Monday Dec 1st - Wow! It's December. Christmas is almost here! We still don't have a tree, but our sticks are waiting anxiously for some decorations! I can't find any lights - actually I haven't really looked yet! I better get on the decorating before it's too late!
Today has been another missionary day! It has been a hard day for me personally, but upward and onward we go! Shopping always cures the soul so we went to a Bed, Bath and Beyond and bought ourselves a crockpot! Then on
to a mexican Target called Chedraui. We got cr. of chicken soup for about $3 a can! We were told if we saw something we liked or wanted to get it because it might not be there ever again! We had to get a validation to get out of the parking lot. We drove up to the exit and a cute little guy told us we needed to pay 3 more pesos. We had to back up out of the exit with people honking and him directing us, go back to the store and start over! We have a lot to learn. We met some sick missionaries at the office and got them all fixed up. We walked to our office and spent most of the day calling the service missionary doctors and the mission president wives to find out exactly what medical care is working and where we need to start filling in holes. No one seems to know exactly what is going on! Sound familiar?? We have our work cut out for us! Monday night we had a frozen pizza for dinner and we had family night - and we missed the FaceTime to the Newman piano recital!:-( It was a good lesson on teaching one another and we had some unusual breads from Argentina for a treat. I took pics of our little place - not sure what to call it - home?, apartment?, hotel?, so place it is!
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| Here is our new crockpot on the kitchen counter Greg is doing dishes at the sink which is behind the oven cabinet! There is about 18 inches to stand there to do dishes! |
Tuesday Dec 2nd - We started the day with a meeting with the area authorities. They are the nicest men! They sure do have a lot of things to worry about with the church in Mexico. The church is growing fast here in this country! It probably will take over the US someday in members. The West Mexico city mission we are in had 231 baptisms last month. The Elders and Sisters are so adorable. I want to hug them all! Another day at the office working on medical stuff. Not much going on today! I hope the groundhog days don't set in too soon! There are always missionaries that need a question answered about their health! I have started studying my spanish a little more intently! It is exhausting to try to listen and understand what people are saying! Here is a tour of our place!
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| our little living room Pic taken from the door into the place! |
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| Angle to the right, bathroom behind that door and kitchen to the right |
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| Nice bathroom behind the door |
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| I turned around and took a pic outside the door towards the elevator |
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| Up those metal stairs is our bedroom! |
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Here is our bedroom upstairs! Door on left is the bathroom door on right is the closet |
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| At the top of the stairs - our bedroom |
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| Big nice fancy bathroom! I think I live in a hotel everytime I come in here!! |
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| Big bathtub with shower The water temp changes every 3 seconds! You have to keep one hand on the controls and wash with the other! |
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| Closet! |
Wednesday Dec 3rd - Today was an exciting day. I got to talk to some of the English speaking mission moms. I love and admire them. They work endlessly to serve the missionaries in their missions. Amazing people! Tonight we got to go to a place called the Belles artes. The building is incredible and the show was very fun to see. It was all dancing from different cultures in Mexico. Very entertaining and so fun to get out and see a little of Mexico city. President Whitehead drove. He is one crazy driver and entertaining to watch drive!
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| The famous Balles Artes |
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| This curtain in the front of the stage is made of glass! Really awesome! |
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| Greg took this blurry pic to show we really were there! |
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| One of the dances with these huge head people! There were all kinds of Mexican dances and all the ladies had big beautiful skirts to twirl around with! |
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| Hard to see, but a dance with the guys holding their sombreros |
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| Beautiful dancers in beautiful dresses! |
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| Pretty huh? |
Time for a new scripture! I hope you have the last one memorized. Just warming you up for longer ones!! Memorize 2 Nephi 2:25 Let me know when you have it memorized!
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