Saint Peter the Martyr January, 29, 2018

What a week. I feel... like I am on top of the world, but really I'm on the bottom.

I have contacted more this week than I have in my entire mission. I am just a machine of a missionary now. I am freakin climbing up mountains, I am contacting left and right. I teach like it's nothing, I get home and report with sister missionaries, and at the same time I'm updating teaching records, new investigator lists, and I clean the house. And I do all my studies. So, I am literally killing it out here. Not with numbers, but with how I am working. I feel like I finally have got the whole missonary thing down. Only problem..... we have nothing haha. Our area hasn't been touched by elders in FOREVER, so we just... don't have anything!!! There aren't even members out there haha! But it is all good. I like what I am doing. 

I've been slacking on talking about my investigators and stuff! Out in Chinampas I left a lot of strong investigators, and out here I have none! But I'll let you guys know how they are when I get some! ☺

My companion is funny but he is shy so I do all the talking all day haha! It's okay, we are gonna work on that and get him talking! 

I wish I had more to report than the fact that I am walking STRAIGHT up mountians. But I don't. 

We were eating lunch with some members, and my Zone Leader kinda grabbed me and leaned me on his shoulder, and the sister who gave us food said "last time that happened to Jesus Christ, he was sold by a traitor, so watch yourself" and then called me JudasIscariot ☺

I had the CUTEST little girl come running up to me screaming with joy. So I started talking to her. Turns out she loves Americans and wants to be my best friend. 😀😀😀

Last night a group of 10 year old girls had their minds exploded when I showed them my hair was real, and not dyed. Then they asked to take pictures with me. I declined. 

Well i hope yall have a great week full of joy and remember 3 Nephi 22: 7-10

San Pedro Marir 1 -Bis

Well, I don't know whose idea it was to name an LDS ward after a Catholic saint but it's cool. That's where I am at right now. We are divided in two parts. The Zone Leaders have the upper side, where all of the work is at, and I am opening the bottom part where it is literally straight mountains and that is it. And I'm not exaggerating when I say we walk straight up mountains. The people here don't know how to use switchbacks, so they pave the road straight up the side, and well, we have to walk up it. I will be shedding a few pounds cause I'm already dying from the walking we do. And other than that, well, no one has been here for 2 years, so there is literally no one to visit. Sooo, it's cool, I like starting from scratch. We just walk around and contact. It doesn't work too well.

Other than that... well, I really just told you my entire week in the last two sentences. It's all right though, the Lord knows why I am here, I think. 

I'm just here to work, and if I'm blessed with success, well that's great, and if not, well, I'll still work. 

I'm ready for this transfer. 

My new companion is Elder Alonzo from Panama. Sorry I didn't take a pic with him. I will do it this week. 

Alma 15:8. Enough said. 

Pics

1,2,3: my final pics in Chinampas

Heyyy January 15 2018

long time, no see.

dont have any time, never do, never will.

i got transferred out of chinampas and im now in San Pedro Martir. im sad to leave cause i was there 8 full months, but it is time to move on. i will update more next week, sorry!!! 

Feliz Navidad 12-25-2017

Well, this week was fun! Santa came, and we took a ton of pictures and visited cool places and had a good week. It was a tough week for the work, cause everyone and their pet goldfish left to visit family for the holidays and the area became dead. We walked in the streets for quite a while without seeing a single person or store open.

BUT we had a lot of fun finding each other christmas presents. Elder Lloyd didn't get me anything though haha. From Santa I got a black sweatshirt, a blanket, a towel, 2 pairs of shoes, a watch and some cologne. 

Not much to report, but I did love getting to speak with my family once again. It was a great christmas, even though it doesn't snow here and doesn't feel like christmas at all. 

I hope you all had a great christmas and I will send you another email next week! 

Christmas cheer Dec. 18, 2017

Hey folks, this week was hey howdy hey!

We had a lot of success, and we walked a TON too. I hate contacting people in the street, and I even did it a few times! We were all over the place, but in a good way. With Christmas coming up, we are feeling the Christmas Cheer! We have been invitingeveryone we visit to spread the cheer and do service or smile at EVERYONE they see for an entire day and stuff like that, and I invite everyone who may be reading this to do the same! I know that now most of you have probably forgotten about me and clicked the trash button the second my email came in, but its all good. I forgive you. 

This week my mom sent me some plastic christmas displays to help light up the house a bit. Combined with the tiny christmas tree I found for 3 dollars, I'd say its a jolly place. (pics below) 

Really all we did this week was work, I just kinda woke up early and worked every day and went home late and yeah. Mission life, you know? But that is good, right? I think it's good. 

Not much else to say, but I hope you guys have a great week full of the Spirit of Christ, and that you can feel his love! Enjoy your Christmas Eve, and I'll check in on Christmas day!

Nocaut December 11, 2017

Just in case you wondered, that is how they spell Knockout in spanish.

This week was great. I had a great time with my new companion, or well, not really new, Elder Lloyd! He still likes tractors, and this time around, his spanish is a lot better! Funny Lloyd quote of the week: "Dude I can't stand those things anymore. They just look so islamic!"

This week I just ran around a lot. Immigration, conferences, meetings, choirs, I was barely in my area. But, even with all that, we still had a lot of success in our area and we are really happy. 

It doesn't snow over here, it just gets down to freezing and the houses here are the worst at keeping the heat in so i'm pretty sure living in an igloo is better than what we live in. 

I'm just happy to be out here. Christmas is right around the corner. Doesn't really feel like it over here though, but I still like Christmas. Time is flying and crawling at the same time haha. 

Thought: an investigator this week said: "God squeezes, but he never chokes." it was so deep! I invite you all to reread his quote and think about it. Blew my mind. 

I don't have any pictures cause this computer thought my USB was a virus and deleted everything and we are trying to get it all back. Until next week. 

I love you all, have a good week!! 

Tractors round 2 Dec 5, 2017

Hey Everyone!! I hope you're all doing great, and that you're getting into the Christmas spirit!!

Well, a lot has happened in my area. A lot. 

A bus ran over a guy in my area, so to add to the insane traffic, now the busses are suspended from driving their route. Thanks micro driver. Smooth. 

There was a shooting like 2 minutes from our house. Someone got popped in the back of the head and then everyone went nuts with their guns. Also caused a lot of traffic. 

I think I chatted with the devil the other night. He knew wayy more about the temple and church than he should have. Or maybe he was just a servant of the Devil. Either way.

Transfers were yesterday, and that is why I am writing today. I got my changes; that my companion wasn't in the mission. I had no companion as I waited for him to arrive. And who was it? My companion from the MTC!!! He went home a while back to have surgery on his stomach, but he is all good and ready to work again. After getting everything worked out, we are just barely writing for real. I am gonna spend both Christmases in the mission with the same companion!! Cool stuff!!

Other than that, the work is going great. I got my house all set up, tons of investigators, and everyone just is a lot nicer with Christmas coming up. There is so much to do, and the best part is, I am staying in Chinampas, again!! I'll have 8 months here in total. I'm thinking about buying a lot of land over here and moving my baptismal records to the Branch.

Spiritual recommendation: Read D&C 121. It was the invitation given by President Mecham to us, and I'm doing it to you guys too.

pics

1. estefania and kevin

2. the mission family. elder rosales trained me, and 3 others. theyve all trained, and our sons have trained, and im a great grandpa!! it is so awesome!!! 

3. I FOUND ELDER SIMMONS. you guys probably dont care, but he was in my district in the mtc and i found him today while we went to immigration for my companion. crazy stuff!!