Hey family!
This past week was great. Can I just say how much I love the pueblos?
There are so many times where I just tell my companion that this wouldn’t
happen if we were in the city. For example, having some members kill their
guajolote [turkey] and then eatiit, having little chicks walk on your feet as
you are eating, getting stuck behind a herd of sheep and not being able to
pass, or having some member randomly give you jicama in the middle of church
(see pictures). I am pretty sure this is my last week here in Atlacomulco and
that President is going to send me to D.F. (blehhhhh) for my last 2 changes. I
am pretty sad about it, but trying to enjoy the pueblos one last week.
So we have finally had some èxito [success] this past week. First off,
we finally found Hermana Luz. She left for 3 weeks out of town and finally got
back. She is planning to be baptized this Thursday. She is doing really well
and is happy to be progressing in the Gospel.
I forgot to tell you last week about this one investigator named David.
My companion contacted him a few weeks ago when I was working in El Oro. He
came to church by himself last week, but he was really drunk. He was talking
super loud in the Sacrament meeting. A member gave him her hymn book and he was
trying to sing with the book upside down. And then he took out a bottle of
alcohol and he dropped it and the hymn book ended up getting soaking in
alcohol. The whole chapel then smelled like alcohol. It was super funny. He
stayed for 30 minutes of the next class and then left. In the classroom, it
smelled awful so I went and opened the window. One of the hermanas was like
sarcastically, “Oh, thank you elder. It was so hot in the room,” even though it
was freezing in the church. haha. We eventually cleaned up the alcohol and got
the smell out. Anyway, so we have been teaching David a bit. It is really hard
for him to focus because the alcohol has done a lot of damage to his brain. We
told him if he goes a week without drinking we will give him a white shirt and
tie.
We also found this other sweet family. We went with these menos
activos [less actives]. We asked them the names of their neighbors. They told
us and we went to visit them. It’s a single mom with a 16 year old boy and a 5
year old boy (Adriana, Abraham, and Jesus). They are super interested and
accepted to be baptized in a month. So yesterday the menos activos (single mom
and 2 teenagers) and these other investigators came to church yesterday! It was
great.
On Wednesday we had the worldwide missionary conference. It was
awesome! I learned so much. A lot about the role of the Spirit and my role as a
missionary. We are to teach repentance and baptize converts! It was so good!
I am doing super well. I love the mission. At times it’s like I am
tired and want to do other stuff, but then there are other things that I love
and will miss doing so much. Mexico is crazy, but it is always an adventure!
-Elder Thomas
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