You lucky patos! (ducks) I wish I could go to Mexico! Haha yes hielo is ice and that's super weird that other countries don't use it. That's what sets us Americans apart. That reason alone makes us a great country!
This week was great! It's getting quite chilly here, and I hope fall hangs around for long time. We had a lot of success in teaching lessons this week. On Thursday, we found this one lady named L. She said she had met missionaries in Mexico and she still communicates with them over facebook. Her parents and some of her siblings got baptized in Mexico about 8 years ago, but she never did although she did attend the church down there pretty regularly. We talked to her about Joseph Smith and she said she remembers quite a bit from when she learned it all before. We invited her to be baptized if she came to know that it was true and she said yes. She warned us that her husband is very Catholic isn't at all open to other religions. That's a very common problem among Hispanics. We're hoping to talk to him sometime and let the Spirit soften his heart. We had an appointment with Lizbeth on Saturday and we brought our branch mission leader with us, but unfortunately the lesson fell through and she wasn't there.
We talked to S. and A. more about marriage. They moved their baptism back to Nov. 7th so S's parents can come, but that probably means I won't be here for it because I presume that I'll be getting transferred soon. They said they'll plan on getting married on the 6th, and baptized on the 7th. We're praying it all works out!!
Yesterday, we walked out of a member's house after a meal appointment and as we were walking to the car, an African-American man approached us and asked what we're talking about. I replied, "Jesus!" and he immediately felt something in his heart when I said that. We talked to him and he said he really wants to make some changes in his life. He noticed that we were both pretty tall and asked if we play basketball. I immediately started some playful trash talk with him about basketball and he loved it. Haha by the end of our talk he was really comfortable with us and said he really wants to play ball with us and come to church on Sunday. It's a shame we won't be able to teach him since he's not Hispanic. Maybe we'll see if we can just teach him some spanish first and then teach him the gospel. ;)
We still haven't been able to meet with Y. since he seems to work 8 days a week. I swear, Hispanics work sooooo much, but they seem to have no motivation to come to church.
My ponderizing scripture this week is actually a quote by Brigham Young.
"The world, with all its wisdom and power, and with all the glory and gilded show of its kings or potentates, sinks into perfect insignificance, compared with the simple, unadorned testimony of the servant of God"
I like this a lot because a lot of times we get caught up in making our lessons too flashy or sophisticated, when all we need to do is testify simply and clearly and the Holy Ghost will handle the rest. I find that as I learn more spanish I get away from the simple stuff, so I need to get back to that and stop trying to convince people with flashy words and stuff.
I love you! I hope you enjoyed your trip to Mexico! I can't wait to go with you guys some day and try my spanish out! I miss you. Be safe!
Love,
Elder Thayne
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