hey, well sorry i dont have a ton of time to write today, but i just wanted to say that elder snyder is finally gone! jk im actually really sad. first off, because now i have to speak 100 percent spanish with my companion. his name is elder leyva. he is from the state of mexico, a chilango as they call them here. he has 6 months right now, and has had good preparation from his past companion. he is pretty understanding of me and my lack of spanish, and i think we will get along. he is my heigth and has glasses. i have only been with him for a few hours, so i cant tell you a ton about him right now. but i think we will do good things here. who knows if we will be together to finish out this change of 4 weeks, or if we will go for another 10 weeks together.
on sunday, we finally got alberto and his daughter anahi baptized and confirmed! the mom sophia still isnt ready, but her time will come. we spent all day running around the church to get the font filled for the baptism, but the entire church was completely out of water, and the bishop was at the temple all day! here, they just use water storage systems, its sadly nothing like utah. when elder snyder gets back, he wants to come and talk with you all, and you can ask him all the questions you want! haha. i think he will come tuesday or wednesday. he or his mom will probably write you.
i wanted to thank all of you for keeping me updated on whats going on! its really fun to hear what up back home. by the way betsy, we get 3 or 4 inches in about 15 mins. haha its nuts here! i still pray for you all and thank you for your prayers! keep up the good work and remember that we may always be small in numbers, but the lord is on our side, and if we trust in him, all things are possible. i just read the story of nefi and his brothers going back to get the plates from laban, and the brothers were scared that he could command 50 people and slay 50 people himself, but later it says that no matter the number of the army, it is possible with the lord. stay strong in the gospel! i love you all
elder facer
Monday, August 23, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Waiting and Acting
wow, first off, i just want to say thanks to all of you for your letters this week! i thoroughly enjoyed them and had a wonderful time to hear how everything is. tara, practice writing me in spanish now, manuel and lyssa and joseph also. emily or sharon, if you would like to, i would be thrilled to receive letters! haha.
well first off to answer alyssas question, the monsoon season still goes through at least september.... but one lady says that this year has been especially strong. it rains almost everyday, and when we get home, we have to shower or else we will get foot fungus or parasites. Elder Snyder has helped me know how to better take care of my feet, so they are still as beautiful as ever! everything about the water is dirty here....
also my favorite food is probably cecina. its pretty much really thin slices of beef, but i dont know which part etc. they eat it with sour cream {they eat crema with everything!} and usually a green tomato salsa with pinto beans and oaxaca cheese on the side. all the food is so diferent here, especially the basic american dishes. like spaghetti is made with a different sauce and without meat, hamburgers they put a lot of different things on it and the patties are usually storebought and frozen.
well i would have to say some of my goals, are to be meek, patient, submissive to the Lords will, optimistic, etc. when i get a more specific list, i will give it.
This week has been pretty strange. we found about 9 nuevos, and we only got a return appointment with 1, even though we set up the appointments, they just werent there. some of the struggles of the mission. but like i said with my goals, already i am seeing that if i just wait out and keep working hard, that the lord will bless me in some way. but its not just waiting, its waiting and acting, like president uchtdorf says. by the way, that is one of the funniest words for mexicans to say, uchtdorf. haha!!
i have been reading the book of mormon a lot, and have been finding some very good things to help me in every day. i have definitely developed a testimony of praying to receive revelation. even in the odd war stories of the latter part of alma. alma 62 10 was actually a very helpfull scripture for me. also i would like you all to read and ponder on DC 19 17. i dont expect much time, but i would like you to think about it and see if you can find the balance in your lives.
well everything is still going pretty good here, we are just trucking along in elder snyders final week in the mission.... im really scared to find out what president is going to do with me... whether he will give me a new companion mayor, or a kid, or if he will change us both out... but whatever happens, happens for a reason.
