Moctezuma - Este Semana

Dear Fam,

  It's official I have completed a cycle in the mish! #holla This past week and a half have been crazy. I don't  even know where to start. Well last week we had hoped for the baptism of Angela on Thursday....but her mom, Lupe decided that Angela wasn't ready so yeah that didn´t work out. It was so so so sad and we were really bummed because Angela is totally ready and loves going to church. She speaks English so she speaks spanglish to us and she kinda scares us but its what eves. But this last week was Hna. Rhotens half birthday so we convinced one of her converts to buy us pastel so yeah that was pretty bomb because we were sad about Angela. 

Heywood & Rhoten:  Winners of the Zone Challenge!!

We also started clases de ingles this week and they are going pretty good! its fun to be teaching people English and to not be the one that cant speak. We also went to a baby shower for a lady that is in the Ward and we brought Ana with us (Jorge´s wife) she keep on saying after man i didn't like that i LOVED IT! Because she doesn´t want to get baptized because she loves her Christian church and she thinks she has seen miracles when people talk in the gift of tongues and roll around on the floor even though they just have the devil in them... lol its whatever. So we figured that the only way she will get baptized is by making friends in the Ward and going to all the activities. Then on Sunday, her and Jorge finally came to sacrament meeting and then had to leave right after sacrament because her bro in law was coming in town. So after church we went back to their house and we went to a baptism with them and had them have their  interviews after. Jorge passed with flying colors because he actually reads and prays and has a testimony...Ana no because she doesn't read the Book of Mormon and is obsessed with her church...but that's okay we kinda saw that coming. Jorge was sad though because he wants to get baptized with Ana but she doesn't want it at all! Anyways we told him we would fast with him so he could feel sure and he was down for that. Yesterday we went to their house to start the fast and it just felt different there...like they were not the same. And he told us he couldn't fast because he wouldn't be able to make it 24 hours or even 12 and we were super sad because he doesn't have faith. And then he told us he doesn't want to get baptized because he doesn't know like we do and tatata... so yeah he broke our hearts yesterday and we went home and started the fast without him and yeah it was sad we might have cried...but its just so hard when you have these families you teach and care so much about and love and they just don't get it! AHHH its just so hard because you picture them in temple White and can just see them getting sealed and then bam Satan Works hard on them because he knows they would be awesome members and they have all these doubts and start to doubt everything and yeah its hard. WE are not giving up on them though barbecue he know they will get baptized just in a longer time then we would like. But their son that is 7, Alejandro is literally a future 70, no lie he is so good, he reads and prays and he always says he's Mormon and stands up to his mom when she doubts things about the church and he yeah its so so good! He turns 8 in October so if I am not here in Moctezuma I am coming back for his baptism.....

  On another note, one of the funniest weirdest things that happened this last week was we had a reference that we went to go contact and they own a salón de fiestas....like a party hall where all the mexis go for parties and stuff....anyways banging on the door we knew it was gonna be good. Anyways this mexi man opens the door that looks just like Doc from "Back to the Future" but with curly hair. And he was like, "Aahh sisters welcome please come in" and we went in and he had EVERY pamphlet and the book of Mormon and like everything and he was like well I have been Reading this book and I have a question about page 128 or something like that (where it talks about the great abominable church) and wanted us to explain it to us...and then we got talking and he kept on observing us and was telling me that I am an artista for how I held my hands when we taught and Hna. Rhoten has the hands of a worker or something just like weird. And then we started telling us our horoscope and and this stuff and was just really entertaining and then when we were getting ready to leave he decided to read our palms and the said that I am a very diligent person that doesn't like to stop something till it is done and then we was telling us how we both have good hearts and courage jaja then Hna. Rhoten was like how many kids am I gonna have and he was staring at her hand for a while and was like wow hermana there is so many I can't count...hahah we were laughing so hard after! But yeah, that was a nice good laugh for our depressing week. 

We did end up winning the Book of Mormon challenge and the Elders made us french toast before district class! holla! Oh and also yeah Griselda sent you a pic that we took after we ate at her house. Her apt is like straight up America and it feels so good to be there. She made us fish and this like amazing crab stuff man oh man it was so so good! She is way cool she is like 50ish and her husband is away working till August so she gets really excited when we go to eat with her and goes all out! But yeah she sent you that pic of us on the couch I think, she is way cool and you guys will have to meet her one day even though you probs won't be able to understand her...I barely can! Also this past Monday, we went to the delgacion with Alma y Nacho to set up a date for them to get married. They are supposed to be getting married this friday!!!! But they just called us today (as we were making their wedding cake) to say they have a problem with the money because their son got in trouble and got into a fight with a gang and now its a big mess and they have to pay for a lawyer so they can't pay for their wedding!  That's a bit of a problem but we will work through it and they might have to wait till next week to get married which is a downer but hey that's okay! Nacho still needs to cut back on the cigs before his baptism so you know maybe its a good thing we are giving them a little bit more time. We went to the church to make the cake because we don't have an oven and every Mexican has an oven but they don't know how to use them...they just store stuff in them. haha Marianne could move here and she would be norm storing all her stuff in the oven. But yeah we also made tomato soup and bomb sandwiches to break our fast today.  

We also had to go to the offices today to get a couple things and I met one of the new sisters that got here yesterday. She looked really overwhelmed and I was just so happy I am not in her shoes anymore and I kinda know a Little bit more of what I am doing! Also Monday is when we found out if we would be staying together and staying in Moctezuma and the Elders had been messing with us for like a week saying they heard they were gonna take hna. Rhoten somewhere else and all this stuff and anyways when Monday came around, they called to tell us what was going down and said that hna. Rhoten was getting transferred and we freaked out.....then they called us back like 5 mins later and were like jk....yeah that was a scary stressful five minutes!!! haha but that's okay!

  Also this week we went to go teach Gaby, Alison's  stepsister and we usually teach them outside their  house....anyways its started to sprinkle so we made a fort out of blankets and taught them in a fort it was really fun! Those girls are so fun we are glad we get to teach golden people like them! 

Teaching in a tent!

But yeah the work is great here...there is just a lot of curve balls being thrown at us but we will get through and keep on working hard. It sounds like everything is great at home and in Jackson...that is too bad about Grandpa´s car. I hope Dad had a good fathers day and Jared's birthday was good. The lip synching contest thing sounded fun, I am glad the boys could represent! But hey random question Edguardo (or however you spell his name) Is he gonna be at the temple dedication here?  I member that he is in charge of some temples and I didn't know if that means he would be here. WE still don't know what is going down with the open house but I am sure we will find out sometime this cycle. Also that pic with Chris and Hudson is so stinking cute...he is a cute Little kid. 

Mexico is great and the work is great. I am good and healthy and alive so don't worry about me. Please just pray for Jorge and the familia Diez...Angelas family! Also mom if you haven't sent that package maybe throw in a bag of mints or something because when we give the kids mints they get so excited because its american Candy haha! Also gracias for the pictures.  When you get back to AZ can you send me the pics from when I got set apart oh and also from my baptism. Also the story from Grandpa Bobby's history about his talk with President Boyd K Packer, the one he told me not long before he died. But yeah everything is good I love you all so much and thank you for being good examples in my life and always making me keep the Sabbath day holy it is such a blessing as I teach about it to know I have always partaken of the sacrament even on vacation! I love you all and keep on having a good summer!


peace an blessins

Dana (hermana heywood)