Bummer

Well this week was interesting. Our baptism fell through because Zuleyma moved to Puebla.  She said that life would be easier there.  She didn’t want to go and she was crying when she told us, but her mom said that it was time and that she didn’t have a choice so they went Saturday night.  She said that she lives in front of a chapel in Puebla and so she will talk with the missionaries there and be baptized ASAP.  I think she means it.  She is great.

Not all ended badly. After church, we went over to a member’s house where two boys are staying while their mothers are in Mexico City.  We are now teaching them.  Here’s the best part - THEY DON`T SPEAK SPANISH!!!!  Well... they don’t speak much.  I speak more than them. They speak a native dialect called Chinatecan.  So how are we teaching them?  We are teaching them Spanish as we teach the lessons.  It actually went really well.  

They don’t know about Christ or about God really.  They don’t understand much about heaven or the purpose of church and religion, but they want to know because they say that they feel good when they hear about Jesus and about the Holy Spirit.  They are really great and really smart.  The member that is watching them was basically telling us that it would be almost impossible for now because they are really slow, but I strongly disagree.  They picked up on everything we said and we hardly had to repeat ourselves.  They are having to learn an entirely different life and I say they are doing pretty dern good at it.  They have friends and communicate with them so I can’t for the life of me say why she thinks they are slow.  Oh well.  We will just teach.

We also have a few references that we are going to pick up this week and quite a few promises for success.  I am really excited for this change.  We are starting a lot of things in this area to include the members in the missionary work to get things moving along.  It is really hard out here to do a lot because everything is so far away and everyone works all day all week in the fields.  We are trying to get all the help we can get.  Everyone knows everyone just about so it shouldn’t be too hard.  

We have an activity this week with the ward to get things going.  It’s called, "La Arca Misional".  It’s as if the world were going to end and the only way to be saved is to be in the Arc that the missionaries have for people.  OH WAIT!! THAT`S REAL!!  What a coincidence......

I hope you all can do some missionary work this week.  It really is the best work that there is in this world.  I love it.  I want you to love it.  But first you gotta do it. ;)  I love you all!!  Till next week!

Elder Heath