Happy New Year!! In Mexico, they celebrate the new year with a ton of fireworks. They aren't the type that fly up in the air, but the type that explode super loudly and with a lot of light... so all of last night sounded like a war. It is also the custom here is to fill a life sized doll with newspaper and a bunch of fireworks and then light it on fire at midnight, so that was quite crazy to hear... I wish I could've seen one in person though, sounds super cool!
So the big news of the week, and the year: I have a new companion! His name is Elder Murillo, he is from Honduras and only has one transfer more than me in the mission (about a month and a half). Despite having only a little more time that me as a missionary, he is great and has already taught me tons. He is SUPER diligent and hardworking so we have been doing a lot this past week.
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| With my new companion, Elder Murillo! |
This past week we met two new people who want to investigate the church. One is named Pedro, he is 16 years old and has talked with missionaries in the past. In the second lesson, he accepted a baptismal date for mid January! So we are excited to continue teaching him. He is super smart! We found him by contacting door to door in a nearby neighborhood.
The other is the daughter of a less active family in the church. We met the father at the bakery of the branch president, and he told us he has been wanting to come to church for a while but he is always working and they dont have a lot of money to pay for a taxi. He and his oldest son (18 years old) work in the fields, cutting the sugar cane. There is also a 12 year old son, a 5 year old son, and then Iris, the 10 year old daughter who wants to get baptized. The rest of the family are all members. But yeah, those are our two new investigators from this week.
This week we also visited a lot with Hermana Flor and her two sons, Jose and Salvador. She told us that she is considering baptism. She isn't ready to accept a date or anything, but she is thinking about it. Jose and Salvador came to my piano class on Thursday as well, so now I have two new members in my piano class! Haha, they also want me to teach them English, so I might start an English class but we will see.
This week we also visited with Hermano Juan. He also is thinking about baptism. He is still uncertain about it though, but he is super awesome! He says I am his guidance... but he isn't the best follower, so we will see! Hahaha.
The other is the daughter of a less active family in the church. We met the father at the bakery of the branch president, and he told us he has been wanting to come to church for a while but he is always working and they dont have a lot of money to pay for a taxi. He and his oldest son (18 years old) work in the fields, cutting the sugar cane. There is also a 12 year old son, a 5 year old son, and then Iris, the 10 year old daughter who wants to get baptized. The rest of the family are all members. But yeah, those are our two new investigators from this week.
This week we also visited a lot with Hermana Flor and her two sons, Jose and Salvador. She told us that she is considering baptism. She isn't ready to accept a date or anything, but she is thinking about it. Jose and Salvador came to my piano class on Thursday as well, so now I have two new members in my piano class! Haha, they also want me to teach them English, so I might start an English class but we will see.
This week we also visited with Hermano Juan. He also is thinking about baptism. He is still uncertain about it though, but he is super awesome! He says I am his guidance... but he isn't the best follower, so we will see! Hahaha.
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| My almost weekly pic of me with the cows of Hermano Juan! |
But yeah that was more or less my week! Yesterday we went to Tierra Blanca for a little zone reuinon so I got to meet the new members of the zone! Elder Browning (our new zone leader, and the trainer of Elder Barnum from the CCM) and Elder Olsen (the trainer of Elder Thorell from the CCM), they are way cool and it was fun hearing about Elder Barnum and Elder Thorell! But yeah us Gringos now outnumber the Latinos in the zone so there is a lot more English being spoken than usual. It was pretty fun to meet them!
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| With Elder Browning! |
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| With Elder Olsen! |
I hope you all have an amazing year!!!!! Miss you all! Have a great week too!
Elder Gurney
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