Sunday, August 30, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
8-24-09
Wow it sounds like you guys had a lot of fun at the fair. did the boys earn a lot of money? make sure Kaden doesn't spend it all in one place.
Well this week we found one house that is perfect and its in a really great area, and then the zone leaders came and said it was too expensive, but we cant find anything else and Hna Mendoza said she wants us in a new house next month, which is in a week and a half, so we are going to talk directly with her and she what she says. We havn't had any problems with anything in this area, and I'm not worried. All of the gangsters think I am really cool. Its kinda funny. I am having a lot of fun here in this area. But we have the problem of people just cant think here, they cant put 2 and 2 together. We teach a little bit and then ask a question to verify and they just don't understand. I am a lot more grateful for the education that I have. Its been hard to find people to teach but in time the success will come. Also we are having a lot of problems with the ward. Nobody wants to do anything and we are losing people really fast. We talked with the ward mission leader last night and came up with this big plan for people to visit people. He has a lot of energy and he says he going to enforce this plan like crazy, and he will. So hopefully we will change the attitudes of the people.
So Kevin and Marisol are at the house? If yes here is a quick message for marisol.
Hola que dices mi tia? que tal washington? te gustas or que? aqui en mexico es bueno me gusta mucho pero la gente es deficil. pero no se, la obra missional esta pregresando ahorrita y tengo mucho animo para las personnas, pero son bastantes chollos y son bien ratos cada dia, es ey moreno, o que tal way. lol. son chiestoso, pero es triste por que ellos no hacen nada menos las druggas y roben la tren. pero la evangelio de jesucristo es las respuesta. gracias
Hasta luego
SO this week I had my first crazy experience. We went for one of our investigators and there was a couple gangsters in front of his house, and then one started asking us questions about the bible, like who's Aaron, why was Moses so important. He knew a lot. and then he asked us if he were to kill somebody in self defensive who God forgive him (he was pretty drunk) and he told him he would, if he repented, and well he didn't really believe us, and then he told us he had killed somebody, and he feels horrible about it, and he wants to change is life, but he is scared because of the other gangs, and then he started crying (he is like 260 lbs with lots of tattoos) and he told us he didn't want to kill anybody again. And we told him to read the book of Mormon and it would help him change his life. and then he asked us if we were going to come back next week and we said we would. and he told us if we didn't he was going to beat us up. It was pretty crazy, but its part of being in Mexico I guess.
Well have fun, I love you all, hopefully we can find another house this week.
Elder Mayberry
Well this week we found one house that is perfect and its in a really great area, and then the zone leaders came and said it was too expensive, but we cant find anything else and Hna Mendoza said she wants us in a new house next month, which is in a week and a half, so we are going to talk directly with her and she what she says. We havn't had any problems with anything in this area, and I'm not worried. All of the gangsters think I am really cool. Its kinda funny. I am having a lot of fun here in this area. But we have the problem of people just cant think here, they cant put 2 and 2 together. We teach a little bit and then ask a question to verify and they just don't understand. I am a lot more grateful for the education that I have. Its been hard to find people to teach but in time the success will come. Also we are having a lot of problems with the ward. Nobody wants to do anything and we are losing people really fast. We talked with the ward mission leader last night and came up with this big plan for people to visit people. He has a lot of energy and he says he going to enforce this plan like crazy, and he will. So hopefully we will change the attitudes of the people.
So Kevin and Marisol are at the house? If yes here is a quick message for marisol.
Hola que dices mi tia? que tal washington? te gustas or que? aqui en mexico es bueno me gusta mucho pero la gente es deficil. pero no se, la obra missional esta pregresando ahorrita y tengo mucho animo para las personnas, pero son bastantes chollos y son bien ratos cada dia, es ey moreno, o que tal way. lol. son chiestoso, pero es triste por que ellos no hacen nada menos las druggas y roben la tren. pero la evangelio de jesucristo es las respuesta. gracias
Hasta luego
SO this week I had my first crazy experience. We went for one of our investigators and there was a couple gangsters in front of his house, and then one started asking us questions about the bible, like who's Aaron, why was Moses so important. He knew a lot. and then he asked us if he were to kill somebody in self defensive who God forgive him (he was pretty drunk) and he told him he would, if he repented, and well he didn't really believe us, and then he told us he had killed somebody, and he feels horrible about it, and he wants to change is life, but he is scared because of the other gangs, and then he started crying (he is like 260 lbs with lots of tattoos) and he told us he didn't want to kill anybody again. And we told him to read the book of Mormon and it would help him change his life. and then he asked us if we were going to come back next week and we said we would. and he told us if we didn't he was going to beat us up. It was pretty crazy, but its part of being in Mexico I guess.
Well have fun, I love you all, hopefully we can find another house this week.
