Well changes have come and I am gone. I was
really hoping to stay another change because there is fun stuff going on in
Centro Toluca. Today is Independence Day and they have a bunch of stuff going
on in centro. Also, in October all presidents of north and south america are
coming to Toluca or something like that. That’s what I heard. Also it’s my
birthday...It’s okay. I will just celebrate here. Where am I you ask? Well I am
here in D.F. It’s a small area called Los Plateros. And I am again with another
American companion! haha Elder Pyne. He is from Logan, Utah. So far all 3 are
from Utah. He is really nice and I think this will be a good change. The area
is a lot smaller and more crowded. Very different. Our house is bigger but more
moldy. Haha we keepy sneezing and I probably won’t feel 100% healthy here. But
nonetheless, the work must go on.
It’s not as quite as hilly as my last area.
Also, we are "opening" it because the other missionary went home and
the other one was waiting for his visa to go to Provo for his mission. So this
will be an interesting week. We have to find a lot of people to teach and both
learn the area. It’ll be an adventure.
This past week wasn’t super succesful
unfortunately, but it was still good. We had a lot of interchanges. Tuesday
with Elder Jex. Wednesday with his companion Elder Buchanon. And Thursday with
Elder Gomez. We had a surprise meeting and Elder Jex announced everyone would
be switching companions for the day. It went pretty well. They also reenacted a
story called The Donut Master. Look it up! It’s really good. Elder Wanner was
the person who did the push ups. It really makes you grateful for the
Atonement. Anyway, the whole week led up to Friday where our ward had a Mexican
night. We invited so many people and were sure they were all going to go.
Unfortunately, NONE of our investigators came. It was a huge bummer. It was
still fun though. They had games, food, and dancing. Elder Wanner and I bought
sombreros for the cause and some members got us Mexican ties.
Saturday was also frustrating because it was our
last real day working together and no one was home. We were super discouraged
and then finally at our last appointment, this couple we are teaching were
home. They said they promised they are going to church. We talked about the
Atonement and Christ to them and at the end I asked them if they had any
questions and the husband just said that he only wanted to give thanks to us.
He said we were sent from God to them. Also many other companionships have come
by them, but none of them gained their trust. It was such a good way to end a
hard day. ¡Gracias por milagros!
Sunday, we had 4 investigators in church. Later
in the night I went to say goodbye to a few families. I went to Julio’s and his
family. Julio wrote me a really nice note about us being good friends. Then we
went to Ruth’s. I started crying saying by to her and her nephew Jhersson. I
bore my testimony to them and thanked them for their friendship and the
opportunity to help her come closer to Christ. She is such a good lady and I
hope she continues in the Church and Jhersson gets baptized when his Mom allows
him to.
We then went to the family Mejia. They are such a nice family. They
gave me advice about continuing on in a new area. They gave me some treats and
drove us home. I really am going to miss this ward. I packed until 1 in the
morning and then went to the terminal in the morning. I am tired! But what else
is new on the mission. Haha I also saw Elder Blevins and Olvera at the
terminal. So fun to see them!
Anyway, thanks for all your support. Pray for me
this week in this new area, with a new companion. I miss you all!
-Elder Thomas
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