November 23, 2009

To start off I´m tired... I´m very very tired. Physically, spiritiually... mentally, emotionally. I´m just tired. I feel pretty bad right now, got up a little late, I got up at 6:20, but layed around and slept a little here and there until 7. Elders walking around in normal clothes. Getting up late, staying up til 1 in the morning. I feel bad spiritually. I haven't been very diligent, I haven´t studied sufficiently. Today we just took my shoe to get fixed and we´re going to wash, write and sleep. And send letters! Lol, woo-hoo! Lol, we´ll see how well that goes! The good news is that I just bought a Hershey´s bar and a half liter of Dr. Pepper for 14 pesos at Pharmacy Guadalajara that´s like $1.25. Speaking of money. We´re pretty broke right now. Two trips to Guadalara, a trip to Colima, going to all the pueblitos here and 2 weeks worth of food... that and a bunch of other crap. I spent a chunk of money in Guadalajara on tacos when we went. Did I mention that we went to the temple over there? I´ve been a bump on a log here with Elder Perez, reflecting on the matter the other day. I realized that I´ve left most, if not all, of the work to him. I dont throw in enough of my own input. I need to talk and decide with him. I already have 43 minutes on the computer. I wrote a long letter to President Saucedo. It´s all going good in the work, well.... mas o menos. It´s good, I just want to keep it going, fix all the little details that we´re missing. We have a lady named Rosalba in the pueblito de Tamazula, that´s progressing with her two kids. There are other possibilities we´re told that can progress. We´re kind of focusing on the pueblos right now, Tuxpan also we sent Elder Nichols and Elder Aulestia (from Peru), they´re working out there now and already have a baptismal date for a 9 year old. They reactivated, or are in the process of reactivating the Llamas family. We´ll see how that goes. Elder Uc and ELder Guevara need to go to Teocuitatlán but for excuses aren´t going so we´re going to kick them into gear. The importance of member work is incredibly vital. It should NOT be left to the elders to watch and care for EVERY need and EVERY problem of there investigators. Ok, let me explain that. They´re in charge. But when the elders are NOT there, the members SHOULD be there, it´s our JOB. We go, if they haven´t read in the Book of Mormon yet, we offer to read with them, we pray with them, we invite them to church, we give them a ride to church. We invite them to family home evening. Invite invite invite. We complain SOOO much about ´oh my friends don´t want anything´ ´oh they´re not ready yet´. DOESN¨T MATTER. We INVITE THEM. They´ll do it. I was thinking about the members in the states, oh we´re beyond lazy fools. I don´t have time I work NINE... LONG ... HOURS ... EVERY DAY! Oh boo hoohoo.... I met a taxi driver who works from 6 am to midnight every day... and gains like 10 a day. I just heard of someone who worked every single day, not even 1 day of vacations for 14 consecutive years just to feed his family, but then couldn´t cause his kidneys or liver or something died on him. Let me tell you about two members here in Cd. Guzman, Jhoana and ´La China´ (La China is her nickname, anyone with curly hair is given the name ´China´... don´t ask why, I don´t know). They study from 6 a.m. til 3 p.m. every weekday in the university, from the which they go straight to the church to help in the family history center, then at 8 teach seminary to the branches young men and women, including traveling to other pueblos to teach family history, while being the branch young single adults leaders and young women´s helpers still have time to have family home evenings with us and visit our investigators. I didn´t mention the time they use for additional school projects and homework and household responsabilites (which all do exist). Any member who is ´too busy´ should ask themselves, how many drops of blood... did pour from my Redeemer for the FOOLISHNESS AND SINS that I commit daily. Then ask, how many have I shed so that others will not suffer that which did He? Something to ponder on, share with all you feel too. Next Monday we´re going to the Volcanes, (volcanoes) which will be SWEET! I have about 100 new fotos (that´s how we spell it here) from last Monday, we climbed the mountains here next to Guzman, it was awesome! I almost died, I lost my balance on the top rock and almost fell. WOO-HOO! I was so excited to hear from David last week, did you ever ask him what chapter he´s in in The Book of Mormon? I´m so stoked, excited, supurbly animated to get those fotos of wing night. Thursday´s eh?? Can´t wait! Tehe, I already mentioned I believe that we only receive mail 1 every three weeks right? 3 or 4 weeks some where around there. Interviews and Zone Conferences. I might have you try out the address here: Quintana Roo #81Col. CentroCd. Guzman, Zapotlán, JaliscoMexicoI don´t know the postal address, maybe you could find it on the internet?? Okey dokey. Now for your questions: Yeah I´ll bear my testimony in Spanish if you want me too. I can NOT talk in Spanish when I start to stress about whatever it may be. I completely lose my ability and confidence to talk in another language. But I shouldn´t be stressed out talking to you, I hope...lol. Money for a good Christmas lunch, well it´s about the same price as it would be over there. It depends on what we get. Like 6 tacos for everyone would be like 50 pesos a piece, $5 plus a little more for drinks. Or pizza is like $15-$20 for all of us. plus a little more for drinks. Missionaries came over to play the piano eh? Well tell them they´re losers and there mission sucks and is easy... lol. That´s a joke, but seriously. Who are they? The two I know are obviously gone already, but tell me about those that are there. And have dad write me what they´re currently doing to work. I have some ideas. ----