The thing about the summer solstice in Mexico is that you don't see the sun enough for it to matter. Seriously, I have never seen this much rain in my life, and we make it up to Oregon most summers. This morning the rain was so hard it flooded the kitchen of the members we live above. However, one of the upsides of every (and I mean every) building being made of concrete is that water is really easy to clean up. So Elder Tadeo and I helped them, and within 20-30 minutes you could hardly tell it had happened. Oddly enough however, this incident reminded me of a scripture, Malachi 3:10. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." This morning, I do believe I saw what it means to have the windows of heaven opened, because the courtyard that flooded has three drains in it to stop this exact situation. There literally was not room enough to receive what was being poured out. If that's what the blessings for paying tithing are like, I definitely want them.
As far as new things go, we had divisions for the first time this week with the zone leaders, Elders Zamora and Dixon. I went to their area with Elder Zamora, and it was an interesting experience. They have both been out 15 months now, so they have figured out a lot of tricks I hope to be able to use here. But it felt a lot like my first day here in Tlahuac. I didn't know the people or the area, and I still don't truely know the language. Oh, and every single person asks you to say the prayer when you are the new person. Still, it was a good experience. I really liked what one man said about why he agreed to listen to the missionaries. It had been raining that day (surprise surprise), so he asked us if we had been out in the rain, to which we replied yes. He then said that that was why he had first chosen to talk with the missionaries, because the pastors of the Catholic and other churches aren't out in the rain trying to help bring others to Christ. This made me feel pretty good about walking out in the rain, or in the sun, or whatever, because it shows that it does make a difference.
Other than that, things have continued on about the same. I feel a little better with the language everyday, but I still often find myself completely lost when someone is talking to me. Still, I know I just need to be patient and I'll get the hang of it. As far as the baptism goes, she missed sacrament meeting the last couple of weeks, which means we will have to reschedule it. Still, I have faith that it will still happen, just not quite as soon as we had hoped.
I'm glad to hear things are going good at home. I miss spending time with you, but two years really isn't that long of a time. I love you.
Elder Samuel Long.
P.S. I got bit by a lizard today. Figured you would want to hear that.
A Lizard Story -
First off, lizards are everywhere here in Mexico. They are more common than birds. So, during the flood that I talked about this morning, one took refuge inside the house of the members. Elder Tadeo picked it up, and held it out to me. I reached my hand out and the thing clamped on to my finger. It didn't have any teeth, so it didn't really hurt, but it refused to let go. Finally I let it hang just by it's mouth, and it let go to try to run for it. That's about it.
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