Well a lot has been going on lately. Elder Memmott and I are still loving life even though we feel like we spend 80% of our time together on buses. Last week we had a good zone leader conference. It is crazy looking around and seeing that there are only a few zone leaders that have more time than me in the mission. (Elder Romney, Elder Arnett from Mesa, etc.) It`s a weird feeling. President Nancollas is the man. I look up to him a lot. Him and his wife love us as their kids. They showed us pictures of Elder Francis of how he is doing a little bit better. They say that he is out of the burn center already. That`s tight. I pray for him everyday. We all got pretty teary eyed seeing his pictures and listening to President Nancollas and Sister Nancollas express their love for him and for each one of us. I feel really blessed to be here in the Mexico North Mission. President sends me Taylor`s (his son`s) letters every week. He leaves the MTC in a week and a half.
We talked about the importance of studying the scriptures in the meeting. I can say that I love studying the scriptures. Before the mission I didnt really understand them or take seriously the importance of studying, but after 20 1/2 months of studying every day I kinda got the hang of it. I think studying the scriptures daily is so important to fight off the temptations. It gives us a lot of spiritual strength and helps us not have desires to do stupid things.
In the week we didnt have very many days to work in our area. On Tuesday we spent all day in the state of MExico and on Friday we had to go do baptismal interviews like 4-5 hours round trip. We have a lot of people that we are teaching too so that made it difficult to have time to find new investigators. We spent most of our time with people that we are already teaching.
The best family that we are teaching is a family of 5. I think I mentioned them last week. They are progressing really well. Javier and Laura (the parents) have loved going to church and we are planning the baptism for the 20th of March. Their kids Tomas and Xochitl (so-chill) and Abraham also have enjoyed it a lot. We are planning some family nights with them so that they get to know some of the members.
The members are seeing lots of investigators in church and that gets them excited to give us references. The best way to gain confidence of the members is to show them that you are working extremely hard and you`re not their to mess around.
Because of that we have received a few more references to check for this week. It`s WAY better to work with references.
On Monday we woke up and cleaned the house and then went to wash clothes but the hermanas` washer was broken. We tried to help her fix it, but we didnt know what we were doing. She said that she was going to wash our clothes by hand, but that would`ve been just ridiculous. She is so awesome. Her name is Carmelita. She takes care of us when we need help.
Yesterday we had our multizone meeting. I got to see Elder Golledge and Elder Farmer and Elder Ryan and some other Elders that I hadn`t seen for a while so that was cool. It went well. PResident shared some personal stories of the importance to be prepared to use the priesthood at all times. To always have consecrated oil on hand. That too is way important. It was nice because I didnt have to present anything. I just chilled in the front row and got to enjoy it. I took lots of notes. Sister Nancollas gave a good talk on overcoming trials. It was a great talk and it was based on a book by Elder Scott. Translating to english its` called Finding Peace Joy and Happiness. It sounds like a great book.
Weeeeelllll, After this change I will be in my last area in my last 3 months of my mission. It`s crazy. Time is flying by way too quick. I dont like thinkin about it. Every once in a while I turn to Elder Memmott and tell him that it feels like just a few weeks ago that we showed up there at the MTC.
Well I just wanted to write quick so you dont worry, but I will write next week. Love you all! The gospel is true!
Oh a kid in my ward wants you to send a few boxes of Hot Tamales because I shared with him a few weeks ago. He loved èm. They dont have those here.
To answer some of your questions........
Elder Gelegonya is hilarious. He is in my zone and he can sure bright up your day in a second. He is really special if you know what I mean, but he tries hard and surprisingly talks spanish pretty well. I dont know if you remember Spencer that was in our stake. I forgot his last name, but he was good buddies with Micah Yetter and Grant Scurr. Elder Gelegonya reminds me a lot of him. How he got here to Mexico is a mystery, but I love the kid.
About the housing situation, it doesnt really matter to me. It would be nice to be close to campus, but make sure they are niceish apartments. I guess any apartment would be better than the ones I`ve been in for the past 2 years, but you be the judge. It would be nice to have washer and dryer too. I`ll let you and Elder Christensens`mom figure that out. Belmont isnt too far from campus is it?
Oh, when you come down I still wont be released as a missionary. I dont think I`m released until I get home with the Stake President. That Sunday I`ll have my last interview with President and eat at his house with the other Elders that are leaving. I`ll probably be able to see you that night though. If you come Monday morning I can pick you up at the airport, but I`ll let you figure out all those details!
Thats all! I love you!
Con amor,
Elder Heap
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