Hey I don't have a ton of time but Jazmin and Ediel came to church so pray that they can get excited for this weekend!

we are making barbacoa right now. I'll explain later when there is more time and send a bunch of pictures. I love you all so much! I am doing fine and just enjoying Mexican life!

love you!

elder paz

 Hello!

Wow. I could write pages to you guys today. yesterday I had the great privilege of talking with an actual apostle of the Lord, Elder Bednar. He came and talked to our mission yesterday. We talked about several topics, but the biggest thing was about change. Basically change is the essence of life. We always need to be changing, learning, and then improving. That is what we are supposed to do in this life. Just keep n going and be happy about it!!

So Jazmin and Ediel came! They are super excited, just that Jazmin got a little scared because she was looking at websites about the Church. She needs a lot of prayers right now because some doubts have entered her mind. Please pray for her.

Mari also came to church! She is still not sure what she wants. She is praying but says that she hasn't received an answer. She needs excitement. She is really great but just needs to receive her answer. Please pray that she receives it!

our area is progressing and we are excited! please keep on praying for me! I need it sometimes!!:) just remember that I love you all!

Elder Pass

 Hey family and friends!!

Well this week we improved a ton in everything. This week Remigio, Ester, Mari, her daughter, Maria, 2 of her kids, and Brian all came to church! It was great except some really big problems:

Remigio fell big time. He was going really great, but this week he fell way back into the dumps with alcohol. We are not really sure when he will be baptized, because he had actually left us, but then out of no where he showed up at church this week. I am not really sure what we are going to do with him.

So everybody else is good, until we get to the church part. Never have I felt so awkward in a church service. The teacher, who just happened to be the same one for the second and the third hour was basically yelling at everybody, and the Spirit was definitely not there. It was more like a theatrical act, him trying to show off and put on a good show. I have been just trying to really pray a lot for everybody that came because they all looked pretty shaken walking out of church. We are all going to need a lot of prayers full of faith so that they have the desire to come to church this next week...

last week a member gave us a bunch of meat. Naturally we bought a charcoal grill for 100 pesos (like 7 dollars). It was a great decision. Sippin back on some Mexican coke while eating some Mexican carne asada and beans.

So yesterday we did some service. We were walking and we saw this lady that was a little older carrying about 20 pounds of weight. We starting helping her carry it to her house. It was interesting because she spoke Spanish really well, but she spoke a language called Automí a lot better. It was like a half our hike through the Mexican wilderness. Through small dirt trails and up the hillside passing cactus and big rocks. I can´t believe she does that. Because she had come from the center, and so she walked a total of 1 hour or so. And was only up until we had to go, because she told us that she was going to have to walk until nightfall to get to where she lived. She is a trooper. We tried teaching her, but she didn't understand our Spanish that well and told us that she understood Automí better. Maybe in the next life...still a cool experience though:)

I love you all!

Elder Paz