Looking for tender mercies

hey, im sorry that im not going to be able to write a ton this week, because the server was down. we had a wonderful, and rough week. we are definitely seeing the trials of the lord again. i would mostly like to focus on the experiences we had on saturday and sunday. saturday was a really rough day, because we were just looking a ton for our investigators to get them to curch, but everyone that we were able to talk to, even though they had already told us they would go, said no. gaby, ill explain her later, said she would go, and was super ready, but something came up sunday and she couldnt go. we also talked to ivan, and he was ready to go, but sunday morning while getting ready, he went to the store to buy a razor to shave. as he was walking down a steep hill in front of his house, his sandal got caught on a branch and he fell face first and scraped up everything pretty bad, so he also didnt go.
saturday after going after our investigators and all of them bailing, elder zazueta was really bummed out, and just wanted to go home(around 6pm). i told him we cant, and we just have to stay positive and keep going with a smile to look for more people, and through faith, the lord works miracles. it was really hard to keep going , but i knew that i couldnt give up on him, so i had to keep walking with perk, and with a smile, even though all still went bad. it was really bad, but im glad the lord helped us finish the day strong.
sunday was also very hard, because it was elections here in guerrero, and elections here are nothing like at home. people die here during elections for their votes. so everyone is scared to leave the house elections day, and i also think that was a big reason that some people didnt go to church. elder zazueta also got a little mad at me for not letting him go to the store and buy food on sunday, but when i explained why, later he came and asked an apology. that was cool. during planning, he was still really disappointed, because of all that is going on right now in our area, and the zone etc, so we talked and really got a lot worked out. as i was talking to him, i realized where i had heard these things before, elder snyder. all the things i was telling elder zazueta(mostly everything) was from dan, and i realized at that point how much i had grown, and how much i had been taught in the mission. a ton of it is thanks to dan. e. zazueta cheered up, and we ended the night well and got to sleep.
this week, we also had a ton of lessons with members and they helped us a ton to teach and prepare some people.
well sadly thats all the time i have, so i just want to say i love you all, and hope you have a wonderful week!
elder facer