Exchanges in Huauchi!

Que tal, como estan todos??!?

Great week here in Huauchi! Its getting humider and humider every day. I feel like Im swimming when Im walking haha from how wet it is. Definitely different than Pachuca. Shoutout to my beautiful sister Maddi for graduating from the Y and my bro in law steve from Weber State! Also Happy Birthday to my old man and Jarrad! Sounds like it was a great weekend for the Millard fam.

On wednesday, the assistants (Elder Howell my trainer, and Elder Holgreen) came to do divisions in our area! It was super fun to have all four of us together, we're all best bros. We had to hike up to the top of a mountain to get to our lunch with a member and the assistants were dying from the humidity haha. It didnt help that we didnt really remember how to get there since wed only been once... whoops. We got there and during lunch my dad Elder Howell said "Did you guys realize that we are just four white guys sitting in a shack at the top of a mountain in Mexico eating cactus, eggs, tortillas, and coke??" hahahaaha I was dying. Sometimes we forget that it is not normal what we are doing. It was super fun though.

In the evening, Elder Holgreen came with me and we went to go contact new people. We found this guy named Ignasio who is soooo cool! He's just the most humble guy, He had a construction accident a while ago that wrecked his leg to the point where he can barely walk. Ever since then, his wife and kids all left him and now he lives in a little shack living on barely any many. There were several months where he survived off of eating rotten tortillas. I was amazed by his story and just felt so much compassion for him. We got to know him better, sang a hymn, and invited him to get baptized in May, and he accepted!! We are grateful to find people like him.

As for the other investigators, we are finding a lot of amazing people but who are never home and never come to church. My nightmare. They are always 100% sure they are coming and then they never do. Thats where we really find the people who are willing to accept the gospel. When they come to church, we know they are good.

On Friday we had a little talent show as a ward which was super fun! They asked me to play a song on piano and then sing Perfect by Ed Sheeran since a young man in the ward can play it. Of course I said yes, anything for my boy Ed. It was super fun to be a part of the show and get to know the members better! We're starting to get more references from them now. 

One thing Ive thought is really cool from the epistles of Paul in the New Testament is that most, if not all, of them start with the words "to the saints" of whichever place. It reminds me of Elder Uchdorfs testimony this past conference where he talked about the early day saints and the trials they went through. Now we are the latter day saints and the gospel hasnt changed! We can still find hope from those same epistles in the bible and other scriptures. We have another blessing of living prophets and apostles too to help in the journey. Lets take advantage!

Elder Millard