This last week was really good, we taught a lot and did a lot

of good things. I’ll be getting a new companion tomorrow. Still don’t

know who it will be.

But something really cool happened this week... we got a truck!! It’s

so sick, I love it. It’s a 2013 Toyota Tacoma. I feel like a real boss

driving in it. We fit in pretty good with all of our members, cause

they all have trucks too. We even picked up a recliner off the side

of the road and brought it back to our apartment, just because we can.

The Mardi Gras parade was so much fun. It was pretty clean for the

most part. We got tons of beads and their floats were pretty cool.

Some people on the floats would see E. Bennett and I and would say,

"It’s the Mormons" and then like the whole float would just start

throwing beads at us. It was pretty funny.

Something that I’ve enjoyed from my studies this week is in

3 Nephi where Christ teaches the Nephites. I love the way he does it.

It shows me the weaknesses and strengths of my own personal

teaching. I’ve noticed that he uses language and stories that relate to

them. And then teaches them simply and clearly. I also love how he

teaches his 12 disciples and then tells them to go teach exactly what

he taught them to the rest of the multitude. I think that’s important,

because president tells us all the time that when you are taught

you only retain 15% of what you hear. But when you teach someone you

retain 75% of what you hear. That’s a huge difference. So he was

allowing his disciples to retain and understand more of what he was

teaching by allowing them to teach others. I think that is why the

new Youth curriculum is so important, because it forces them to retain

and understand it, because they are the ones teaching. I know that

from experience as a missionary, that I understand it better when I

get to teach it. I love the example that the Savior has set for us,

and I got to learn a lot more on how he taught people.