week 18: the end of the gringo trio

    Well the gringo trio had a great final week, but has come to it's end. I'll get to that later.

The week went well. We found a lot of new people, and taught a lot of lessons. I also hit 4 months out! Thursday we visited this family that's really close to baptism and it went really well. Then we ran into someone on the bus ride back. There's a homeless guy from Guatamala, and when we did our free hielito stand a while back, Elder Hawkins gave him one. The guy has always remembered that, but he thinks it was me, so he always asks me for money and it's pretty annoying. This time he decided to give me something. He had a freshly bought bottle of alcohol he offered me and the other Elders. 

Friday we had a battalion, and the Zone Leaders put me with Elder Norris, who is awesome, and on his first transfer. So we tried, and that was about all we could do. It was fun, and this one lady was really funny. We asked if we could give her a card about Jesus Christ, and she said she already had her bible. I said something about our message that related it to the bible to which she responded, "I don't read my bible (but in spanish)". 

Sunday was the primary program! It was awesome! It was a lot like the ones back home. Some of the kids were singing the songs, some were screaming the songs, and a few would yell so loudly into the mic, that they actually didn't need it. There were also a few differences; they decorated the front of the chapel, the kids all wore white, and surprisingly it was all in spanish. Then after church we went to a ward baptism.

Last night we got a call, and Elder Iongi is going to train, and I'm being transferred, I let you all know where I am next week, 

until then...

--Elder Thompson

Bit and pieces from family phone calls:

I'm excited and a little sad about transfers...excited for a new place, but sad to leave Veracruz when it feels like the work is finally starting to move forward.

We met lots of great new people this week and taught a lot!

We're going to a members house this afternoon to watch "The Other of Heaven"..it will be a nice change of pace. 

I've really loved these past three weeks being in a trio. The other elders have been so much fun to be around and the work hasn't seemed so much like work!
Daylight savings is a week earlier in Mexico...for sure didn't know that...my comp and I showed up 15 minutes before church and we're all "Where are all the people?? Church starts in 15 minutes and it's the primary program and NO ONE is here?" haha...we found out a little bit later about the time change.

My Mexican gummy bear...

yes, I did rip the head off one bear and put it on another bear...

but I did it in Mexico, so therefore,

a Mexican gummy bear!

my mom keeps asking for a "tag pic"

so I sent her this!