Monterrey Mac: FELIZ DIA DE MADRE (Semana 37)

¡FELIZ DIA DE MADRE!

Happy Mother’s Day Mom!!! I Love You Bunches!!

So how’s everyone been doing lately?? Hope everyone has been having a great time!! Here in Mexico I am having a ton of fun too! This past week has been one of the best weeks in the mission! It started off with the cambios. Elder Perez went home on Tuesday and Elder Guerrero came from Juarez to be my companion. So we started off going to lessons and getting to know the people here in Santa Rosa. Then on Wednesday I had to go to the offices because I am a new District Leader to be trained on what I need to do. We were there in the offices from like 9 in the morning till like 4 in the afternoon…it was so so long jajaja. We then got back to the area at like 6, had to go to the comida, then visited a few people, la verdad it was a pretty long boring day.

Thursday was one of the best days!! We started with a district meeting where I had to give my first training…for an hour and a half…en Español. It actually turned out pretty great which was surprising jajaja. We then went looking for people to visit and we found the kids of an investigador playing futbol en the street so we played with them for a while and that was a pretty fun time! We lost 5-4 but it was totally awesome (btw I’m not too bad a futbol now). We then had a lesson with Richie and la familia Sanchez. It was a pretty powerful lesson about following Christ and he is really excited for His baptism this next week!! Also this day was Dia de Madre here in Mexico so we celebrated with the Hermana Estrella Sanchez with really delicious pombazos (torta like things for Mexico City) and some awesome Milky Way Cake! This family is one of the best families I have met on the Mission!!

Friday and Saturday were both pretty chill. We met with Richie and Osvaldo to talk about their baptisms this next week. They are both super ready and excited! We also practiced for the choir for Sunday. On Sunday we got to be part of the Choir because it was a Conference. It was pretty awesome and we got matching ties from it jajaja. I also like singing, I think I’ll be in ward choir when I go home…. maybe jaja. Ok also on Sunday this one Hermana told us that her son wants to be baptized this Saturday and that we need to help make it possible. So this next week we are gonna be really focused on 3 baptisms which is pretty awesome! After church we went to comida with la Familia Sanchez and we ate some really good cochinito (really good meal from Yucatan, Mexico) and Richie made us some Carne Asada. It was a full out Fiesta with the four missionaries, Sanchez family, Vital family, and Richie.

Finally, the best thing about this week was last night when I got to talk to my family!!! It was so good seeing them and being able to talk to them for a while! It was the best thing ever!! My family is the best!! Love them so so much!!

The last thing I want to share is a scripture I really liked from this week from studying. It is in 3 Nephi when Jesus Christ is teaching the Nephites. In chapter 27 and in verse 27 Jesus says “Por lo tanto ¿qué clase de hombres habéis de ser? En verdad os digo, aun como yo soy.” (Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am.) Jesus invites us to be like Him. He was perfect. He loved everyone. He served everyone. He forgave those that did wrong to him. He did good in every moment. He is our perfect example. His invitation for us is to do the same. Do what he did. That is my invitation for y'all today. To be like Christ.