Elder Ortiz and I were pretty pumped for the music stores, butthey're honestly kinda trashy. They have lots of guitars (Nice for Elder Ortiz, not so much for me) and all their instruments were really low quality, except a few guitars and basses. No pianos were in sight, and all the accordions were kept behind the desk, so I couldn't even try one. Interestingly, they only have valved trombones here. They have them so trumpet players could play low notes sometimes, I guess. Who knows?
We haven't had a normal proselyting day since Thursday, and we probably won't until Thursday. Friday, we were running to Unidad Morelos,and didn't get to teach anyone. Saturday, all our appointments fell through. Sunday, we had a choir practice for our Monday event.We had the "Ilumina el Mundo" (Light the World) event yesterday, and it was pretty cool. We set up a giant tent in the Zocalo, with tons of booths about the church. We just asked people what they knew about the church, and they were pretty receptive. We got probably 5-6 references just for our area. And today was P-day. We had a loesson planned with Guadalupe at 12, but it went until 1:30. So our day has been pretty short.
Honestly, I feel really bad for the guy who was supposed to direct the choir, because he got to conduct for about 10 minutes, and then the accompanist and the soloist just kinda stole the show from him. They would constantly interrupt songs and give their opinions, or just start conducting us and run rehearsal without asking the guy. He took it like a champ, though. I get the feeling that that happens to him a lot. By the way, in my amatuer opinion, the soloist didn't know what she was doing, and the accompanist should learn what it means to accompany a choir and not be accompanied by a choir. Needless to say, I was pretty opinionated on the subject.
When we do lessons, everything still goes over my head. I Just smile when the investigators laugh - in an attempt to look genuine. It's still pretty rough, but I'm slowly getting better. Poco a poco, cada dia.
Love you guys, and hope you're all doing awesome! Best of luck, Millie in future performances, because you were very fun to watch.
Sounds like you guys are all set! Have a great time, and know that I'm really gonna miss doing Christmas with the family this year. I've learned to really appreciate those Christmas memories. It really is going to have a new meaning from now on. I Love, yall, and Nos Vemos.
-Elder Scott
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