Hey family!

Well this week was a little harder...nobody came to church. However this time I do not think that I will let it get me down. This week will be different, I just need to use more mental tenacity. 

The great part of this week was that Elian got baptized:) Everything went well and the service was great:) Now we just need to help his mom out:)

So I am getting along just great with my companion. His name is elder Peña, he is from Oaxaca, Mexico. It looks like we are going to have a blast and I am super excited to learn from him:) 

Today we are going to go to Teotihuacan again, but this time with the Book of Mormon guide, I'm pretty excited to learn some cool stuff:)

I'll come back later I think but I have got to go!!

Love you all!

Elder Paz

 Well folks this week has been fairly exciting...

First of all...Donaciano got baptized this weekend!!!!! Now they can be sealed in the temple in a year and start their way to become an eternal family! Baptismal services of a family are way better that of an individual. I love this work and ministry!

Alsom Elian (family friend of the Perez family) will be baptized this weekend! As of Sunday we obtained all of the permissions that we needed, and now all we need to do is pray for everything to go well! Elian is an awesome 10 year old who asks us about every 5 minutes when he can get baptized:) He knows a ton and just wants to be enter into the fold of Christ! How wonderful it is to be able to teach such wonderful people and then see them enter into the Kingdom of God!

So this week is changes, I'm staying, companion is going. Its bitter sweet, but I am excited to be able to be here again:) I will be completing about a year in this zone after this cycle, between here and Zumpango, how cool is that!

So a guess who got to church this week.. Manuel and Maria!! So now they have a date for the 14th of march. They are great, and I was pretty worried because I thought that we were going to have to leave them, but by working with ward members it looks like they are going good! They just need lots of faith...pray for them!

Also Chucho, nephew of the Perez family came to church this week! He is also awesome, and also has a baptism date for the 14th. He just needs to stay on the track and stay away from bad influences...he is fantastic but please pray for him!

Well I love you all and hope that each and every one of you is sharing the gospel with someone right now and bringing many souls to Christ. If you are not, well then do it!

Elder Paz

 Hey family!

Well this week was another solid week! 

Donaciano has a date for this weekend!

Mexican culture: Lots of parties, a lot of passion. Lateness to church meetings.

Mexican Food: Let me tell you a Little bit about a thing called carnitas: Basically they take every single part of the pig and straight up fry it in oil or lard in a huge pot. Every part. Brains, skin, organs, everything. And then they dip the tortillas in oil before they give them to you.

Mexican People: I love Mexican kids. As Zack pass once said "there is no such thing as an ugly Mexican kid"

Well we had an interesting experience today. So our door lock finally broke (its been begging to break for a while now). So we had a fun hour with the neighbors:) We had to break in my slipping a neighbor kid between the Steel protection bars, and then jumping inside the house to take the whole entire door off. It was a good one:)

I am Reading a great talk right now called the blueprint to Christ's church. Its a great testimony builder:)

well I really really really have to go to the bathroom right now and ima bit distracted but I love you and here's a picture which is worth another 1000 words! Love you all!

Elder Paz

 Hey family and friends!

Well this week was busy and interesting...

So we had interviews with President this week, which were very eye-opening and I have not learned so much in a long long time. He helped me to enlarge my vision and give me a greater desire to achieve great things in the eyes of God. One of the things that we talked about was to allow time to solve our problems. Problems with anything. It could be school, work, friends, maybe your spouse, or just a frustrating moment of the day. One of things he said about that, and I add my testimony to his words, is that with time almost everything gets better. Sometimes we forget that temperance and patience are attributes of Christ, ones that we need to develop in this life. I feel that as we are diligent in doing our part, and patient in our afflictions, that we shall be tempered even as hot piece of mettle is tempered until a useful axe has been shaped and hardened. Through prayer and fasting, we allow God to shape us into what HE needs us to be. What a joy it is to understand the plan of our Heavenly Father for all of us! I invite all of us to meditate and ponder the problems that we might have, and then to think about what our part is in God´s great and marvelous plan for us as His sons and daughter, heirs to His Kingdom.

The Perez family was baptized was baptized this week! Everybody except Donaciano, the dad. Please pray for him so that he be prepared and ready son so that he can join his family in this eternal journey!

We had a more difficult week with investigators progressing and finding new people to teach...please pray for us to have that gift of discernment that we need to help God with this great work!

Well I love you all and hope that you are all progressing and having a ball of a time!!:)

Elder Paz