This week went by super fast probably because i wasn't in my area for almost three days of it. On Tuesday i had intercambios so i went to the area of the zone leaders. We worked there and I got to tag along for the day. When we ended intercambios Wednesday morning the zone leaders had to watch our weekly planning session and of course they ate all of my nutella. Pray that i will be able to get more soon.
On Wednesday afternoon we went into Puebla because on Thursday we had a conference with Elder Pingree from the seventy. So, Wednesday night we slept in the house of some missionaries who are in Puebla and it was fun to work with them and see them. We also got pizza and tacos. Two things that don't exist in my area and i miss very much. I worked with Elder Kasteler who is still in his training and he is huge. It was funny to see him try to fit into the small Mexican homes and cars.
On Thursday we had our conference with Elder Pingree and it was super awesome. He was so full of energy and so excited to be there. He is in the process of learning Spanish, but that didn't stop him from going all out. I was able to learn a lot and him and his wife both talked about the importance of preach my gospel. So, now i'm studying it every day with more dedication. Before the conference started Elder Pingree interviewed 4 missionaries and i was chosen......... to be one if he had extra time. He didn't :( I was almost interviewed by a 70; I guess i'll have to wait until i become a stake president or something.
We've been working in a pueblo called San Jose every Friday for the past month more or less. Lets just say every time we go, we don't really have a lot of success. The Elders Quorum president is the only member there and he wants us to keep coming and working. I guess we will keep going until we have talked with everyone who lives there (we are getting close) and when no one decides to listen to us we can write it off.
Sunday was a regional conference for the area of mexico, so we got to hear some talks designed specifically for the Mexican people and they hit where it hurts. They talked about having an active temple recommend as your passport into heaven, giving the missionaries references and working with them, and reading the Book of Mormon every day. All things that i've noticed could be improved a lot here.
Its too bad that they didn't talk about the world being round and not flat because a lot of people actually think the earth is flat. And the craziest part is that they are normal people until you start talking about the shape of the earth.
As for the people we are teaching. We don't really have anything solid so just a lot of looking as of right now.
Today we went to some pyramids Cacaxtla and Xochitecatl. Cacaxtla was built 1500 BC (jaradites) and Xochitecatl 500 AD (lamanites). They were cool to go to and Xochitecatl was massive. They haven't even started to uncover all that is there.
That's all for this week
adios
Elder Warburton
Elder Warburton
México Puebla Norte
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| Cacaxtla |
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| district photo that turned out bad |
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| Human sacrifices (for fertility is what they did it for in Cacaxtla) |
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| Raiders of the Lost Arc |
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| Most of Xochitecatl |
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| Podria ser (Could Be) |
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| Paintings that are still intact |
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Popo y la mujer dormida
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| Photo with Elder Pingree |
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