Hey family,
I have had a good and a bad week. I will start with the bad to get it
over with. Saturday I took a bus to come back to Atlacomulco from Acambay and
forgot my jacket on the bus with my wallet in it. I went back to go get it and
somebody had already stolen it. The bus driver was a butt. He asked if it was a
thin jacket. I said yeah and he told me, “Oh yeah. I saw this guy walking off with it and I
thought that isn’t his. That is the
white kid’s jacket. People really shouldn’t take what’s not theirs.” Thanks for the obvious. He definitely receives
the Good Samaritan award. The good news though is that I keep my credit cards
and ID separate in my backpack. I only had about $12 in my wallet as well. And
today I got permission to go to Toluca after the terminal and I bought a pretty
nice jacket. So that was super sad.
The good news is that I am staying here in Atlacomulco with Elder
Goodrich! This is his last change of his mission and because it is so close to
Christmas they can’t travel during that week, so this change will only be 5
weeks instead of 6. So it will feel even shorter. But I am pretty excited. And
I will probably be here for a third change because he is leaving for sure after
this change.
So this week was good for a few things. There was one of the sons in
the Family Segunda Rangel that for some reason didn’t pass his interview the
first time. But apparently there was some miscommunication and we decided to do
the interview again and he passed! Alex was baptized yesterday. His father also
got the Priesthood yesterday so we had him baptize him. He was super nervous
doing it, but after 4 attempts did it correctly. J
We also have been teaching our neighbors that live underneath us for a
while and they finally came to church! It made me super happy to see them walk
in. Their names are Gethzemany, Luis, and their little daughter Marian. I like
this area because we really don’t pass anyone because almost everyone lives so
far away so we just have to trust that they come on their own. Guadalupe
also came yesterday! She came with one of her sons. We are planning on her
baptism this Sunday. Victor and Berta had a family problem and weren’t able to
come, but they are still doing great. They give us free tacos :) Perks of Mexico.
I also included an activity that we did with this family and their
little kids saying how there are stepping stones to reach heaven. Each one is a
step of the Gospel (fe, arrepentimiento, bautismo, don del espiritu santo,
perserverar hasta el fin). We tried having him jump without the stepping stones
from his name to heaven (see picture). It was pretty funny.
I have gone a bunch of interchanges this past week. In El Oro I went
to do some interviews for a family of 4 that was baptized yesterday. The dad
was a little nervous of baptism and didn’t want to do it. So the elders there
asked me to go out to try to help resolve his doubts. When I got there I asked
how he was liking church and he said he really liked it but he was the most
stubborn about baptism. But then he told me that he was talking with his family
and he decided to be baptized! Super easy. haha. They will be a good
family.
Glad that Aaron did well in his musical. I like the musical a lot. You
would not believe how many types of people there are here like your role,
Aaron.
Still doing well here. We are pretty excited for Christmas and started
listening to Mormon tab Christmas music. Hope you all have a great week. Love
you all!
-Elder Thomas
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