Aug 4, 2016

Beans, Beans, Beans

You all must know that I come up with the subject name in about half a second not with any purpose or relation to my email or anything. Today i figured i would relate it because here in Mexico not only do people speak spanish but they also eat beans. LOTS AND LOTS OF BEANSSSSS. If you do not remember the beans song then i congratulate you because that has been burned into my head when it runs through every dayI eat beans which is every day. As I have a little time under my belt (not really) i have come to realize the quality of beans which is strange because you would think all beans are the same but no no no they are not the same. All sorts of flavors and kinds. 

   Apart from beans a couple things that happened or happening is as follows. Our recent converts fany and jocelyn have a little cousin and her name is gema (gem in english. I know, how sweet of the to name their daughter gem) sooo jocelyn decided to teach her my name so when ever we go to their house to teach a lesson gema always says "Passey" in her little small one year old voice, pretty hilarious and awesome if you were to ask me. 

The work is good my companion goes home in a week and a half so that pretty much breaks my.... i would say heart but thats just weird im going to go with spirit. It breaks my spirit but im excited to find out who my next companion will be. I a ¿m sure i will be staying here in Lomas De Pedregal for a few more months. The new pressident Maucotel is really awesome and I am excited to work with him for my two years i have. 

Hopefully as things change in a week and a half the work will change for the better because right now my companion and I have been struggling with some people and had to stop teaching people that weren't progressing but hey we keep going right!

Love the mission here and I have not yet doubted coming here to serve for a moment I love the work and the people here and cant wait for pretty much two years more of it! Love you all and here is some pictures!

July 25, 2016

The canicula started on the 14 or 15th and really it hasn't been bad. Some days it has even been normal and not scorching hot which is incredible. I am sure 20 days into it we will feel the power of the canicula... hopefully not though. The mission right now is awesome as far as the people. As far as progress here it has slowed down and we are probably going to have to drop some investigators because lack of attending church which will be hard to do but also necessary (no idea how to spell that) 

   The spanish is coming along and I am understanding alot more. My speaking abilities still lack butbeing able to understand a lot more is amazing you dont fel as lost. We run into some strange people that attack about harry potter or a book about satan or how every religion is right hahah oh man the confusion in Mexico is so fun!! 

One of the highlights of the week was intercanges with our zone leaders. I was with elder Romero and he is hilarious and so fun to work with. We had some success that day and found some new investigators. The cool thing was we were in my area so i was the one who had to guide  us really start the lessons with our investigators and talk to them a lot more then i usually do but itt went really well and i didnt struggle with anything in specific reeally. That night my companion and eder Romeroes companion came back to our house to sleep because we always play soccer in the morning on saturday. We didnt get much sleep because four people and its alwayss hot but it was pretty fun all four of us cracking jokes and what not. 

Sunday comes around and it can either be amazing or dissappointing because of investigators not coming to church. It was slightly dissappointing butlife goes on and you learrn from it. 

In Mexico all is well, weird, but well. Love you all and rememeber, God Loves You.

Elder Passey

July 18, 2016

Wow time really just blends here in Mexico. I really dont know what to write because i cant remember if my experiences were this week or the week before or the week before that hahaha. We ran into a couple drunk guys during th week the first wanted money to return to his house with his wife apparently but its just difficult to trust a drunk man with your money... The second was more of a distraction then anything me and companion were super far away from the comida we had to get to by two and it was two thirty and we also had to drop some stuff off at a members house and so we were going to take a taxi and so we were waiting to flag one down and this guy walks across the street and walks up to us and starts talking to us and here we are thinking (uggghhhhhh what is happeningggggg) he was asking us how to change his life and wouldnt stop talking ahhaha so we were late to the food. I really think its funny when drunk guys come to talk to us and recognize us as missionaries. 
We have had some huge upsets and some huge blessings this week. One of the good things was our convert got her temple recommend and so she is going to the temple on thursday so that was pretty great. The downer was on sunday we walked to cañada blanca to pick up some of our investigators and cañada is the farthest away colony in our area so we get to their house and they either didn't want to come or they were sleeping is what their mom said so that was pretty disappointing to be honest, it is truly weird sometimes because sometimes people will read everything you commit them too and do everything you ask of them but wont come to church... strange really but hey it is what it is. 

