Escamela!

So the transfers came and I was sent up north to Orizaba! To the mountains!!!!! Where it actually gets cold!!!!!!! I can see snow! My ward is called Escamela and I'm with Elder Hernandez, he has the same time as me in the mission and we get along super well. We did have a rough start to the week... the sudden change of weather got me pretty sick, so we were not able to work as hard as I wanted to this first week. However, all in all it was a good week! There are such amazing members here and it's been fun getting to know them.  In fact, the son of the Stake President served in Morristown!!  I can't wait to meet him! 

My old zone before transfers!

My first day in Escamela .. and we got soaked!

As for people we are teaching, we have two people who have come to church but besides that there is nobody so this week we were dedicated to finding (which is hard when you're sick haha) however we were able to find a few people who we believe can really progress in the gospel!

A member gave us crab to eat ... it was pretty difficult to eat!  

A lake in our area!

One of the people we are teaching is named Alan, and he has already come to church. He is a young man who has a lot of struggles but is trying to turn his life around.  He is an awesome guy.

We were able to find Antonio, he is the father of two teenagers and a little girl. His wife passed away about 2 months ago, which has been very difficult for him and his family. His sons are both members and are super faithful, and we are working with him to develop his faith. He is also awesome and we hope to help him come closer to God.

Im super happy to be here in Escamela with Elder Hernandez!
NOS VEMOS!!!

Love, Elder Gurney