Learning

Hey Everyone,

I hope that you all are well. Well, this week has certainly been a learning week. I´ve been practicing my Spanish and talking more. It´s exciting, but at the same time it can be hard to have the people understand me better. I did get a compliment on my writting, which is great because I really do not know the grammer.

Overall, this week has been good. We have a new family that we taught last week and they actually came to Church this Sunday! It was amazing! Also, the topics for church were this: Sacrament was Temples (They are getting ready to go to Veracruz since the temple here is closed till next year), Gospel Principles was keeping the Sabbath day Holy, and (for the kicker) Relief Society was about Baptism! It was fantastic. I´m not sure what they taught in YW but I´m sure it was great. After the meetings, the husband came up to us and said, "I´m not exactly sure what they taught about in Priesthood, but I have the manual and I´m going to study it and study for next week." He is fantastic and we didn´t even get a chance to teach him because he works everyday except for Sundays. He is truly being prepared by the Lord. Now, we just need to find a time to teach him. (Sundays are really hard for us with Church and Reporting.) Also, their daughter is dating a less active in the Ward that our Elders are in.

Well, I think that´s it for this week for now. I took a lot of pictures this week, so I´ll space them out during the next couple of weeks. Love you all.

Hermana Trevino

Pictures:

Rainbow, there are a ton of rainbows here. I also saw a double rainbow once, but I didn´t have my camera 

My new District, I don´t have a picture of my old District, but it´s the same except for two people: Hermana C (I´ll have to look up her name again), Hermana Alveraz (She came in the same time that I did), Hermana Batz, Elder de Los Santos (District Leader), and Elder Rolph

Not Transfered

Hey Everyone,

I hope that you are all doing well. I have managed to survive my first 6 weeks here and they have certainly been a rollercoaster. I am starting to love the people here and I am starting to see the Lord work, through me and how they are prepared to receive the Gospel. It is certainly a wonderful work and a wonderful joy to see.

We have one person who loves to study the Bible and she is eating the words that we give her. She has already said that the Book of Mormon is true and that all of the words that we have given her make sense to her. Golden Investigator? Possibly. It sounds like she might be moving to the States, to join back up with her husband, in a couple of months. So, hopefully she will continue the lessons in the United States.

I found out yesterday that we are not haveing any exchanges so I am still in Volcanes for another 6 weeks. I really like it here and I really like the people in the ward. They are super nice and always willing to listen to the Gospel.

I´m afraid that I don´t have much else to say, so I guess I´ll be done for now. Also, I forgot my camera at the apartment so no pictures for this week. Love you all.

Hermana Trevino 

Transfers

Here in Mexico is fun. My companion, Hermana Boyer, was transfered this week so it is just me and Hermana Batz right now. Let´s just say that communication is not our strong suit right now. We are trying though. I have also gotten quite a few compliments on my Spanish and I teach a little bit more in lessons. I´m also understanding more. I´m not perfect yet, but I´m still learning.

I´m finally giving my teaching time, we missed it the first week and Hermana Boyer was sick the second time, but it´s happening today. I´m excited and a little scared about it, but it should be fine.

We have all been trying to learn how to better teach our investigators. It has been a challenge but I feel like we are starting to get it. I´m feeling the Spirit more and I can slowly see the change in the people that we are teaching.

We are also trying to get the Ward more involved in helping us with teaching people. It´s been exciting seeing the Ward work towards this and last Sunday´s talks were all about missionary work. It was fantastic. Hopefully we can use this burst of energy to have more people help us in the future.

Now, probably the biggest question that you all have. How is the food? Well, it´s not bad. We usually start off with a soup, no matter what the weather is, then it´s the main course, usually consisting of some sort of meat. I´ve had tamales, a taste of chincharos (pork rinde or pig skin, aka not my favorite), steak, french fries, etc. It´s not a whole lot different from the States, amazingly enough, but they eat a lot. One meal the Wife was just handing us taco after taco, they don´t usually eat with us just serve us and watch us eat, I only wanted maybe 3 but she ended up handing me a 4th and tried to give me a 5th. I apparently eat very little here and because of that I´m usually the first one done, which never happens at home.

Well, I think that´s all for now. I will encourage you all to read the conference talks. I´ve been reading mine slowly and it is certainly a joy and a good reminder to look to the future and to help people get there. Love you all.

One of my favorite graffitis. It is in a park and it reminds me of Princess Mononoke

The Elders showing us how to do special effects with our cameras

the first compaion that had a problem with the doll

Fútbol

Hey Everyone,

A lot of thing have happened this week. I had my first multi-zone conference, my first baptism, and my first Fútbol practice. I also caught my first cold here.

First the Multi-Zone Conference. It was really good. I didn´t fully understand everything, but we received a talk about our health, which was ironic because that was the first day of my cold. We also had a talk about the Restoration and how to be fully obedient. They also taught us how to fill out the forms properly. Overall it was good and I got to see Hermana Frandsen again. They also fed us really well.

I´m going to skip the Fútbol practice because the baptism was really good. The Fútbol practice was fun. It was my whole district and we did a mini tournament between us. We were split into 6 teams and then we played 2-3, 12 min long games. It was fun. We ended up getting fourth place, which was great because I am almost over my cold and Hermana Boyer is starting her cold so we were basically down two players.

Now, the baptism. It was really good. It was with Emanuel, the 9 year old. He was super excited and 20 ward members were able to be there. It was a huge amount of support for him. We also had a fantastic lesson on the Holy Ghost. He talked about how it is a light and how we cannot see or listen to the voice if sin is in our way. It was fantastic and I know that his family was really excited as well.

Oh, I wanted to say that I received some letters and they took about 2 weeks to get here, so if you haven´t heard back from me in like a month or two then remind me. I am going to put some letters in pouch today, but I´m not sure if they will get sent today, tomorrow, or next week. I hope you are all still doing well.

Hermana Trevino

Emanuel´s Family, Kevin, Jacob, Emanuel, and their Dad

All of us together, Me, Hermana Boyer, Hermana Batz, Emanuel, Their Dad, Jacob, and Kevin

The Elders that Baptized Emanuel, Elder Rolf, Emanuel, and Elder Artunez (District Leader)