Dear Family, (Note from Mary: This is from Monday, May 30th)
I am glad you are all enjoying the beginning of your vacations!!!! I had no
idea that today was Memorial Day. (You kind of forget about those holidays
here). I want to go swimming so bad!!! But I'll just have to wait for next
summer.
It is still super hot here. Sweating a ton, and drinking liters and liters
of water everyday. It was supposed to rain, but it didn't:( I think thats a
blessing...because when it stops raining, if it hasn't rained hard for several
days, it's even worse because it becomes super humid. It's only going to get
hotter though.
This week was awesome. First off, I have a new companion. I think I told
you about him last week. Elder Mendez is awesome and we get along really well.
He is a great guy and a great misisonary. We had a ton of success in just our
first week together, so we are really excited for the rest of the transfer. We
are going to have a lot of success. We hope to baptize every week!!!
First off, Maria del Rosario got baptized on Saturday and Confirmed on
Sunday!!! It was awesome! She cried after coming out of the font. She was
baptized by her brother-in-law. The ward helped us put together a wonderful
baptismal program. Our relief society president spoke, and you could really feel
the love that she had for Maria. Everyone in the ward knows Maria because
missionaries have been trying to get her baptized for years, so everyone showed
up for the service. It was awesome.
Elder Mendez's birthday was on Tuesday. I called some members on Monday
night, and the young men and young women put together a surprise party for him.
It was great. We also bought him a cake in district class. He loved it. He told
me that he thought he wasn't going to get any cake because no one knows him
here. He was so happy.
On Wednesday we found a mom duck and her little ducklings. They were so
cute.
This week we found a bunch of knew investigators, and almost all of them
accepted baptism! We have a lot of people that we are teaching that are
progressing towards that goal. It makes us very happy. We found this guy named
Emanuel. He is 23 and is a storekeeper. One day as we were waiting for a bus
next to his store, he walked out and gave us water. It was cool. So....we
started talking to him. He told us how he has always been very happy and content
with his life until recently. He has been feeling like he's been missing
something, and he thinks that something is God. We taught him the Restoration
and he was very excited. He was going to come to church on Sunday, but he had to
travel early in the morning to Villa to get more merchandise for his store.
We'll see if he comes this week.
We are continuing to work with Anuar. (I can't remeber if I've told you
about him) His baptism is this weekend, and he came to church last Sunday. We
teach him in his store, so on Sunday when we went to go pick him up from his
house, we couldn't find it!!! We looked all around, but could not find the house
he described to us...and He wasn't answering his phone. We didn't know what to
do, so we prayed. Right when we said amen, we see him walking up the road. When
he got to us he said ''I had a feeling that I needed to come look for you
guys.'' He showed us his house, and then we went to church. He is very excited
about everything we have taught him. He is going to have his interview either
tomorrow or Wednesday. We are excitied for him.
On Friday, Sister Monzón (the sister that we ate with) made us tortilla's
rellenos. They are tortillas filled with shrimp, cheese, tomatoes and cilantro.
They were soooo good. One of the best meals that I have eaten here in
México.
Last Sunday, our bishop asked us to help him out with taking food to
Sabastian. Sabastian was in a motorcycle accident a year ago and suffered brain
damage. He lives alone. Ward members go every other day to wash him, but the
bishop asked us to take him food everyday (an extra plate from the sisters). It
is pretty far away, but we told him yes because we want to help out in every way
we can. Sabastian is really cool, and feel bad for him. He can't walk, and he
struggles to eat, but he has a lot of courage. We visit him every day, wash his
dishes, serve his food, and then sit and sing him hymns and read from the Book
of Mormon. He is such a great guy. We are working with the ward to get him a
speaker and some church music so that he can listen to it when he is
alone.
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| Us visiting Sabastian |
Lady and her family are doing really well. Lady doesn't have the member
boss anymore, because she got changed. Now she says that her new boss is very
rude. She asked for permission to come in a little late in order to go to
church, but he told her no. That's not stopping her though...she is now trying
to change work hours with another co-worker in order to be able to come on
Sunday. We are praying for her because she really wants to go. She told us that
if she can't get her shift covered, she might just show up late anyways. They
are an awesome family.
Anyways....life is awesome here. I love being a missionary and I am really
grateful for all of the success that we are finding right now.
I praying for and love you all. Enjoy the swim party and all that you're
doing this week.
Elder Cavenee
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