thanks for all you do, everyone. i pray for you all, and know that the lord is watching out for you! i love you
elder facer
well first off to answer alyssas question, the monsoon season still goes through at least september.... but one lady says that this year has been especially strong. it rains almost everyday, and when we get home, we have to shower or else we will get foot fungus or parasites. Elder Snyder has helped me know how to better take care of my feet, so they are still as beautiful as ever! everything about the water is dirty here....
also my favorite food is probably cecina. its pretty much really thin slices of beef, but i dont know which part etc. they eat it with sour cream {they eat crema with everything!} and usually a green tomato salsa with pinto beans and oaxaca cheese on the side. all the food is so diferent here, especially the basic american dishes. like spaghetti is made with a different sauce and without meat, hamburgers they put a lot of different things on it and the patties are usually storebought and frozen.
well i would have to say some of my goals, are to be meek, patient, submissive to the Lords will, optimistic, etc. when i get a more specific list, i will give it.
This week has been pretty strange. we found about 9 nuevos, and we only got a return appointment with 1, even though we set up the appointments, they just werent there. some of the struggles of the mission. but like i said with my goals, already i am seeing that if i just wait out and keep working hard, that the lord will bless me in some way. but its not just waiting, its waiting and acting, like president uchtdorf says. by the way, that is one of the funniest words for mexicans to say, uchtdorf. haha!!
i have been reading the book of mormon a lot, and have been finding some very good things to help me in every day. i have definitely developed a testimony of praying to receive revelation. even in the odd war stories of the latter part of alma. alma 62 10 was actually a very helpfull scripture for me. also i would like you all to read and ponder on DC 19 17. i dont expect much time, but i would like you to think about it and see if you can find the balance in your lives.
well everything is still going pretty good here, we are just trucking along in elder snyders final week in the mission.... im really scared to find out what president is going to do with me... whether he will give me a new companion mayor, or a kid, or if he will change us both out... but whatever happens, happens for a reason.
thanks for all you do, everyone. i pray for you all, and know that the lord is watching out for you! i love you
elder facer
Monday, August 9, 2010
All dressed in white, and nowhere to go...
i got a good letter from betsy today, and another from jeff. i hope you’re not getting mad at anyone for not writing me. haha everything went super busy this week. we were almost always completely booked with appointments everyday.
bad news. friday while we were helping trinidad and dulce get names for the temple on saturday, the bishops sister, hna andrea she is great, said that it was canceled, because bus plans changed or something lame like that..... so we had to go tell them that they couldnt go..... but we got some other members who were annoyed that called up the bishop and kinda got annoyed at him. its not everyday that members here can go to the temple. but apparently he rescheduled it for the 21. when we heard that, we thought it was too late for trini to go, because he doesnt have work enough to keep him here for 2 weeks longer. but last night, sunday, he stopped by our house to tell us that a member got him good work for as long as he needed, so he could stay and go to the temple in two weeks. we are also hoping that before he goes, he can receive the melchizedek priesthood, i cant spell it anymore....
the ward.... its kinda tough to say how good its doing. i would say that we could have divided probably 3 times if it wasnt for inactive members. we honestly cant even talk to all of them, because there are so many. but because of our hard work, some of the relief society, sociedad de soccorro, are doing their visits again to less actives. absolutely no one goes to do home teaching or visiting teaching. only some families do fhe. we dont really have ward council, which we need, but we talk with the bishop of what we are doing.. almost no one prepares a lesson here. i think that is the hardest part, is that if we are bringing investigators to church, and they want to feel the spirit, and cant because a lesson isnt prepared and pretty much all are apostate, so its hard for us to keep investigators in church. we have tried to adress this in our talks in sacrament meeting, and talking with the bishop, but nothing happens. also the bishop pretty much refuses to give callings, becuase that is a lot more work on his part..... or else this ward would be booming. no joke1
actually for sacrament meeting yesterday, it was a national heroes birthday who was born right here in anenecuilco, named emiliano zapata salazar, and sadly a lot of the members went to that party instead of going to church, like alyssas spanish ward, for a soccer games. but on wednesday, the bishop talked to us and said we are giving a talk, but we both thought that it was only one of us, and so only elder snyder prepared a talk. in sacrament meeting, the bishop stood up and said that elder facer will speak first.................uhhh........... so i stood up, practically shaking, and talked. i would definately say that the spirit put words into my mouth. i felt like i was babbling, because i was pretty nervous {not embarasado} but after, there were so many members that came up to me and thanked me for what i had said. also speaking of that, there have been some good lessons, where i have just been promped to share my testimony, or be bold and challenge someone, and because i followed the prompting, they came through!
