kickin it here in TJ.

Hello Family.
   I'm just kickin it here in TJ. No well this week went pretty good. to start off. We barely had any lessons and every morning we had stuff to do. So we didn't have alot of time to work in the area. We had food appointments, as we eat at 2, with all families that live out of our area, so we had to take a bus everyday to eat. So basiclly we waisted a bunch of time. Thursday we had thanksgiving dinner. Canned cold gravy, hard rolls, cold ham. and mushy turkey... mmmm sounds like home no... Yeah I missed being there, and I missed good food. But well its mexico, I don't excpect much. Friday we had a conference. In the conference the presidente taught about tithing almost no one here pays it. So its hard for people to be blessed, or called to do anything in the church. Then he taught a new way that he wants us to teach. The last couple weeks, he asked us to memorize the lesson plans word for word. and no basically he wnats us to ive them just like that. Not skipping a point or anything. He asked for some people to be volunteer (there was 8) and to teach the lesson 2 plan of salvation. He asked us to do it point for point, but inside each point we have to have also everything that it says in the 30-45 min. lesson plan. and do it in 10 min. I have it all memorized. so it wasnt very hard. But my companion had the part of the 3 kingdom, he forgot the names, then started saying that the terrestre was beautiful and there would be jesus there and the HG and sure its all right. no apostasy, but he made it sound so good that who wants to go to the celestial. It was pretty funny. To end the conference the pres, said that the people who have bad numbers wont have P days anymore, he has been saying that he was going to do it for a lil while. But this time he is putting it in action. super lame

     So after that, well we hadn't had reallly anylessons. And I was feeling a lil down. I've been studing a lil about fasting so Idecided to fast. It was sweet. Friday we had 10 lessons in total. terrible. Well actually the ZL told me that my whole district wasn't going to have P day. They needed to have over 15 lesons. Well Saturday. we busted out 10 lessons. It was a pure maricle. We even had our food like an hour from the house. but we workedway hard and God super blessed us. But super super blessed us. It was pretty sweet to be honest. Needless to say, we had pday today

    Well to celebrate my B day we went to the mountains. I bought Hot dogs in the morning and we went to climb this mountian with 2 other Elders. Its a pretty big mountain, and I'm the only one that really had climbed before so it was slow. but there is a ranch half way up the mountain, so we used one of the roads and started going up. right below the peak there is a huge abondon ranch house. Its pretty sweet to be honest. We got to the ridge and well we actually turned back at the ridge line. We got down by the house, and there was a lil creek, well what once was a creek. So we put a fire there and roasted some hotdogs. We hadben siting there for alil and up came a truck. We were actually out of view but I figured it was trouble so I told one of the Elders to come with me, and we went to talk to the driver. He was some 23 year old punk kid. He was fist scared of us. he wouldn't even role down his window then. he finally got out, and he was mad saying he should throw us in jail. Well in the end he gave us a ride out. I gave him part of the 1st lesson. and he said to come back anytime and he would give us a tour of the palce and show us some cool stuff haha. Mexicans :)

Oh cool thing of the week, the other day when I ran into the sign contacting that girl (Leonor) Igave the ref. to other elders in my ditrict and she is way interested.

Peace, and Love family... Thanks for all the happy b day wishes.. come big or go home, Z but be smart eh;)

!Sin Felicidad!

What up fam...

   Man, the next 2 months are going to be bad. everyone over there is celebrating and here in TJ they don't celebrate anything. Super lame. but well hey, what can you do. Its way wierd to be honest. people don't give presents on christmas. they do everything different. And I"m just like 20 mins from Cali. Thats the worst part haha. Oh and that its snowing in Utah... man, I miss the snow haha. Tell me lil bro to take it easy for right now. he is going to get himself hurt the the start of his season and not be able to ski anymore. I'm sure he is smarter then I think he is bet just in case... he really smashed his helmet... wow. Thats pretty ballin. and why does he need new boots he bought some no? Fill me in on skiing, thats the best thing to hear haha. Oh and food. man, I miss food. I'm learning alil to cook like a mexican. basicly blend everything together, and then burn it. and well. it comes out alright. tasting very much mexican. Today is a holiday. the people don't know why, neither do I. only that they don't have school or work so thats pretty cool. As far as my boils go in the armpits I'm on medicine again. I've been taking injections all week long, and amoxocilin or somehting like that and one other drug, its an antibiotic. so I hope that it grets rid of it all. It looks like it is getting better. Don't worry about me, I'm doing great to be honest. The mission is way stressful right now. We changed the plan so we don't contact anymore and so right now we haven't had any bap. in the mission for awhile. the pres is way stressed out. usually in my area I can have or should have 30 lessons in the week. this week I worked way hard and we came out with 15. and we were the best of my district, and above avereage for the mission right now. Wow. Its crazy. I wish I could say that I have alot to say about my investigators but I don't have any.

    Gabriel and Ismeralda need to get married before they can get bap. so  we are working with that right now. we are supposed to have a bap. this weekend. but It doesn't seem like it is going to happen. a 11 yr. old girl, that drives me crazy. And to be honest those are the only two people. Vanessa, the other lady, well she needs another couple months before she can get bap. says the mission pres. so that stinks... bad. But we are working hard. and hoping that it will all trun out well

 

    My comp is getting better, I thought in the first couple days I was going to kill him. But last week he made a comment about some chick here and I tore into him hard.... and well he figured it out. We now don't have anyproblems. He kinda gets up in the morning. he doesn't talk about wanting to go home. and well he is working better. haha so Well Im guessing that is a good sign. Hoping so.

