Life in the Field: Last 6 Weeks & A New Companion

This week was good. I have a new companion! His name is Elder Ruiz, he is from DF, and he has 13 months in the mission. He is starting his first change as a District Leader, so I'll be helping him out with it all. I'm excited to keep on working in my last change! We ware hoping for a baptism in this change! Let's hope for the best!

We had an interesting experience this week. We were waiting for the Combi (Combi is a van that they use for transport here), and we were sitting on the bench, and we see a really drunk guy walking towards us. The first thing he did was start begging us for the Jello that we had in our hands, because we were just in a house and they gave them to us, so we just gave it to him and he just starts telling us about all of his problems, and it was really sad but it was interesting. We have so much luck with drunk people... they love missionaries! Hahaha!

Besides that, we had a zone meeting, it was pretty good. We are trying to work harder with members and not trying to work by ourselves.... it's harder, but in the long run it will be better! 

They changed the Areas this transfer a bunch! Now, it is just us & a pair of Sisters! It's pretty nuts all the changes in the Mission, but its nice to see a bunch of changes. There are a ton of new Sister missionaries! I wouldn't be surprised if there are more Sisters than Elders! :)

Elder Luna and I bought pizza to remember the companionship and to celebrate my 22 months in the mission. Pretty awesome. 41 days to go! Let's get crackin'!

This week we had a good lesson with Angelito. He is not very interested in the gospel, but we still teach him. He makes us laugh a ton! We had a really strong lesson this week with him. I decided that we should sing a hymn and it invite the Spirit. We sang, "I Need Thee Every Hour" and it was a great way to open the lesson. I hope you comes to church one day!

I'm ready to start working hard. I start a new program this week, that helps you transition to leave the mission field. It is the last 6 weeks, and he helps us remember how to stay active & righteous after our mission! We will see how it goes!

Love you all a ton! See you soon!

Life in the Field: Baptism of Paola

This week was really great. A lot of work, and success! It went by super fast, but it was fun. 

We went on divisions this week and I went to Patzcuaro. I love that little town. it's so beautiful. As well we went to Tacambaro. It's beautiful as well. The only problem is that they ran out of gas in their apartment, so they are using a metal tube thing to heat up water. Pretty ghetto, but it works. It's super cold out there, so it's almost impossible to shower in cold water. I'm glad they had they ghetto tube thing! Haha! One time I had a companion who used our extra iron to heat water up.... haha! Mom is going to kill me for saying these things... just gotta be careful to not touch the water so you don't get zapped!

We had a baptism and it was super awesome! President was there because we had interviews that day. He shared a message and sang a hymn with us! It was super spiritual and everyone loved it. Paola and Benito were baptized! The bishop baptized them both and afterwards we enjoyed cake, sandwiches and talked. Overall a great night. When we got home, we bought a pizza to celebrate!

Saturday we had our activity with the youth of the stake. We worked super hard and it was pretty spiritual. It gave them the opportunity to work like us in the field. We taught some great lessons and a specific young man was able to invite the Spirit in the lessons. He didn't teach very well, but his desire brought the spirit into the lessons. More truth that we don't need to be the best teacher to invite the Spirit, we just need to try our best and the Spirit does the rest.

Today we walked around Morelia, and enjoyed the cool day. It's been rainy and cold, and the next day hot.... pretty weird but at least I'm not in Lazzaro where it's over 90 degrees and humid!

Well that's about it! President told me that I will most likely finish out my mission in Morelia, so I'm very happy about that! 

Thanks for the awesome package! You are the best!

Life in the Field: Walking Hills

This week was pretty good. A lot of work and a lot of work and a lot of walking... LOTS OF WALKING! UP HILLS! My legs are going to be beast, and I'm dropping more weight... life in the mission.....dem hills, searching for houses.... one day, we walked two miles straight up hill.... my legs were so shot after that.... it was sooo steep! We spent that whole day basically walking... trying to find people in the lists... 

We had a zone activity today, which was sweet. We played football, and ultimate Frisbee. I was a captain in the Frisbee game. We picked teams, and I picked straight Americans.... no one plays Frisbee here in Mexico, so I knew that I didn't need the fastest people to win, just people who know how to play Frisbee. My team destroyed the other team! Hahahaha! AMERICA! Afterwards, we ate carne asada, and chorizo. It was amazing! It was basically a BBQ, but Mexican style, perfect for July 4th!

One day this week we ate hamburgers and it made me miss American hamburgers. We have MacDonalds and Carls Jr here, but its not the same. Elder Timpson and I started to remember American food and California burritos. Oh American food. How I miss you.... 

We also did divisions this week. We bought some Dominos pizza with cheese filled crust. It was pretty good, but not the best. It was fun being with Elder Ramon. He is going to end his mission in October. We got here the same day!

THIS FRIDAY...... BaPtIsM BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOO we are going to baptize Paola! Pray for her like crazy!!!!!!!! :) 

Life in the Field: Mango Lover!

This week was pretty great. We walked a lot of hills, and knocked doors, and worked! Nothing too crazy, but it was a fast fun week, so I can't complain. We are teaching some good lessons and cleaning ward lists.... it sucks when you have a ward list of 800 people and only 100 people go to church! The good thing is that you find a bunch of new people to teach!

There are some awesome food deals here... 14 pesos, 1 liter of melon water.... super awesome... or 1 kilo of mango right now, is 5 pesos... I can buy 3 large mangoes for five pesos!!!!!!!!!! Hahaha! It's awesome. But, avocado is 70 pesos for 1 kilo... super expensive! I bought some mangoes and I'm enjoying them for breakfast.

