy and is so funny. When we were driving home there was a big truck that was going really slow and we got stuck behind it. There was a sticker on the bottom that read this is a translation obviously, but it said if i´m not driving my truck, I am with my God. Or something to that affect. And after having read that President said "what a shame your not," only joking of course, but it was super funny. He just always has the perfect thing to say about everything to make everybody laugh. I had a lot of fun with him, and just felt like I learned a ton. There are just things you never would learn from him unless being in that situation.
One of them that was brought to my attention by Elder Baker one of the assistants, because the same thing happened to both of us. But anyway on monday night we went out to eat late and I had lasagna. But something about it just did not sit right with my body. I think I got food poisoning. Because I was up all night sick and then in the morning, but we had a zone conference to get to. So we went and while we were sitting there starting it all up, President told me to go into the chapel and lay down because he could tell that I was sick. I didn´t want to say anything to him because I didn´t want to be one of those kids that complains about being sick. So I did as I was told and went and slept for a little bit, and before I knew it President had come in with some medicine for me. He just didn´t have lunch and went to the pharmacy to get us some medicine. It was like we were the only missionaries there. And he just dropped everything including his own needs, and helped us. It was just one of those acts of kindness that you don´t see in leaders these days. He is just such a great man and is definitely called of God. He doesn´t ever think about himself and is always helping other people to feel good and have what they need. It is a characteristic that I hope to develope. So ya out of a crappy experience of being sick I learned a very valuable lesson. And then after having the medicine I was able to feel good enough to give my presentation. After I was finished President said that I was super pale and that I should go lay down again. But I just couldn´t do that, I felt guilty enough going and sleeping the first time, I couldn´t do it again. I know that it wasn´t anything bad because the President was telling me to do it, but I just felt like I was being lazy and couldn´t do it again. Eventhough I felt like crap I just stuck it out haha. But now I feel quite a bit better. I mean I still feel the effects of the sickness that I had, but I am getting better.
I leave again monday for two more zone conferences. These to are in San Juan. So I am getting to know the whole mission with not even a year under my belt yet! Pretty crazy I know, I feel extremely blessed to get to be able to do this with President. And I will get to learn a whole ton more in the next few days from him. So it is pretty great.
I am loving life and everything that I have been given to do. Thank you all so much for the letters and everything that you do for me. You are all such a blessing in my life. I love you and hope you all have a great week.
Love,
Elder Wheeler
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