Another great week!

 

     Another fun week in Mexico. Elder Woodbury and I worked so hard and we had a lot of success. This morning, I dropped him off at the terminal in Toluca and I got my new companion. His name is Elder Brisso. He is from Honduras, but lived in the states for a bit. So we speak in all Spanish, and English when I don´t understand. Funny stories from this week....so every morning, a man rides on his bike past our house. He sells bread, but what sets him apart from others is his way of getting attention. He has a high pitched voice, and yells at the top of his lungs, Paaaaaaan! It really is interesting how he does it....you have to be here. Anyways Elder Woodbury and I were mimicking him and copying his voice. When we were walking down the Street one night, after dark, this man jumps out and yells at the top of his lungs at us. Just to scare us. And it turns out, it was the same guy. We figure it was God having a sense of humor. haha. Also, I hit my head everywhere. When we are going into houses, I have to duck. When we are in the streets along the sidewalks, I have to duck under the tarps. It´s an adventure, especially when the sidewalk is never even either. In other news, I have finished the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price since being on my misión. I have learned so much from them and I hope to read the book of mormon and the bible in español before I return. Doctrine and Covenants section 133 was especially powerful to me. This week was New Years Eve, and we had another zone party like on Christmas Eve. We watched 2 worldly movies. Turbo, and Monsters University. I highly recommend both of them. I was laughing so hard. Then we welcomed in the new year by working all day. On new years eve, we slept in Lerma, which is just another área in our misión. Because my área was too far to get to and it was late at night. So I had to pack a bag for the night so I can sleep in Lerma with other Elders. I packed my sleeping clothes (2 pairs of sweats, 2 shirts, and my sweater) and all my bathroom stuff like contacts and shaving stuff. Then I packed my tennis shoes for the games at the zone party, a new pair of garments, my rain jacket, and Elder Woodbury put his clothes in with mine. I put it all in a pillow case. We left in the taxi, and we put our stuff in the trunk. When we got out of the taxi in Metepec, the taxi drove off without getting our stuff out. Needless to say, I had a heart attack. I had so much stuff in there. The next day on the 1st of January, we went back to the taxi site and it was closed for the day. Let´s just say I hate trusting other people with all that stuff. So I was worrying about all my stuff. The next day on the 2nd, we went back to find our stuff had been put in a safe place and it was all there. I was so grateful. Also, I sent home my memory card with Elder Woodbury with 50 pictures more or less on it, and I just barely bought a new memory card that´s going to work for my camera. So you can just put the memory card in the computer at home and they´ll come up that way. As of right now, we have 1 baptism set for this week, and possibly 8 more for the month. The 8 is a family that is so fun to teach. We are praying that they make it to baptism. I love it here in Mexico, especially here in the middle of nowhere in the pueblos. My new comp. is on fire right now according to Pres. Whitehead, so hopefully we can make this área explode. I love you all so much. Thank you for your love and support.

 

     Love,

        Elder Barton