So here in Mexcio mtn dew is hard to find and if you know me you know i am a fan of Mtn Dew.  One of the ward members told me his brother goes to the united states a lot so he got me some mtn dew. Basically what im saying is being in Mexico doesn't stop you from enjoying the things you once enjoyed hahahaha. 

Also here when its ten at night or three in the morning it doesn't really drop below 80 degrees. ever. 

Love you all 

    Elder Passey

It's almost 10:00 pm and it's still 98 degrees

July 11, 2016

Hi everyone, Elder Passey here. Really I would like to make these as entertaining as possible but im drawing a blank here. This week was pretty sweet nothing to complain about and nothing super amazing. The struggle here is the commitment that people have to attend church which is very little for most. The big downers are when your recent converts dont attend church like what is that all about right! ahh the struggle of the mission really. The canicula is going to start the 14 or 15 of this month, really not ready for that type of heat. The sad thing is that it never cools down here, its like 11 o clock and its 95 degrees outside hahaha its hilarious sometimes how hot it is but mostly just sad. We ran into a drunk guy again and was talking about the bible and asking us how to change his life, then the best part was when he shook?? is that how to spell that word? no idea spanish has ruined my spelling. but anyway when he shook my hand he looked at my companion and said "He is new to the word of god" and my companion responded "How do you know that?" and the drunken man said "By his hands" hahahaha it was really strange and hilarious because im new in the mission but not exactly to the word as he said ahah. I started reading Jesus The Christ and it is pretty much amazing i would encourage really anyone to read it i love it and am only on page 24. Thats about it that i can remember love you all!

July 4, 2016

Im done with my training everyone i know spanish perfectly and understand everything its amazing what training can do for you. If you believe i speak spanish and understand everything then you havent been reading my emails. This week has been pretty solid except for on sunday when investigators dont show up to church. Me and Elder Sanders matched on sunday because he has the same suit as i do and then we both were black skinny ties and it was hilarious! Transfers are here and Elder sanders is leaving the area which is sad because we are great fans but im sure i will see him later on in the mission! One pretty cool thing here in Mexico is that it is pretty much a requirement to own a huge speaker system because everyone is blasting music all the time. English music almost as much as spanish, I still dont like the spanish music but maybe one day, hopefully not though. 

    One really important thing i learned is that i am in Mexico.... nah not that im just in Mexico but im the happiest or close to it ive ever been here sharing the gospel and living it. Really its amazing even though i dont know whats going on all the time but sharing your testimony and helping people every day brings such great joy. The gospel of Jesus Christ is joy and happiness and i encourage all to participate fully in this happiness that im experiencing here in mexico. 

   I apologize for my grammar and spelling because spanish has ruined that part of me. Miss you all and cant wait to see you all again and share my experiences with you all but for now i will focus here. Love you all!

 Elder Passey 

June 27, 2016

HEY so im almost done with 12 semanas! which is pretty cool and pretty crazy! This week was nothing short of amazing! We were at a ladies house knockig on her door because we had an appointment with her and while we were trying to get in and have the lesson this lady walks up to us and says "elders elders!" and then she continues to tell us we need to teach her son who is very interested and how she thought other people were from our church but then she remembered we are church of the latter day SAINTS and she really emphazised saints! Really a strange lady but then after we found out she is sick in the mind so then it all made sense. We taught her family which was interesting she has two sons and one of them is older and is really interested but he is just confused on some things. Hopefully we can clear everything up with them and baptize her sons because she is already a member. SOOO if you remember the story of the sleeping drunk man then you will laugh at this. HE CAME BACK TO THE CHURCH! just blasted out of his mind but we were playing soccer in the morning and he walks through the gate and up the stairs and we were getting water and saw him and just laughed. We led him out and then closed the gate but he did recognize us which was pretty funny. Especially me and elder sanders. 

    I said my first bad offensive word in spanish the other day (No im not telling you all what i said) one of the investigators had a doritoes chips bag and the bad word was printed on the front of the bag and so i said it out loud in a question kind of way because its two normal words that i know but putting them together is very bad... I apparently said it pretty loud because everyone was laughing and pretty amuzed by the way i said it... hahah .

    We have some new investigators who are looking really promising and one of the families we have only taught once we had a chance to teach them again! Really great here and still learning a ton!! Love you all!

 

Elder Passey