January 25, 2010 - Still in Guzman

WElll.....this week was very full...Monday, I forgot what I wrote you, but we went and played football and had a carne asada to which we played basketball afterwards...and I got really really pissed...lol. I wasn´t playing very well, and I missed a lot of easy shots. I didn´t care that we were losing so much. But ... ok we lost 10 to 1, I was playing with a good teammate too.... I just lost it, end of story. lol. It´s all good now. We went home and just chilled for a bit and then headed out as normal.. I ´ll tell you what though. I´m a little bit lazier now. I don´t really talk to a whole lot of peole in the streats and stuff. Alot of it has to do with circunstaces and I´m affected ALOT by those who are around me. Personality and attitude. Anyway, I´m still in the race, I just feel a little lazy. As much as I love Guzman and surrounding pueblos, I´m kind of waiting for a change... I´m human, I´m sorry! Haha. Friday was interviews and I was reproved by President for my lack of patience with companion, zone and self. So my goal for the rest of this year is to have more patience. I DID get my packages!!!! YAAAAAAAY!!!!! Of the which were probaby some of the finest packages I´ve ever received. I´ve noticed the missionary and his family seem to grow simultaneously. He Missionary grows in Christ-like attributes, knowledge of the gospel and teaching skills...while the family grows significantly in reading and writing skills, patience with their distanced family member and package arranging skills as time goes by. Lol. Thank you very much for the packages, they were great! I liked the chili...and beans...and see´s. Speaking of the see´s candy. There is a member of the ward who recently moved to the ward again from another area of the mission titled Tepic. Since his arrival, 1 month ago, he has given me a pàir of combat boots (that fit me!), a scarf and assorted candies and food items (from the United States, such as barbeque sauce, balogne and butterfingers). I enjoy his presence beyond description and imagination. Now for having been so kind to me I gave him the see´s candy...even though I did eat about three before giivng them away. Lol. I gave the peppermints to our relief society president and the paydays I distributed amongst the elders. I have already devoured the rest. Thanks for the pants and ties! I´m going to give the red tie to Elder Nichols as a special little gift with an American Dollar. Lol, I keep challenging him to ridiculous things for U.S. Dollars and he keeps doing them... he just never manges to do it..lol so I keep the dollar. Yesterday was fast, we helped a member put up a lamina (I don´t know what that is in English) roof for the young women´s president, but it took ... from 4 to 9. Saturday was fast too, I don´t even remember what we did...so anyway.... now I get to talk about ... Today! Last night I get home to see ELder Nichols, we talked and complained about life for 3 hours as we made chili, chili´s rellenos (left over from the day before) and brownies! We pulled out the brownies took´em upstairs to the balcony where we conveniently located the couch and enjoyed the night sky as we continued grunmbing about all the nonsense we ceaslessly deal with, lol. It´s rather entertaining. Went to bed and woke up. Had our district meeting at 7:30 and left for MAZAMITLA! Elder Nichols and I went solos, but we headed out about 9 and got there about 12ish. Mazamitla is known as one of Mexico´s ´magic towns´(pueblos magicos). We took a bus from Guzman to Tamazula and from tamazula hitched a ride with a guy from the Jalisco FBI to Mazamitla, the guy has studied Theology for 20 years and was happy to tell us how much he ´knows´ about our father in heaven and other such things. I was touching his automatic rifle with my knee as he drove with a gloc pistol in between his legs. We passed around in Mazmitla for a few hours saw what there was to see bought what there was to buy and headed out. It´s prettyy... it´s REALLY pretty. I´ll take you there and we´ll stay in a cabaña later. for Christmas. We hoped on a bus to Tamazula and got a ride from there to Guzman with some nice ladies, we sat in the bed of the truck. Well... we kneeled. There wasnt anyroom but we made it happen! The Lord blessed us incredibly today. Lot´s of miracles! It was sooooooo COOL! My testimony of the Lord increased by exponents (exponentionally). Just a good set of results, I just got to get my mouth open and talk. So that´s the jist of my week. Irma´s getting baptized this Saturday and we´re still waiting on Lorena´s wedding. We found another cool reference and we hope to help them too. Then there's Paty and her Sister Leti with their combined 5 children... We´ll see if they come to church. LOVE YOU SO MUCH, I can't stop thinking about you two and how wonderfully fantasmically amazing it will be to be with and hang out and do stuff with ya´ll in a few months. Pray for me... that I stay sane. I´ll talk to you later!Tell Josh he has a testimony of the church I can see it, and David that he´s awesome.-Jake