2/6

 To be honest this week has been super slow, mainly because of transfers and the suspense thereof but also because its been hard to find people as of yet.

 

Well, i guess i will start off with the good news. I am staying in my area with Elder Barben for another 6 weeks. So we are both excited for that.

 

Also we baptized this Saturday. Do you remember Jorge? My first baptizm? The one that went into rehab? Well, we baptized his mom and she was so excited. In a way I think Jorge being sent to rehab helped prepare her. The Lord works in mysterious ways. She couldnt be confered because she had a family emergancy, but next week we will.

 

We found this super cool family of like 3 and one of them has been living in California but is visiting for a little. Anyways she speaks perfect English. You want to know how wierd it is to talk to someone who speaks English after hearing Spanish for the last 3 months. WIERD! Hahaha but i can still hold a conversation.

 

Also learned that near the end of this transfer I will hit my sixth month mark. Can you believe that? Crazy!

 

Well, i will get you pictures next week, this lounge doesnt have an adapter for my SD Card.

 

To be honest that really is all that happened this week. Everything else is just the same. Searching, finding, dropping, planning, studying, and sleeping.

 

Well, Have a good week

Les amo

Elder TSFWWP Winslett

1/30

Well, real quick news on the pinky. They are not rebreaking it and the specialist I went to said it should heal fine and I wont have future problems with it. He said rebraking it would only cause me more pain then needed and its healed enough to were it probably wouldnt rebreak in the same place. He said it might feel funny for a while but as I move it and what not the muscle will wear down the bumps from the break and the only difference will be the bone will be alittle bent in the Xray and my finger will be shaped slightly different. This guy is a Bone specialist and the Church trusts him so we can too. He told me just to excercise it with a stress ball and I should be good. It doesnt hurt at all and I can move it pretty much like I used to with the exception of extending it. I cant open it all the way because it is still swollen but the doctor gave me anti inflamatory pills and that should be that. So no worries I am great!

The fight over the 2 pesos was more of just us playing with one another, it was a real fight. Hahahaha, but yeah nothing serious.

 

Ok, not much time but remember Jorge, my first baptizm. Well, he got back into drugs this last week or so and his parents caught him and put him into rehab. He is not seeable until mid february and so I am hoping I can be there to help him with getting reactive in the church and getting him better friends.

 

Funny story. so you know how they have cases here on the streets where they put Virgin Marry statues to basically worship and they put other saints as well. Well in our area there is one with a Santa Clause in it. So Santa Clause is a Saint... hahahaha I will get a picture this week sometime and send it.

 

I got to confirm someone this last week. Remember Mario from that group of 4 we baptized last Saturday. Well, I did his confirmation and let me tell you how amazing that was. As soon as I put my hands on his head I exploded with fire and my nerves were calmed and I knew exactly what to say in his blessing, super amazing! We had a similar experience with a lady I gave a blessing to this week. She was really sick and she asked for one so I did. So awesome!

 

Another funny story, we were walking home and we passed by this kid and next thing we know is he is peeing on the tree next to him. I didnt see anything luckily, but I saw him do it. People here have little to know shame and so we see things like that quite often actually, I just thought that was hilarious!

 

Changes are this next Sunday and so I might might not be in the same area with Elder Barben. I want to, but I dont have any say, so we will see. I will let you know next Monday what happens.

 

Well. I think that is all. Update on Spanish though. I can understand most people when they are talking gospel related, other topics a bit more difficult. Speaking is becoming more fluent as well and I am making more sense, but I know I still have a long way to go.

 

Well, I got to run, but I hope you all have a great week and tell everyone to write me please!

 

Les amo

Elder TSFWWP Winslett

1/23

¡Hola a todos! ¿Como estan?

 

Bleh this week has been crazy. I have been mildly sick all week and we are still working so I am dead tired by the end of the day.

 

News on the finger. Got Xrays taken earlier today and it is most definantly broken... Actually alot worse then I thought it would be. I took pictures of the Xray and I will attach them. What they said is I will have to get it rebroken, it probably isnt an option to say no. I had to pay for the Xray but the church is going to pay me back. $260 pesos isnt much anyways, like $15-20 Dollars. The church is going to pay for the rest I think as well. If not I have my card.

 

All the people have to do is sign a few papers, show them birth certificates, and thats all. Its crazy, but yeah.

 

Yep investigators are going crazy this week, we have a bunch of news, and some are pretty promising. We have this one younger lady, Neilly, and she is really interested, the only hard thing is finding her... hahaha, she is never home. Then we have Joel as well, his wife actually died a week or two ago and so he is pretty much a shiny golden investigator, haha. Is it bad that people who have had recent losts are usually the most receptive?

 

Pork chops here are like super delicious. I dont know if its the lack of me having it for a while, or they cook better but they were delicious. We had something similar yesterday after church. They actually love Spaghetti here. It is different but it is similar. Sadly no Sloppy Joes.... MAybe one day... haha.

 

Yeah baptizms on the giving end are alot cooler! You feel that warmth like a pillar of fire annnnd you feel the love for the investigator. Really cool though. Although, now with my finger I dont know if I will be able to baptize for a while until it is healed.

 

Ok real quick with the pictures=

1 and 2 are pictures of the Xray of my finger...Obviously it is broken. Makes me cringe just thinking about it.

3 and 4 are some sketches I have done while I have spare time at night before bed.

5 and 6 are more of the buildings in downtown. They are AMAZING! The only bad thing is they are Catholic and so there are Virgin de Guadalupe figures all over.

7 is Guadalupe at his baptizm. He wanted Barben to do the ordinance.

8 is my baptizm this last Saturday nigh from left to right=Oscar Mario Rosa and Jose. Rosa and Jose are the ones we married.

 

Ok. Now time for news of my happenings. Barben had to go to the immigration office this last tuesday and so I got to go on splits with the Zone Leaders.

 

Remember picture 8, yeah so we baptized them this last Saturday, it was amazing and they were all so happy, this is pretty much the rest of the big family of 12 we had. The only one we lack is Teresa, the Mom. She is being pretty stubborn because she doesnt want to change. We will get her eventually though. Funny story about the baptizm. None of them could fit into the overalls we had and so we had to give them our clothes/squeeze them into some of the backup clothes. so that is why there shirts are reaaaallly tight on them.

 

This Sunday was Stake Conference and so the meetings were all weekend. Sadly though I barely understood anything. President spoke and so that was really cool, he is so good at giving talks and I can understand the most of what he says.

 

Me and my companion got into a fight... not really just a joke.... over 2 pesos, which is like 25 cents. It was so funny.

 

Hmmmmm.... cant think of anything else that has heppened. Pretty much the same as usual.

 

Well, I hope everything goes well this week and what not. Dont worry about my finger President knows were the best doctors are and so I will be taken care of.

 

Oh, before I forget, news on Spanish I am getting alot better at creating sentences and what not. Understanding is still hard but yeah, I am all good, I know I will get it.

 

Ok, well I got to run, talk to you all next week

 

Les amo y que tengan una buena semana. Cuidense.

 Elder "Tall Son" "Frijoles" "Winzy" "Winnie the Pooh" Winslett