Elder Mayberry
8-17-09
Dear Family,
Nope I didn't get transferred I am still in good ole Azteca, but thank heavens I got a new companion. The last transfer was really bad, but I got a new companion and I have a lot of hope for this transfer. But its kinda of hard to have a lot of hope because my last 3 companions have started out really good and then ended up really bad, but I am going to just keep doing my part and hoping for the best. I definitely am learning a lot here. And really I have been able to find a really important lesson from each of my companions. Last Tuesday I had a really good talk with my district leader( he is from California) we talked about the mission and why we are here and what we need to do here. It was really a great talk, and it was all because my companion was having so many problems.
Last week we were at the church talking with one of the brothers, and this teenage girl came up and starting talking to us and then she told about how she was interested in the church and she wanted to know more, and how her boy friend is serving a mission right now, but her parents don't really like the church. And the brother shared his feelings and it was really good. And then a couple days later we went to talk with her parents and her dad didn't want to listen and her mom was really hesitant, and then the lesson didn't really go that well, because my companion had been really mad at me the whole day. But I think my new companion(Elder Costilla) and I can make a difference and I really hope we can baptize her and her family.
Tomorrow we one of the presidents of the seventy and another member of the seventy are coming to talk to us, and its only for the missionaries in the city, i am really excited! It should be really good and a really good opportunity to learn.
Here in the mission right now we are starting to search for a new house to live in, because Hermana Mendoza doesn't want us living in Fomerrey 11 anymore. And Elder Costilla and I are going to start focusing on the other part of our mission that is a nicer area. it should be good, and I am excited to see what results we get from it. I think we are going to set a goal for baptisms this transfer and really try and achieve it.
Wow you are doing a lot there at the house. I would say one of the best way to learn Spanish is watch movies in Spanish with English subtitles that way you can hear it and then try and pick up words and write them down. that would be really cool if you could speak in some Spanish when i get home because I am not going to be able to speak English, its awkward right now to speak English and I just end up speak Spanish.lol.
I hope all is well and that you guys are doing good, write me back right now if you can. bye
Love
Elder Mayberry
Nope I didn't get transferred I am still in good ole Azteca, but thank heavens I got a new companion. The last transfer was really bad, but I got a new companion and I have a lot of hope for this transfer. But its kinda of hard to have a lot of hope because my last 3 companions have started out really good and then ended up really bad, but I am going to just keep doing my part and hoping for the best. I definitely am learning a lot here. And really I have been able to find a really important lesson from each of my companions. Last Tuesday I had a really good talk with my district leader( he is from California) we talked about the mission and why we are here and what we need to do here. It was really a great talk, and it was all because my companion was having so many problems.
Last week we were at the church talking with one of the brothers, and this teenage girl came up and starting talking to us and then she told about how she was interested in the church and she wanted to know more, and how her boy friend is serving a mission right now, but her parents don't really like the church. And the brother shared his feelings and it was really good. And then a couple days later we went to talk with her parents and her dad didn't want to listen and her mom was really hesitant, and then the lesson didn't really go that well, because my companion had been really mad at me the whole day. But I think my new companion(Elder Costilla) and I can make a difference and I really hope we can baptize her and her family.
Tomorrow we one of the presidents of the seventy and another member of the seventy are coming to talk to us, and its only for the missionaries in the city, i am really excited! It should be really good and a really good opportunity to learn.
Here in the mission right now we are starting to search for a new house to live in, because Hermana Mendoza doesn't want us living in Fomerrey 11 anymore. And Elder Costilla and I are going to start focusing on the other part of our mission that is a nicer area. it should be good, and I am excited to see what results we get from it. I think we are going to set a goal for baptisms this transfer and really try and achieve it.
Wow you are doing a lot there at the house. I would say one of the best way to learn Spanish is watch movies in Spanish with English subtitles that way you can hear it and then try and pick up words and write them down. that would be really cool if you could speak in some Spanish when i get home because I am not going to be able to speak English, its awkward right now to speak English and I just end up speak Spanish.lol.
I hope all is well and that you guys are doing good, write me back right now if you can. bye
Love
Elder Mayberry
8-10-09
Wow you guys are doing a lot there. It sounds really exciting! Good luck with everything and I hope it all works out well.
This week was better. we have a couple of people that are finally starting to progress, and its the last week of the transfer. this area has been difficult and my companion too. but its been a really fun transfer. I have seen a lot of new things and my Spanish has increased a lot. I am now doing a lot of the teaching, sometimes I don't understand but i get whats going on almost all the time and am talking a lot.
It's crazy i complete 6 months in the mission tomorrow! I cant believe it, its going by really fast, this transfer went by really quickly, its almost been hard, I feel like we haven't worked because it went by so fast. I am feeling pretty good now, I think everything has finally cleared up.
We started teaching 2 people this week that i think will be really good. the one lady just wants to ask questions but she really like the church a lot. and the other is a man and he is really accepting. And also one of our investigators moved back to her house, so we are hopefully going to baptize her here pretty quickly. We have had a really hard time finding people at there houses here, because everybody works a lot here in the city, or they say that they need to leave. But we are finally seeing some of the fruits from our labors.
