Que honda familia y amigos!??
Happy late birthday to the most amazing woman I get to call my mom! What a champ. Hope you had the best day!
So I ended up here as a lone zone leader with the other Elder whos
name is Elder Bodegas from Guatemala. He's one of the weirdest elders
Ive ever met haha. He's pretty chill and is willing to work with you so
thats good but he's just kind of an interesting guy haha. Sometimes
he{ll just stare at me for a good 10 seconds out of no where hahaha. He
has the funniest laugh too haha. He feels like my kid cuz he basically
just follows me around everywhere without doubting or questioning
anything haha. The changes for the whole mission are January 14th so im
curious to see if I stay with him for this coming cycle or if I get
another comp or leave the area or something. Pres had this change
planned for a while though, maybe thats why he took Hous and I running
while he still had the chance haha. So its been a little different
without Housley. Im leading the area now even though I still dont know
some of the areas very well but hey Ive done this plenty of times before
so Im not worried. Its part of the adventure!
Pretty
good week here in Pachuca! It hurts to even type this but there were
some special changes that president made and now Elder Housley isnt my
comp. What happened was that there was an elder who returned home a
little early for school so pres asked Hous and I to take care of his
comp for a couple days until more changes. Pres ended up sending Housley
away instead of the other Elder. So Housley went to Mixquiahuala where I
was born and he took the place of the zone leader who also just went
home.
This
saturday we had the baptism for the hermana Brissa and hermano Arturo,
the contacts from week two this cycle! The program went SO GOOD!! A lot
of members were able to show up since we did the program right before a
ward temple trip. I baptized Brissa and Housley came from Mixqui to
baptize Arturo. I sung with the bishops daughters which also went really
good! I still cant get over the feeling I have right after every
baptisimal ordinance. Its usually when Im back changing and have some
time to think, and I just feel such a special spirit that this truly is
the correct baptism and promise with God. Good stuff. Elder Bodegas and I
had to wake up at 5 to get the baptisimal font ready because it takes
five hours to prepare haha. It was quite the effort to get one of those
boilers working. We made devices with sticks and matches to stick in the
boiler to get it started haha. After the baptism, since our parking lot
is so small, we literally lifted up and moved a taxi car so that bishop
could drive his car out hahaha, we were pretty proud of ourselves.
Wasnt
sunday just so great with the new changes!!? I mean it was probably
pretty chaotic just like it was with us but Im a fan of the new manual
of Come Follow Me and I think its gonna help everyone out a lot! It also
just felt good to get out of the chapel faster not gonna lie haha. We
came to church in a taxi with some of our investigator neighbors. It was
their first time coming and they absolutely loved it! I could see Alma
(the wife) just nodding her head to everything she heard. All of sunday
was a testimony to me that this is the true gospel. I felt Christs love
all day and I reflected on my experiences with my family and in the
church and I just felt an undoubtable witness that we really are in the
truth and that its so important to share with others.
Things
are good here in Pachuca! Sometimes I just start talking to my comp in
english because Ive been with Housley for five weeks but then I realize
he doesnt understand a word Im saying. Haha Ill have to remind myself Im
with a Latino until the 14th and then we'll see what happens. Thanks
everyone for all your love and support!
Hasta la proxima semana!
A few pics from our run last week...
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