January in Mexico

Hola,

This has been a pretty good week.  I feel like we are just about used to working in a trio, and I know that means that things are about to change.  It does seem to work like that often, when we feel comfortable with something is always when God decides we need a change in our lives.  Still, it does keep things interesting.

As far as the work goes, everyone is coming out of their holiday hangover, and we've been having a bit more success finding people to teach.  The thing I have noticed is that of all the people we talk to in the street during the day, half of them at least here say that they have talked to the missionaries before.  I think that gives you an idea of how few people there are in our area here.  Still, we have managed to find some people to teach, so I have faith that we will continue to see progress here.  Not too much new has happened though.  The husband of Ema, the less active who I talked about, died this last week.  It was really sudden in some ways, but expected in others if that makes sense.  Basically he had been pretty sick for awhile, but he had been showing signs of improvement.  Still, he's free from his pain now, so that's good.  Ema has been taking things pretty well so far, and we'll see what happens with her and her family.  She keeps going to church every week though, so I have a lot of hope for her.  Other than her, we have another less active we are working with named Lea.  She literally lives next door to the church, but hadn't gone to church for about a year.  Until yesterday, when she attended.  With her, we have seen that it's not always the best to have so many family members in the same ward.  Basically she and her sisters have decided that they are no longer releated, which is pretty impressive because she lives next door to one of them.  Still, I know that time and the atonement can heal all wounds, so we'll see what happens with her.

Other than that, things are going more or less the same here.  It's still a bit cold, though nothing like January in Utah.  Today was actually pretty warm, and right now I just have a short-sleaved shirt on.  Basically, I think Sarah would love it here.  I love you, and I'll write you later.

Love,

Elder Samuel Long