Week 16 - Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve Call from Mexico

This week, Elder Contreras and I have been working pretty hard, but this whole week has been kind of slow.

There's a family of a mom and her two daughters, and i think they all work together so that the oldest daughter can get married to Elder Contreras. They are always calling us, trying to set up noches de hogar, and then they don't invite any nonmembers. They try to spend time with Elder Contreras alone, which I can't allow, and they do pretty much whatever he wants. It's actually super annoying, because they never leave us alone, and the members in the ward have gotten on his case about it. We keep trying to shut them down, but they only get stronger. We are trying to figure out how to deal with this. There's a member lady who gets on their case and ours about it, and she's kindof harsh and gossippy. In fact, the lady and her two daughters said that they'd go inactive if families keep talking about them like that. It's a delicate situation. We'll get it figured out. We're on the verge of calling the mission president about it. 

This Saturday, we went to a baptism in Tlatenchi.  Elder Contreras climbed the ladder up to the water tower and saw an owl.  It turns out the owl was a momma with a nest full of babies.  Elder Contreras, not wanting to be deterred, took out his belt and tried to scare them away. Bad Idea. They got super angry and tried to attack him. From there, he surrendered and climbed back down. I told him it was a bad Idea, but he said he was a better man for it.

For Christmas Eve, we spent an hour at church, and spent a lot of time with the L family. they're a super cool family that has recently come back into activity in the church. They were having a party while we called home. It was fun, but we've been super tired today because of it. And today, we had some Ameyal with orange sticks, and made a Christmas toast, with all our goals and desires. 'Till next August, we said. By then, we'll be home, able to have normal christmas again. With some kind of snow and family. 

Family: I loved getting to talk to you guys, and hearing all about your lives and opportunities. I'm glad you were all there, and It was a great experience. Don't miss me too much. I'll call again in five months.

Be sure to have the Scott family send me some emails, too -even just to say hi. It's always good to get some emails.

Love you, Feliz Navidad!