We played some soccer on Saturday, but in our missionary cloths, I had five goals.. I'm pretty Mexican now. I think I'm going to sign with Real Madrid. Hahaha! Soccer is pretty fun now. I'm getting better, but I still suck.

I got my travel plans.... whaaaa? I'm old in the mission! I'm going to end! :/ Sad, but I'm stoked at the same time. Elder Timpson and I will travel together for part of the time (through Houston, TX), but afterwards, we split. He is going to fly to Ontario. His flight path will be Guadalajara to Houston, from Houston to San Francisco, from San Francisco to Ontario, arriving at 6:00 PM. I fly from Houston to San Diego, and will be arriving at 4:00 PM. I think I got the better flight path! Hahaha! 

Today we ate some carne asada and I'm stuffed! :) It also rained a lot today as well... but that's about it!

One other cool thing we did this week was a family home evening, but in the church building. We had less actives and investigators come, which was great. We are hoping for a baptism on the 8th of July! That should be great! 

Well, that's about it! Just working hard and enjoying the mission!

I love you all sooooo much!

Life in the Field: We Went to the Zoo!

This week was super duper fun! We had zone conference, P-day on Tuesday, and just a bunch of activities! 

My companion fell asleep in a lesson.... this guy... haha! What can you do... just gotta love him. We had some good lessons this week. It was interesting how the week went. Not the best numbers, but we worked hard. We are working a lot on cleaning the ward list and trying to find all the less actives. We are hoping to have a baptism on the July 2! Wooo!!!!!!!!! We had four people come to church and one of them is waiting to get married within the next few weeks! We might have two baptisms! :) I'm stoked!

We were walking in the street and I saw a cow just walking like nothing.... so random! I had to take a picture. We live in the city but I swear, everything is possible in mexico. I remember in Guadalajara  being living in the city, and people are pulling carts with horses.... Haha! It's awesome!

Besides that, I have completed 21 months in the mission! Wooo!!!!! we took some pictures with Jorge. He is awesome. He has the cool dog. I'm old in the mission! 69 more days and I'm home! Am I counting? Haha ooops! Don't worry, I'm working hard, but I'm pretty stoked to see you guys soon! Miss you all a ton!

We went to the zoo today and saw some cool animals... a white tiger pegged me with his pee which was interesting! I went to the bathroom to bathe in the sink! Hahaha! We basically touched a few animals as well. I could have touched the lions if i wanted. We played with some monkeys as well and the mom got mad at me and grabbed my finger super hard! Hahaha! It freaked me out, but made me laugh a lot. Super fun day!

I'm studying super hard and I'm enjoying Spanish. I'm hoping to get it mastered. I'm studying really hard, and also reading Isaiah and Alma right now!

I hope you are all happy and that everything is good! 

YOU ARE ALL THE BEST!

Life in the Field: Zone Conference

This week was super fast and at the same time kinda annoying. We had a lot of appointments fall through that we had planned... 

We had zone meeting and zone conference this week, so I got my package! WOOO awesome Poptarts and Maui chips! Can't beat that! Hahaha! You're awesome! I love you guys a ton!!!!!!!!!!!!! The meetings were really awesome. I really liked the zone conference because it was funny and now we can use sunglasses and cool hats! Hahaha! The missionary uniform has changed... well not changed but now we can use sunglasses and hats. The sisters are going to use pants!!!!!!!!!!!! It is because of mosquitoes, and keeping safe from viruses they carry. In the next two weeks, all the sisters in the mission are going to have to use pants or long skirts or dresses. That will be weird! Hahaha!

Today we had a district activity, so we didn't go to the zoo, but I'm hoping soon that we will. I want to go see the big cats! They're always the coolest. Today was fun playing soccer and Jenga. Last night we played card games until 2:00 AM, so I'm really tired. We had some missionaries sleeping in our house, so we played around!

Sister Eggington loved my pink tie! Hahaha! It's pretty awesome that president and his wife are so loving are awesome. They make me laugh so much. During the meeting I got a phone call from the offices of the mission asking me what airport I would like to return to when I end the mission! SOOOO NUTS! I cant believe the time is going so fast!

Love you all! 

Life in the Field: Let's Go To The Mall!

This week was really awesome! We had four investigators come to church! In the next few weeks, we are hoping to have some baptisms! :)

I didn't have changes and I'm still with Elder Luna! I really like my area, and I like my companion, so it's all good.

We went out to a local buffet with another set of missionaries, and after we needed to find a store to just buy a few things. We found a Super Market next to the buffet, and we found POPTARTS, AMERICAN DR PEPPER, MNT DEW (not my favorite, but I've never seen it in Mexico), IBC ROOTBEER, GOLDFISH!!!!, PRETZLES, AND OTHER AMAZING THINGS!!!! I bought some American food!

I found a Tecate beer mug in the house, and it's obviously my favorite cup to drink my Coke. I'm going to take this mug home with me. Hahaha.

Today we went to a Super Fresa Plaza, or in other words, a mall for rich people. It's called Altozano. It reminded me of UTC or Fashion Valley Mall. It was fun! I bought some socks(woo) and some cool ties for 40% off (heck yeth)! We went with Elder Garcia and Elder Horne. 

I'm going to Ponderize D&C 128: 22 this week:

 "Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, onto the victory! Let your hearts rejoice, and be exceedingly glad. Let the earth break forth into singing. Let the dead speak forth anthems of eternal praise to the King Immanuel, who hath ordained, before the world was, that which would enable us to redeem them out of their prison; for the prisoners shall go free."