January 29, 2018 So Much To Do

Dear Mom and everyone,

There is so much I have to do today and we don’t have anytime left. let’s see how fast I can get this out.

Monday, we ended with a really cool leccion with a less active and we nonmember boyfriend. They have lived together for a long time so we talked to them about getting married and they said that they are willing to do it. So, they talked to the bishop on Sunday and they are getting married Feb 14th (its free that day).

Tuesday, we had an interesting lesson with a member’s dad that’s not a member. He just has a bunch of questions and wants every answer to just start to believe. so, we are going through and trying to answer his questions as calmly as possible because he’s a little loud with his questions. But before that we went to an investigator that we have that’s a dentist because E Loosle had a tooth problem and she fixed it while I took a nice nap Haha.

Wednesday, we had Divisions I went to a little town called Xadani. They all speak Zapoteco and it was super cool because we taught an investigator for a translator and you could see him understanding and accepting it better in his own language. Oh, and there are a bunch of wind mills there for miles and miles I was super surprised to see so many. Oh, and after the first lesson I see that I had 4 missed calls for pres. That freaked me out a little. so, I call him back and he says that we are going to lose one of the wards we work in and we have to find a house for some sisters to move in to, so we have been looking for that all week with not much luck. We need it ready by next Monday.

Thursday My comp got sick so we went to the doc and he rested, oh and he had to get 3 butt shots.

Friday, we had more divisions. I went to Matias Romero. It was cool we had a FHE with a camp fire. and they had been started it with a bag full of plastic which was really weird for me but whatever we’re in Mexico.

Sunday, we went and helped tear down a wall at our investigators house. I felt weak because after like 20 of swinging the sledge hammer I had like 3 blisters and we only took down a quarter of the wall. Then we had a lesson and this Thursday we are going to baptize her and her son. 

Everything is great here a lot of work and a lot of interesting culture. I’m happy and health working as hard as I can Helping the people in my area and the missionaries in Juchitán. I finished the Book of Mormon this week and now I’m going to read the Libro de Mormon. No huge struggles just some missionaries issues, but we have taken of that. Oh, I sold my hammock and I’m going to buy a new better custom one this time so that should be interesting. I hope everything goes well with you guys. Tell people to write me Haha 

I love you all

This must be where they took the wall down with the sledgehammer

 So many Windmills

 Fire at Family Home Evening

January 22, 2018 Hammocks, Huaraches and Tlyudas

Dear Mom and everyone,

This was a really fun week, so we started out the week with that service project, we just destroyed that church, it was very destressing. Tuesday, we had more special changes in the zone so we had an extra elder with us all day. I’m still not used to being in a trio. but we had a cool day, I started to learn Zapoteco, the dialect here, it’s really interesting and kind of hard to pick up. But I’ve only been trying for a week so well see how it goes. 

Wednesday, we took a half Pday because of their service project, and then in the night I meet one of our investigators that progressing really quick. They started teaching her about 3 weeks ago and she’s going to get baptized in two weeks but she’s super cool and already has a really strong testimony.

Thursday, we had a super busy day and we had two baptisms fall through because the mom doesn’t want them to be baptized that was disappointing but we are going to see, their uncle is a member that I knew really well in Zicatela. 

Friday, we went the baptism that we had tis Saturday, he was super cool also, he’s had a lot of problems but he’s still frim in his decision to be baptized to that was a cool experience just to hear all that he had went through and he still wanted to go through with it. Then we went to a family that we contacted on Wednesday. It was a really nice family of 5 and they all listened intently and the dad even said the prayer at the end. That was another cool experience.  

Saturday, we had the baptism, normally here the missionaries do everything for the baptism program but here it was super different. If my comp didn’t baptize him I think we wouldn’t have participated, so that was really nice. 

Today my comp got a hammock of the American flag and it looks really cool. I think I’m going to sell mine and get a better hammock then I bought in Huatulco. The hammocks have grades of string and my is the 2nd best, but he got the first and its really nice, it would come out to be like 2000 peso in total but I’ll sell my hammock for about 800. Yes, my comp is Elder Loosle the area is cool but its two wards so that’s hard we stay at church for almost 6 hours on Sunday.  That’s too bad about Aunt Vera but she’s resting now. We will probably end up working on more houses but right now we don’t have appt for it. Oh, and yes that’s my hammock its super comfy but like I said I want to get a better one. That church is still getting taken down so well see how it goes. 

Random Pictures from his WiFi Camera

 Mitchell's Hammock.  He wants to sell this one and get a better one.

 I read Elder Loosle's blog and he said that his new companion is Elder Olsen and he bought a dart board and they were having a lot of fun with it.  That's funny.

 Looks like it could be a monkey!

 Elder Loosle Hammock. Mitchell wants to sell his and get a good one like this one.

 The Zapoteco Dictionary Book

 How fun that Mitchell gets to learn a different Dialect. Nothing like being challenged even more.

But I love you all until next week

Jan 15, 2018 Special Changes - Juchitan

Dear Mom and Everyone,

Another interesting week with the big event of special changes. I also got better so we started to work normally again. So, the first day back we were contacting a lot. We were able to find a few people kind of interested. Oh, and we were having some problems with the house owner so we gave them a 30-day notice so we were looking for a new house to. So, we were walking a lot to find a place. We did find some really cool houses but they were all super expensive so we didn't find one while I was there. Thursday was really cool we so we had contacted a guy that was outside his house leaning on a truck. We started talking and he was like hey, can you pray for my dad? So, we went and offered him a blessing. The dad had an accident about a year ago and can’t walk well anymore. It was cool because they said if we came and helped them out they would do want ever. we invited them to pray and they did, and the read everything we gave them. But the funny part was on Thursday, after we taught they were asking about the misión and I was like well maybe I’m heading out of the area pretty soon because I had like 4 months there, and my comp gets a call from Pres saying that I was going to Juchitán. So, Friday we had a Little activity and I got to say good bye to most of the members. Saturday, I left.

Them today we got to help destroy a church that we are going to rebuild you’ll be getting the pictures soon. 

 P-day last week with his 2 companions

 Eating with his Companions last week

 The Apartment Wall

 Goodbye Party for Elder Olsen

 And his bags are packed  

 The Bus Depot saying Goodbye

 Onto a new adventure.  Off to Juchitan

 Demolishing a Church

 Let the Service Begin

 Love our Elder Olsen

I love you all,