¡Buenas Tardes Familia!                                                                                            July 15, 2013 Hey guys what's going on? I hope everybody is doing well. Sounds like Dad has some company finally, so that's good. But I guess the girls are going to go to camp, so you're going to be left alone. What are you guys going to do?? Anyway, yeah Dad mentioned that I'm in my 12 month on the mission....wow I can't believe it. When I think back on the day ya'll dropped me off at the MTC it doesn't seem that far away. I guess in some ways it does, kind of like in every case, just depends on how you look at it. It shows just how short the 2 years to serve the Lord really are. I am going to make the very best out of this next year. I have already learned so much, but like you said Dad, some of the best things could be lying ahead. Sounds like everything went well at Bryce Canyon and all. Have I been there before? I don't think I have. Seems like summer is just blowing by for you school-goers huh? Hate to break it to ya, but in about a month you'll all be back in school  tooooo bad! Thanks for all the emails and picture. I really enjoy them.  Well this email might be a bit shorter than others because I still need to write Tyler, Jami, and Kaylee back....sorry ma and pops. This week was kind of a weird week. Instead of District meeting we had Zone meeting which is every first of the month. Then, Friday happened to be our Zone Conference with zona Valsequillo (our zone) and zona Mayorazgo. That went really well. To my surprise on Friday night I was informed that I will be training again!!...but this time as a District Leader. Crazy huh? I had to go to a trainers meeting on Saturday. By the time normal Sunday meeting came around I was just about sick of meetings for the week! haha. It was quite the surprise to be told that I was going to train again. I'm excited. We were able to find and start teaching somebody named Hector Luis this week. He has a lot of problems in his life, but we taught him about the Atonement, and he loved it. Every time I get the chance to testify of the Atonement it makes me happy. It reminds me of how much it has helped my in my life, and all the great changes that it's brought.  Well I love you guys. Today we went to the Center with a lot of the zone. It was fun. I always love walking around up there. It's a really cool place. I bought a cool leather key chain thing and a mexi-pancho sweater all for about 100 peso...which is around 7 dollars! Woo! When I get back everything is going to seem really expensive to me. I'm pretty sure that I will be transferred to a new area to train, because if I stayed here it would be 6 transfers in one area, which is around 8 months. We'll see what happens though cause you never know. There is going to be 8 new areas opened this transfer. 24 new missionaries are expected to arrive. 9 sisters, 8 Mexicans, and 7 North Americans. Hope everyone has a great week and we'll talk soon!! Love you! Con Amor, Elder Ryan Ellsworth Kitchen