Week 99 - Triple Overtime

Hey!

This week was pretty cool. We hit the ground running this week by doin everything we could think of, and we finished up the week with a whopping 16 new people to teach. (Granted, accepting baptism is a completely different thing.) I've been giving it my all right now, and I'm doing my best to not distract myself...

Saying goodbye to Elder Gray

Week 98 - Last Change

Elder Calixto (my trainee's trainee), Elder Zetten
(My other Trainee) and Elder Fullmer (his trainee) all at
Consejo. Elder Fullmer lives in West Jordan
and went to Copper Hills

August 18, 2019


So we found out on Friday that Elder Cruz and I are gonna be staying together for my last change, and we're going to stay in Galeana. Consejo was really good. The mission is making lots of really awesome changes right now. I also found out that I'll be doubling District/Zone leader this transfer. That'll sure be a blast, but I'll have to relearn how to be a DL because it's been 10 months since I've done it and there have been lots of changes recently.

Week 97 - Divisions, Teques, and BBQ sandwiches

August 5, 2019

This week was really fun! 

Divisions w/ Elder Waldron, who was in my MTC group

 On Wednesday, we went on divisions with the Elders in Tlatenchi, and I went with Elder Waldron, from my MTC district. We got donuts for breakfast. 

We also went to eat in a part of the area called "el lago de Tequesquitengo" or "teques" for short. It's a super cool little lake that has a bunch of hotels and stuff. It's really touristy, and the family that gives us food there is really awesome. They're super strong in the gospel, and make up about one-fourth of our active members.

Starting the morning right

The rest of the week seems like kind of a blur, but I remember that we're going to have a baptism this week for Benjamin. He's been coming to church pretty consistently, but this week he told us he wanted  to get baptized. We're really excited for him!

American food for Elder Cruz

Today for P-day, we wanted to treat Elder Cruz to and American lunch, so Elder King and I went to the grocerey store and bought a ton of sandwich stuff. We made bbq turkey sandwiches with Jalapeño chips, and an apple soda. Good stuff.

Week 96 - Pa'l Calorón

July 29, 2019

It has been getting pretty hot this week. 

It was pretty eventful. My camera was getting repaired and it took some time to get it good again, so I couldn't get many pictures from this week. 

Tuesday we went to Tequesquitengo, which is a really touristy lake in our area. It was really pretty there, but even going 15 away from zacatepec, the humidity was sufficiently higher. It seems like a cool place to visit, but a really difficult place to work in.

Thursday we went on Divisions with the Elders In Puente de Ixtla, and I got to go with Elder Zweifel from Idaho. It was so hot there it burned me through my shirt. That same night, we went up from Puente to Cuernavaca to have an urgent meeting with president about leadership and what we need to do as district and zone leaders. Everyone in the three Morelos Zones came, and we stayed the night up there in Cuerna. 

We had divisions the day before with Elder Riley, who is now the Assistant to the President. Two transfers ago we were both is Chilpancingo, but I was his zone leader, and he was a district leader. I always felt like he taught me more than I could teach him. He's making some really good progress and is just a stellar missionary.

We got a few people with baptismal dates this week, but none of them came to church, so we'll have to start over again getting them witha  baptismal date. That has been one of the most frustrating parts of being a missionary here is getting people to church. I hope we can do a little better in that aspect this week.

It was good to call you guys on Wednesday for Dad's birthday. Hope you had a good 24th!

Sorry for no pictures again. Computers here are not condusive to a picture-sharing environment.

~Elder Scott

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