14 People at Church

I'm going to go through the weeks really fast because I am very behind. So the process in which we fixed our water was a lot longer than I had anticipated. We went from having green water, to no water, then to lighter green water, and then clear water that was actually still dirty. So here in Parral every house has a water storage and ours had not been used or cleaned in who knows how long. So all of our water was coming from this nasty water storage, because our house hadn't been connected to the street water yet. We also found out that our house used to be a house owned by narcos and that someone died in our house, so that explained why our house hadn't been rented for so long,  the water was green, and why we got such a good deal living in a mansion for only two missionaries.

I had my first zone conference and that was long, but very good and applicable. At church we had a whopping 14 people show up, so that shows how much work needs to be done. I had my first Pday and we went bowling, shopping and organized our house.

There are a lot of people that like to say things like Hey Satan and Diablo to us while they drive past us in their car, as we are walking. And then there is one lady who has got some sort of problem, not sure what it is. But she always passes by our house and she looks at me and says something in Spanish, that I don't understand, but my companion always tells me it’s bad haha. A lot of interesting people here, that's for sure.

One of the things I miss a lot is being able to go to the bathroom in just about any building, without paying. However, one of the good things here is that protein is the first on the food labels. Some of the days we don't get inside a single house to teach. And I'm quickly learning that just because you call ahead a time to call to line up an appointment, and they say yes, that doesn't actually mean they are going to be there. We have been teaching quite a few people, however, they aren't progressing for a few reasons. For example, we were teaching this lady named Guadalupe the 3rd lesson about Baptism. And then she told us that she believes that talking about Baptism is a sin, so that was the end of that lesson. She also believes that you have to be baptized with the special water of life, made by certain prophets and that Jesus and John the Baptist are actual stars in the sky. Anyone have any ideas on how to teach this, send them my way. Anyways, I gave my first talk in Spanish. We are leaving for Chihuahua today for a meeting, so I have to go now. Next week I will actually have more time to tell more.