Hey there family!
Well this week was a little different than I thought. Tuesday and Wednesday
were pretty uneventful. Thursday, my zone leader came and did interchanges.
Guess who my zone leader is right now? Elder Jex! If you don’t remember, he was
my zone leader from my 2nd change in Toluca. Back then he had like 16 or 17
months in the mission. Now, he finishes in 2 changes (he extended his mission
an extra change)! The time flies. Anyway, because it is 2 hours of driving to
our area, he stayed here for 4 days. Elder Johnson went to Metepec with Elder
Jex’s companion.
With Elder Jex, we had a good time. We found some really good people.
We found this one lady named Isamar who grew up in Arizona and then she and her
husband moved down here. So we taught her in English and she seems really
interested. We just need to get her husband on board. He likes to drink, so his
wife is kind of sad about that. They also have a little baby.
Also, I contacted this big group of people who were family and we got
their number and invited them to church. Luckily, later we remembered that we
were going to the temple visitors’ center on Saturday. They had some extra
seats, so we invited a bunch of them. 8 came in total! The temple was such a
neat experience. One of the ladies later said that when she was there,
everything on the outside world didn’t matter and the time flew by. That same
lady and her two kids ended up coming to church the next day and said they will
come this next Sunday as well! She also is going to invite the rest of the
family.
We also had Venancio confirmed as well! He called us today because he
wants us to introduce us to one of his friends. Members and Missionaries (M&M’s)
are the key. Bruno also has three names he wants to give us.
Speaking of Bruno, yesterday, in the street we saw Bruno. He was in
his clown costume going to work. We were so bummed! He is planning on receiving
the priesthood this next week. We talked to him about the importance of keeping
the Sabbath day, but it is his decision. He told us that he realized that he
made this promise with God and would plan to go home to spend time with the
family. That felt really good to help him stay on the right path. There family
is super good. They also were able to go to the temple. I told them that in one
year they would be here at the temple to be sealed. How cool!
The temple is so nice. It has such a good spirit. The visitor’s center
is amazing. They did such a good job with it. They have iPod centers for kids,
videos to teach the lessons, “I’m a Mormon” section where you can share on
Facebook, and lots more. It was so nice to go. It is pretty rare to get to go
with the branch or ward you are working with but President Whitehead gave us
permission to go.
In other news, we visited this member who makes tortillas by hand!
They are so good. She always gives us some and we put salt on them. We call
them quesadillas con sal. Anyway, she let us try making them. It is a lot
harder than it looks. haha. My tortilla was a bit ugly, but it was fun.
This next week I am back with Elder Johnson training. He is definitely
in shock of Mexico. He apparently was sick this past week. haha. Pobresito [poor
thing]. He is adjusting well though.
It is pretty hot here. Everything is getting hotter from here on out I
think. I am pretty lucky to have been here in Valle during the winter of Mexico.
Even though it’s not super bad with snow and all, it still is pretty cold. I
think President felt bad that I had to suffer through all the Maine winters.
haha. Hope you are all surviving through this big snow storm coming!
-Elder Thomas
P.S. - there is this Mexican girl staring at me.
She just told me she was surprised that I could type in English and that it was
the same. It’s because "soy Güero" [I am fair skinned].
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