1. So, how was "El día de
muertos"? I know what we talked about in our class and read about in
our textbook. But, what is it really like--where you are? How do
the people celebrate and what do they do? Were you part of any festivities?
Basically, it was super lame.
I was expecting a ton of festivities and stuff, but it turns out that the
people of Huixtla are not super festive.
2. At one point, you
mentioned a new chapel being built in Huixta? Is it close to done? Is it a regular church building? I know last week with the baptism photo,
you mentioned that you really miss the pretty San Jose building. That
made me think to ask the question.
Nooooooooo. They decided that
they´re putting it on hold until February (they haven´t even started) because
the branch did not meet the goals that they set.
4. You talked about Antonio
being an English teacher. Where does he teach? At a university or high
school? Do you talk with him in English? :)
Antonio isn´t an English teacher,
but he is a teacher. Of primary school (that´s not what we say in
english... whatever comes before middle school). Like 2nd grade I think.
5. Lastly--how was your week?
I hope that the baptism went through and that the Spirit was strong and
the branch members came as a support.
Also, another awesome thing happened this week. Elder Daniel
L. Johnson of the First Quorum of the Seventy, and President of the Area of
Mexico, came to talk to the 2 zones of Tapachula. It was very special and
personal, and we felt the Spirit and received revelation for our area, and even
more so for how to improve ourselves individually as missionaries, and as I
have put in practice some of the things that he told us to do in this week, I
have had some very special experiences, and have felt an increase in the
guidance of the Spirit. Also, I just wanted to share specifically with
you, Mom, about his wife. I´m pretty sure that Sister Johnson did not
speak Spanish before he was called to be president of the area of Mexico, but
you can see how hard she has worked to learn, because she communicated herself
very well, and she had a very special spirit about her when she spoke to us.
She was a huge example for me in that aspect, and I thought you might
like to hear about that as well :)
A frustrating thing that happened this week is that I lost our cell
phone (I know... I never lose trash like that... but there´s a first time for
everything) by leaving it in a taxi on Saturday, so we will not be recovering
it. And, that pretty much puts any plans that we had to do exchanges on
hold until we get a new one. I was
excited to do my first exchange not only as district leader, but just as senior
comp (we were going to do them this week). But, that´s what happens
because I did a tontería and left our cell phone in the taxi...
It´s been a pretty significant pain to not have a cell phone... but
we´re managing and we should get a new one within a few weeks. Walking
works pretty well, as I´ve seen my entire mission. The zone leaders had
to take the weekly reports of the missionaries of my district, and as of right
now we´re calling them every night from public phones (which are CRAZY
expensive it´s ridiculous) on the street to see about announcements and stuff
like that.
I think that’s it for now. Have
a great week! Good luck with your Spanish, Mom! Thank you so much
for your prayers. I love and miss you all!
Con amor,
Elder Andrew Nickerl
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