So You asked me why I would rather do my laundry than have the Mamacita do it. It would just be easier for me because then I wouldon’t have to haul clothes every few days and when she gets busy it is hard. But she is always pretty good at getting our clothclothes to us as fast as she can. The lady that emailed you was one of my teachers in the Mexico MTC. She is way funny She took vides of all of us. It was way cool. I am teaching some people. The one that is progressing is Raquel. If she goes to church next Sunday she can be baptized the following Sunday after church. It would be way cool because the other elders, one has been here six months and just got his first baptism. So we are pretty lucky if we get one in my first month here. I think she will get baptized. She is a good lady, but has a lot of health problems. I think everyone has depression here, but she said when we are there to teach her she feels different. So last night we gave her a blessing for her health. I have never given a blessing in English, let alone Spanish. I was scared out of my mind, but i did my best and I know the lord knows her needs. After the blessing she sat down and closed her eyes and looked at peace. It was way cool to see the power of the priesthood like when you are using it if that makes any sense. The members feed us a lot of chicken and rice. They don’t have much variety, but I don’t have to pay for it so, it’s all good. But when I get home, I will definitely have to go back to food with more flavor. Yesterday we ate at a member’s house and I swear I was the joke the whole time. By the end, I was super frustrated because when a native says he is trying to learn English it is like oh good for you. But when I don’t understand, it’s like a whole different thing. So I was tired of it and I shared a scripture with them. I shared Ether 12: 27 where they talk about how your weaknesses become your strengths. The look on their face said it all! I wanted to say, yeah, let that sink in for a minute, but it was good after that. My companion….I don’t know. I get super frustrated with him sometimes because it seems like the rules change with certain things. Like with personal study, we have to be done at exactly 9:30. Like he sat there today and I was reading and didn’t notice it was 9:30, so he made me set an alarm. But like with the language study, he doesn’t even care that much and I need that a ton. So that’s super hard. We taught a kid who doesn’t believe in God, but wants to learn more English. So I told him President Hinckley’s promise so he will read the Book of Mormon. I guess I didn’t say the words right or something, but everything has to be word perfect. I felt bad after that one because I felt like I did the right thing and after my companion made me feel like I did a bad thing. Yes, I am getting your pictures. Thank you very much for everything.
Love,
Elder Gillies
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