Transferred to Campestre in Alamedas and Training Elder Hernandez

Hola Mamá! Wow this week was crazy and I was nervous at first to be a trainer but things are going really good! Elder Hernandez is an awesome Elder! This will be a great cambio! There was some craziness the beginning of the week but things are going good now and calming down a bit. This cambio we are supposedly going to have a few activities for Christmas so that’s another reason this cambio will be super awesome! 

About last week though, on Monday we deep cleaned the casa then after emailing everyone we went to visit Izabel and Gilberto and their family. We still didn’t know what was happening with cambios but I wanted to take a picture with them in case I was the one who ended up leaving (so it was a good thing he did). Our Zone Leaders told us we would definitely know about cambios by 7:45 the next morning. I felt good about whatever change was coming though.

Tuesday we got a call at 7:45 telling us that Elder Herrera is going to be training and that I am going to Campestre in Alamedas to finish training Elder Hernandez. We needed to be in the offices at 11 a.m. but it was 8 when Elder Stenquist told us this and I didn’t have anything packed. So we took a little over an hour to pack up my 3 suitcases, took a bus part way then we took a taxi to get to the offices. I met Elder Hernandez, we dropped of my things at the casa and then we learned that part of our mission that is in the state of Mexico is being reorganized. All the stake and ward limits are all different and the Area of Campestre is being divided into 2 parts. My companion and I are in part B which was the area of La Colmena before. So we slept in the casa of Campestre A then were told we had to go to the other house in the new divided Campestre. We are basically opening our area which we know nothing about but all will turn out Okay! My companion is from Puebla Mexico, is 18 years old and has 7 brothers and sisters.

Wednesday we had a district meeting and Elder Farmer, who is the new district leader, told me that he and his companion baptized a family that Elder Rojas and I found! How awesome that he got to harvest the seeds that we planted!! Elder Farmer is from Kamas and has 6 months in the mission, was called to be the DL and is also training a new missionary Elder Ivie who is from Saratoga Springs, UT. After the district meeting we had to change casas so thankfully I had barely unpacked when I got here. We had to change casas because of all the boundary changes so while things are still getting sorted out, we are in the casa of the zone leaders for a while. The Area of Campestre is bigger now so there’s 4 missionaries working in it but in different parts, A and B. It’s still kind of crazy and will be for a few weeks.

In the house we are staying in there are 3 mattresses and only one of them has the bed frames. So while one person sleeps on the bed with the frames, the other 3 sleep on the other 2 mattresses on the ground, turned sideways. This is how we have to sleep for the next week or so. It’s really not that bad but we barely have enough blankets. Because it gets colder in the night we have to wear extra clothes while we sleep. Anywho, later in the afternoon we were able to find a few contacts and went to an appointment we had with Linda and Angel (our only 2 progressing investigators). Linda’s husband, Alfredo, is a member but she and their son Angel are not. Alfredo and Linda aren’t married and to be baptized they need to get married. My companion told me they were originally planning to do it in January, but after the lesson, they told us they are planning now to get married the 14th of December and then want to be baptized the next day! They are a super awesome family!

Friday we were told that the district changed that day so we aren’t in the same district as Elders Farmer, Ivie, Juarez or Romero. I’m pretty sad about that, but it’s okay though I suppose. We didn’t have any appointments that day so we went to look for a couple of former investigators and contact new people. We were able to contact 14 people! It was super awesome. We walked a ton and were super tired at the end of the day.

Saturday we had a few appointments with some contacts and we able to find one new investigator and then later in the day we were able to find 13 more new contacts! The new investigator is Edith and although she likes to talk a lot and has some interesting ideas, she believes in Jesus and likes to read the Bible and is very interested in learning about the church. We invited her to be baptized on the 19th of January and she accepted. She told us right then that she had received a message from God that this is the right path for her. She is very receptive to the spirit!

Wow that’s super awesome that you guys got to have a great Thanksgiving and spend time with gramps. We didn’t do anything exciting here for Thanksgiving but we did eat some ramen hahaha! Oh! I want you to see if you can look up a talk from Brad Wilcox called Red lights, Green lights, and Personal Revelation and listen to it! It is incredible and just super amazing!

I love you so much mamá!!! have a great week!

With Izabel and Gilberto and their family before cambios

My companion got bit by something so this member was
helping him clean out his wound.

Our sleeping arrangements for a few weeks :)