Valle - LAS AMERICAS

Dear fam! 

   Well sounds like everyone is doing good and happy! Shout out to Maddie for giving her farewell talk... hopefully I will see her in a couple weeks. I have some stuff for her when I see her! but okay I shall answer your questions now... 

   Yes I am not in Carrera anymore... its weird but I am excited... I am in Las Americas... my area is called Valle and it is SOOO NICE!! It is one of the best and richest wards in all of the mission and I feel like I am in the states.,.. so I am not sure how I feel about that. I kinda miss the ghetto! But my comp is Hna Saylor from Wyoming she is the one of the funniest people and loves to talk so I am sure we will get along just great.

I knew I was getting transferred on Wednesday because hna Mortenson got a call that night and they told her she would be training an hna that is waiting for her visa to go to Texas so luckily I was emotionally prepared and I still cried to leave but not as much and I was happy I had time to say good bye to everyone!

Dana is somewhere in the area shaded in Red (Ecatepec)

The graffiti here is actually cool and not just te amo jeni haha always in Carrera 

Me and Hna Saylor

Hey Maddie you see that hill... that is where you are going to be... we are gonna be SO CLOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Our house... we live behind the estetica

Valle is cool though the hnas always have a ton of success here its like a gold mine because even though the people aren't as humble here... the ward is AWESOME and they help like crazy! They said people are always asking when they can come with the missionaries on citas. So that will be fun! I was sad to leave but I think it will be good for me to have a change and to get to know the people out here. I am in Ecatepec again... Izcalli is in my zone and we get to do divisiones with them so I am excited to go and see the people! But yeah the taxi today cost $120 pèsos... but luckily another elder from my zone had transfers so we went to together and split it 50/50! It is strange to be out here in the middle of nowhere again! If you are wondering where I am ... I am almost to Pachuca... like almost to the pyramids.  All I ever hear about this area is that it is awesome but not as crazy as the city!  I am excited to see what kind of crazy fun I can find here and to help the members and the ward to keep on keep on working hard en la obra misional! 

Now speaking of my week in Carrera, we finally had time and someone to go with us to the top of the hill where is is super ghetto and not safe and it was so so so fun! We found a ton of people up there that hna Mortenson can teach and this one lady we found.  We helped her take her bags from the mercado up the hill so she invited us into her house gave us food and just wanted a friend I think... haha she wanted to show us her chickens her rabbit... her roosters... haha we were like wow que bonita... and then her poor 95 year old mother that was blind was just lying on her bed with no pants on and we were like ok cool this is different and her mom was just eating a bag of cheetos... so yeah good old mexico stuff. Everyone was sad I was leaving but I told them all we will be back in DEC and they all want to meet everyone and feed us so yeah pàrty in Carrera in  DEC!

The rain this week!

Goodbye Iker

Also saddest thing ever... I really didn't tell anyone I was leaving until Sunday but I think bishop knew because they sang God be With You Till We Meet Again... and then I saw hna Magda who was leading the music crying and then I started crying and then hna Mortenson who was playing the piano  was crying and we were all kinda a mess hahaha but its all good! Sorry not mucho to say but i will email next week with lots of pics and more info about my new area! love you all lots

Goodbye to Aris and Gibron

Magda, I will miss her!

The hill going home from church

One last walk home from church with everyone.

Goodbye to all the saint street art!

I hate goodbyes!

con amor,

hna heywood

ps i am writing in place where it is internet , belly dancing classes, kick boxing and tikwando...so that is fun!

Martin Carerra - No Para La Fiesta

Hey there fam

First of all

SHOUT OUT TO PARKS AND LAUREN FOR BECOMING PARENTS!!! You make cute children... can't wait to meet that child!

  

    Second of all... how are things with all of you ... Mexico is GREAT!! Today I bought the coolest soccer jersey, it's the Mexico and America jersey put together.  Best $100 pesos I have ever spent! haha 

This week was good, we found a lot of really cool people and we had stake conference and... zone conference so double spiritual wammy, am I right? 

