Chapter 2: Tuxpan

Life has improved infinitely for me! This week has been filled with ups and downs. But yet life is amazing, it's hard to explain. My new comp is Elder Barney, he's a white boy who has been out the same time I have. His Spanish is really good, so that's how we have been getting around out here. He loves working hard, so it's been really fun grinding the work with him. He also corrects me on every little thing I say wrong in Spanish. At first it was irritating, but now I love it. My Spanish has already  improved a lot this week. With that being said  I have still been feeling the language blues. Comparison is really the thief of joy, but yet it's really hard to see Spanish click for literally everyone else but me. I really have been so humbled here... it's the worst, but also good. Anyway enough moping, on to the good!

 

 

TUXPAN IS SICK!

I love it here! Life has improved 100% for me. Tuxpan is literally so pretty, I have a river and the beach in my area. Me and Barney always walk the board walk, and talk to people, it's literally so pretty and fun. Also we have been grinding. It's our first week, and we have been opening a new area, but we already found 6 new references this week. We also taught a couple lessons. I have realized that my teaching is trash, but I really don't care because I'm just happy to have a comp who let's me teach. I also know to that if I have the spirit with me then everything will work out. My whole goal is to try to have the spirit with me at all times. I also realized that Elder Chan taught me nothing. This transfer has honestly just been Barney retraining me on everything I never learned. I have learned a lot in a little amount of time. It is amazing actually doing work though, I love Tuxpan and my new situation. We make friends with everyone, so it's been really fun, and good for my Spanish. The other day we where walking home from a zone meeting, when this dude runs past us and a cop Is right behind him. The cop tackles the guy, so we stop and watch this go down, when this other guy starts talking to us because we are white(that happens a lot here, because we do not fit in to México). So Elder Barney is talking to this kid, and this other guy comes up and starts talking to me. He speaks English, so we start speaking Spanglish. And he told me he's read the Bible 7 times, so I'm like, "would you want more of God's word." And he's like ya! So I told him about the BOM, and the spirit was so strong. So I testified of the Book of Mormón, and told him if he reads this book and prays about it his life would be changed. And he asks me how much the book costs. It's amazing having someone want to pay for our word. Me and Barney where so happy. But then we found out he was out of our area, so I was devastated. When we called him again he read first Nephi, and wanted us to come over and teach 5 of his friends. We where so excited to teach him. We had permission so go out of our area, and everything. But right before the appointment, we where told by the zone leaders we couldn't go because of safety stuff. I was so sad, because he is so ready. He was also mad because we canceled really late. I felt so bad. And really just want to teach him.

 

 

I also love my Zone! I have 6 gringos in my zone, and the zone leaders love the work to. It's amazing having people care about the work. Everyday I realize more and more that Poza Rica was kinda messed up. But me and Barney literally just laugh all day, it's so fun. Also the showers here are freezing. Every day I tell Barney that the showers going to be cold, but at least it will be miserable. It's so funny how cold it is. I never thought I would miss the lukewarm bucket shower. 

 

 

Anyway life is good. I feel really unsatisfied about my last 2 months though. And I don't want to repeat that for my whole mission. I want my whole mission and life to be dedicated to Jesus, but I don't feel like I'm there quite yet. It's weird. So that has been my inner battle lately. I just want to grow into the person Jesus wants me to be. So I think this transfer will be a really good step to that. Im exited for this transfer, and think I will grow a lot as a missionary in a little amount of time. I hate feeling incapable to do the work I want to do, so my goal for this transfer is to be a good self reliant missionary. I love you all, and love your emails! I love hearing about how everyone is going, it makes me happy! I am thankful for all of you. God is always good, and through him we can grow in the way he wants us to.

Elder Mitchell lll 

 

 

Fotos:

1. Da boys 

2. Cool plan of the salvation 

3. No se 

4. Otro vez 

5. My new car