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

 Hey guys!

Well this week was a lot better than last week. 

Remigio got to Church! So he is still progressing, his biggest problem is just drinking, he hasn't drunk in about a week though, so I knw that your prayers are being answered:) 

We also found a wonderful couple this week called Jazmin and Ediel. They were some references from a member. They are a young couple with two little chilluns. They are awesome. They don't practice any religion right now, and are super receptive. They accepted to go to church and baptism for the 16th of May! They look like they could progress a ton! We only need to be really constant with them, we are just hoping that they are not going to have any big probelms...so please pray for them so that they can overcome whatever might come!

So this week we have killed like 5 cockroaches that were about an inch long each, not counting their antennas.

So this week we went to a part of our area that is called Pacula. It was about 2 hors away in car. Yeah. Pretty far. But actually there is a part of our area that is about 4 hours away. So our area is basically the size of the Kennewick mission maybe:) Anyway Pacula is way cool. I will send some pictures. It is just mountains and pine forests, just like at home, absolutely beautiful. I have never seen anything like it before. We went to go and visit someone that I never thought I'd see again. Turns out one of the families of members from Zumpango has about 100 acres of land out in Pacula and they decided to go and start to work. Weirdest thing in the world to see them at church, but it was really cool to see them all the way out here:)

Thanks fam and don't forget to pray, study the scriptures, and share your testimony with someone daily! I love you all!

Elder Paz

 Hello family!

So this week was a lot better than last week...we found a lot more and it looks like we have got some more solid investigatores.

So Remilgio is awesome. He has come to church just one time, but he really liked it. His biggest problem is getting over alcohol. He is going to need a lot of help with that. He is really good. He lives by himself and is a Mechanic. A member brought him to church and that is how we got to know him. We see a ton of potential in him!

Ester came to church this week, for like the billionth time. She really just needs to decide what she is going to do. She knows the Church is true. She loves going. She knows that God wants her to get baptized, she said so her self. Her kids are already members, and she is basically a member. 

I am just loving this area. Me and the comp are getting along great. The area is beautiful, there are actually a lot of treed areas, something I haven't really seen too much of in Mexico. The progress  is a little slow, but sure. We are making lots of plans with the ward council and the members are really good. all is well in Zion.

So other than that life is good. I love you all!!

Elder Paz

 Hello family and friends!

Wow, these last changes were huge! So my dreams have come true. Everything I ever wanted to do I am basically doing now. I once again came back to the Tezontepec zone, this time in one of the biggest areas in the mission, its called Ixmiquilpan. It was actually part of my district when I was in the area Tezontepec. We have about 4 or 5 municipios, which are like counties I think. We can go hours in one direction by transport and we are still in our area. One of the members told us, I don't know if it was an exaggeration or not, but he said that we can go 6 hours from the church and we are still our area. That's what I'm talking about:) It is country again, really similar to Tezontepec and Santiago. 

So my companion is Elder Garcia, he is a new guy, straight from the MTC in Provo. He is from California, but his parents are Mexican, so he already knows Spanish. We are getting along really well:) 

Also I am a district leader again:) We are just a little unit of 4 elders here in Ixmiquilpan:) Oh and obviously my companion and I are opening area...a lot harder than I thought. This week has actually been pretty hard, but through the exercise of a lot of faith, I feel like we have a foothold on everything. The area wasn't in a great condition when we got here, but we are getting to know the investigatores and members and it is going well. 

So we really need you guys to pray for Alvaro and Mayra. They were actually going to get baptized a few weeks ago, but for some weird stuff that happened, it didn't go through. lately they haven't even been accepting that the missionaries visit them. So the first thing we need that you do is pray that they will let us visit them:)

Esther and Vicente area another couple that are really good but have been having a lot of marital problems. They need to realize the blessings that they can get from living the gospel. They have already been to church, they just need to get back together, get married by the law, and then get baptized.

Well I thank you for all that you do for us! I love you all so mucho and hope that you have a splendid week while you study and apply your conference talk notes! I love you!

Elder Paz 

 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!!