 

One funny thing happened last week. We went to a members house to eat. My comp wants to be a chef but he hates food... a lil strange. but we got there and entered the house. The sister is a lil weird but who am I to judge. She had cooked a piece of flat meat. (carna asada) some veggies and zuccini that was cut down the middle and was stuffed with chesse. But when we got to the house, the meat was cold, the veggies cold, and the cheese even colder. My comp started to eat alil bit. but he kept looking at me as if he was going to die. I just ate, downed my plate and sat and watched my comp finish off his. or try to atleast. he got the meat down, eating ver much like a bird. Then he got the veggies down. time for the zuccini. Well he started panting like a dog, as if he was about to do something really hard, and tried to put the zuccinni in his mouth but he couldn't stomach it. I just looked at him and said eat it... now. haha, o he tried again. After the first 10 mins battling with the zuccini he finally made enough hand motions and faces like he was going to die that I figured I'd help him out, I tolk the sister that he was feeling bad. he got straight up after that went to the bathroom and threw it all up haha.  The next day we ate pezole with pork spine and hooves. He was just as grossed out. But this time he just couldn't handle it. the problem with the hooves is they have hair, they shave it down close to the skin. but its still there. It doesn't get to me, but my comp couldn't handle it haha.

 

Oh the other bad part about the week, I'm talking this medicine and its made me wasy plugged up. like 5 days plugged up... haha, the worst ever :) I try to keep everyone at home really informed no use in hiding anything.

 

Im pretty sure I got rid of the flees in my bed too. thank goodness. I had aton of bites. Or it may not have been flees but it was pretty ugly.

 

well I love you all tons, I hope you have fun on my b day. itll actually be a pday so I'll do something special. maybe sleep haha. I'm super tired. always :)

 

Peace, love, and send me some pics of my beautiful family... or even better of the snow.

 

that pic pheasent hunting is pretty good. 

 

Oh this week, I was contacting a girl and walked straight into a sign... leaving a nice goose egg on my head... no way haha, the worst ever :) noking my glasses off and everything.

I couldn't write you.....well that's a lie.

Hey fam, whats up...
   Sorry about last week, I couldn't write you.... well thats a lie. I could but I only had 5 mins on the comp, so I just wrote my lil brother :) no worries it won't happen again.
Alright to start, 2 weeks ago went well, we had 3 people ready to get baptised but I talked to the pres. about vanessa, and he said that because of what she did before she couldnt' get bap. quite yet, that she needed a time of rep. first. So that def, stinks way bad but well I hope that she can get bap, soon. Then the next 2 people are way ready, gabriel and Ismeralda but we learned they werent married, so now we are working on that. Its been pretty good. Saturday night we got the transfer calls, I am still in Villa del Camp but my comp that I just finished training left to another area and is going to train there, I asked the president to do it, and he did haha. but Its cool to see that my comp was ready, we worked hard together, he isn't all that obedient, but whatevs. Then they told me that I was going to train and I"m the new district leader here in Ojo de Agua, I have 1 pair of missionaries and 2 pairs of sisters in my district plus me. Its pretty good. But the district is pretty dead right now, the other areas arent really working. My area, is the half of all the numbers, but its good that we are showing an example. I'm hoping that we can get some results.

  Well my new comp is.... hmmm. Well he showed up and only brought pink ties (we can't were pink ties) and purple sweaters (we can't wear purple sweaters) he is from bachuca hidalgo. Well wow what an experience, his parents sent him on the mission, he didn't really want to go. He is always talking about his girlfriend. They have 4 months together, she isn't a member, and he thinks she is going to wait for him....hes got no chance. He is always telling me he is going to break his leg or make out with girls in the mission to go home. He is quite the character. and 630 in the morning he is dead asleep. and won't get up, usually he got out of bed at 715. but today I got him out of bed at 640 he wasn't all that happy but he is going to have to get used to it. If he is with me. He is going to be obedient. Thats just the way we role. Nothing more about it. But I think we will be alright I've got 3 months with him here, but I shouldn't have any real problems with him. As far as his testimony, he has none, and far as his desire, unexistant. As far as I will push him.... the end of the world. Hes going to be sore and tired. But he will leave with a testimony and desire.

As far as me, I'm doing good, Its pretty cold here, but a member gave me a cool coat so I'm doing alright. I'm not really sure whats up with this zit thing in my armpit. This week, I got them on my pecs again, and my groin, and in the last 2 days one arm got it terrible. But up and down the arm, like 30. but big. I'm guessing that my arm is something different because they itch they don't hurt, so I"m guessing that is it bed bugs on my arm. I put a blanket on my bed and so it proly is that. I"m washing is right now

Oh I bought a months supply of food last week (it was on sale) it is now gone, my comp ate it all. We will now be eating our own food and not sharing everything haha.

We sorry I do't have much to say, I love you all tons.

This is what the kids swim in haha, and its like 50 degrees out side and this is in middle of pure trash

Peace love and take care of the snow for me:)

No Letter this week :-(

No letter this week. We are not sure why, just keep Andy and the other missionaries in your thoughts and prayers.

TR