This week was awesome and busy! Tuesday we had a special mission conference with Elder Craig C. Christensen (he speaks way good spanish) so we traveled to Hermosillo for that and it was great. We got to ask a lot of questions and he talked a lot about receiving revelation and how we have to ¨luchar¨ like Enos for our investigators. Learned a ton!
Also the mission office called us on Wednesday and told us that 2 more missionaries are coming to our ward on MOnday (today) so we had to find them a place to live. It was sort of fun to go house hunting (I thought it was something you would have really enjoyed Mama) and we ended up finding a member of the church with a house for rent so we closed in on that but it needed a ton of work so we spent most of Valentines Day painting and cleaning.
I did end up getting pretty sick though, it started of as just a cold but one morning I woke up and the right side of my face hurt super bad. It didn´t get any better that day or the next so we went to the doctor... I´ll admit I was a little aprehensive to visit the doctor in Mexico... and when we got there the doctors office, lobby and pharmacy combined was about the size of our living room back home. We waited in the lobby for about two minutes and then the doc checked me out like a normal doctor and told me I had a sinus and ear infection in about 5 minutes and charged me 30 pesos. All my medication costed 120 pesos and a few days later I am almost feeling completely better. And this was just some public docotrs office. So... the medical system here is acually awesome.
Also this week one family we have been teaching suprised us and went to go get their paperwork to get married which was awesome! Also the father changed his work schedule so he could go to church with his family. (Alan, Teeré and little Eker)
Also the other family that we teach that needs marriage suprised us by getting all of their divorcement papers and hired a lawyer. The father told us that he decided he wants to be baptized on his birthday, because we talked about how Jesus taught that baptism symbolizes a rebirth and lead a new life taking His name upon ourselves and trying to be like Him... but his birthday isn´t until October! But then at the end of the lesson he told us that he changed his mind and wants to get baptized as soon as possible, the same day him and his wife get married! So that was awesome. It could still take a month or two but him and his family are so awesome, and are going to be such faithful members. It has been amazing to see the changes, happiness and blessings that living the Gospel of Jesus Christ has brought this family.
Other than all that... things are pretty much the same. TONS of walking, tons of sweating, tacos de cabeza, teenage girls ogling at my blue eyes.
Viva México.
Love and miss you all,
Elder Mitchell
P.s Huge S/o to the fam and the Remy´s for the Vday packages. It´s super fun to share all my dulces with the niños. Thank you so much!
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