Hello Everyone! (and I mean everyone!)
Let me just hurry and get this out of the way: many of you may have noticed that you are now on my email list. Don't Question it! In truth I more or less just copied Elder Bylund's Email list and was too lazy to narrow it down. So yeah.
Mexico is great! So much has been happening! 1st off I am no longer our district leader. I have been "promoted" to being Zone Leader. Which means I am kinda in charge of all the districts in our zone. "Wow", some of you might be thinking right now, "That's a lot of responsibility" or "That's impressive!". Well... it's not. We only have one district in our zone, and only 4 elders in total. So nope, I don´t really have to do much.
His letter ended there! Weird. I wrote "There better be more than that coming!" He replied
Hey Mom!
Don't worry, there is! I just had some tech problems and am uploading pictures.
How's it all going back home? Annas Bum healing up? haha that's a funny story :)
Stuff that I wish I had remembered: An umbrella, and more pics of Megan. I've decided that i'm going to give all of my favorite companions a picture of her :) that way they'll have my official seal of approval for dating her!
P day has been good so far though. We went to downtown Mexico and I took a lot of pictures! We were in a van for most of it, but i think i still got some good ones.
Teaching people in spanish is so hard! There are times when I know what I want to say, but I don't know how to say it in the "Native Tongue" yet. But I'm definitely making progreso. That's spanish for progress. I think.
Read my letter when it actually arrives (everyone else wanted to borrow my camera cord and I was the last one done typing), and try not to cry for me too much :)
So here is the rest
(Sorry, Technical difficulties). But Anyways It has been a blast down here! Elder Kopsa and I have just started teaching Jonathan Mendez. Lessons have been going pretty well and he's even started to read the scriptures! Awesome, right? We've been teaching him about prayer and shared with him Santiago 1:5 (That's James 1:5 for all you gringos out there), explaining to him why praying is so important and how it can help him to improve his life. I can't wait to see where the lessons go from here!
District 10A has left us, leaving us as the only district in our zone. It was a sad day when they left, full of many tears (none of them mine of course) and many a sad Hymn sung. Over the past few weeks we had gotten to know them pretty well and it's sad to see them go. This is the slowest time for the MTC, because of school and whatnot, but it's still rather depressing to be the only ones in your entire zone. Another "shipment" of missionaries isn't going to be joining our district for the next few weeks, but we'll find a way to make do.
Every day during gym time we do one of 3 things: Play volleyball, Lift weights/work out, or play with the good old hacky-sack. I'm getting pretty good at it, but Elder Kopsa still makes me look like a fool every time we pass it off to him. Weight lifting is also a fun option, but lately I've been using the elliptical bikes more. I'm going to need all the practice I can get before I'm biking around everywhere I go!
Rumor has it that an apostle is going to be here in a few weeks! I'm not sure if it's true or not, but it would certainly be cool! I really hope one does visit. I would take like six selfies with him. I've also been hearing rumors about a certain magical website that you all can use to send care packages (more specifically, Donuts) to your favorite missionaries down in the MTC! Sounds like fun, right? ;-D
I think I've gained about 50 lbs down here. There is just so much food that I have to try! Today we went to get our Visas verified or officiated or something, and we stopped by to get some street tacos. Now, I've been warned of these street tacos. They're kind of the Russian Roulette of the Mexican world. Either they're delicious, Give you insane Diarrhea, or both. Knowing this, I had two. The tacos were absolutely delish and super spicy, but tonight, we'll see if I won or lost this round of Mexican Roulette.
One thing we do a lot of is play the game "What are the odds". If you don't know how to play it, ask a friend. I have lost this game several times, resulting in: Getting water splashed in my face, eating food with way too much hot sauce on it, and raising my hand during large devotionals, getting called on, and then saying that I forgot.
We did get a new group of missionaries yesterday! Two of them are in our same house but not in our zone. Unfortunately, this means that our backup shower/bathroom is now taken. The good news is that one of them is from Rigby Idaho! My People! Elder Bauro and Hermana Bertalini are both heading out to the spanish speaking Nampa Idaho Mission. So if you ever see them, Tell em that their old buddy John "The Elder" Phillips says hi!
Everything down here is based upon the upcoming movie "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" and I hate it! I hate myself for missing it! Downtown there are posters and billboards everywhere for it. But we found out that by buying "Specially Marked Packages" of cookies in the MTC Tienda, we can get Avengers Stickers! So everything of ours has basically become bedazzled with stickers. It's Pretty Legit.
A few nights back we were woken up at 3am by gunshots. A few minutes later we heard more, followed by a sharp yell. I'm not sure if he died or not, but a man definitely got shot right outside of the MTC walls.
Alright, well before I sign out, here's your weekly Kopsa Joke,
What do you call a Pig with 3 eyes? A Piiig!
I'd include his sewing joke, but he's running out of good material.
Alright, well I hope you all have a great next week! Enjoy the pictures!
~Elder Phillips
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