Please Get Married

Que tal como estan??

It was a super fun week here in Tizayuca! Here are some highlights..

On Tuesday, we had exchanges. I was with Elder Dow who just barely got to the mission. We had a super successful day in our area! We had 5 really good lessons and some great contacts! The best part was when we visited Catalina who is a contact we found in Los Olmos which is a super poor colony above our house. Turns out that who family is like the owner of the whole colony, but she was super receptive to us!! Shes probably like 80 years old and she is just the nicest person. Honestly one of my favorite parts about Mexico are the old ladies that are just the funniest and nicest people on the planet. She received the restoration lesson very well, so I told Elder Dow to invite her to baptism. She said that she would love to! So we have it planned for the end of September. She came to church this sunday, nice and prepared and 30 minutes early. She found some good friends and had a great experience! It makes all the work worth it right there. We call her abuelita "grandma" and she calls us her nietos "grandkids". 

On Thursday, we had a zone conference with half of the mission because Elder Pino from the seventy came! It was a super good conference. On Friday, we had the leadership council also with Elder Pino. We were able to talk about a lot of different things to help the mission go forward and it looks like we're on the right path! 

The most frustrating thing in our area right now are all of the people who need to get married!!!! I never imagines this being such a big problem in my mission. Its been a challenge in all my mision but this area is the worst. We have 8+ people who want to get baptized, but they are living in "union libre" and need to get married. Sometimes they have to get divorced to previuos marriages to be able to get married to the current parter. It is a very long process and it definitely breaks my heart every time we find great new people and then they tell us they arent married. In the zone, we have 25+ people who are in the same situation. Its unbelievable. There is a member whos a lawyer and he helps us a little bit but its just such a long process and it doesnt help that most of these people have no savings, they just live check by check.

Yesterday, we were planning on getting two of our investigators engaged. Ricardo already has already bought the ring and everything was planned. But saturday night, their kid broke his arm which made them stay in the hospital for the weekend. Thats three sundays that weve tried to have the appointment but something has happened every week. Hopefully this week we'll be able to do it.

Everything is good though, we know that people will start progressing and there will be a bright future! 

I was reading in Psalms this week and I found a phrase that is also repeated a few times in Proverbs. It says "Fear of God is the beginning of Wisdom" which is so true!!! You can be the smartest person in the world, but if you dont understand God and the commandments, you really arent wise. The feat of God really is just respect, and understanding the importance of this life and the role of God and Jesus Christ.

Les amo a todos ustedes!

Elder Millard

Pic 1: District Activity at Zumpango Lake!

Pic 2: Selfie in the combi on the way back from the activity!