Week 42

 So the other day, we were studying and I really could not hear the TV that the members were watching. However, I heard some slight music at the beginning. The first thing that came to my mind was the movie "Stardust."

Later when I went upstairs to eat lunch. They were in fact watching Stardust. I just found that funny.

So the other day I heard a phone go off and this was the ring tone.

Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep

Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep

Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep

Scanning for Mexicans

Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep

Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep

I could not help but to laugh.

The other day I tried Dave's insanity Sauce. It once had the world record for the hottest hot sauce in the world.

I had it with some pizza, and one drop was mixed with some ranch so it was not so bad. I actually liked it a lot.

A couple days ago, we saw this young kid drunk while we were tracking. It was hysterical, but I felt bad for the kid. I did not know if his parents gave him some or if he snuck some without permission.

I think that is everything new and interesting.

I love you all. Bye.

Week 41

 Yay. 2 in 1. I am as fast as an American, and as clean as a Hispanic.

Most Hispanics may not have a lot of money, or a lot of things, but they know how keep things clean, and how to eat well.

Most Americans are very messy. I can often tell who is Hispanic or American just by what the mess looks like outside their house. However, Americans are also typically very fast paced people. I am clean, and fast. Yay.

I have known this for a while, but it finally was put into words by another elder. Forced Repentance is not repentance at all.  You would be surprised how many people don't understand this. Repentance happens from within. No matter what I do I cannot force someone to repent. I could force my companion to obey rules, but it really wont help him as a person until he obeys them from a motivation from within. However, if I allow my companion to do something wrong, then I am also responsible. So there is a balance between forcing your companion to obey rules, and helping him to be motivated to follow the rule from an inner motivation.

I got to go to the sealing of the Torrez family here in this area. It was the first sealing that I have gone to in my life.

Transfers: I am staying. My companion is staying. I guess president decided to keep us both in the area since we are having so much success.

Week 40

 Ok, I need to tell you about this game missionaries made up that is a lot of fun. We call it Gaiter Ball. It is sort of a mix between lots of sports. You have a soccer ball in the gym of the church and you set up 2 church tables on each side as a goal. It is pretty much just soccer except, you are allowed to kick the ball up to another teammate and he can catch it and then run, but he has to drop it if someone touches him. He can pass it to another player though. And yes you can have a goalie and he can pick up the ball without someone kicking it up to him.

So this last zone conference they trained missionaries on how to loss weight. The average missionary in this mission gains 40 pounds. So far I have gained 5 pounds.

They told us that the thing that is the worst to gain weight is Carbohydrates, because when it is digested it becomes sugar, and then what ever is not used at the end of the day of what you ate, is turned straight to fat.

They said that for those people that don't have a lot of exercise (like missionaries that have a car and can only exercise for 30 min every morning), only need 120 grams of carbohydrates a day, women 80 grams.

Also, apparently the best way to burn fat off is climbing stairs, because you are using direct potential energy to go up and down. That burns fat the fastest out of anything else we can do in our 30 min in the morning.

However, not everyone has stairs. Jump rope and running up hills are great alternatives. Apparently they have done this in other missions and missionaries have lost up to 90 pounds before and most can easily loose 40.

So, I am changing my diet to try and eat as little carbohydrates as possible.

Carbohydrates are pretty much, sugar, and the bottom part of the food pyramid. So, rice, beans, bread, tortillas, etc.

And since members feed us every day, and there will likely be lots of that, they encourage us to try and eat the least number of carbohydrates as possible. So eat things like salads, meet, eggs, cheese, vegetables, fruits, etc.

That is all I really have to say this time.

(^_^)

Love everyone, bye.

Week 39

 Something I noticed about being observant. My companion always sees things that I don't see, and I realized why. Whenever we are talking to people (on their door step) he is always looking around, but he hardly is ever looking at the person. What I realized is that what he is observing is at that moment. Sometimes I don't think he is really listening to the person, and is just talking (he probably is listening). When I look at the person, they are looking at the ground because they don't really care; my companion is looking in another direction; there is never any eye contact. Well. I will not say more.

So this week’s letter is not so long because I talked to you all on Sunday.

Love you all, bye.

I forgot. I learned a new word in Spanish.

O Carajo!

That is pretty much the same as saying, "Crap." However, it has something to do with ships. I believe that is the name of the person that the crew report to if something goes wrong. I do know, but in some of the Hispanic countries it could be a cuss word.