one of our investigators who got baptized yesterday is named francisco. he is about 6 foot 3, and used to smoke and drink like crazy! but before we came over, he just decided to stop drinking {but what he didnt know was that his wife and daughter who are members were fasting for him} and as soon as we challenged him to stop smoking, he stopped on the first day! i cant even believe how hard that would be!!! but he and his son francisco got baptized and confirmed yesterday, along with two little girls who complete their family and will probably reactivate their parents, marta y fernanda, and also a mom who was not a member, cecilia but had two kids that were. we were so close to baptizing a perfect family alberto, sophia, with their kids anai, and cesar, but cesar only had 6 years. they were all in white and in the service, but sophia has always had fear of doing it. she knows its right, but is just afraid and wont do it. we told her the only way that will leave, is if you stop being afraid{ following satan} and get baptized {following christ} but when she was in white, in the room, she said no. because she said no, her daughter and husband backed out also, so everyone could get baptized on the same day...... kinda frustrating but somewhat understandable. she just needs to act on faith and do it! because we really dont have any other plans of what we can do to help her.... we have given her a blessing, fasted with her, shown her movies, taught her all the lessons everything!!!! but nothing has worked yet.
well actually it is zone conference every three months. but every month in between that, we have interviews with our President. we are the only two elders that cover these some odd 10 pueblos around here, but we are only 15 minutes away from other elders in cuautla. we go there every monday for district meeting. it is so much nicer to stay away from other immature elders and just stay focused on the work, and not get involved in the mission gossip.
well thanks for all you all do, and i hope everything is well, and that everyone is safe. joseph dont break the poor little joker. haha and tara dont crash. love you all and hope everything is well!!!
elder facer
bad news. friday while we were helping trinidad and dulce get names for the temple on saturday, the bishops sister, hna andrea she is great, said that it was canceled, because bus plans changed or something lame like that..... so we had to go tell them that they couldnt go..... but we got some other members who were annoyed that called up the bishop and kinda got annoyed at him. its not everyday that members here can go to the temple. but apparently he rescheduled it for the 21. when we heard that, we thought it was too late for trini to go, because he doesnt have work enough to keep him here for 2 weeks longer. but last night, sunday, he stopped by our house to tell us that a member got him good work for as long as he needed, so he could stay and go to the temple in two weeks. we are also hoping that before he goes, he can receive the melchizedek priesthood, i cant spell it anymore....
the ward.... its kinda tough to say how good its doing. i would say that we could have divided probably 3 times if it wasnt for inactive members. we honestly cant even talk to all of them, because there are so many. but because of our hard work, some of the relief society, sociedad de soccorro, are doing their visits again to less actives. absolutely no one goes to do home teaching or visiting teaching. only some families do fhe. we dont really have ward council, which we need, but we talk with the bishop of what we are doing.. almost no one prepares a lesson here. i think that is the hardest part, is that if we are bringing investigators to church, and they want to feel the spirit, and cant because a lesson isnt prepared and pretty much all are apostate, so its hard for us to keep investigators in church. we have tried to adress this in our talks in sacrament meeting, and talking with the bishop, but nothing happens. also the bishop pretty much refuses to give callings, becuase that is a lot more work on his part..... or else this ward would be booming. no joke1
actually for sacrament meeting yesterday, it was a national heroes birthday who was born right here in anenecuilco, named emiliano zapata salazar, and sadly a lot of the members went to that party instead of going to church, like alyssas spanish ward, for a soccer games. but on wednesday, the bishop talked to us and said we are giving a talk, but we both thought that it was only one of us, and so only elder snyder prepared a talk. in sacrament meeting, the bishop stood up and said that elder facer will speak first.................uhhh........... so i stood up, practically shaking, and talked. i would definately say that the spirit put words into my mouth. i felt like i was babbling, because i was pretty nervous {not embarasado} but after, there were so many members that came up to me and thanked me for what i had said. also speaking of that, there have been some good lessons, where i have just been promped to share my testimony, or be bold and challenge someone, and because i followed the prompting, they came through!
