So
this week was a good one. We had the final meeting with President Titensor before
he returns back to the States to help Sister Titensor begin her cancer
treatments. I cried, but, it was a good
closure though. He is such a father
figure to me, and now with the new President, it is a lot different. Howerver, I
do feel like everything is super good we are happy and healthy.
The new Pres name is President Garcia, he is from the state of
Queretaro which is a neighboring state. They ended their mission in July, and
so I don’t think that they are going to be staying here very long. I think
everything will work out well, and I know I just need to continue the faith and
realize that he is now the person in charge here.
One exciting thing for me is we are going to have a baptism in
two weeks!! We are super excited and finding a lot of new people to teach. We
have been so happy and I am really loving the people here. Our bishop is great.
This last week, a missionary that served here about a year ago came back to
visit with her husband (CRAZY THAT SHE IS NOW MARRIED) and it made me so
excited for one day to come back and visit too!
The Mission life is moving right along – even though everything
is going well and now moving a little quicker, it makes me realize how
important to work hard and finish well.
As far as an update on our dog bites, mine has healed up nicely,
and fortunately the dog that bit both me and my companion didn’t die. This is
good, because it means that it didn’t have rabiesJ One problem though,
and that is, my companions dog bites got infected this week! So nurse Beardall was squeezing puss out of
belly bites every night. It was interesting. I will say that maybe I made her
suffer, just a bit, because I put iodine and that water that fizzes on her
scabs. But it took the infection out so all is well!
Mom you asked me about the all the street dogs, so here’s a bit
about them: there are tons!!! We love
them for the most part. We have a street dog that is named Jack Reggie that
lives on the same street as some investigators. We always bring him food. :)
There are some pretty cute dogs in the street, but also some that are seriously
sad and some funny and scary ones, too. Some have lost like eyes or feet
because they fight a ton in the nights. It is a rule that we can’t have pets in
our homes, but if we could I think that I maybe would have brought some home by
nowJ
The work is going well too and we have another baptism. She is one of our members wife. Her name is Sara and she is really cute. She is only
18 but has a baby that was born in august. They got married, and she has been
coming to church and wanting to learn and know for herself and so we are happy
for her! Today we have an appointment with her and it’s going to be great we
are going to talk about her baptism.
Annndd new things about my mission::::
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Little Mexican kids are the best. There is a family of members
that I love so much that they have 5 kids under 8 years old. And they are sooo
sweet. They always want to talk in English with me and we have a lot of fun
together. We love when we can eat at their house. :)
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Creepy bugs and rats. Well, I think that the grossest things are
that the street dogs always hunt down, and eat rats. But like the HUGE type of
rats and so in the mornings there are usually a bunch of dead rats outside into
he street.
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Lots of crazy weird things have happened to me, and some scary
ones too I guess. I think that the adversary works hard to scare us or investigators
about what they are doing. It really is so stupid but there have been a couple
of crazy experiences as well with all that jazz. I think that the best day that
I have had on the mission has been maybe 15 of September?? I was in Gazalem and
the ward was going to have a party to celebrate. We asked permission and
president gave us to go and bring investigators. IT WAS CRAZY. It was a fun
evening and we brought like 8 investigators to the event. Also we have had all
of our appointments not fall through, which are amazing days. One day we had
like 4 lessons in less than 3 hours with members and everything present. It was
a pretty day. I really just love the mission. The days are sometimes really
longs but it is soo worth it.
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jaj mom. Mexico is literally crazy town. But, I love it I think
that I will miss the most people that whistle at me because they think I’m
pretty. KIDDINGGGG!!!
I will miss being with the people. I will miss having the
authority to promise blessings. I will miss a full hour of scripture study and
then another hour and then another hour. I will also miss being in missionary
meetings or contacting rude people in the street. I will miss the Street food
which gives me special powers to walk all day:)
So
I heard that we have a new president of the United States?? Every single Mexican
somehow gets angry at me for that...
It
really actually surprises me. Why did he win?? And will I be able to come back
to the US????? Kidding but really. Is he going to pass a lot of laws or something=?
Mom, you should definitely become a citizen. Hah I really didn’t
know or even pay attention to the dates but I definitely heard about it the day
after. The Mexicans are like super worried. It is crazy because everyone we
talk to always says to me that they have an aunt or an uncle or a cousin or
whatever that lives there. It is actually a little worrying, but I am not too
worried about all that right now.
That
is so cute miller was worried about me being able to come home because Trump
wants to build a wall between Mexico and USA.
Tell him, I’ll make it back ok.
Such a cute boy, and tell him I miss him a lot!
Well,
just a few more thoughts: I think that
the mission is the most perfect opportunity to help others and as we help
others we learn to appreciate what we have in our lives. I love you guys so
much and I consider myself as someone who is highly blessed by The Lord to have
a family that is so supportive and active in the Church and really just a family
of good people. THANK YOU!!!
Thank you all for your support and love, I am trying hard!! I am
happy that you are all doing well. Is there anything that I can help with this
week??
Also please tell Mason and Miller hi for me and also Taylor
happy birthday for me if you see her!! I hope your week is fantastic and that
you are all well.
Love you!
