12 Febrero 2016

12 Febrero 2016

Another fun week. I realized this week that--AH!--we're already finishing up week four of six of the transfer! Mine and Elder Ninataype's time together is already more than halfway done! I thought time went by fast as a Zone Leader. Nope.

We did splits with Acuña and Monclova Este this week. Elder Flores came down here for two days while Elder Ninataype went WAY up north. It was fun to be back with Elder Flores again. We found a lot of people to teach, so we'll see what happens in these next few weeks.

Mario, the guy that's from Frontera, good grief he started working! So that means we can't see him hardly ever! We see him around working (he's started pedaling around a taquitos de olla cart) and he even gave us some of his wares (don't ever eat those things; they're diarrhea gut bombs...I'll try and make them for you all when I see you). But we haven't been able to sit down and teach him. But we set a date with him for the 27th of February. We're going to have to pray a LOT to get it to happen!

We started teaching a cool catholic lady and her family. We started the lesson with "I'm Catholic, but I'll listen." Then it turns out her sister-in-law who was also there is LDS but less-active. Then we ended the lesson with "Yeah, I want to get baptized." The only problem is she's moving and didn't know to where. And she's likely a stripper. But that's not necessarily a problem. She just goes out to Zacatecas to work and travels back on Sundays. That will create a problem.

Actually, that's all for this week. 

Saltillo is pretty frustrating. In Monclova, all the Catholics say they know that (in their own words) "Catholicism is bad" and would really like to change the Catholic church, but then they don't want to listen to the Mormon missionaries because--according to them--everybody is going to be saved. In Piedras Negras, the Catholics like listening to the missionaries and are open to new ideas. Here in Saltillo, the Catholics actually believe that the Catholic Church is the true church of Christ and that either EVERYBODY is going to be saved or just Catholics. But they can't agree on their doctrine. I've heard wacky things since getting here: the Holy Spirit is inside every one of us, so we help make up part of the Trinity. "God? I don't go much for that saint. I go more for the Virgin." Stuff like that. And people here don't tell you that they don't want to listen. Either they shout it out you rudely or they just don't show up to the appointment that you set with them. In Piedras they tell you nicely that they don't want to listen. I'm kinda missing Piedras.

Also, WONDERFUL news from this week: I was in a zone meeting in Miravalle Stake and met the missionaries from Guayulera Ward. I asked if they happened to know the Alvarez family, the converts from the Aurora but that went inactive. This was his response: "Yeah, they're super active! He's the Sunday School President and they're all getting ready to go to the Temple to be sealed soon. Wendy is pretty quiet and so is Carlos, but he's still there. But Julietita is a fireball and really wants to go on a mission in the future." YAYAYAYAYAY! WOOH! I hope they go before May, and then I'll go with them. :D

Speaking of which, Mayela should go to the temple in August of this year. If I came down to go through the temple with her, who would be willing to come with me?

Have a great week, everybody!

Elder Taylor