one of our investigators who got baptized yesterday is named francisco. he is about 6 foot 3, and used to smoke and drink like crazy! but before we came over, he just decided to stop drinking {but what he didnt know was that his wife and daughter who are members were fasting for him} and as soon as we challenged him to stop smoking, he stopped on the first day! i cant even believe how hard that would be!!! but he and his son francisco got baptized and confirmed yesterday, along with two little girls who complete their family and will probably reactivate their parents, marta y fernanda, and also a mom who was not a member, cecilia but had two kids that were. we were so close to baptizing a perfect family alberto, sophia, with their kids anai, and cesar, but cesar only had 6 years. they were all in white and in the service, but sophia has always had fear of doing it. she knows its right, but is just afraid and wont do it. we told her the only way that will leave, is if you stop being afraid{ following satan} and get baptized {following christ} but when she was in white, in the room, she said no. because she said no, her daughter and husband backed out also, so everyone could get baptized on the same day...... kinda frustrating but somewhat understandable. she just needs to act on faith and do it! because we really dont have any other plans of what we can do to help her.... we have given her a blessing, fasted with her, shown her movies, taught her all the lessons everything!!!! but nothing has worked yet.
well actually it is zone conference every three months. but every month in between that, we have interviews with our President. we are the only two elders that cover these some odd 10 pueblos around here, but we are only 15 minutes away from other elders in cuautla. we go there every monday for district meeting. it is so much nicer to stay away from other immature elders and just stay focused on the work, and not get involved in the mission gossip.
well thanks for all you all do, and i hope everything is well, and that everyone is safe. joseph dont break the poor little joker. haha and tara dont crash. love you all and hope everything is well!!!
elder facer
Monday, August 2, 2010
The final days of Elder Snyder...
Wow! what a crazy good week! we have been busy like crazy with our investigadores and getting all NINE of them ready for baptism next week!!!!! so amazing. also they will have an incredible experience of being able to go to the temple this coming saturday!! we can allow a certain number of our investigadores to go, because the bishop had a little extra money on the budget that he wanted to help us out with. so we are sending alberto, his wife sofia, their two sons anai, and cesear; francisco, his wife julia, and their son and daughter paco and myreley. julia and myreley are members. also trinidad and his wife dulce; and two other ladies, possibly, rocio, and lucia. i will be so lucky, because the family of alberto, the family of francisco, and the family of trinidad will all be able to go to the temple at my year ish mark. elder snyder says that never happens that you baptize 3 complete families in your first area. im so excited.
also on saturday, we had a baptism for a nine year old girl named alondra, she is such an incredible girl! she couldnt sleep the night before her baptism, because she was so excited. the baptism went pretty well, i performed the ordinance and sadly we had to do it twice, because she kicked her feet up. haha. but everything went well.
