Transferred To Tapachula

Well beloved transfers have arrived once again, and just like always I am going to make you wait until the very end to enjoy them!

This week has been kind of a bummer.  Ok it didn’t start with a bummer because we had our activity in Puerto Arista and it was super great!  We ended up driving to the wrong place because the Assistants told our zone leaders wrong, so we didn’t end up going to an Island but it was still great!  The place we were having it at was right on the beach this time and it was super nice!  My mission president was super funny too!  We all decided to take a picture about calf deep in the water.  Not too long after we were all posing President George runs up to take a picture with his phone!  Right as he does a ginormous wave hits us from behind and almost takes us out! Then 2 seconds later another one hit us and took out Elder Ipabarri who is a ginormous Brazilian!  We laughed pretty hard and so did President George.  Then they decided to dig a big hole and Elder Johnson bent over right in front of President George in front of the hole and so the President kicked him in the rear straight into the hole!  Elder Johnson was mad until he saw who had done it and we were laughing so hard!

Digging the Hole

We got some great food and even played some Frisbee for a while but it was time to go back to work, that’s when the non fun stuff happened.  It’s always hard to come back after an activity but we ended up having to leave behind our two progressing investigators.  Lionell´s dad won’t allow him to go to church anymore and we asked Humberto if he was willing to go to church without us helping him get a ride and he said no.  We just have to trust that if he gets better and if Leo gets older, that missionaries will find them again or they will make the effort to come themselves.

After that we were pretty bummed and to top it off we had a ton of appointments fall through.  At the end of the day with 30 minutes till 9 we had no idea what to do so we just waited on a street corner thinking.  This guy comes up to us and starts waiting too.  He was dressed more dressy than your normal average joe, so we started having a little casual conversation (what you doing? waiting for a taxi?) anyways he ends up being a P.H.D.  Certified Lawyer and a Professor.  We had our hands full until he told us he believed in Christ and in God!  He has read the Book of Mormon before and has never been to our church because he has never been invited.  He didn’t come this Sunday, but we have hopes he will come in the future!

1. Doing divisions with Elder Hansen he decided to buy 1 kilo (like 2.5 pounds) of shrimp and we ate all of it that same night.

2. My mom’s birthday was on Wednesday and so was the sister of my Companion.  Elder Hansen’s mom’s birthday was on Friday!

3. I somehow managed to fit everything in my bags without needing to take my duffel bag out as a 4th!

4. My new area will have a ward and will possibly even have Wal-Mart nearby!

5. Ok so here are the transfers!  I am getting transferred to Tapachula, Mexico and will be serving with Elder Reyes.  Elder McDonald will probably be going to the same district as me too!  We have to leave at 1.30 for some reason today so we have been scrambling to get everything done.