Well, here we are again. The time keeps flying by, and I feel that every Monday is a bit closer to the last. This week was a bit strange for the changes. My new companion is Elder Santos, from Veracruz. He has about 4 1/2 months in the mission, so he's still got that new missionary smell. He's 22 years old, and has been a member for about 2 1/2 years, so he still kind of has that recent convert smell as well. He's a good guy and a good missionary, so this should be a fun cycle. We also got two new additions to the house and the ward, Elder Robinson, from Washington, and Elder Gomez, also from Veracruz. It's been pretty fun so far with the four of us together, but very different from the last cycle. I think I mentioned in my last letter that they joined the two zones in the stake I'm in, and so they took the Zone leaders out of our ward and put two normal missionaries in their place. If not, I did now. So, it's different more than anything because they aren't zone leaders. Don't get me wrong, there were some good things about living with the zone leaders (Imagine insider stock trading, but with changes in the mission in the place of changes in businesses.), but it does put a bit more pressure on a missionary living with all of his leaders. It could be worse though. There was a time when the Chalco ward had six missionaries: the assitants, the zone leaders, the district leader, and his companion. There's some pressure for you. Now the zone leaders are in a different ward, so it's a bit lighter.
As far as news goes for this week, it's pretty light. Nasario, the golden investigator, is still going strong. He's changed a ton since the first time I met him. When he came to live with his brother, he was unhealthy spiritually and fisically. The first time I talked to him I could hardly understand a word he said, and he could barely walk. Now he seems a lot more confident. He speaks strongly, walks with purpose, if not very fast. Basically he's changed incredibly. Other than that, things are about the same as far as investigators go. The only other bit of news is that President Crickmore came to our ward on Sunday to speak with the members. He was a bit direct about their purpose in missionary work. (Just an FYI, among the missionaries here, it's common to use planchar to refer to being direct, usually without compassion. Planchar litterally means to iron, I guess because that's how it makes you feel afterwards, like you've been ironed. Even speaking in English they use it frecuently, usually changing it to planch. So, if I use that at some point in the future, you know what I mean. More than anything I put this because I almost used it at this point.) It was a pretty good lesson, and took the place of Sunday school and priesthood/relief society, and it's nice to have a change of pace every once in a while.
That's about it for news from me. I feel this is kind of a short one. I'll try to write more later. I did get the package. I needed some new socks pretty bad, so I was happy to see it. Oh, and Elder Santos likes the mint patties. I've never seen them here, so they were a good choice. Oh, and yay for Labor Day. I honestly had no idea that it was Labor Day. Still, I'm glad you get a little break. Hope you enjoy it.
That's it for me this week. I love you, and I'll write you next week.
Love,
Elder Long
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