La semana

August 9, 2021

Lunes 

Couple good lessons w Ever y Alejandro!

Martes 

Serbice in the morning for Carmen again, painting her walls this time. Then MLC which was super long again but actually really good. I felt like I had had some good things to say which always feels good. And then we had a really good lesson w the kids about the Plan of Salvation and then another with Patricia about the Book of Mormon! Then we Dinner w familia Perez. They are an awesome family, he used to be Obispo, has all the guns. I was pretty hungry and she made Tinga, which is the red chicken on tostadas, and it was really good. We pounded the food and she was so happy hahah. But wow did it kill me the next morning hijole. Then after Hna Perez was fellowship on a lesson with Liz and Nathaly which went super good. So we left there late and then had to still drive all the way Los Lunas to start exchanges there, kinda felt like a road trip or something haha  kinda fun! 

Miércoles

Exchanges w Archie!! DL down in Los Lunas. He started his mission in Sao Paulo. Such a good, kind, solid missionary. Hes from AZ and ran XC. He goes home in a couple weeks which is sad but it was awesome to be w himforbthe day, I learned a lot from him. We ran at the high school track in the am which I loved abd it wss the first day of school there so there was some fun energy as we we leaving. But I kinda felt sick the whole morning from the Tinga the night before, first time mexican food destroyed me. We did some good service later in the afternoon, did some street contacting, and then had some lessons. Dinner was a lot of fun! We went to the ysa branch presidents house and he had alo these fruit trees, I was in heaven to say the least. He had this covered walk way with Grapes hanging down, so many grapes. They were candy grapes for sure. And then he had a few apple trees, these whitish, red apples that were perfect. They also had nectarines but they weren't as good. But so much fun though!! Elder Archibald is just so solid. He wrote a thank you card for the fam we gave dinner to which I'm going to start doing again. I learned a lot from him it was a really good day 

Jueves 

Exchanges w APs! Super fun, got up and ran again, feeling good running. Hopefully not a cross country runner at the end of the mission but hopefully in solid shape. We had a busy day which was great. I learned so much from him, just about like his studies and how he gets revelation and about being a ZL. He had some really good advice and insights, it was such a blessing. He is such a nice, consecrated, humble, loving, hard working missionary. Basically the perfect missionary lol. 

Viernes 

DC and Zone Lunch! We are trying to build zone unity so we are trying to come up with a little motto thing. Focused of love but also maybe using the double L thing w Los Lunas. But also we are trying to get together more but we don't really have to miles to do that much so we just decided to have a little lunch together after District council which was super good!! We had some lessons fall in the night but still were able to have 3 lessons which was good. 

Sábado 

Servicio pulling some weeds and then we did some more for this lady some elders in our zone are teaching. They needed some help cleaning out her garage and it was full of the oldest stuff and she was low key a hoarder haha. Then in the evening we had a fire lesson with Liz and Nathaly!! We were just teaching the Plan of Salvation and explaining why we are here. We mentioned baptism and as soon as we did she goes "I want to be baptized" so we were like okay awesome let's do it, so we pulled out the calendar and put them on date for September 4th!! They are just so prepared. She told us she has felt so much alegría since we stopped by the first time and it was the perfect timing because she had been praying for peace. It is so cool and it literally isn't us in the slightest. It shows the Lord prepares people and the Spirit converts them, changes their hearts, and we just sometimes get to see it happen. I'm just super grateful!! 

Domingo 

Liz and Nathaly came to church!!!! Patricia and la familia Anchondo didnt really answer us which was too bad and Nancy had to work. But Liz and Nathaly are so awesome!! Liz apparently bore her testimony in relief society about how good shes felt since we stopped day and have been teaching her and as well at church and how she is excited to get baptized!! Then we had dinner with the Familia Gonzalez, the best fam ever who actually referree Liz, so Liz and Nathaly and their 3 yr old AND her husband came!!! It was like the perfect situation. We ate some super good carne and everything and got to know her husband a little which was big time. Then after we shared a message about eternal families which was powerful but the dad stopped out with the baby part way through. Another super cool thing was we left to another lesson and then realized Elder Woodhouse left his bag so we went back at 9 and Liz and her fam were still there!!!!! So sick!!! Members are truly the way to go. And then lastly, inbetween we had a super solid lesson w our dope guy Alejandro, the one from FB in a wheelchair. 

Over all super solid week!!!!