Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Week 25 - Carnitas, Carnitas, Carnitas

Hey there! This email will be shorter. Sorry. My new area is the Ozumba 1st Ward and a branch in Tepecoculco. Just know these names aren't too easy for me either. ;) My new companion is Elder Gastelum. He has 11 months on the mission and is from Chicago, but his parents are from Mexico. 


Monday: We played soccer as a zone in the park close to the church. It was hot, but fun! Later, I packed up my things. Oh, we had cake with the Jimenez Familia, Brenda y Ingrid. Good times. Later that evening we had Lime Pie with the Garcia's. It was the best! Good last night.

Tuesday: Changes. We had carnitas as a district. Carnitas, are, well, THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO ME (so far) in this new area! haha! Later for lunch we had quesadillas and gorditas. Then visited some contacts.

Wednesday: Our area, geographically, is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, in the mission. Some names of cities in our area - Loma Verde, Atlautla, Tepecoculco, Tecomaxusco, Ecatzingo, Mamalhuazuca, Tlalamac, Ozumba, and Tlacotompa. Have fun trying to pronounce those! We are trying to establish a house of prayer in Ecatzingo, so we checked it our today. It's super pretty, small and ONLY hills... my legs are gonna look gooood when I leave this area! In the evening, we committed Teresa and Paulina to a baptismal date! Pray for them.

Thursday: Nothing too special. Just walked a lot. Checked out the area.

Friday: I forgot to mention - on Wednesday, we helped Hermano Victor kill a pig (he makes carnitas - super good carnitas). This morning we had carnitas from the pig we killed.... We spent the whole day in Ecatzingo (only like 5 hours) just getting to know the place and we got 12 accepted contacts! This place is far away so missionaries never work there. This cycle will be fun over there!

Saturday: We met with a less active family in Ecatzingo. We helped them make carnitas. haha! We had carnitas 3 out of 5 day this week.

Sunday: Teresa and Paulin came to church! The ward here is one of the oldest and best organized wards in Mexico. Just trust me.

This was an awesome week! Love you guys!

- Elder Quist




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