March 2, 2009 - Elder Gonzalez - New Comp

Yeah,.... that money was me... I was REALLY dumb with my money. I'm really not sure how though either... just kind of used it all. I did buy some protein I found here though 350 pesos. But its going to last me a while too. That and with whatever you sent me. Just a curious question, did you talk to Nick... at all.. before buying the protein? Never mentioned on that, lol. We didn't go to the gym at all last week, week before that we went Monday - Wed. But... not Thurs, Fri. Etc. My alarm´s currently out of commission and need to find a new one, but Elder Arbon and I set a goal to go every day, Elder Gonzalez is my new comp and he wants to go, we´ll see how that works out with Arbons new comp who's coming in from Vallarta right now. Hernandez, nobody here knows who he is, but he's going to be Zone Leader. Also we just found out who the new President's going to be. Mexican, from the State of Hidalgo. We'll see what happens. I recorded again on my little recorder! Lol, the last time i did it was the last day of my second change, then I did it again yesterday after Elder Heldt left. He Castro and another Elder, Elder Sanchez all went home together, or moreover to the presidents house and then home with everybody. After church we talked for about an 1 1/2 with everybody, I set up a few things to do this week with the new comp. We went to the house for a bit, finished up packing and we went to Hermana Ascencion' s House with her husband Florentino, sons Andy and Eto. (those ARE nicknames) If you notice in the pictures I just uploaded to walmart.com (YAY!, lol) There{s a baptism with a 9 year old looking kid, that{s Andy. The rest are who I just mentioned. She made us Chile Rellenos, wow, and then he, FLorentino made Camarones Diablos, Shrimp with a deadly Chile, for me! Lol. That and they snuck me a box of creme covered Oreos. I finished one roll already but still have the other one! We had to leave pretty early though to get the guys to the Presidents house. Arbon and I stayed together, went to eh house. I pillaged every good thing about the room we had. Lol, well almost. I didn't have a bed frame, just two mattresses so I claimed that. I{m still on the far side away from the window. I should take a picture of our roomito. If you stick ´ito´ at the end of any word it makes it little. Like, Niñito = little boy. I let my new comp choose locations. = ) Elder Arbon and I visited one person last night, and just came back and talked. I actually respect Elder Arbon alot, sometimes the things he says aren't all that nice. But after alls said I really like the guy. I learned alot from him last night. About the mission, responsibilities, what to expect. He calmed my nerves alot. Other people try to explain these things to me, but he just made sense. We talked about a bunch last night. What areas he{s been too, old comps, cars, doctrinal stuff, and some other cool stuff. Talked til midnight. Woke up today and we hit the gym and yeah, went to pick up the companions. I managed to plan a family home evening for tonight to cover us for today. So this week was actually really hard. I'm not too disappointed about Heldt leaving, I was't too happy the last two weeks. Thing is I really didn't have any say in anything, he likes to get his way a little. If he didn't, he was really mean. I didn{t talk too much in lessons he liked to talk alot! Lol That{s all I want to say though about that, I don{t like talking about people anymore negatively. Talking with Arbon helped he with all that though too. I do miss the guy, Elder Gonzalez is cool so far...but crap dude. I am a guinea pig, all my life I´ve been a guinea pig. This is his first change as Senior comp also. He has about 11 months. I'm not worrying though, taking the advice Arbon gave me again, I think everything´ll be great. I dont want to say anything negative about someone, but I was depressed for alot of the last two weeks. With reason though, they were challenges and I{m greatful for them. Sunday payed off with everything! I was feeling like nobody wanted me to be there. We'd go to a few lessons with people that I wanted to just love, & love to be with. It's good though. Sunday we went and well heres news first. Fernando AND Nohemi were baptized Saturday night. It was awesome. Nohemi's mom didn't take it too well. But we all think its coming around. They both got up and bore their testimonies too. Incredible. Most people get up and testify about how their calling in the church is the most important, or I'd like to bear my testimony I know this church is true I know the Book of Mormon is true, Amen. But they testified of the divinity of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, how it changed their life and by the power of the Holy Ghost they KNOW its true. That was amazing = D Lol. After the Sacrament meeting I spoke with a pair of less active members who were there. They said that somebody called them that morning. Didn't have a clue who it was, weren't expecting it, just happened. It was a voice, very still and soft. And it said, you should go to church, its the last time, the last opportunity. (something along those lines) They emphasized though that it wasn't demanding, it was very mild. So they came to church. The guy, Jesus, this is the brother, the girl is Maria his sister, he told me ´It{s a blessing to hear you talk, (I confirmed Fernando) because everytime, it{s like somebody else is talking, its like theirs somebody inside of you.´ That made me fell pretty good, lol. Then I talked with Maria, she said ´Hey, I was going to ask you a question. Who were those people with you when you were at the corner of ... and ...´ I thought for a moment, who lives over their, is that by their house? ´Probably Lupe and her son Javier´ I replied. No, no, they were all wearing white tunics, there were a ton of them! All joyful and rejoicing. A whole bunch of people surrounding you in white garments. I replied, well, Maria, I didn't see them... but they were probably angels. She told me, you have protection from on high, and a lot of it. Now to answer a few of your questions, lol. First off,Elder Kelly sends me his letter, lol. EVERY WEEK; so you don{t need to forward it, lol. That and Jon did write me. And it was very special. I{m going to print it off and read it again...and again...and again. Tell him I love him would ya? Well it{s good you rented the house! IT sucks their Vietnamese! Not to be racist, lol... but.. yeah, if something bad happens or breaks, get ready to pay for it. They might be better, all I know is that their Vietnamese...lol, we{ll see. I did not now that President Wright had 9 years. That{s insane. Haha Well tell me when you know, eh?! Tripa is actually ... well... lol. Intestine. I like intestine tacos, they're really good = D I want to write Heather a letter speaking of her, lol. I want to recount my horror hair stories with her and how much I appreciate the hair cut i went IN to the MTC with. Not LEAVING the MTC. Nor any other, except one .. which wasn't half bad... I do have You are my sunshine! My only sunshine... you make me happy when skies are grey, You make me happy, so very happy, please don{t take my sunshine away! I doubt that's exactly right, BUT DONT JUDGE ME! Lol. Mesa sounds like everything going good in the church! Kelly is a stud, how much time does he have though¿? In the mission¿? I have not, still, gotten Rena´s package. If Arbon goes to the offices soon, maybe. It{s probably their, just haven't gotten it yet... and yours a little bit later, ( = D So you´ll have to tell me how you like the photos. I like the scripture, I saw the reference and knew which one you were talking about, lol. But I{m going to keep it in my mind a little bit more... I love you and I got to get the heck out of here... I'm over by 20 lol. As for the laundry, we drop it off with Hermana Carmen and she washes it there at the washers. Well, ... yeah!LOVE YOU SO MUCH; I AM LOVED I KNOW IT DON'T NEED TO REMIND ME, well... if you'd like, a missionary can't have enough American food!! Lol = P Thanks for all you do for me, it gives me hope to know I have love and support at home. LOVES! Jake D. Taylor P.S. I still haven{t eaten the chocolate cigars... got to be a special moment... BUT... the rest is long gone!