Martin Carrera - Como cree....transfers

Yeah hey there fam and everyone else... so this week I got hit with a pretty big surprise, I had cambios and now I am in Martin Carrera... the ghetto and I am so pumped! Not gonna lie, I was so sad to leave Izcalli and Luz, Odalys, Isbael y Augustine who are getting married next Monday! But that'a okay because my new comp is Hna Woodard!!!! 

  Yes, I am super happy that I got put with her because in the casa abierta we were basically together the whole time and we already know that we get along really well so it will be fun! As for my new area well I have really only been here for a day but its cool... I am back in el DF (districo federal mexi city) and are area isn´t the nicest its actually the worst of the hna areas but there is a lot of success here because the people are humble! Are house in like 10 min away from the basillica one of the biggest catholic churches in the world... its like the Vatican, mexican style and this Saturday the 12th is the day of the virgin and today we saw a parade for the virgin so I am sure on Saturday its gonna be crazy!! I am excited and all the people I have met so far are really cool and down to earth and just love the gospel! So yeah I am excited... 

An update for what happened in Izcalli before i left... we went to the CV with Luz and her fam and it was so so so so good! The girls are really excited to be baptized in two weeks and hopefully I can get permission to go back for the baptism and also for the baptism of Isabel and Augustine the 21st! We found some cool new people in Izcalli and we were doing doors a lot to find people! Also this menos activo in the ward passed away and let me tell yeah Mexican funerals are wack! 

  They took the coffin to the church... had the casket open and people could go all day and stay all night and mourn with the family and like everyone was wearing black except for us the missionaries... haha! But they had like a small devo and it was sad and they just talked about the plan of salvation and I guess it was good but sad! But man it was weird and then church got moved from 10 to 1 so people could finish mourning the death and so the casket could get picked up´! It was different! 

  Also Isabel and Augustine are gonna get married Monday so I am super happy for them and that they will stop living in sin... plus Isabel is gonna get baptized on her birthday because she wants to be born again on her birthday... you just gotta love her! 

Olive Garden not the caballo!

  Also we went to the us embassy this week to get hna Woodfords paper notarized so she could sell her car... and it was cool and intense and we met a lot of cool people while we were waiting. WE had to leave the mission to do it so the secretarys and the Anothonys came with us and after they took us to OLIVE GARDEN!!! It was the best food I have had in 8 months (oh yeah I hit 8 months with last week) and it was right by the angel of independence so we took some pics and I will send them to you! also hna Woodford and I ate horse on Sunday for my birthday dinner.  Also we ran out of water that day so I took a bucket shower because I hadn't washed my hair in 3 days and I forgot the water was gonna be turned off hahaha! That night we went to go visit luz and it was so cute they gave me a teddy bear that the girls had picked out and gave me a little cake and I just love them so much. Honestly, I was just sad to leave because I didn't want to leave them... it was sad and I may have cried when I wrote them a good bye letter because I didn't say goodbye to anyone because I didn't think that I was leaving so that was really hard... but I will go try and visit and I know that we will be friends for ever because I literally love that family so much and have never wanted anyone to gain their salvation so much! Ah but yes that is everything and I will update you on everything about the new area tomorrow oh and when we had transfers I got to see hna Gantz and pres Galicia and I was so happy!!!! But family, I love you all mom thanks for the package.

Hermanas and Mission Secretaries

 

You hermanas had a great run!

love you all so much!

con mucho amor,

hna heywood

ps Parker... nice Spanish in my birthday card... haha it made me laugh... what you said in Spanish.. not your Spanish... everything was grammarly correct! 

Gantz, Heywood, Woodford

I think Dana's new comp is on the very right....