It was sad because it is pres last zone conference because he goes home the 28th of June :( but it was a really good conference!

Some of the cool people we found this week we couldn't really go to the follow up cita because we were sick:( but its okay we will find them this week. One is named Manuel and he is from Spain... Enadina... Naomi's mom works in his cocina and we gave him a book of Mormon! He is really cool and really wants to learn and his food is really good... he gave us this Spanish food like they make in Spain.  Spanish paella and it had sea shells in it and my first bit was crunchy and I was like what is this!!!! ahah but it was good and we keep our clam shells! 

Spanish paella

With the shells

Also things are coming along with Georgina... she just needs to understand a little bit betta! 

Also MIRACLE we found Rogelio and he was like hnas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and so we finally taught him the commandments and when we were reading about dia de reposo... Sabbath day.. he was like hnas how can I keep this commandment... because he works on Sundays and we were like... ahhhh yes Rogelio!  So we all three fasted to help him find a solucion and he is like hnas if I need to find a new job I will because I want to follow God no matter what is takes and we were just like YESSSS! so tomorrow we are gonna go see how it went!

Also pres gave the most touching talk at stake conference about how hard missionary work is and how much he loves us for giving up everything to help others and follow Christ and I was bawling and everyone was crying and man I am gonna miss them so much!!! 

Also I hit a low point... don't worry mom I am fine... I just had to do some test to check if all my parasites are gone and they made me pee in a cup at home and then put it in a syringe and then poop in a cup and I had to do some blood work and take everything myself on the public transport.  Being in public transport in the morning is bad here because there are so many people and I was like ahhh please don't break and spill all over my bag ahaha...low point....carrying my pee and poo all over Mexico City, but its all good and didn't break!!!! I am happy and that is all that matters right!!!!

Next week is transfers so I might be writing from a diff place but all is well and I love you all so much!!!! 

hna heywood 

Zone

Martin Carrera - Hey, Hey, Hey Party in the USA

So hello familia it was a pleasure talking to you all yesterday... looks like you are all good and nothing much has changed just Katie's hair (I love it kt)! it really was fun to see you all... but not gonna lie it kinda freaked me out... I am not ready at all to live in the real world... I like my little missionary world... but its okay I have a lot of time so yay! 

 Okay so this week was literally CRAZY! 

First of all sadness, Orfe broke up with us she is getting baptized in the christian church in front of our house and we were all crying including her because SHE KNOWS THE CHURCH IS TRUE! heart breaking right... so we were just like hermana we love you and we want you to be with us in the kingdom of god so please PLEASE just read the book of Mormon and get over your fear. She is getting baptized there because it is the easiest route for her... less commitment #APOSTASÍA 

Then Felipe ... Naomi´s dad... was super wasted the other night and he was like hnas please come in and pray for me so we were like um okay super fast we can ... because we needed to get home... well se ended up saying the pray and then he was saying ahhh there is so many voices in my head... and then he was like SOY SATANAS.. and we were like ok yeah we gotta go... and we left and now he is in the hospital from alchola poisoning or something like that!!! 

Then well Iker decided he should probs get baptized so he is gonna get baptized this Sunday #porfin we are pumped but he is a CRAZY CHILD!  In sacrament he was sitting next to me and took a hand full of bread and i was like ahhh crap and all the jovenes were laughing at me because they were watching from the stand and Mortenson from the piano was laughing and I was like oh my child... and then he told me he was gonna take two things of water and I said noooo you can't ahahaha! But he is really excited for his baptism.

  

Also sadness, Angeles got back together with her hubby and now is living in the state of Mexico and so we had to pass her referencia to the elders over there. Hopefully they will help her. 

