What? Did you hear that? 20
WEEKS IN THE FIELD, BABY. Now there's something to celebrate.
Let me put it another way: I'm
gonna complete 6 MONTHS in the mission TOMORROW! That's nuts. How has the time
gone so fast? I feel like I just said goodbye to all you goofballs!
Lots of fun stuff happened this
week. I´ll try to give you a good review.
LECCIÓN DE LA SEMANA: When we pray, we pray for
OPPORTUNITIES, not solutions. In my experience here in the mission, it has been
the case 100% of the time that, after asking for a blessing in prayer, it is
necessary to DO SOMETHING to receive the blessing. If we don't take the
opportunity God gives us, we can't expect that everything will be perfectly
fine.
Just a few days ago, Luis, our new convert and son of
Marvel, accompanied us to visit Ernesto, another 12-year-old in the ward. We
had to travel a ways to get to the kid's house, and after finishing the lesson,
Luis had about 45 minutes before he needed to leave for school. He was worried
about having enough time to get all the way ready, so I stopped him right there
in the road and said a prayer with him. I prayed that he would be able to
arrive home with enough time to get ready and still make it to school before the
bell. To tell you the truth, I was worried, too. I didn't want to make Luis
late for offering his time so selflessly (see the first point below), but I
tried to have faith.
Just then, a little bus passed.
I had the distinct impression that THAT was the opportunity God had provided,
so I stopped the bus and we all got on. Turns out, I had exactly enough money
to pay for the two of us, and my companion had just enough to pay for himself.
We made it to Luis's house on time.
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When we got to Luis's house
that morning, he was fast asleep, having forgotten his commitment to join us. :) Hno. Paul, however, let us into the house, and we started rocking his
hammock back and forth. It was hilarious to see the look of confusion on his
face when he woke up to see the missionaries standing above him.
Paola (daughter of Hna.
Arely) got baptized! She's only 8 years old, but she still needed to be taught
by the missionaries because TECHNICALLY her parents aren't members. The service
was beautiful, and at the last second, one of the young women in the ward asked
if my companion and I could sing a special number as she played ukelele. It
actually worked really nicely. :D
Samantha (granddaughter of
Hna. Flor de Lis) also got baptized! She got baptized the day after Paola
because it was the only day her dad could come. Because it wasn't ward night,
almost nobody could come, but I learned that a small, family service can be
just as touching as a service on Ward Night.
We found a dude who, by
coincidence, has done construction work on the Mexico City Temple! What's more,
he lives super close to us! His name is Felipe Rodrigues - he's a big, husky
guy with tattoos and everything, but he's friendly and wants to learn about the
gospel.
Hna. Dulce and her whole
family need to get baptized again! I don't know what happened, but the other
ward elders went looking for their records and... they don't exist! So that´s
going to happen this next week.
Hno. Rolando, our ward
mission leader, invited us to breakfast the other day. We went to a really
tasty taco joint. Just so you guys know - Tacos here are nothing like Taco
Bell. Not even close. They're incredibly delicious and NOT hard-shelled.
There's more to tell, but a
lack of time prevents me from telling it. Alas, this session of reflection has
come to a close. I wish you all a merry week. As the weather gets nice over
there in the states, it's getting rather hot, here XD. Here's to hoping your
missionary in Cancún doesn't melt.
Until next week,
Elder Carson
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Welp.... My SD card reader is being a little tonto, so this
week I don't have pictures. Sorry, friends. I'll try a different computer next
week!
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