Miner Elders

Hey Family!

Today was pretty fun. After cleaning the house and cutting our hair we went to El Oro with Elder Medina and Elder Moreno and went to the gold mines that they just opened up. It wasn’t huge, but it was pretty cool. There still is a bunch of minerals under there, but it is just too expensive to do it all so now it is a tourist area. We also got to wear the cool hats :) We then went to get some sopes and tacos to eat :)  Love Mexico!

So this week was pretty good. Tuesday morning was a junky day. At 5:30 in the morning, I felt like I had to throw up so I ran to the bathroom. Sure enough I threw up. And I was throwing up all morning long. I also had the worst diarrhea ever. I was trying to get ready in the morning to go to the district meeting I was in charge of, but then fell on my bed and told Elder Lopez to call Hermana Whitehead to see what medicine I could take. Fortunately, the night before I asked everyone in my district to prepare something to teach so we did the junta in our house and I slept and they all did the meeting! It was pretty great and I was grateful for the missionaries in my district. We ended up staying in the house all day and I took a lot of pills. I also lost some weight, but I think I gained it back with the Mexican food. haha Wednesday though I was back in the game.

We also had interviews with President Whitehead. He is such a good man. I am so grateful for them. He talked to me a little about the mission because so many missionaries are going home and almost all the Americans are gone (we are very rare these days ;) ). The mission is very young as well so he said we need to work really hard to train the missionaries. He also doesn’t have that much time. He finishes at the end of June. They just called the new mission President. I think he is American but also Hispanic.

In terms of investigators...Well we have been trying to find Hermana Luz but she isn’t answering her phone and we haven’t been able to find her. 

We also are working with this one joven named Santiago. He is a 16 year old kid who is very shy but I think he really feels something different in the Gospel. He is a bit confused with the Catholic traditions, but we are trying to help clarify it all. He asked us an interesting question. He asked “If it is the church of Jesus Christ, why aren’t there more members like there are Catholics?” I thought about it for a second and then told him, “We have to remember what happened to Christ. There were enough people who were against him and they ended up crucifying him. His church was completely established but the people still rejected him.” I have been thinking about that this past week. The true followers of Christ may be few, but it is because we are willing to make the true sacrifices to follow Him. 

So that is pretty much what has been going on. We got permission to use scarfs, hats, and we got a new heater because it is so cold in the mornings and at night.

This week should be good. We are having a worldwide mission training conference on Wednesday. So I am excited for that.

I am so sad how fast the time is going. Every second people are reminding me how fast the time is going. It makes me sick. Ughhhh I don’t know what I am doing when I get home. I honestly don’t care. I love being here in Mexico and serving the people and I love being able to serve the missionaries as well. It is great because you always feel productive :) 

Well, have a great week. I love you all!

-Elder Thomas