Everything is still going good. we are now in the rainy season, well for the past two weeks, and my book of mormon and bible are about ruined from the dirty rain. they are still usable, and still have the same words, so i guess i cant complain too much. i was just hoping to keep them somewhat nice for a while instead of only two months into the mission... we get nasty big monsoons almost everyday. except for the last week, it was pretty nice. the monsoons would hit about 1:30, or 2 oclock everyday, which always put us behind for getting to lunch at 3, and then that puts all our citas for the rest of the day behind. the streets fill up like river rapids, when elder snyder gets home, he will show you the pictures. everyday it rains, we get completely drenched from head to toe, but its ok. it made me laugh when you wrote me mom and said what do you think about the country.... because everyday, i see someone doing something illegal. and the cops just dont do anything about it. its not usually dangerous, but just something wrong. ususally if the cops dont do something about it, they probably know its the narco, drug lord, or its a gang thing. we dont really have gangs here, but gang stuff goes on. the cops are afraid, and so the only ones who deal with narcos and gangs are the army. its kinda crazy to see a regular everyday convenience store get checked by the army. they post out to check incoming trucks.
everyone is still in crazy poverty, but they always have something to give the missionaries. its hard to take it sometimes, but if you dont, you are seriously offending them...
well elder snyder has 20 days until he leaves the area, so we hope. we are both hoping president doesnt change one of us out before he leaves. we both want me to kill elder snyder, my father. did you ever get a call from sister snyder? if not, she will call some time soon. just plan that it will be sunday the 29 of august for his welcome home.
ya i hear from a few of the aunts once in a while, maryjo gives a pretty good monthly update kinda thing, and em is nice to just send a little letter. but im sad to not have heard from betsy or sharon much. maybe a little letter from grandma and grandpa would be nice?
ya i have tried the plastic sack to cover my scriptures inside my backpack many a time, but there really is just too much water. i will just have to suck it up and move forward until the monsoons are over. Have a list of questions ready next week and I’ll spend the whole time answering them. I love you all!
also on saturday, we had a baptism for a nine year old girl named alondra, she is such an incredible girl! she couldnt sleep the night before her baptism, because she was so excited. the baptism went pretty well, i performed the ordinance and sadly we had to do it twice, because she kicked her feet up. haha. but everything went well.
Everything is still going good. we are now in the rainy season, well for the past two weeks, and my book of mormon and bible are about ruined from the dirty rain. they are still usable, and still have the same words, so i guess i cant complain too much. i was just hoping to keep them somewhat nice for a while instead of only two months into the mission... we get nasty big monsoons almost everyday. except for the last week, it was pretty nice. the monsoons would hit about 1:30, or 2 oclock everyday, which always put us behind for getting to lunch at 3, and then that puts all our citas for the rest of the day behind. the streets fill up like river rapids, when elder snyder gets home, he will show you the pictures. everyday it rains, we get completely drenched from head to toe, but its ok. it made me laugh when you wrote me mom and said what do you think about the country.... because everyday, i see someone doing something illegal. and the cops just dont do anything about it. its not usually dangerous, but just something wrong. ususally if the cops dont do something about it, they probably know its the narco, drug lord, or its a gang thing. we dont really have gangs here, but gang stuff goes on. the cops are afraid, and so the only ones who deal with narcos and gangs are the army. its kinda crazy to see a regular everyday convenience store get checked by the army. they post out to check incoming trucks.
everyone is still in crazy poverty, but they always have something to give the missionaries. its hard to take it sometimes, but if you dont, you are seriously offending them...
well elder snyder has 20 days until he leaves the area, so we hope. we are both hoping president doesnt change one of us out before he leaves. we both want me to kill elder snyder, my father. did you ever get a call from sister snyder? if not, she will call some time soon. just plan that it will be sunday the 29 of august for his welcome home.
ya i hear from a few of the aunts once in a while, maryjo gives a pretty good monthly update kinda thing, and em is nice to just send a little letter. but im sad to not have heard from betsy or sharon much. maybe a little letter from grandma and grandpa would be nice?