We have special conference tonight and I am really looking forward to it, its always really fun, and there lots of missionaries, so i get to see a lot of people. There one missionary in my zone that is from Federal Way and he attended college at Western for a year, so I have been talking with him a lot, hes pretty cool.
I think that is it for now, if there is anything more I will write another email. thanks love you guys a lot.
has ta luego!
Elder Mayberry
This week was better. we have a couple of people that are finally starting to progress, and its the last week of the transfer. this area has been difficult and my companion too. but its been a really fun transfer. I have seen a lot of new things and my Spanish has increased a lot. I am now doing a lot of the teaching, sometimes I don't understand but i get whats going on almost all the time and am talking a lot.
It's crazy i complete 6 months in the mission tomorrow! I cant believe it, its going by really fast, this transfer went by really quickly, its almost been hard, I feel like we haven't worked because it went by so fast. I am feeling pretty good now, I think everything has finally cleared up.
We started teaching 2 people this week that i think will be really good. the one lady just wants to ask questions but she really like the church a lot. and the other is a man and he is really accepting. And also one of our investigators moved back to her house, so we are hopefully going to baptize her here pretty quickly. We have had a really hard time finding people at there houses here, because everybody works a lot here in the city, or they say that they need to leave. But we are finally seeing some of the fruits from our labors.
We have special conference tonight and I am really looking forward to it, its always really fun, and there lots of missionaries, so i get to see a lot of people. There one missionary in my zone that is from Federal Way and he attended college at Western for a year, so I have been talking with him a lot, hes pretty cool.
I think that is it for now, if there is anything more I will write another email. thanks love you guys a lot.
has ta luego!
Elder Mayberry
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
8-03-09
Well I am continuing to feel better everyday, I am close to perfect, but it took a big tole on me to say the least.
This week was another tough one, but we are starting to see some investigators pop up out of the contacts. But the bad news is we have the goal for 6 baptisms this month and three of the six moved to other places, and so now we are down to 3, but we should be able to find more. We have 3 others that are possibilities. This week was also a little crazy. We saw a fight on Friday, and then last night there was 2. The one was early in the evening and the other was in the night. The one in the night was 2 different gangs throwing beer bottles and cement chunks at each other. And for the first time here we saw the police, I really was quite surprised, but they showed up after it had calmed down quite a bit. Hna Mendoza told us we need to search for a new house, because this area is kinda of dangerous. But we are not really finding any other houses, so I don't know what will happen.
If you could send me some stamps for the U.S. that way I can send letters that would be great. I can give my letters to the zone leaders and then they can get mailed through Texas. but I don't have any stamps and if you want to send me some other stuff that"s good or fun that would be cool too. thanks.
wow it sounds like there is a lot going on there. Jensen is playing football? How's that going for him? Do you like it Jensen? It sounds like you have lots of vegetables. We have a farmers market here in our area just around the corner from our house every Saturday, Sunday and Monday, its really quite impressive, it has all sorts of different things and lots of food. People play bingo to get different household items or food, there is 4 or 5 different places you can play. Its funny. Its been really hot here the last couple days, but on Friday it was really nice, we had some huge thunderstorms and then rain, and it cooled off a little bit but now its hot again. I am doing pretty good here in Mexico. I love you all. Bye.
Elder Mayberry
This week was another tough one, but we are starting to see some investigators pop up out of the contacts. But the bad news is we have the goal for 6 baptisms this month and three of the six moved to other places, and so now we are down to 3, but we should be able to find more. We have 3 others that are possibilities. This week was also a little crazy. We saw a fight on Friday, and then last night there was 2. The one was early in the evening and the other was in the night. The one in the night was 2 different gangs throwing beer bottles and cement chunks at each other. And for the first time here we saw the police, I really was quite surprised, but they showed up after it had calmed down quite a bit. Hna Mendoza told us we need to search for a new house, because this area is kinda of dangerous. But we are not really finding any other houses, so I don't know what will happen.
If you could send me some stamps for the U.S. that way I can send letters that would be great. I can give my letters to the zone leaders and then they can get mailed through Texas. but I don't have any stamps and if you want to send me some other stuff that"s good or fun that would be cool too. thanks.
wow it sounds like there is a lot going on there. Jensen is playing football? How's that going for him? Do you like it Jensen? It sounds like you have lots of vegetables. We have a farmers market here in our area just around the corner from our house every Saturday, Sunday and Monday, its really quite impressive, it has all sorts of different things and lots of food. People play bingo to get different household items or food, there is 4 or 5 different places you can play. Its funny. Its been really hot here the last couple days, but on Friday it was really nice, we had some huge thunderstorms and then rain, and it cooled off a little bit but now its hot again. I am doing pretty good here in Mexico. I love you all. Bye.
Elder Mayberry
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