Also we had divisons this week and I went to Olivos with hna Woodard and it was fun to see her area. Also fun fact now when I eat really healthy food... like chicken and veggies I get sick... we ate it like 3 times this week and I got sick every time... dang it Mexico is throwing off my health. haha but everything was is good and we are working hard to help Georgina get baptized before I leave in June because I am pretty sure I will have cambios... also guess what do you all hear.... MADISON HEYWOOD IS COMING TO THE MEXICO MTC IN LIKE 3 WEEKS! I AM SO EXCITED I AM ASKING PRES TOMORROW IF I CAN SEE HER WHEN SHE GOES TO THE TEMPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Tomorrow we get to go to the temple #YAY and so I will see pres! But yeah that is pretty much it...

Oh, funny story this week the jovenes have a camp out and they were learning how to set up a tent at church but they didn't know how so me and hna Mortenson taught them... city problems am I right! Love you all keep on being awesome and doing the running man or whatever that is!!!

con mucho amor,

hna heywood

Martin Carrera - Que Calor!

Dear fam! 

Here in mexico it is heating up and I LOVE IT!  Everyone is like ahh its so hot and I am like ahhh its like my home haha!  Good things are happening here in Martin Carrera! 

Right now we are working with the same peeps till they are ready to get dunked! This week we went to the CV (visitors center) with Georgina and man the hermanas that gave the tour were HARSH. Everyone time we go we give them a little post it note with our investigators needs and well Georgina doesn't want to get baptized YET she doesn't feel like she has a testimony.  So they were super strong and she was kinda like Whaaa but then afterwards when we were walking around the CV she was happy again! I love that women she deff takes care of us and she signed up to give us comida on Tuesday so that will be fun! She is gonna be a GREAT MEMBER! WE just gotta help her understand that she really does have a testimony... she is reading in 2 Nefi 16 right now so she really is awesome and is also reading the Gospel Principals book! 

Also we are still working with Angeles... but dang she didn't go to church yesterday.  I guess her husband showed up to her house super drunk and someone beat him up so she had to take him back to his house (right now they are separated until he understands to grow up and be an adult and take care of his family)  So yeah she didn't make it to church but this week I  know she will. We are gonna go to the CV with her this week and she is planning on going to noche de hogar. It was super cool this last week she fasted all by herself for her husband. Angeles really is embracing the gospel and gaining strength from Christ's atonement entonces #snaps4angeles 

Also we started teaching Jose Maria (yup his name is Joseph Mary) he is a boyfriend of a less active. They are living together and with her mom who is hna Valdez one of my favorite women in the ward she has red hair... I know I have sent home pics of her before. Anyway, Jose is 18 and they have a little girl and he decided to start listening to us. This week we taught the Plan of Salvation and all went well. He read his folleto and even did the questions in the back. WE also made hna valdez´s grandson help us who is also less active and usually is in the street doing drugs... but it was cool to see that her grandson knows everything he just need to apply it in his life.  It was also cool because they are both the same age and it was fun to teach them. It´s like teaching Chris and his friends because they are the same age group! Jose wants to change though it just might be a slow process! He also belives in the Santa Muetre so that is fun... that means he prays to death so death won't kill him... its like Harry Potter hhahah! But fun fact did you know death is a girl... yeah thats a new one for ya! haha

Also shout out to you fam... for the valentines! (They only took 2 1/2 months to get there)  I loved all of them especially the ones with Nicholas Cage (creepiest guy ever)... I have decided I am gonna start hiding them and putting them in hermanas houses when we have divisions hahah! Also Luke I must give you a special shout out for the Step Up 2 quote... my comp was deff looking at me super weird as to why I was laughing so hard... also who copied the spanish poem? haha a little uncomfortable coming from a sibling that one hhhaha! But love you all and i deff have some new decor on my wall and in our house! haha But yah not much else happened this week. It was hna mortensons birthday so we celebrated and we made cake and ate crap haha but its okay I am doing insanity in the mornings so all is good!  I love you all so so much! Have a killer week! good luck in v-ball Chris! 

love hermanita heywood