The Flood of 2015

Hey everybody!!! Well to be brutally honest the first couple of days this week was complete garbage... Monday was the start of it all with the whole Hermanas fiasco and then we had P-Day Tuesday so we got nothing done those two days.

So real quick before I forget we have been having baptisms I don't know why I don't write about them. My personal count is now 10.

Anyway wednesday my comp wanted to continue doing nothing for the rest of the week so dragging him around didnt really help and we only taught like one person.  And I do all the teaching.  But its ok... i guess.

THURSDAY things started looking up, the zone leaders surprise showed up at our house so you can only imagine the look on my companion's face when he saw us three all dressed up and him still in bed.  I tried to warn him but he only listens so much when he is asleep.  

We went on divisions and Elder Rojas and I went into the center of Poza Rica.  Elder Rojas is an excellent missionary and we had a lot of fun and found some new people.  

We taught this one investigator and she was a pentecostal woman who believes everything that the Zone leaders had taught her but didnt want to be baptized because she believes as long as she goes to a church she will be ok. 

I felt the impression to planch her a really uncommon prompting but I turned to matt 7 and told her that not everyone who believes and goes to just any church will be saved, and then to 2 Nephi 30-31 and planched her about being baptized.  

And she was like.  "Sabes que necesito que bautizarme" 

(You know what I need to get baptized) 

And so that was just a good little lesson.  

So It rained and rained and rained and then rained some more.  Like monsoon season in Vietnam, I know I go on about Vietnam but Im still not convinced that I am only in Mexico.  It rained to points where we were wading in water above my knees.  On the flat plane of Alamo, Almost half of the entire city was flooded.  WE GOT TO WORK IN SHORTS HOW COOL RIGHT!?!?!?!?!?

I took a LOT of pictures but never did dare ti take them when it was two deep but I will send them all.

Thanks everyone for you emails I hope you are all doing good.  I love and miss you all! 

Elder Andrew Basile

Riding on a members motorcycle to the other side of the town was really fun.

 Dont let the gangster look fool you the pizza here in Mexico is terrible.

This little chaparin is hilarious just cuz he is tiny and his voice sounds so funny. 

 Pancakes at the zone leaders house

Elder Rojas y yo

The whole gang

 We found these emoji pillows in a store and had to take pictures

 And this was only in the morning.

 Wasnt too bad in this street. 

 Yes we were walking through that... We dont get days off as missionaries haha

 Enjoying the empty streets to ourselves

  The mexicans were all freezing to death... it was like 70 degrees...

 This picture doesnt do this pig justice it is bigger than me.

And its face is way scary.

 There are a lot of strange statues here in Mexico.

 Nothing like a little candlight study when the lights go out. 

This house is super cool.  It is in the Hermanas area but we have all of alamo cuz they are gone now. 

Spot the Martian.  HAHAHA

Finally finished all the ink in this pen since the MTC. WHOOP!