This week was incredible!!! I enjoyed it so much. Here are some highlights
Last
Monday, we woke up at the crack of dawn and went running to the top of
the hill by our house! We got there early enough to watch sunrise. It
was the perfect mexican scene. We had the hundreds of cactus by us, the
stray dogs, the banda music in the background, dozens of half finished
concrete houses, and a beautiful view of the plains and hills awaiting
the sunset! Of course there were some people who came up to us and
warned us about all the nacos or gang people who rob frequently in the
area. Thats what completed the classic scene. There is no "secure" area
in mexico haha but dont worry, we take care of ourselves.
On
tuesday, I was on exchanges with Elder Maquin from Guatemala (his
native language is Maya which is super cool) and we were contacting some
new people at their houses. We knocked this mans door and he walked out
COMPLETELY NAKED!!! hahahaha it definitely took me off guard. Elder
Maquin was the one who started the contact and his view was obstructed
by the car in the driveway, so he just that the man was shirtless but my
view was definitely not obstructed hahahaha. The guy acted like nothing
was out of the ordinary but maybe he had just forgot to put some pants
on?? Ive had a lot of things happen while contacting but that was
definitely a first. hahaha
On Thursday, we took
a combi to get back to Quma which is the neighborhood that we live in.
My comp and I were sitting up front which means we were the ones who
passed the money off all the people in the combi when they approached
their stop. Usually when people pass the money to someone else, they say
something like "te molesto por favor" or "si me lo puedes pasar por
favor" which mean like "excuse me, can you pass the money for me?" but
theres also another phrase that is super funny that only like old people
say which is "no sea malito... lo puedes pasar?". The "no sea malito"
means like "dont be a bad person or dont be mean... and do this favor
for me". So my comp and I acted like we didnt know each other and when
he passed the money to me he said "no seas malito, puedes pasar el
dinero" and there was a lady next to us who just bursted out laughing
hahahaha. I think she realized that were not mexicans and we were just
making fun of some of the sayings. After the laughter died down, of
course we had to contact her. We got her info and she accepted an
appointment! We went that same day and it looks like she has a lot of
potential! She said she had been looking for a church to help her
understand certain things... the Lord works in mysterious ways!
Several
weeks ago, we found a lady named Gabriela who accepted us very well and
had been progressing well ever since. She had the baptismal date
planned and everything but two weeks ago at church, she told us "I think
I may have already been baptized". She had told us previously that she
investigated the church about 25 years ago but when we asked her
specifically if she had been baptized, she said no! But on that sunday,
we searched for her membership and sure enough, she was baptized about
25 years ago!! ahhhhhh it was kind of frustrating haha but at least we
were able to activate her in the church again!
We
have found some great families this week. Yesterday at church, 13 of
the investigators were able to come which was a huge success! They all
loved the reunion and it looks like they're all gonna progress well! God
has blessed us with some great investigators.
I
have been reading Jesus the Christ a lot recently and there are a lot
of gems that I just love!! The one that comes to mind right now is how
it was talking about the relationship of young Jesus and his parents.
They apparently didnt quite understand 100% about the mission of their
son. Jesus had to remind them in several occasions. But James E Talmage
explained how that was actually a very crucial part of Jesus' childhood.
If Mary and Joseph had understood their son and his mission completely,
they wouldnt have been able to have a normal relationship between
father and son, and mother and son. There were a lot of cool thoughts
that I love about the childhood of Christ. He was perfectly prepared for
his mission, everything happened exactly how it needed to.
Les amo!!
Elder Millard
Pic 1: Cold mornings in Mexico
Pic 2: Combis stuck in traffic because of a high school parade
Pic 3: Elder Maquin in intercambios by the parade!
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