ya i have tried the plastic sack to cover my scriptures inside my backpack many a time, but there really is just too much water. i will just have to suck it up and move forward until the monsoons are over. Have a list of questions ready next week and I’ll spend the whole time answering them. I love you all!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Elder Facer Q & A
Susan caught Brigham on the computer this morning, so this week’s letter is mostly in Q & A format. J
everything is going well, because we have time to write today! im really sorry about last week, the interviews with president and shopping for food and trying to get a haircut, which i didnt...., took up our whole day. By the way, when elder snyder comes home in 5 weeks (25 august), he has offered to bring home my gifts for you all, and my photo memory card. so if you can wait, he will get them to you. i cannot use my blog, and yes i did get the package last monday! thank you so much! it was just what i needed. last week was not zone conference, just interviews. president spannaus decided to only make them every 3 months instead of every change, but my interview was really good. i talked with him for a long time about gaining true and pure love, more sincere prayers like the examples in the book of mormon, enos, alma etc and how to pray with all energy of heart. he told me that everyone prays differently. for them, it may have been all energy of heart, but for me it may be different. i have to just pray, ponder, pray some more, and listen some more to find out how the spirit will talk directly to me in my prayers. ya i have heard a little from rusty. he is doing pretty well, but if ever you see him, please tell him i expect him to be at church with his dad!
Q: Wow, that’s a quick turnaround for Elder Snyder! ok, so what progress are you making with your testimony, and with the language?
A: im not sure on the exact date for conference, but it is the 20-30 of august. either right before snyder leaves, or just after. he has your contact info, and will call you when he gets home. ya he wants to get home and study right away. he is still doing really well he pushes forward like a champ still! testimony is hard to graph, but im definately making progress. elder snyder is so good at thinking things through down to the very center, and i dont do that, so he helps me pick things apart. language is definatley improving. i gave a talk in church two weeks ago on the retention of members, and as you noticed, i didnt have to call or write you to do my talk for me! how wonderful for us both! haha a lot of people say my accent is improving, and i can definately see it because there are other elders that have a whole change more than me, and still talk lilke they just came from the mtc.....
ya finally a baptism this week. its a little 9 yr old girl who is just dying to get baptized, but her parents are lazy and wont take her to church. its not like at home, where they can carpool with another member, or walk to church, she lives in a big pueblo, her family is the only members there, and its a 30 minute combi drive to the church... hey i love you so much, but i do have to get off now. sorry. i will try to get more in next week. i would love to get a fresh treat! by the way, the singles packets were a very good idea. if you could, when you send a next package, put a date on something, so i know the date you sent it, and i can track how long it will take for stuff to get to me. thanks love you!!!!
elder facer
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
A Quick One This Week
hey Im really Sorry i dont haVE much Time At All Today to write... i Got A Lot of letteRs and spent A Lot of Time REAding. also Sorry About THe RAndom Caps, the COmputeR Is going nuts on me...
wEll AnotheR hard week. wE worked our buns off eveRy Day trying To find nuevos, and wE Actually did. wE found 17, but not Many stayed Strong. wE only ended up with 1 in sacrament meeting Which waS A huge bummer, because anyone wE put with Fecha, means They got Bumped Back, And WE cOuldnt COunt Them for fecHa This Week. so wE only had tWo keep Their FechaS. veRy rough. WE ARE tring to ReAlize anything WE ARE DOing wrong And trying To change That, so wE Can be REAdy to REceive The blessings of The lord. but man is it hard not To get frustrated and discouraged! when i started in The mtc, i Thought eveRything WOuld Be hard, but STill almost A Walk in The paRk. but Man waS i wrong! I Cant believe how haRd Satan wOrks to discourage missionaries. but WE ARE Trying To keep up.
did you All Get To Watch The World cup? how waS it from There? shockingly most STorES Didnt close Down, but becausE they had a Tv In Their tienda. but The streets wERe Almost COmpletely empty. most women dont like SocceR here, BecausE it is so addicting For Their men, and is a huge distraction for The Family. wE didnt haVE people stay home From cHurch, BecausE WE ARE eaRlier. actually i DOnt dO MucH in cHurch, just help my inveSTigators. once in A While wE help Teach A class. i actually got Told By The bishop on wEdnesday ThaT i WaS giving A Talk on The REtention of recent converts and less actives; And it turned out pretty wEll i think. it waS VeRy haRd Though, becuaSe i couldnt look At Anyone, i Really did have to REad it, Becuase i was talking aBout SOme thing i kneW nothing ABout, and In a diffeRent language. But Everyone that talked to me ab out it said thaT my accent is getting betteR. i should Be aBle to Speak pretty WEll within The Next month i hear...
