Hey people!

So I am finally leaving my área...the truth is that its been a great almost 6 months here in Tecámac, and I'm going to miss this área and zone a ton.

This week Chucho got baptized!!!! But oh man was it a wild ride...never have I had so many problems with a baptism. So first of all he didn´t even have all of the required Sundays because he had to go with his dad a few times. So we had to ask permisión from president. Then his mom just about didn't let him for several reasons. But in the end everything went well. The service started over 2 hours late, but it was as beautiful as ever and Chucho had a great experience:) He is super excited and I am so happy that I was able to see him be baptized before I leave this área:)

I know I am not going to be here this week, but I would love it if you all could pray for Karina and her sister, Diego, and maybe the Perez family as well! They are all wonderful people and could use all the help that they can get!

Well I sure as heckfire hope that you all have a great rest of the week!!

 Hey everyone!

Well we had a great week! We had 2 new investigators at church this week! Their names are Karina and Diego. Karina is a 20 year old with a Little daughter that is about 3 years old. We found her through a member and she looks like she is going to progress a lot:) She is really interested in the message about the Restoration and about temples. What she really needs is to find peace and happiness by living the restored Gospel of Jesús Christ!

Diego is an incredible person. He Works as a security guard of a "privado". I do not know how to say that in English but its basically a Street that's closed in with a big gate and there is a security guard that will take your ID and let you in and out of the place. Anyways He contacted the sister missionaries that live in his Street. He got to church by himself this week! We didn`t even teach him and he got there! He loved it and is really excited to come again and has a baptismal date for the 18th of Abril. The only thing is that he has had a ton of problems with drugs, alcohol, and all that kind of stuff. He is really need a lot of strength so that he can stay out of all of that! Pray for him!

Chucho did not go to church this week because he had to go see his dad who lives in another town. We are not completely sure when he will get baptized, but we are really hoping for this weekend still.

I love you all!

Elder Paz

 Hey kids! Well this week was wonderful:)

I am just really excited for this week:) we had new people in church this week! Griselda, Israel. They are awesome! They need to receive an answer quick style!!! 

Also Chucho is progressing! HE came to church this week and his date should hold for the 28th! He really needs to have a lot of faith to get out of the family problems that he is having...but he has a ton of desire and we are really excited to get to teach him!

Also we found a new family this week. They are the Escamilla Perez family. They are wonderful. They have gone to church for years but have not gotten baptized because they need to get married. Pray for the dad to have his heart softened and his desire lifted!

As a mission we are reading the Book of Mormon and I read a really cool scripture in 2 Nephi 4 this week, I think verse 28. Basically it teaches us that if do not want to let Satan win, then its as simple as not giving him room to do so. If we are always involved in a good cause, a good thought, a good desire, then it will literally be impossible to sin. If we can control ourselves so that we are always doing good, then Satan will be conquered! I think that all of us can examine our own lives and look for more ways to serve the Lord, and if we do that, it will be that much harder to allow Satan to have room in our lives! Just don`t let him in!

I love you all!

Elder Paz

 Hello people!

Well this week was amazing and just alright at the same time...

It was harder because we didn´t see very much progress in the work. The new family and Chucho did not come to church...however I still have hope for them:) We are just going to have to see what happens:)

I think that the highlight of my week was when we had council of Leaders this week and at one point I had the great opportunity to talk to my mission President just one on one. He taught me a great lesson about fighting against Satan. I am going to explain what I learned: In this life there are a ton o challenges. And well some of them can be challenges that we will have for our whole lives. It could be anything. Now with all of those challenges, we are bound to fail several times in trying to overcome them. Some challenges are so hard for us that we will fail several, several times in them before we can overcome it. Every time we fail, our first reaction will probably be sadness. That´s fine, that´s natural. But what we can not let happen is lose our hope. It does not matter how many times we fail at something, the Atonement of Christ id  infinite. Satan wants us to think that we can not overcome our challenges, and every time we fail, he tries to give us that feeling that we will never win. That is contrary to the teachings of Christ. We can always win, we may lose a battle, but that means absolutely nothing for the war. We must always have the hope in Christ, and never let our determination falter. Every time we fail, we must analyze what has caused the failure, and then change it. That is what being perfect means. Always changing for the better, always progressing, and always becoming more perfect. When we give up and stop progressing, that is when we need to be worried. However if we are always changing and progressing, and becoming perfect in Christ, then we will be fulfilling the will of God. That is the point of this life!

Well I ate some delectable cow stomach this week. Then the next day some chopped up Habaneros. Not a good combination. Enough said.

I love you all so much!!

Elder Paz

 Hello friends!

Well this week was absolutely fantastic! 

So we met a new family this week, The Grimaldo family. They are incredible. They are passing through quite a few challenges right now, mostly economic problems. It is a family of 4. The dad got fired from his job a while ago and they are having a hard time getting up off their feet. There oldest son had to drop out of high school because they could not afford to have him in school, and the father had to find another job in a liquor store I think. Not the greatest occupation, but at least they are not dying. The whole family went to church this week, and really liked it:) They currently have a baptismal date for the 28th of this month. They are really special, and just need lots of prayers so that they can receive their answer and enter into this covenant with the Lord. What a joy this work is:)

So Chucho also came to church this week, and is super excited about his baptism, which is also for the 28th. He is also very special to me and truly has a great desire to be a good kid and walk in the footsteps of the Savior. There are not very many 12-year-old's like that in this world these days. He just needs to stay on the path! Lots of bad influences surround him and he needs to always use his agency wisely!

Mew and my companion are having an absolute blast and I am loving it out here!

So like I said we went to Teotihuacan this last week. It was amazing! I went  a year ago when I was in Zumpango, but let me tell you it is a whole different story when you go with a BoM guide. It is connected to the temple! It strengthened my temple a ton to see how everything was connected and real world evidence of the Nephites! The guide told us that the pyramids were part of the city of Ammonihah. It is so clear! Christ came to the Americas! I hope that all of you can come one day to see the great evidence of the temples of God here in Mexico!

Well I think that the most touching story of the week would have to be that of the Perez family. This week in ward council someone commented that they had seen them walking back from the chapel to get back home. That walk is about 20 minutes by bike, going pretty fast, and they have kids ranging from 8 months to 18 years, 6 of them. What a great dedication they have to the Kingdom of God. They do not even have 2 months as members. And I, being a member of the Church all my life, used to complain about going to church in our nice air conditioned van. It amazes me how much of an example this family is to me! What great sacrifices they make to express their faith to our Lord and Savior!

Well I love you all and hope that you and I can all dedicate ourselves completely to this great work! Always be a testimony of Jesus Christ in all that you do!

Elder Paz