New area, Atotonilco, Mexico

Hola Familia,
Well another great week. Lots of changes and lots of awesome experiences. I am now emailing you from Atotonilco, Mexico which is like 20 minutes from where I just was. I have a new companion Elder Stirland from Alpine, Utah. He is short and a red head, but he seems pretty cool. I dont really know Ive only been with him for like 2 hours. Im all settled in to my new apartment. Its way bigger, but not quite as cute. haha Its above a lil tienda and it has a great view of the huge catholic church out the window. So yea, ill let you know how i like Atotonilco next week when i know some of the members and all that good stuff.
So, we got to go to the estadio azteca to watch the cultural event for the rededication. It was pretty much sweet, we were way up close and it was amazing. Im glad you got to watch it! It was also cool to see Elder Curtis Porter and all my buddies from the MTC. Also, Elder Austin McNeil ( i dont know if you know him ) Lots of other people as well. Its always nice to see familiar faces down here in Mexico. We didnt get to see a lot of the dances because we had to wait below the stadium so we could go on the field and sing Called to Serve. I think that all the missionaries are going to get DVDs of the Cultural Event thing so you can watch it with me in 19 short months, ok?
Lets see, then SUnday morning we went to the rededication and it was amazing as well. It really reaffirmed my testimony that President Thomas S. Monson is a Profet of God and also strengthened my testimony of temples. They really are Casas del Senor.
We turned out only having one baptism to end our run in Apaxco with Elder Obregon. We had it last night at like 9. It was sweet. We baptized Ivon Resendiz Ramirez. She is the mother of that lil girl in the pictures last week. She is way tight. Elder Obregon and I sang Para Siempre Dios Este Con Voz. (God Be With you Til We Meet Again) IT was awesome with all of the branch there. A lot of people were crying because they knew that Elder Obregon and I were leaving. It was a really spiritual experience. Elder O and I also gave our testimonies and it was really really cool. The Spirit was really strong. Ill send pics.
Mother, I really appreciate hearing about the same funny Alyssa story 2 weeks in a row..... It wasnt quite as funny reading it the second time, but i still enjoyed it hahaha. (Alyssa, you can use that to put in moms book, i think mom might be getting up there in age) No se crea madre!

Ive seen a ridiculous improvement in my Spanish skills this last week. I dont know what happened really. Everything just started clicking and I gave a couple lessons all by myself (while Elder Obregon was playing with some kids) I think that this cambio it will improve a lot also because Elder Stirland is kinda quiet and Im more of the friendly get to know ya misionero. (I get it from you Mother) Oh im also excited cause my new zone leader is awesome. His name is Elder Bautista (Like Juan el Bautista/ John the Baptist.......kinda ironic) He is way cool and has over 200 baptisms in his mission so i plan on learning a lot from him. He is also in my district so ill see him a couple times a week.

Answers to your questions....
1. Yes, i have more pics, but not very many, i usually send the ones i like
2. I probably couldnt watch Brads games if you sent them to me cause that is against the rules.
3. I dont think they really celebrate Thanksgiving mom, its sorta an American Holiday, but usually members ask us what we like to eat and ill be sure to eat Turkey on Thanksgiving.
4. We had a bus with a bunch of other missionaries. We didnt get back til like 3 in the morning. Then we had to wake up at 7 to go to the Rededicacion. I was really tired.....

Well, thats about it. Thanks for all your love and support. The Church is true, there is absolutely no doubt about it. Im so thankful to know that familias can be together forever. I love you all!
Until next week......
Con amor,
Elder Greg Heap