Que transa? We have had quite an interesting couple weeks.
We were going to go into mexico city last week, but we didn't receive
permission until this week, which was good because we ended up having to change
houses because the owner of our old house doesn't like the missionaries and we
found a place near a lot of members that is nice and cheaper, so now we have an
awesome house and a lot of members that like to feed us. Both are very good
situations. The rains are starting now. Apparently it`ll rain three in four
days for the next few months, so that'll be new. On the plus side the hottest
time of the year is over here. The volcano has calmed down a lot, though it
still spews smoke occasionally. This week we had an activity with our zone in
which, after soccer, we made some tacos with habanero salsa. We were all dying,
it was great. Even the natives were sweating/crying. Yep that's how we have
fun. We were going to go into Mexico City today until we got a call last night
right before bed that Elder QuiƱones is being transferred. We definitely didn't
see that coming, normally he would be with me at least three months, usually
four and a half. So tomorrow i will get a new companion. More updates on that
to come. We discovered this week that someone in our ward is actually not a
member, but has been assisting for a year, just hasn't been baptized yet
because she is from the colony (there is a polygamist colony in our area with
their own temple, chapel, book of mormon, and prophet that broke of from the
church a long time ago) and there are sometimes problems with people from the
colony, but she wants to be baptized, so we're going to try to work that out. I
don't think i ever shared the conversion story of Jose. The Elders had been
teaching him for a month and he wasn't really progressing because he didn't
feel like he had an answer yet, but we were teaching him and had a really cool
experience. We were about to review the restoration with him, but we felt like
we needed to change. It was cool, the spirit was really strong, and finally I
really felt like I should tell him to do something, and I promised him that if
he did this he would have his answer and would feel ready for baptism. That
saturday he was baptized. It was really cool to feel like I was really speaking
by the spirit. It's cool to see how the spirit really works in peoples lives,
that if they really seek an answer with real intent, God will answer them. Well
thats all for this week, love you all! Que les vaya bien! Love Elder West
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