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9-14-09

Well we had a really busy week this week. We moved into the new house and we stilled tried to meet our goals, I have to admit I was really tired last night. We came out with pretty good numbers for this week considering we basically didn't work for 2 days. The new house is sooo much nicer and its in a lot better area. And we have a member family that lives right in front of us and they always give us food in the nights. So now this week its back to working really hard, which should be good. We are planning on baptizing 5 people this week! One family and two girls that are both 9 years old that haven't been baptized, and then next week is the last week of this transfer! wow, time is going by fast. We are hoping to baptize the last week also, but its been really hard to find people and to get them to church. I would like to get 2 baptisms, maybe more that last week. But we will see.

Hasta Luego.

9-07-09

It rained most of the week here in Monterrey and it's been nice and cool but today is sunny and hot again. It was a nice break from the heat, but the rain was kinda of annoying to say the least. We had a pretty good week work wise, we had a lot of lessons and a lot of new investigators which was really exciting, but we are having a big problem with getting the investigators progressing, everybody just wants to hear lesson one and no more, and most people just want to talk about the bible. Everybody here is very Catholic but they don't know anything about religion or God or Jesus Christ. They only care about maria De Guadalupe (the virgin Mary) and so its been a little bit annoying to teach the people here. But we are finding a few people that we could baptize. We finally found a house and at first they said the beginning of October we could move in, but then they called again this morning and said we could move in on Wednesday, so we are going to be busy moving into the new house. I am really excited because it is a nice house and in a lot better condition.

We have stake conference this weekend so hopefully we will get a new bishop! hopefully. Hopefully this week we can continue to work and get moved into the new house. There isn't really a lot else going on. I think I have some pictures to send you so I will send those soon. I love you all, have a good time.

Hasta luego

ELder Mayberry (still your son)

8-31-09

Wow another busy week for you guys, haha keep it up Jensen, and always keep hitting until you hear the whistle, never stop never give up, okay? Learn to be dedicated all the way through right now in football and you will be a lot better when you are older. Do you have a lot of stuff growing in the garden? What exactly is the Whatcom county farm tour? What do you guys have to do for it? haha ya I brush my teeth for like 7 minutes every morning and every night, because I don't want to have to go to a dentist here in Mexico.

This week has been pretty crazy, my companion and I are working ridiculously hard, its been a little frustrating because we haven't seen a lot of success yet, but it usually take 4-5 weeks to see success, so we should see success at the end of this transfer. It's really amazing the effect that not working has on an area, especially when nobody has done anything for 3 or 4 months, but my companion and I are changing the area around and really focusing on helping the people here, because the ward is in shambles.

We don't have a bishop or a Relief Society president or most of our auxiliary leaders, and there is only one counselor in the bishopric.
But we are doing our part and working really hard with the ward mission leader (he is a really awesome guy). We are finding here in the area that a lot of people don't understand much. We teach a lesson and either don't listen or just flat out to understand anything. It's really sad, because the lessons are really basic and people just cant put two and two together. And a lot of people claim to be Catholic but they don't even know what Jesus Christ did here in the earth. Its been hard not to get frustrated, but I am keeping a good attitude and working hard.

My companion and I are getting a long really well and it has been fun. He is kinda of a music geek, but its okay. This morning we bought a cake at Lety´s pasteleria (ask Sister Lara about how good they are) so I am really excited to eat it. But I am not a huge fan of the cakes with milk, and my companion wanted one really bad, but still I am really excited.

I have to admit I can't think of anything else to say right now, if I think of something else I will send another email.

I love you all, hasta luego amigos
Elder Mayberry