Monday, February 7, 2011
A Strange Week
Yes it has been a very strange week. It has been 10 days for me here in mexico but it feels more like weeks or months. I get back to the casa at night and wonder if what just happened was that day or the day before. Luckily all I have to do is look at my handy-dandy planner and it all makes sense. Woot!!!
My feet hurt. That makes me happy. The blisters pop as fast as they come and they come pretty fast. If I ever get mugged by someone with a knife I will just put my feet up for two reasons. 1) The bottoms are callaused enough to turn a knife away. 2) The smell should kill him. So no worries. My feet will protect me.
The work is so great!!! We have a bautismo this jueves!!! His name is Braulio. It is said just like it is spelled and I don´t mean by english standards. We then have another bautismo this Sunday probably. I say probably because that is what we are setting up tonight!!! :D Her name is Graciela. Gabriel didn´t show up for our last appointment and I have no idea what´s up with that. He is pretty into the lessons. We aren´t too worried. El se bautizarà.
Spanish is FANTASTIC!!! I can´t wait to know what in the WORLD these people are saying!! Haha. When I want to say something I usually can but I can´t understand much of what other people are saying. I am a lot better than I was 10 days ago and that´s encouraging but I still have a long way to go. And I´m ok with that.
I don´t have ANY time on P-days to get letters written. Sorry yall. My mornings are taken by laundry. I have to do them by hand and then put them in the washer. Don´t ask why. It´s just what has to happen. No really. Don´t ask. But iff you send me a dear elder and send it to my email as well I can answer questions in this. I just wont be doing personal emails in return. colton.heath@myldsmail.com
The food is GREAT and it does..... interesting things to my body. My stomach moves a lot but I´m not sick and nothing bad is happening to me. I am apparently pretty resilient because other American elders have talked about some pretty nasty bathroom habits in their first week with the food. I´m so blessed!!
Brothers and Sisters, the work of the Lord will not be stopped. Bad things will happen. Changes will be unexpected and will inconvenience us all. On domingo, we had a food appointment to break our fast and it was a looooong way away. My comp was expecting to take the bus. Just as wee got to the road, the police closed the entire street in the direction we needed to go. He was hungry and started to complain. I was very put out by his attitude. So I said, "No podemos cambiar el calle, pero podemos caminar." I didn´t realize what the meaning of what I said was until we found people that had a car broken down and we helped them. "We can´t change the road, but we can walk." There are too many factors in life to control everything. But we CAN control our attitude and what we do with what we have been given in life. Smile when shortcuts disapear, because you have some work to do along the road. We got to our appointment on time and it was fantastic food. We even got some blessings along the way.
Transmitting from Mexico to America and everywhere else that I´m known (just those two countries.....), this is Elder Heath, logging out.
My feet hurt. That makes me happy. The blisters pop as fast as they come and they come pretty fast. If I ever get mugged by someone with a knife I will just put my feet up for two reasons. 1) The bottoms are callaused enough to turn a knife away. 2) The smell should kill him. So no worries. My feet will protect me.
The work is so great!!! We have a bautismo this jueves!!! His name is Braulio. It is said just like it is spelled and I don´t mean by english standards. We then have another bautismo this Sunday probably. I say probably because that is what we are setting up tonight!!! :D Her name is Graciela. Gabriel didn´t show up for our last appointment and I have no idea what´s up with that. He is pretty into the lessons. We aren´t too worried. El se bautizarà.
Spanish is FANTASTIC!!! I can´t wait to know what in the WORLD these people are saying!! Haha. When I want to say something I usually can but I can´t understand much of what other people are saying. I am a lot better than I was 10 days ago and that´s encouraging but I still have a long way to go. And I´m ok with that.
I don´t have ANY time on P-days to get letters written. Sorry yall. My mornings are taken by laundry. I have to do them by hand and then put them in the washer. Don´t ask why. It´s just what has to happen. No really. Don´t ask. But iff you send me a dear elder and send it to my email as well I can answer questions in this. I just wont be doing personal emails in return. colton.heath@myldsmail.com
The food is GREAT and it does..... interesting things to my body. My stomach moves a lot but I´m not sick and nothing bad is happening to me. I am apparently pretty resilient because other American elders have talked about some pretty nasty bathroom habits in their first week with the food. I´m so blessed!!
Brothers and Sisters, the work of the Lord will not be stopped. Bad things will happen. Changes will be unexpected and will inconvenience us all. On domingo, we had a food appointment to break our fast and it was a looooong way away. My comp was expecting to take the bus. Just as wee got to the road, the police closed the entire street in the direction we needed to go. He was hungry and started to complain. I was very put out by his attitude. So I said, "No podemos cambiar el calle, pero podemos caminar." I didn´t realize what the meaning of what I said was until we found people that had a car broken down and we helped them. "We can´t change the road, but we can walk." There are too many factors in life to control everything. But we CAN control our attitude and what we do with what we have been given in life. Smile when shortcuts disapear, because you have some work to do along the road. We got to our appointment on time and it was fantastic food. We even got some blessings along the way.
Transmitting from Mexico to America and everywhere else that I´m known (just those two countries.....), this is Elder Heath, logging out.
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