That’s awesome about
Lindsay’s mission call!
Our baptism was
awesome. I felt the spirit so strong! I messed up the prayer in Spanish so we
had to do it over, but it all worked out! It really didn’t hit me till we got
home and I had time to think about it!
This week I learned
that I just have to let go sometimes when I’m trying to understand everything...
it’s been really hard. But I know with faith I will have the gift of tongues
and that it’s not gonna come all at once.
I’ve have also come to
learn it is so important for us to really endure to the end. Especially as
members who know that we have the fullness of the Gospel. We have that
knowledge that makes the consequences for not sticking it out even worse.
I do notice when we are
guided by the Spirit while we are knocking doors. This week we weren’t having
any luck then we stopped had a prayer. Then we knocked on a door (it’s really
all gates) and had a really good lesson with two older ladies.
Our days are pretty
much the same every day. We get up, work out, then cook breakfast. (We just
have a stove top no oven.) Then we study from 8-10. After that we either go to
an appointment, or we go contacting. Every day at 2 or 2:30 we go to a member’s
house and have lunch. Most people
work so I don’t know why its lunch and not dinner, but it’s just like a thing
they have for sign ups in the church building After lunch we go to our next appointment. At like 730- 8 ish we
usually get home then plan for the next day.
Our ward mission
leader is so sick! Hermano Chopin and his wife seriously do so much for us! They
buy us food all the time, like tacos and stuff! And take us places in their
car! And it’s so awesome! When we are with them they always buy us something,
like waters from the gas station or stuff like that. There is also Hermana Alicia who gives us so
much food! She is so awesome! But she talks so fast.... I don’t even know how
she moves her mouth that fast.
Today, literally on
the way here to this cyber café, we were walking and there are dogs everywhere
in the streets. There was a Chihuahua that was barking at us through a gate and
I said to Elder Kirkman (the one from Utah) "dang that thing could literally fit
through the gate". So then I yelled at the dog "YOU WONT"! Then
right after that another dog, that we didn’t see, ran through the gate and
attacked me! Hahahahahahahaha it didn’t actually bite me but it tried. It got
super close to me and I almost had to kick it! I’m not afraid to kick a dog
here. There are some pretty sketchy dogs, but this one was soo funny!
So you asked about
packages. The president and his wife come up to Laredo, Texas once every month
and get packages. Then they leave the ones for Nuevo Laredo at our house, then
we take them to our zone meetings, which are every Tuesday. Then the Zone
Leaders distribute them. I got a bike by the way! Ha-ha I almost forgot about
that. Its super old and kind sketchy but it’s so cool! The bikes were donated
to us from a ward in Texas. So we only paid like 175 pesos which is like almost
10 dollars!
I will have to take picture
next week!
Also my stomach is good and don’t worry about
the water. We have these huge 5 gallon
things of clean water. Everyone does. And sometimes bottled water too. We also have a filtered water bottle the CCM
gave us so we can get water from the sink to drink too.
I love you! I’m hoping you can send the things
I need by our next package delivery.
Elder Wilcox
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