This was a very good but a very hard week. As far as the numbers go we had a very, very good week. Right now, we have three families that are getting ready to be baptized. Diego and his wife are really good. Diego has come like three times but his wife was working Sundays. We taught about the day of rest and Sunday Diego told us that his wife was switching shifts to be able to respect this law. That was pretty cool. We just have to get them married but that should be pretty easy if they keep coming to church.

Another family that we have is Miara Lizet and her three kids. She was a reference by a member in a different ward. This live super far away but we ended up organizing a ride for them and they came to church and they loved it. The good thing is that her boyfriend is in Jail so we shouldn’t have to worry about the law of Chasity.

The last family we are teaching is Roberto and his two kids. Hopefully we’ll be able to teach the wife and the other son. It’s super cool because Every time we see them they smile and wave instead of everyone else that runs and hides.

We are finally in our chapel again. That was so nice because we didn’t have to go to pick everyone up.

It was really funny because our convert sometimes acts like a 4-year-old and other time acts like a 27-year-old. Yesterday he was more like a 4-year-old. We played the last one to touch your nose does the prayer and he lost so they asked him to do the pray. He was like no I don’t want to do it. No someone else. It’s because I just ate and I think it made me sick. I was pretty funny everyone was like ok whatever and then he ended up picking me. Oh well.

Anyways, like I said it was a pretty hard week. We ended up having 30 lessons which is the expectation here but it was so hard. We ended up getting to Sunday with 25 lessons. We were like oh that’s ok we have 5 appointments and with that we should have the 30 lessons. All five fell through. When the 3rd fell I was like are you kidding me that’s like the 20^th appointment that has fallen through this week. I was so tired of contacting but that was the way it went so we contacted 3 more lessons and then we found two less actives to teach. I was pretty worn out emotionally.

Hopefully this week will be easier.

Well this week was kind of a surprising one. So, we were teaching one of our investigators Josafath. It was pretty funny because for like a week we would show up and we were like today we're going to talk about baptism and he would be like ahhhh again! So we did it just one more time and we were like you have to get baptized and we talked all about the good things about being baptized and he was like OK I’ll get baptized and I was like yes and then like 5 seconds later he’s like no actually I don’t want to get baptized and it was frustrating. Anyways so we keep talking and we end up saying when you’re a member..... and he was like but I’m already a member and we were like no, and he was like but I go to church every Sunday and I was like I know but you have to be baptized so in the end he ended up understanding and was like if that’s the case I want to be baptized this Saturday and I was like I’m down for that. So, it was a quick baptism that almost nobody knew about and Sunday everyone was like what there was a baptism. That’s when I kind of figured out that the ward mission leader didn’t invited anyone else. But it was good. It was cool because the one with a tie in the picture is a recent convert of about 3 months that baptized the Josefath.

Other than that, we got had to practically run from one end of the ward to the other end to get to the house in time. They gave us dinner and we practically finished at like 8:30 with the lesson so we did a desert version of the Olympic speed walking marathon. My companion would have been disqualified because he was definitely trotting there. We got to the house so tired. I was like El....der.....we’....re......ho....me. Its funny because I’m sure that we thought we’re were booking it but the rest were probably seeing it more like the walking dead. There was a point where we were walking and I thought that a cholo was going to rob us. Because we passed one group of cholos and there was another one in front of us so one of the cholos ran to catch up to the other one at the same time we were passing them. I was so tired that it wasn’t possible to run or anything I just gave him a look like I’m tired and you're scary looking and I only have 7 pesos for the bus. It was funny.   

We have a bunch of families with baptism dates but I didn’t tell y’all that because when I do they all fall through and you think that I’m a liar. So we don’t have anything (hint hint)

I have to go but have a great week

These are eggs we made for Pascua (Easter). Then we played baseball (catch) with them

So this week was an up and down kind of week. 

We had 3 baptism dates scheduled but for one reason or another they all fell. One said that he doesn’t want to be baptized he just wants to go to church. Another is going to be locked up for a month in an asylum for alcoholics. The last one got kicked out of his house by the government so we don’t even know if he is still in our area. This next week we are pretty much going to be starting over again. 

I didn’t tell you what happened like 2 weeks ago. We finished a lesson and we were going to go to the food appointment. This time the food was at the other end of the ward. So, we started walking towards terranova (the neighborhood) The husband of the cousin of the investigator with whom we had just finished the visit with showed up in his car and was like hey Eric told me y’all are going to Teranova that’s like way far do you want a ride. Sure thing vamos. So we start going and he goes left instead of right and I was like oh it’s okay because he drives on the road and we walk through the middle of the desert. But then he made a huge turn on the freeway and we were like heading towards AZ. I was like I think that this guy doesn’t even know where he’s going. Then we show up in a place that I have never seen before and he’s like where do I drop you off. Here’s good. Turns out it was Tierra Nueva. I was like no were screwed. This isn’t even in the zone or stake. We don’t have permission to be here. So, we book it to the bus station. Turns out that all of the buses go north but we need to go west so it was like well we’ll just walk along the road until a bus comes and we’ll flag it down. We walked the road all the way to our area without seeing a bus. Ok that’s fine well just take the bus in our area to the house of the member and when I thought that I see one a block away the bus was taking off. Alright so were going to play the same game again. Walk on the side of the road until the bus comes and flag it down but we ended up walking the whole road until we got to the house of the members. I was like no manches we walked half of Juarez to get to the food appointment in the sun. We walked in like zombies. I wasn’t even hungry I just wanted a chair and water. I don’t know if y’all remember the talk in the conference when it says I’ll walk but if I get tired I run. Well, I applied it. I was so tired walking that I was like let’s run a bit. I must have regained my strength quickly because we started walking again. I don’t blame the guy, too much because it’s like if I say booberry lame and blueberry lane. 

So that was a long hike. This week we didn’t walk quite as much. 

Anyways love you lots. We’ll talk more on Sunday.

This week has been pretty good. On Wednesday I got the package you guys sent me with lots of sweets. Thanks guys. That same day we had a training meeting. I wished that they would of given me the package before the meeting so I could of been snacking during it. It was funny because I saw the boxes and then I saw one that was yellow and I was like I think that's one of my dad's combat boot boxes and sure enough that was it.

Its really weird thinking that in two weeks the sisters that showed up with us are going home. Time goes by really fast. 

I'm really excited because we have a baptism coming up soon. We were planing on baptizing him this week end but then we felt that it would be better to wait one more week. He´s really cool because he's like the only Investigator I have ever had that actually wants to go to church every week. He wanted to be a missionary too but he´s 2 yrs too old. It will be exciting to see him get baptized. 

Tuesday I had like my 3rd Coordination meeting with the ward mission leader that I have had my whole mission. Its like one of the callings that they always seem to give to less actives or that they just skip over. Hopefully we can help him magnify his calling. 

Well that was all that we really had this week. Its starting to get hot and my companion is kind of freaking out but its not too bad yet. 

Excited to talk to you guys this up coming month.

Love y'all lots.