Hola,
Well, another week has come and gone, and I'm now three days away from completing a year in the mission. I can definitely say that this has been one of the most incredible years of my life, although it doesn't feel like it's been a year. In fact, it feels like I've been gone about a week, and a lifetime at the same time. I guess that's how time works in the mission though. Sometimes I don't even recognize myself because of all the changes I've seen in myself. And I've still got another year here.
As far as this week goes, it was pretty good. We had interviews with President Crickmore on Wednesday, which are always good. (In part because Sister Crickmore always brings brownies.) It was kind of weird though, because the last time we had interviews, I was with Elder Ortiz, but in Ayotla. The only bad part is that the interviews always take a long time. We were supposed to have our interviews from 12 to 12:30, but we ended up finishing around 2. Still, it's always nice to have a chance to talk with President Crickmore about how everything is going. He has a way of helping you see everything in perspective, and has a great spirit around him. Actually, as part of this interview we started talking a bit about you guys. Don't worry, I didn't tell too many embarassing stories. And since I've already explained part of Wednesday, I'm going to cheat and use it as the day that I explain all that we did. So, after the interviews, we went to the food. (I honestly have no idea what would be the right word to use here. In Spanish we say la comida, which is the food, or the meal. However, neither one sounds right to me. If you can think of the right word, let me know.) We eat pretty much everyday in Amecameca with the sister missionaries, and this day was no exception. (I may have mentioned that before. If so, sorry for the repeat.) Anyways, this day we ate lentils (which are surprisingly common here in Mexico. It was a surprise for me at least.) and mole with ground beef and nopales. After we left there, the sisters gave us a surprise change of plans. They told us that they had made an appointment to work with a less active young man who had started to show interest in serving a mission. However, when they mentioned it to President in their interviews, he told them that they had better not do it considering that he is male, and they are females. So, they asked us to take him with us to our area, and to work with him there. (Oh, one of the unavoidable facts of life in the mission. If the sister missionaries ask you to do something, you're going to do it.) So, we went to meet him, and afterwords we went back to our area. We got there at about 5 (sister missionaries take a long time to eat) and we went to a lesson with a less active member named Josefina. Her neighbors are investigators, so we talked about being an example. After that we went out looking for somebody to teach. First we passed by the house of pretty much everyone we know, and afterwords we started looking for some adresses that the sister missionaries left, but without too much luck. We did this until about 7:30, at which point we had to take the young man, Emillano, back to his house. So we went back to Amecameca, dropped him off, then went home. (I don't know if I mentioned it or not, but we live outside of our proselyting area, which makes things a little bit difficult.) (Oh, sorry again for all the parentheses. I think I get a bit distracted sometimes.)
Other than that, everything has been pretty good. Elder Ortiz and I got a bit sick on Saturday, but we're both feeling better now. I love you, and I'll talk to you next week.
Love,
Elder Samuel Long
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