E-mail from August 22nd!

I am definitely seeing the fruits of my labors here in the mission! two babtisms yesterday! and two more coming on friday! how awesome is that!???!!!  ahhhhhh! im lovin it! i really have realized that my first area was a test from God to see how patient and faithful i was with everything.  and now its really paying off.  i feel really on fire here right now.  and i really feel like God is blessing me.  im starting to really understand what its like to teach with the spirit and apply stuff and question and what not.  its so cool how much you learn when your just teaching!

anyways. spanish is fantastic.  people are telling me i basically dont have an accent in spanish now. so thats cool. the only things i need to work on right now are grammer and memorizing words! its pretty sweet =)  also my companion is way cool. hes from the U.S. if i didnt tell you. but he looks mexican.  but hes a way good guy and i like him a lot we work together way good.  but ya thats how thats going anyways.

 

gracias

con amor

kiki

 

Picture Post from August 22nd!

very stereo-typical mexican with a sombrero haha =)

me and my sexy mustache

stranded (long story)

babtism with Raquel and José

ya we have mustaches

do i look sexy?? hahahaha

me and my new hair for the mission =) haha

Picture Post from August 8th

passed out drunk guy with the Restoration pamphlet in his hands haha

me and Karla our convert

and again

us and Karla, Elder Pedraza on the left and Elder Smith on the right

us and Michelle our other convert

so this sister in our area, Hermana Dulce, has a tradition that she waxes a rectangle of hair off of one of our legs and then we get free haircuts. you can probably guess i get free haircuts now haha

E-mail from August 8th

ok everyone, you wont believe it, this area is friggin amazing. we have so many investigators and success. also i now have 2 babtisms. that i didnt totally jump into this last week i somewhat earned them =) even enough in which i babtised one of them (Karla) which means that im gaining trust of the people here =) so ya that was way cool. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!  haha anyways. the members here are awesome. we have one whos name is Esther, who is like our mom somewhat. she helps us with everything! and we have a lot of lessons with members thanks to her. way way cool lady.  anyways what else. well life is good.  im enjoying my time here in this area a lot.  its really cool.  2 babtisms guys and also were gonna get 3 more in like 2 weeks pretty much for sure.  its amazing here and God is blessing me so much here. i feel very good.  also our 3rd companion Elder Pedraza is leaving tomorrow for home. so he taught us the area and helped us meet the members and investigators and elder smith and i are gonna be on our own tomorrow to do it all. so a lot of responsibility but im totally ready for it im on fire right now! anyways. hope yall are doin good i dont have too much time to write you all today cause were in a rush kinda but i will try to write you all more next week. love you all! and go check out my pictures on my blog ok? theyre of BABTISMS!!!!!

Picture Post from August 1st

Me

Me, Angie who will get baptized in December and Elder Martinez

Angie, Dulce, Elder Martinez, Me

Im on a bus! im on a bus take a good hard look im on the mutha friggin bus!!!  (me heading for Zacatecas)

what i see outside the bus, notice the dirt is like reddish?its way cool to me haha. and in the distance you can see a lot of cactus

Me and Elder Pedrasa heading to Ojocaliente

me and Elder Smith doing the same thing as me and Elder Pedrasa

City of Zacatecas, (see how its built on all these hills? it reminds me of park city, Utah)

Apparently people like harvest cactus out here which you can see behind this stupid bush that screwed up my picture.  for the cause of why they harvest cactus im still not sure. but i will try to find out for you if its that interesting to you haha or if you know please let me know. its bothering me a bit haha

E-mail from August 1st

Hey everyone!

well i finally got changed to a new area! its way way far away from where i was. in the state of zacatecas. which is like 2 states from where i was in Torreon, Coahuila.  its way nice here. in torreon it was like 100 degrees usually. but here its like 70 at the MOST!  so thats way nice. my area is pretty small. but way cool. im in a little pueblo called Ojocaliente, which in english means hot eye. but its not hot here at all.  

but also im in a companionship of three. Elder Pedrasa who leaves in 10 days to finish his mission. and Elder Smith who is from the U.S. im pretty excited to see what happens this change.  from what Elder Pedrasa told me, we have 4 babtisms in line. so im way excited for that and to see what happens!  

anyways. i ended my time in Colon y Polvorera (my old area) with one investigator.  so well see if he gets babtised or not.  but other than that im still working for my first babtism. but im way excited to see what comes out this change. i do really miss the people in my old area though. i guess something ive learned from just that change, is that i have really grown to love people, like i look at everyone now as family, and that i want them to have a successful life, and i really feel a huge change in that aspect. i really love the people in Colon y Polvorera, and im really gonna miss them.   i feel really good about this area though. and the energy is just a lot better here because its not so dangerous. it seems like the people a just a lot more peaceful cuz its a lot less dangerous here. 

also our house is sweet.  its above a members house. but its pretty big and we are pretty much living across from the church so well probably shower there and what not. im pretty excited about that. but ya im way stoked for this change. and am looking forward to telling you all about the success here.

anyways i gotta go. but i am going to have my sister put photos up on facebook and what not so be looking for those.  love you guys and i hope your all doing well youre all in my prayers! love you!!

love 

Elder Day