Elder Thompson: Veracruz, Mexico/ Bakersfield, California Missions: week 17: just three gringos

zone conference

This week was pretty fun. One of the other Elders in my area had to go home so we've been in a trio of gringos for the past week. Last P-day after we dropped off Elder Quispe, me, Elder Odell, and Elder Iongi went to McDonalds. It was pretty much the same as America...we enjoyed the food while we were eating and then regretted it about 10 minutes after we finished...just like America!

We also had zone conference this week and that was awesome. We had a training on the missionary purpose. We also ate brownies with REAL milk from Costco. Then Sunday something weird happened. We visited a recent convert named Rafa. We had been talking about ghost stories and he told us about a time when his door opened on its own. We said we could say a prayer to dedicate the home, and when we said it, a yogurt container fell and hit the ground. The thing that was weird about it is that it was in the middle of his table, and no one touched it. I looked up to see what fell, and when I saw Rafa's face, I about lost it. He was so scared and his eyes were the size of plates. I just looked down and bit my tongue so I didn't laugh out loud.

Hope everything's good for all of you.

--Elder Thompson

bit and pieces from family phone calls:

This week was busy...lots of teaching because we were meeting with our investigators and the investigators from the other companionship...it's a good kind of busy.

Transfers are next week...I've got a feeling I may be transferring, but we'll see. I'd be happy to stay where I'm at.

Our new transfer planners only have 5 weeks in them instead of 6, so I'm thinking transfers may start being every 5 weeks.

I finally got the birthday card from my grandparents/family/cousins...it took over 2 months!

Best thing I ate this week was a torta with al pastor meat...it was a little like a giant hamburger.

We have a baptism scheduled this week, but the sisters are having some doubts. Pray that they will be able to get the answers they need and be able to commit.