Feliz Como Una Lombriz (semana 8)

(feliz como una lombriz is just a saying here that means happy like a worm)
It's been such a fast and busy week I don`t know where to start.Well, after I finished writing last week we went right back to work!  One of our investigators called us drunk and told us we couldn`t go to his house that day so that was such a bummer. Instead, we went over to meet with a contact named Joanna. We talked a lot about faith and Jesucristo in our lives. I bore my testimony and then invited her to be baptized and she said yes!! She said that she had been waiting and she would really like to be baptized. So on Tuesday we had a Junto de Districto where we started our intercambios (it's where we switch companions for 24 hours).  I went with Elder Fonseca for the day. He is a pretty funny cool dude who has 16 months in the mission. We rode bikes and let me tell you, it was not that fun. Their area is in the hilly part next to the mountain which was absolutely terrible to ride in. It was a pretty great day all in all. Taught a couple lessons, ate some spaghetti tacos and by the end of the day I had a bit of a headache so I did as the smart Cameron Koutney taught me and had a Coca-Cola. Mexican Coke I might add, my first soda in a year and a half and it was good!
So the kids around here all stare at me which is really weird and funny. One kid even ran up to me and asked if I was from Los Estados and when I said yeah he was like "woah...que padre" (which means that's cool).  Also, later that same day I had a really cool experience. This older man came up to us and said that he needed help and asked us to say a prayer for him. He said he didn't need anything else, only a prayer from "people of Jesus". That is  so awesome to think about. I am a representative of Jesucristo. People have asked us quite a number of times who we are and what we do which is really cool to explain why we are here which is to invite others to Christ.  So on Jueves I ate the best thing ever. Its called a Compenchana. It's basically a huge flour tortilla with a little cheese and a bunch of Carne asada y the red meat  from the Tacos al  Pastor. It was amazing. It was also from a street vendor which we really shouldn't do but it was so amazing. Another amazing thing from Jueves is that I invited Rocio to be baptized and she said Yes!!  Her date is in Nov and she is really really ready to be baptized.
So Viernes we had more intercambios. This time with Elder Cable. It was really weird because it was a gringo con a gringo. All we did was ride around to a few references they had and set up lesson appointments with them. We also taught an awesome lesson in the chapel with one of their investigators which was really awesome. After a pretty great day we got home and Elder Cable was hungry so he ordered some Compenchanas at 10 o'clock at night. Fun times. Speaking of food on Sabado we had comida at an Hermanans house and she made like 40 tacos for us, and we had to eat all. I was so full after those 20 tacos but they were really good. Then later that night we visited the house of Laura. She is  less active and really really nice. She loves the missionaries. So we got to her house at 8:45 to invite her to church and she just starts making a full meal for us so we had 10 more tacos. We ate so many tacos that day.... good thing  we walk like 10 miles a day.
So this week was a pretty good week with spanish too. Every time I speak they listen really carefully and are really engaged because its a guero speaking spanish. There has also been four families here that say I speak pretty good Spanish, especially for only having 2 weeks here. One even said I had better Spanish than a missionary that had a year and a half hahah.
Well my thought from the week comes from the Bible again. It's such a great scripture and brings much comfort. Shauna shared it with me a few weeks ago too. It's Isaìs 41:10 "No temas, porque yo estoy contigo; no desmayes, porque yo soy tu Dios que te fortalezco; siempre te ayudaré; siempre te sustentaré con la diestra de mi justicia" The Lord will always be by our side when we ask Him for Help. It`s such a great blessing and comforting to know especially here in Mexico.
Love and Miss Y'all
elder mcclellan

Elder Diaz and yo eating compenchanas

The view outside my front door

My "new" bike

The beautiful mountain here covered by the clouds

Compenchana - seriously so good

Throwback to the CCM
Me, Abrams, Ena, and Aiken were part of the cereal eating comp at the CCM.  Ena won with 15 bowls.  I had 12.