No roosters or police.

Hey family,

Hope you are doing well! I am still here in Anahuac. The mission is going well. Not very eventful, but it was okay. I think after time in the mission you just run out of things to tell...

We found the guy with the rooster. We had an appointment with him to meet at the church but then he never came. Later at night we found him in the street and he got mad at us and said we weren’t there at the church. I told him we were there waiting 30 minutes. I invited him to church and he said he would go, but unfortunately never came. Nor his rooster.

The hardest thing has been trying to find people to visit. Usually what we have been doing this past week is just contacting people as they are entering into their houses. We ask them if we can sing a song and say a prayer. Usually they let us in, but then it all depends on their interest. It is great because Mexicans are so nice to let strangers into their house, but sometimes you end up entering into a house where the people don’t have that much interest and they just don’t want to be rude so they let you in anyway.

On the other hand, there are also some other people that aren’t quite as friendly. A week ago I was working for 2 hours with Elder Veazey. We went to go find a family that we were teaching. We entered into the vicindad (it is like a lot where there are many houses behind the door). We tried knocking on the door but no one came out. We then heard someone on the roof. Elder Veazey yelled "buenas noches!" This old lady then came out and said, “Get out. get out or I will call the police.” Then Elder Veazey was like, “Hola hermana. We are missionaries and we are only looking for this family. My name is Elder Veazey. I come from a nice family with 5 brothers and sisters". The lady then said, “Get out! Mayte, call the police! These people don’t want to leave.” We ended up leaving, but it was pretty funny the situation. Here in Mexico you are allowed to enter into the vicindades, but there are some viejitas who are really nice and others that are super rude.

So this next week we are going to find lots of people to teach. We are going to go on intercambios, Elder Veazey and I, so that should be fun.

These past few days I have been working on creating my "The Living Christ" and I have found it interesting how my testimony of Christ as changed over the past two years. I am so grateful for Christ and his Atonement. I understand it even more and I feel closer to my Savior more than ever. Even with all of the apostasy that people are doing in the streets this next week, I am coming to really understand who Christ is for me and how He really is the Savior of the world. I am so grateful for Him and the sacrifice He has done for me. I am grateful for the time I have to serve him. Happy Easter!

-Elder Thomas