February 20, 2018

Hey momma, hows things? Thanks for the update, im still here in tuxpan with elder velazquez which is sweet, they cut our zone in half which sucks. they cut off tepic, which is good because we were having problems with the elders their because they are super far away from us so they just did whatever they wanted, but still kinda bummed, our zone was the biggest before with 24, but now we only have 14. but we only have 1 companionship of sisters, so thats good. We havent visited ricardo hardly in this last week and a half because things have been crazy, but they still want to get married, but they still havent done it. Now that changes passed we should be in our area more so that should be good. we are going to do some sweet stuff this transfer. WHat made me smile yesterday? ummmm idk, i smile all of the days. The most frustrating thing was that the new sister in the zone didnt leave her other area until 1 in the afternoon and we are supposed to get to our new area at 11:00, and she just wasted a lot of time and we dont know why but we spent our whole day in the bus station waiting for her. This week Elder anderson THE APOSTLE came and it was super awesome, it wasnt like a super spiritual meeting where he like told us stories and parables. he just said, "alright, this is the lowest baptizing misson in mexico, this mission is hard, but if you want to baptize more heres what you have to do..." it was super cool, he just gave of lots of super practical advice, it was sweet. he just told us what we need to do to baptize people

the nice thing about being a missionary is i dont have new or social media, i live in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere mexico, i feel like im in the year 1950, we go to the market in the morning to buy fresh fruit and fresh made cheese and fresh tortillas, we help people pick beans in the field sometimes, and i dont have any worries. my biggest worry is that this town doesnt have public water so a lot of people here dont have access to running water and they are so poor. i shower with a garden hose taped to a wall, and our water comes from a pump and a well that we have to pump by hand until it gets going. All i have to do is go out and teach these people that there is more to life. People here live day by day, savings doesnt exist, if i work and earn 50 pesos, that day i eat with those 50 pesos, if i get sick and dont work, i dont eat. people here dont even understand the quality of life they have, they dont know that there is more. They dont have irrigation here, they work for 6 months when the crops grow because it rains, and then they go 6 months stressed and running around because there is no work. It is 2018, how are you telling me you dont have a way to water your crops? But i love the people here, there are huicholes and koras, tribes that dont even speak spanish. The people are simple and nice, they go to the river to wash there clothes, and they make some bomb enchiladas