Time is Flying by

To the Fam:

This week was pretty sweet. Not because we had a whole lot of success (in my eyes) but I have been able to enjoy just doing the day to day activities. Sometimes It feels a little monotonous (sp) being in the same area for quite some time (even though its been less than 2 months). Everything is going great though. We found a couple sweet families this week and now its just a matter of seeing if they progress.
I have been studying a lot lately about the life and mission of Our Savior Jesus Christ and I think that has really helped. I almost finished with JESUS THE CHRIST, I read every morning and night and the short 800 page book needs to be longer. I am thinking im going to read it in Spanish after I read it in English. Get a little Spanish practice (as if I don’t get enough constantly). Haha

Hey Dad, I decided that you and Todd need to learn Spanish so that all of us guys in our family can talk behind the backs of all the girls in the fam. And I figure that Brad still has the opportunity to go Spanish speaking so he can wait it out. Use that program that I had on my lap top and talk to your Mexican workers a lot. That would be sweet.
Well, im pretty sure we have Zone Conference this next week. There are going to tell us in our District meeting tonight, that we have every Monday. Im excited for that, Pres Nancollas always gives us an extra boost to make sure we are working as hard as possible and being obedient.

The time is flying by and I complete 8 months this week. I feel like since ive gotten here to Mexico, the time has just flown. The MTC was a never-ending 2 months, but the last 6 months have gone by way to fast.

We should have a baptism this week. His name is Ismael and he is a boyfriend of a miembro. He has gone to church almost every week since Ive gotten here, but still doesn’t have the desire or feel the need to get baptized. We are going to focus on him this week. We also are working with Hmna Maria and her husband Jose Anonio. They are awesome and are already planning there wedding so they can get baptized. The other day Antonio was saying to us that everything in the Catholic church is about money. He was asking us if we make them pay to get baptized. We were like ¨NO WAY¨ Then he went on to say that, the true church shouldn’t make you pay anything. Then he said, ¨Well you should have to pay your 10 % because that’s a commandment, you gotta pay your tithing¨ We have yet to teach them about Tithing so that was pretty sweet to have accepted to pay his tithing before we had even say anything. We explained Tithing and how everything you pay is for edifying the church and strengthening it. He was like, ¨YEA, that’s what the true church of Christ would do¨ then he turned to his wife and said, ¨so when are we going to get baptized Maria?¨ We were pumped and expect pictures of Jose Antonio and Maria in all white in a couple weeks. We are going to work with their kids as well (they are grown up with young kids) We haven’t talked to them yet, but Maria wants us to talk to them. It would be sweet to baptize their whole family. That’s the goal, to bring familias unto Christ so they can live forever together in the presence of Our Father in Heaven.

Well, this week I learned how to weld. Its pretty sweet. An Hermano in our barrio was teaching us last Friday and then we went over to his house today in the morning to help him finish. I didn’t really understand what he was building when he was explaining it to us, but it looks cool. Ill send pictures! The Hermano is tight. (ill send pics)
Random comment: How are the Suns doing? (please tell me they are doing better than the Lakers)

Oh and I think I forgot in my letter last week to wish Ashley Happy Birthday! From your pictures that I got she looks like she is still 21, so I don’t know why she is still having birthdays, but I hope you had a good one Ashley! Happy Birthday from Mexico!

Oh speaking of picking oranges and juicing them…..(in your email) Every morning we pass by this juice stand where they sell the best orange juice. They juice the oranges right in front of you and poor it into the glass. Its delicious and it reminds me of picking oranges and juicing them with Carli and Bead. (Even though Carli would sometimes get mad at me for being in the Kitchen) haha just kiddin Carli LOVE YOU! : )

Oh and this last weekend it rained pretty hard and then it cleared up yesterday. The climate down here is a lil crazy. I took some sweet pictures off my balcony when all the sky had cleared up.

Well that’s about it for this week. I am healthy and happy in the service of My God and I love being a missionary. I thank my Heavenly Father everyday that I have this opportunity to serve him and the people here in Valle De Tules.

Thanks for all your love and support! Les Quiero Mucho!

Con amor,
Elder Greg Heap