Wacky Elders Not Wasting A Minute

Hi family!!! I'm here in the computer lab with about twenty minutes to write. Everything is going great! I am pretty much used to the mission life and loving it. At first it was really hard and tiring. The interesting things is that when I got the courage to work as hard as i possibly can, I started having MORE energy and I am truly loving the work here. Monday was the first day where i woke up and thought to myself "I love this work!" I felt so happy to be here and felt an overwhelming feeling of joy. i know that is because I have decided to commit myself, and ALL of my time to the Lord. I am finally feeling the joy that losing your life in the work brings. I am always thinking to myself "I have no right to waste even a minute of the Lord's time" The harder I work, the happier I am here, and the more love I have for missionary work and the Savior. My companionship is getting better. The more time we spend alone together the better things get. My companion has been getting a little lazy during personal study. On Monday he was trying to read the Ensign and kept falling asleep. I gently tapped him on the shoulder and woke him up about three times. After the fourth time falling asleep in personal study, I grabbed the Ensign from his lap, rolled it up, and began whacking him over and over again on the head. While whacking him on the head with the Ensign I was yelling in the classroom "WAKE UP ELDER!!!!!! ITS PERSONAL STUDY TIME!!! NOT TAKE A NAP TIME!!!! STOP WASTING THE LORD'S TIME!!!!!.....He then was up and alert and began diligently reading the scriptures. That experience made the whole district laugh and actually brought us together as a companionship. Honestly, i am trying my hardest to always be productive and never waste a minute of the Lord's time. Our district is being blessed for doing this and striving our hardest to keep every single rule. We are picking up Spanish FAST and we feel the spirit in every class. We have a great group of elders in our district........ My whole room is going to Phoenix (Elder Sheets, Elder Falconer and Elder Neubert (My comp.)) Everyone in our room has a great voice and we get AWESOME quartets going. Our best song as a quartet is "I Need Thee Every Hour". It is so fun singing with these Elders..... It has been really hard loving my companion. I'm not to sure if he likes me to much. We just have way different personalities and I might get on his nerves sometimes. But everyday is getting better, especially after whacking him on the head with the Ensign..... i don't really know what else to say. We have a new district coming in today so we won't be the youngest n the Zone. Spanish is coming great!!!!! i love speaking it!!! I honestly did not think it would come so fast but it is really cool to see the gift of tongues in action, as well as the interpretation of tongues. i only have 5 minutes left!!! AHH. K well the food is really good and i am gaining weight hahaha. I'm trying to stay healthy. i am able to do everything related to learning and everything is great. I wouldn't want to do anything else..... Adam!! you are going to have a really hard time the first week. Everyone does. You will have thought of coming home.. Everyone does. Don't let it bother you. Cast out ALL negative thoughts and just think about the positive. If you work your hardest, you will love it and love being here. you just have to commit yourself. But ya, expect those thought of coming home because they will come. Just ignore it and remember what i said. Commit yourself and the Lord will make you happy. Anyway, i really would like letters and a package maybe. Love you all! Elder Harris