Well, another week has come and gone here in Mexico. I still can't believe it's November because it's been hot the entire month. We've been floating around the 80s, and the sun has been strong. It's not bad, but it's weird, since I'm used to seeing snow in November. It's even worse for Elder Jones, since he's from Canada, where they're used to seeing snow in October. It's going to be weird for him in a week when he's on his way home.
Other than the heat, this has been an interesting week. I got a bit sick Monday Night, so we lost Tuesday while I was recovering. (I'm better now, so don't worry.) Other than that, things are more or less the same on the investigator front. Which means we don't have much. I guess our area has had some pretty serious problems with disobedient Elders (And disobedient bishops. This ward has had a rough time.), that have made it difficult on our end. It kind of goes to show you the long term effects our decisions can have. Sometimes we don't even realize everything that our actions can cause. And I'm sure we won't be the last Elders to have to deal with these outcomes. It is a bit frustrating having to deal with the consequences of somebody else's actions, but I guess we're helping repair the damage made. But I feel like it's going to be a long process. So, I'm just trying to do all I can to help anybody who will accept my help, and I'll let the Lord take care of the rest.
Other than the lack of work, we had a good week. We had Stake Conference this weekend, which was OK. I didn't really like that in the Saturday Night session all of the people giving talks started asking questions to the congregation. I feel like that's OK in some circumstances, but not in a Stake Conference. But it was good. President Crickmore came on Sunday, and compared eating tacos to sharing the gospel in his talk, which I feel got through to the members a bit. Today we had a exercise day for the mission, which was fun. We got German jerseys, which came out pretty good. We didn't win, but we didn't lose as bad as my zone did the last time we had one of these. Not too many injuries this time either, which is pretty good. One zone learned the Haka to perform it at the beginning (Which isn't as impressive when you don't have a single polinesian.), and then we beat them at soccer and volleyball. So, it was a good day all in all.
That's about it for news from here. And I did in fact know it was veteran's day on Wednesday, because they also celebrate it in Canada. But they call it rememberance day or something like that. And apparently everybody where's a poppy, and if you don't you're a terrible person. Basically, I've learned a lot about Canadian culture this cycle. (Apparently their version of 911 is like 20 numbers long. They litterally have a song that they learn to remember it all.)
That's it for me this week. I love you, and I'll write you next week.
Love,
Elder Samuel Long
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