WEll im Sorry For THis week, and not HaVing A ton to write About, or much Time. thanks For The updates, And taRa i am sorry i didnt write aBout your Birthday last Week, but happy Birthday! and i love you
I Love you all, and keep praying For You!
i LovE yo0u
eldeR FAceR
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Change 2
what a frustrating week! for some reason our numbers of nuevos, con miembro, and reunion sacramental dropped to an all time low.... it has been really hard to see this, and realize that it could have been our fault. no baptisms this week, but we are preparing one family to be baptized this week. its a mom and her two kids that are old enough. she cant read, never went to school, and has 9 kids.... the husband is a member, but drinks and isnt married to his wife, breaking the law of chastity. so we are going to try to go to tasco this week, in guerrero, to get them married and baptized this saturday. elder snyder has had an ingrown toenail for about a year now, and was going to wait it out for the last nine weeks, but it just got too bad. so we went to a doctor, and he numbed him and pulled it all off! gross but way cool. it reminded me of alyssa when the piano dropped on her toe. but this is super inflamed already. haha.
well since you want to know a little more about mexico, i will see if i can help with that. a two liter of pop, cost 10 pesos, and a 1.5 liter of water costs 9 pesos. its sad that we buy pop, because it is cheaper that water. everyone drinks about a 2 liter of coca cola every day. if we dont see more that three kids under 6 carrying at least one 2 liter back to their house every day, it was very rare.
all food have three esential ingredients, salt, chiles or peppers, and lime or limón. i love the food here so much. it took a little time to adjust to, but it was definately worth it. sadly some people think we are huge gringos, and cant eat spicy, so they make this wierd chicken stuff that is pretty good, and mexican spaghetti, or noodles with crema which they call sopa. i think it will be even harder to come back home, and try to adjust to american food because americans dont have a specific type of food. when you think mexican food, it is always tortillas, frijoles, chiles, y pollo. we have those things in about every meal with a side of crema which is sour cream. they eat it like we eat frysauce. also here, everything is 100% fresh. fruit, chicken, tortillas, everything is freshly made. but in america, its all preservatives and junk. haha. but i still love it! haha.
everyone owns a volkswagon bug. and so many people in the morning need a push start. haha! here it is almost ok to shop on sundays, because that is their way of life. they dont go to a big convenience store and stock up. they only buy just what they need for that specific meal or to prepare for dinner. so if we eat at someones house on sunday, and they run out of drink, they go buy another, even the bishop sent his wife to do that last week..... but our bishop is still a great leader, it has just become very common here...
i sleep pretty well, the weather still too humid and hot. but its fine. elder snyder will never be trunky! he is a champ and such a gread dad. thats what they call an elder who picks up a brand new missionary. i know my geneology for 3 generations! its funny how nice everyone is here. if you turn down food, you are pretty much the devil and they dont forgive super easily haha. so we eat a ton! even the poorest people will buy us a 500 ml of coke if we only taught them a lesson, it is their way of saying thanks. if some busy store owner is working, and we ask him for direcciones, he will gladly stop what he is doing and help us to the best he can. even though addresses are pretty much worthless in anenecuilco.... the house numbers dont mean a thing, and most people dont even know the name of the street just above or below them. only their street.... also we have a huge area to cover. so it can be very hard some times. haha well this is about all the info i have time for today, and hopefully next week i can give you a good weekly report. i love you all!!
elder facer
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