Week 68-69 November 19 - December 2, 2019

Hey Everyone

Happy Thanksgiving everybody Hope you all enjoyed it. We had a super awesome thanksgiving full of adventure and delicious food. We started off the day by heading to the offices to have interviews with Presidente Maldonado, those were pretty cool! We then as a district (four other sister missionaries and my companion and I), went to KFC where we had the most American Thanksgiving meal we could manage by ourselves. The chicken was super delicious. After a super fun meal, we headed back to our areas! while we were in the taxi we got t-boned out of nowhere. It wasn't super hard at all, but we had to switch taxis. It was super funny. After that, we had a few citas and got permission from the mission president to go with the rest of the zone to eat thanksgiving dinner with some members! They made us feel like home, it was so sweet they even made name cards for each Elder. It was so sweet. After a delicious dinner, we headed to a cita with an investigator named Brandon who is progressing super well! On the way, I talked to the family and it reminded me so much of how special it is to be able to have an eternal family. I know that families are truly part of our Heavenly Father's plan. That one day we can have an eternal family, how special is that. As we testified to him of this, the spirit-filled the air and Brandon decided to be baptized. It was honestly such a great day! I love you all! I invite you all to think of the love you feel from God in your life.

LOVE YOU ALL!

Love,

Elder Snow

 

 

 

Week 24 January 8-14, 2019 Zacualipan

Hello everybody!

It has definitely been a heck of a week hahaha. So, as I spoke of last time, I had a little bit of an issue with my stomach. I ended up going to the doctor. There I was able to run some tests and they found that I have salmonella. According to the doctor, there are 6 different types of salmonella and I have five of them. haha. I’m feeling pretty good, I just have occasional stomach pains. I am taking 2 grams of amoxacilna every day to get better. It is super fun. It's actually not too bad. 

Also, fun experience, this Saturday, at 9:00 pm, the hermanas from San Juan, (sisters in my district) called me that hna Gonzalez had hurt her leg really badly and needed a ride to the hospital. They were calling everyone they could and could not find one. So I started calling everyone and was going through all the contacts until 14 calls later I finally found someone. Many people answered their phone, but the problem is that all of Mexico has no gas. The pipes that usually bring the gas to all stations was cut off because people (guachicoleros (gas stealers) ) have been stealing gas and the government was fed up with it. All the gas is now escorted by the army to the stations. All the police officers here are considered corrupt and the army are (supposedly) the only honest people. One member named Emanuel drove Elder Zacarias and I to San Juan for the Hermanas and then took us all to Pachuca so the hermanas could see the doctor.  It was super crazy, the member also loves to drag race so it definitely was an experience to remember. He drove fAsT. On the way there we saw miles and miles of cars waiting for the gas at the gas station and even more people waiting with gas jugs. It was insane. Luckily the Hermano had a stockpile of gas (and is probably a guachicoler (gas stealer) too) and was able to help us. When we got in Pachuca we were going to the hospital and we totally wrecked into another guy that was doing something not so appropriate with a girl. No one got hurt but it definitely added to the craziness of the night. God definitely protected us because not a single one of the 5 us had a seatbelt on. 

Cool update, CAMBIOS were today, and yesterday (Sunday) at 4pm I got a call that i would be changing areas and companions to Zacualtipan. I am writing from here right now and it is seriously so much bigger than Guerrero. My new companion is Elder Bolaños, and I am super excited to work with him. He is from Pasto, Colombia. He is honestly a great guy we’re gonna work hard and have fun too! This area is a lot colder and very far from the center of the mission but it is super cool here and hopefully, we will have a ton of work. Here in Zacualtipan we have a house of prayer which is super cool. But yeah that’s everything from the week! Love you all. Stay strong for God is on our side. 

LOVE,

Elder Snow.