I will start this post with a story---this is Mom. My husband and I received a call from an 801 number (Utah) and I wondered who it was. I answered and heard some muffled Spanish in the background. Pretty soon I figure out it is Seth. "I am calling from Sister Doman's phone. Something happened." Ummm, what happened you ask? Well, the Federales came onto their bus and checked green cards. This wasn't a problem except for when you put the green card back in your wallet, you should put your wallet away so you don't go to sleep and it drops on the floor of the bus and you forget about it. Anyway, he is without a green card for a bit while they get a new one. We canceled the debit card and will figure out what to do about the license. Mama Doman said that he "wasn't in Kansas anymore" and that perhaps he needs to find a way to keep a hold of his belongings. With the suitcase and now wallet, that is a GOOD idea. LOL! She and President Doman are so wonderful. They expressed their love for Seth and that he was doing great! I appreciate them so much and their service to the people of Mexico, to the missionaries, and particularly my son. Good times in Mexico! :-)
Now on to the regularly scheduled programming.
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This week was another crazy one between helping out in other areas, a meeting with President Doman, getting a few important things stolen, and special changes in the middle of the day.
But I´ll start with the beginning. So, starting this week, Elder Quiñonez and I were trying to see what we can do to help our zone. So we decided to travel and go check each area for ourselves. We started in 3 Picos. It's a good area and we spent a day there working. Then we took our trip to Pijijiapan, which was good but not much work. More traveling because it's almost 2 hours in an autobus from here. Then we went over to finish out in Arriaga and from there we went out to Chahuites a tener un actividad (to have an activity) con la zona Tonala y Chahuites with the Domans. It was fun, but my wallet fell in the autobus and we are pretty sure the people right by us in the bus took it because when we went back everyone said they never saw anything lol.
But the meeting was cool. We talked about those little ketchup cup things at fast food restaurant places and how honestly we are like those cups a lot. For example, the cups were made to expand and hold more ketchup but most people don't know this so they use them like the little cups like they came. But they could be getting more out of this cup.
We too often put ourselves in situations or make decisions that make us like the cup someone that could be so much more but we are stuck to just the basics. We are all loved sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father. We must think this way, that our potential is eternal. God wants us to eventually be able to have all that He has. He is waiting to bless us with things that maybe we never even imagined we could receive. But if we keep an eternal perspective and continue to keep the commandments, through Jesus Christ and His Atonement for us, we will begin to see that He is helping to change us bless us and expand our lives. Then before we know it we will be like this cup after it has expanded, we will have grown and realized that we are always more than what we thought. We got a lot out of it.
I always like the talks that Mama Doman gives. But after this a flood of interviews happened So President pulled Elder Quiñonez and I in to talk a lot about changes and each missionary individually. We were so mentally exhausted after but we decided after that we needed some changes. But they were not gonna be announced until Sunday night. But the next day "Sabado" in the middle of the day while walking to a visit, we hear that we have changes in the zone and two of them had to head to the offices Sunday night and they were gonna close 3 Picos from the missionaries.
So that was a lot all at once but we organized everything. Right now for the next two weeks my area consists of Tonala 1, 3 Picos, Cabeza de Toro, Puerto Arista, and five other pueblos hasta manguitos. So quite a bit but we are gonna work hard for these next two weeks with my new companion from Bolivia--Elder Guttierez--because after these two weeks I am going to a different area.
ABRIL DE AGRADECIMIENTO!!!!
HASTA EL ARBOL
TGM!!!!
LES AMOO
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