This week we saw some more miracles :)
On Monday we had an appointment with someone we had contacted a few days before. While we were on our way to the appointment, we received a referral from the church page of someone who had been listening to the missionaries in Cabo San Lucas and had already gone to church and read a lot of the Book of Mormon! We decided to go to the appointment that we had and then right after we would go look for the referral. When we got to the appointment we asked for the man we had contacted and they said that he didn't live there. We were about to turn back because we ha received a false address, but then the lady at the door said, "I thought that your companions in Cabo San Lucas had sent you to look for me." Turns out we received a false address, but it was the exact same address as the referral we received. We then put a baptismal date with the sister and her three children!
I also felt the spirit stronger than I ever have in a lesson this week with A (our investigator who will be baptised this Saturday). She told us that she will lose her job because she won't be able to work on Sundays, but she doesn't even care! She has a ton of faith and is already very good friends with all of the YSA in our ward. So excited for her to be baptised! Elder E interviewed her for her baptism and in the interview told her that she would serve a mission! I think it's true :)
It's been raining a lot, I was gonna send pics, but it won't let me :( Little rivers in the streets though, couldn't get to an appointment because of one.
Looking forward to calling home in a few weeks, I know some things about coming home we will have to talk about, but if you could mostly just get me hyped and pump me up to finish strong that would be a big help.
I love serving as a missionary, there are hard times, but I have learned to always pray and receive help from the Lord in hard times. He lives and loves us :) We wouldn't have any success in the mission without Him.
Have a good week,
love,
Elder Lethaby
Do you ever hear from the Bishop or Stake President?Yes, I have heard from both and last week or 2 weeks ago from the bishop!
Any plans for Mother’s Day yet? Well here it's on the 10th of may so I don't know if you want to do it on my mother's day or your mother's day. Either way I could possibly be in a different area with a different companion by then so I will confirm next week about the day and hour.
Have you ever had issues with your toes? Shane’s are still bugging him…Sometimes I feel like they're ingrown a lil but they've been like that since my training and it hasn't gotten worse and they never bleed so I think I'm good.
What kind of work-outs are you doing these days?
Stretching and pushups in the house, not much close by that we can do.
Do you ever meet missionaries who go through a bit of culture shock when they first get to Mexico? Do you try to help?
Not really honestly, the only time was when I was in the offices there was a new guy who was really sick already and wanted to go home and didn't like his trainer so we got into calling him every night just to talk to him in English for a few minutes and give him a break.
Package arrive yet?
No :( I did get a letter from Oma though with some pics of me and her and Jake in front of the temple back in the glory days.
Is it rainy season? Staying dry or just making it work?!
WEEK BEFORE MOTHER"S DAY
Hi MOM!
I got transferred! My new comp is Elder K from Kansas and I am now in an area called "Fuertes" (Strong). On Saturday President Nelson called me and said "Elder do you still have the energy to be a leader?" I said I did and he said "good because you're going to be a zone leader again." So I guess I had a little break hahah but Elder K and I are going to kill it here. Our area is the very center of Puebla. Downtown. There are very few houses in our area, and the houses that there are are very very expensive ones from what I've heard. We will have to find a different way to work... knocking doors won't work because there aren't doors. We already decided to try out English classes again, since we are both English speakers. He was in my zone when I was in Amalucan almost a year ago... in his training hahha. Very hard worker though and I know we can do it. I can already tell why I am here. There are pictures of naked women in every corner, there is worldly music all around us, it's loud and busy... the Lord needs me to learn how to be in the world but not of the world before I head home. I am more determined than ever right now to consecrate myself 100% in the work. We also have a lot of missionaries in the zone who I know, and I know that they will have problems. What you said in your email is true mom, if I don't finish strong, my companions and other missionaries in my zone won't finish strong either.
On another note, A got baptised this week! She was crying a lot hahha but like good tears, very excited. Her whole family came and it was one of the most spiritual baptisms of my mission, because she was really truly prepared. I think her family will follow. Another investigator named Luz that I have been teaching for the last 3 months passed her baptismal interview this week too, so she should get baptised next week! We also found and started teaching a part member less active family and they all came to church on Sunday and the 10 year old son has a baptismal date and always wants to put on our name tags because he wants to serve a mission one day! Hope that happens! Kinda sad that I won't see all these people progress, but I know the Lord has a purpose behind everything.
Super excited to be here and work hard!
Love you and talk to you on Sunday!
Elder Lethaby
Pics:
A's baptism
When Elder Barfuss and I realised the next time we see each other will probably be in Canada :(
The rivers in the streets of Tlaxcallan
DAY AFTER MOTHER'S DAY
Hey I'll be quick since we just talked, but wanted to let all my fans in on some fun times from this week!
This area has been super crazy so far hahaha we can't go a block without someone saying something about Trump to us haha so glad I'm Canadian in those moments. We had a black guy from the states contact us this week and he wanted to take pictures and stuff and he said he was a historian trying to prove that the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and the whole world were black people and that the Africans were the ones who built the pyramids and stuff, pretty funny guy. We got a ticket for putting up "free English class" posters all over the city and I guess in the "Historical Center" it's illegal so that's a bummer. I then got sick so I couldn't even leave the house to go to the English Class :(
We also had the leadership council this week which was kinda fun and we talked about some ways we can get the YSA more into the work, might start going to institute classes and YSA activities, stay tuned...
It's still raining almost every day and my shoes are pretty much done, but I sent them in to get fixed today so we´ll see if we can get another few months out of them.
My companion's doing good, we get along pretty well and the zone seems to be picking up a bit :)
I think that's it. Happy mother's day mom, great to see you!
Love
Elder Lethaby
