How have you all been? Good? Good? Good! I've been good too! The MeciMTC has been a blast, but I'm already halfway done! Crazy, right! We've been able to confirm recent suspicion: The beans here are a blend of beans and yesterday's dinner. In this case, Corn dogs. yup. my companion found piece of the hot dog in his beans. and he loved it.
Most important thing first! Remember last weeks game of Mexican Roulette we played with the street tacos? We lost. We each ate two tacos (because they are incredible delish) but the next morning... let's just say we lost big time. My comp was unable to go to classes for the whole day and he had a pretty gnarly fever too. I was slightly better off, with just a mild case of that good old fashioned "Mexican Vanilla", if you know what i'm saying. I'd like to say that we learned our lesson, but next time we leave the walls we're already planning on buying a few more. WORTH IT!
Hermana Baird is an artist! This week she drew pictures of Elder Kopsa and Elder Toledo, and they're pretty legit! Elder Kopsa actually looks like a man in his! I'm hoping to get a portrait done of me soon. While we were writing home, the Hermanas went out and made cookies. They brought some back and they were great! Oatmeal Chocolate Chip! I'll throw in some pictures so you all can be jealous of my cookie.
The Tie trade was a great success. Once a week about a dozen or so elders would meet in Casa 47 with all their ties and trade them. Of course we act like complete gentlemen too, "Good sir, Might I be able to hold your blue paisley tie?" "Why yes, of course my good man!" "Thank you, you are a gentleman and a scholar!" And so on. You get the picture. My favorite tie I have is a wonderful flowery one that I got from my sister Anna before I left. I think I have a picture of it that I can send. But anyways, we got busted by the local authorities and had to return home for the night. That's right, Presidente Call was on patrol and saw the lights were still on. It may mean that it was the last of the Great Tie Trades. But probably not. We will not be silenced! And we will not go down without a fight! Unless he tells us to. There really isn't much we can do about it.
In other news, This weeks heist was completed without a hitch! We "stole" a nice comfy chair from our casa's living room and relocated it into our bedroom. We didn't have a lot of room, but it's still a wonderful addition. We have named it "The Chair of Truth". It's pretty legit. And as the name implies, so long as you're sitting in it you must answer all questions with 100% honesty. The local cleaning ladies either haven't noticed it missing, don't really care, or haven't cleaned our house in the past week. Hopefully they just haven't noticed.
Great News! David A Bednar will be coming here next week! It has officially been proclaimed by the choir director! So I'll be in a choir singing for him! Super Legit!
On May 4th I wore my Star Wars Pajamas whenever I could. Even to the Gym! It was one of the few times I would have that chance while on my mission. May the Fourth be with you! And then the next day was The Return of the Fifth! AKA: Cinco De Mayo!!! Guess how much they party here on Cinco De Mayo? Bzzzt, Wrong answer! The correct choice was not at all! Surprising, right? Mexico's independence day isn't until like September or something. I was very disappointed.
Just Yesterday Hermana Gregson was sick with a fever, so we gave her a blessing. And just a few minutes later she was feeling much better! Which was awesome! Especially because the topic of our lesson we taught Jonathan was The Priesthood. We shared the story and at the end of the lesson we asked him to be baptised... And he said Yes! AWWW YEAH!!!!
So for those of you who don't know, it is very important to learn the language. I have had a few...Experiences that I would Like to share. 1st one was while I was teaching some investigators. I told them that when we pray we close our ears instead of our eyes (orejas instead of ojos). They looked very confused and started laughing once they realized my mistake. 2nd story: While talking to some workers, they asked where Elder Toledo and Asquith had gone. So I told them that they had gone to Hell (Infierno), instead of the infirmary (enfermio i think). So remember, Learn the language!
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Love ya all!
~Elder Phillips
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