Week 95 - T Minus 10 Weeks

This week was pretty cool. I had a lot of really good spiritual experiences. Sadly, I also got a virus last week, and my card is getting cleaned, so today I won't have many pictures either.

This week we went on divisions with the assistants, and I went for my 3rd time to Palmas to go work there. Elder Riley and I had a pretty normal day, but we were able to talk to a TON of people. Elder Riley was a district Leader two tranfers ago, and I was his Zone Leader. I always felt like had had more to teach me than I did for him. Now He's the Assistant to the President and is already helping out this mission a TON. I love how excited he is to work and show God his willingness to serve.

Friday would have been my last MultiZone Conference, but since I extended I (thankfully) have one more before I go home. Some of the other missionaries in my Generation went up to bear their testimonies because they'll be going home on the 21st of august. I'm pretty relieved I'm not headed out yet. We learned a bunch of rules that president says to follow so we can be successful missionaries. I'm really jealous of the new guys and how they get to have Pres. Treviño their entire missions.

Saturday we had Leonor's Baptism. It was super cool, and a lot of members showed up. She really has been feeling the spirit strong in her life since, too. She's been continuously happy.

It was also Elder Cruz's Birthday so we celebrated with a little cake and a 3L pepsi. 

It's going good out here in Zacatepec/Galeana. We're going to be baptizing pretty constantly here. I hope that we're able to do everything that God has asked of us for these last few months. see y'all next week!

Week 94 - Week One in Zapatepec

This week was real cool. In Galeana, we live with two other missionaries, and it's been super fun. The four of us get along really well.

My companion and I, Elder Cruz from Hidalgo, México, worked super hard this week. I got to go visit members and meet the Ward. The Ward is honestly pretty small, but we're gonna work hard anyways. I'm really excited to see where we can go in these last twelve weeks of my misión, and to start baptizing every week!

We should have a baptism next week, too!

This week we found a guy named David. He's a musician and he really seemed interested in what we had to share. He said he could really feel the "good energy" that we bring as missionaries. He said wthat he was honored to recieve a book of mormon, and that he'd read it, and get baptized if he knew it was true. He didn't make it to church, but he told us he'd make it next week. 

Sorry, I can't upload pictures this week. My computer has a virus, and is really slow.

Have a good week!

~Elder Scott

Week 93 - My Wheels Melted

July 8, 2019

So, this week was super cool. We had divisions with the Assistants and got some crepes on Wednesday. On Friday, we had consejo de Liderazgo and They announced the changes. Elder Bradshaw got changes for Pinotepa Nacional in Oaxaca. I also got changes, but to Morelos. 

My area is called Galeana and my new companion is named Elder Cruz, from Hidalgo, México. While we were bringing my bags here from the bus station, we had to walk a little to get to our house, and my bags had been sitting under a hot bus for an hour already. Here is Galeana, it gets pretty hot. By the time we got back to our house, some of the wheels on my suitcases had melted. Good thing those suckers don't need to last me that much longer. 

I'm pretty sad to be leaving Guerrero. It was a super good ward, and I loved the members there. They were also pretty sad. But, the two missionaries that are going there are some of the best misssionaries I know, (Elder Gillins and Elder Lynch) At least I know the area is in good hands.

Gabino got baptized on Saturday. He's super excited to be a member of the church, and he wants to share the gospel with everyone he meets. He's super excited to share the gospel with his family. He even had some family members come to church on Sunday!

We had some really great times here, and lots of little miracles. But I'm excited to see what galeana has in store for me! 

-Elder Scott

Week 92 - Divisions and Crêpes

Divisions with Elder Fernandez

So this week was pretty solid. We had divisions with two different sets of Elders. I went with Elder Fernández from Chile on Wednesday, and Elder Vargas from Cancún on Friday. It was super cool because both of them have only a few months in the mission, but I was super inpressed at their desire to work and do everything that the Father has asked of them. Honestly, I learned a ton from each of them. Every new generation that comes to this mission just blows me away with how prepared and ready they all are.

Divisions with Elder Vargas

We have some members that own a little Crepe shop. They always get mad at us because we don't go enough, so we decided to make it a little tradition to go for some crepes and milkshakes after we finished divisions. It's a really cool way to show the missionaries in our zone that we appreciate the hard work they put in here in the zone. We wanted to reward them for a job well done. The crepes are bomb, btw.

Week 91 - Chilaquiles in Jacarandas

June 24, 2019

This week was pretty fast. I don't remember a ton of it, but we did have a few cool things happen.

Feliz Cumpleaños a Gabe

Monday after district meeting, the zone bought me a cake and sang me happy birthday. They pushed my face in the cake and everything. It was a really nice suprise. Elder Vázquez also invited us to a Domino´s Dominator pizza. We put candles in it and had a blast.

Week 90 - Feliz Cumpleaños a mí!

Eating crema and Marlin

This bug is for sale, but it's not an option for me.

 This week was pretty solid. I've already told most of it in my video call home, but I'll let you know just a tad.

Tuesday we were in trio with Elder Vargas and we ate some Marlin(a delicacy here) and some crepes. 

Week 89 - Conference with a Seventy!

June 10, 2019

This week was super cool. We've had quite a few little things happen. Nothing huge, but some cool little details.

Tuesday was the most boring day of the week. We had to go to the bus station to change all 40+ tickets that had been bought to go to and come from the conference that got cancelled. That took quite a long time and just killed my vibe for the rest of the day, because they treated us kinda poorly. But whatever,it takes to progress the work of the Lord, I guess.

Wednesday, they told us we would actually have the conference in Acapulco with Elder Pingree, and so we had to go back and get the tickets Thursday morning at 5:15. We left and had a great time with Elder Pingree. He didn't speak spanish before being assigned to be the 2nd counselor in the Area Presidency, and he was always asking for corrections and just wanted to be understood. He was so kind and Genuine. President Treviño says the Elder Pingree is the only person he personally knows that has all the attributes of Christ. It was cool, and after we had a little leadership conference and he helped us understand our role as leaders a lot more. It was all around really awesome. He even remembered that we saw him in Cuernavaca Centro about 7 months ago!