Izcalli - #goodlyfe

Las hermanas Heywoodford

Hey madre y fam! 

   This week has been so good! We finally found a map of our area after like 4ish days here jaja and Izcalli is so cool. It is more of a pueblito because it has hills and also because it is not in the districto but its so cool and I love it. This week we were just kinda of trying to meet all the of the people we have in the area book and all the grand stuff. There is some really solid people here and I think I am going to really enjoy my time here in Izcalli! The ward is smaller than my ward in Moctezuma, there is a lot of menos activos so that is something we are going to have to work a lot at! Also we have been just been trying to get to know the area better and all the people! There is some really cool people here.... for example Adriana is a member here who loves the missionarys and owns a sushi resturant and when we don't have a food appt. we just go get sushi FOR FREE! Oh my gosh it is SOOO GOOD!!!!!! She is gonna teach us one of these days to make sushi because it really isn't all that hard you just have to have the materials to do it. But what out, when I come home from the mish I will be making you guys all kinds of good food!!!! Also the stake and ward seem to be really good here... they had noche de mexicana and it was like a performance thing... al the youth from the stake (like each ward) was assigned a dance from a certain region in Mexico and they performed them and went all out!!! I mean hair, make up, costumes and everything and I was dying because I want to dance so badly but I can't... that's all right haha! But it was really cool and then of course afterwards there was tamales and tácitos corn pulsole ahh all the good Mexican food and sorry I don't know how to spell any of it hahah! But it was fun! We went with Lilly who is a recent convert and we are trying to get her dad to start taking the lessons. 

  WE don't have a whole ton of investigadores right now but they will come with a little bit more time. One is named Gloria she is an older grandma of a family in the ward... the whole family is members but her and she does everything like a member she even pays her tithing and never misses church but she doesn't want to get baptized because she promised her mom she wouldn't change religion when her mom died.... so we are gonna work with her and make her realize it is more important to put Christ first! Also we are teaching this guys named Berto y he has a lot of time investigating the church since like may or something but he cant get baptized because he is not married to his "wife" so that is a little problem and he is afraid to talk to her... but we will work with that too! But everything is so good and I am happy and not as stressed as I was when we first got here. WE share the ward with the Elders so they are helpful, and actually know their way somewhat around our area... but I really like the area and it is fun and tiring to have hills but more fun! Hna Woodford is really cool and is a hard worker... she was a soccer player for Weber state, so today at our zone activity she was killing in fútbol and I am determined she is gonna teach me how to play in the mornings for our thirty minutes of exercise because I want to be good at futbol jaja! Her Spanish is just like mine when I first got to the field... good she just needs confidence to talk... because I was the same way, I was always saying to the people... "perdon no se mucho espanol" even though I knew enough to have a conversation, I was just really unconfident so I will help her get over that because that is something I learned... and honestly the best way to learn is just to talk and not be embarrassed to mess up because I still mess up my Spanish all the time but hey people don't care! But yeah is is awesome we will have fun together! Oh also our house is so NICE #fresa (that is what you call it when it is nice) I think it is up there as one of the nicest houses in the mish... we have an OVEN! and even better we have a WAFFLE MAKER! I was so excited when I found that out it is gonna be great here! Sushi, waffles, hills, actual mountains to look at during the day instead of pollution... yeah its great here! 

OH also how are my two cute sobrinos? Oh also sorry mom I forgot to take pics of the house and we left today at 10"30 and still haven't gone home so I will send some next week...sorry love you! 

Hermana Dana Heywood 

New Area of Izcalli

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ps everyone here is really struggling with our names ... heywood y woodford jajaj