So whats up this week? A party, that's what!
Ok, not really a party, but it was fun! First off, we say goodbye to Elder Chalmers. But we welcome Elder Aguilar. He's from Puebla, Mexico and his name means Eagle in spanish. He's been teaching me a lot about improving my spanish and it's been great. It rained this week! It was wonderful! Unfortunately, three days later, the water is still pouring out of the water main and onto the streets. But the clouds are awesome! Everytime I see a cloud my heart does a little happy dance.
So my companion is learning english and I'm learning spanish right now. This means our conversations are crazy blends of two different languages and hand signals. We're pretty good at charades now. However, one of our favorite things to do is sing songs. Mostly just hymns. This is our favorite way to practice learning each others languages. It's been pretty fun so far, and I've almost got a few hymns memorized!
So this week I tried teaching my companion how to start The Boiler. After letting him try for a few minutes, I attempted a demonstration and lets just say it didn't turn out so well for me. I burnt a lot of the hair off of my right hand and about a third of it off of my arm. My eyebrows and my hair were fine (Hallelujah!) but my eyelashes were singed. Fortunately, nobody can really tell. Either that or they just haven't said anything.
Familia Gomez is getting baptized this week! There are three of them, The Abuela, And the 2 Grandsons (about 10 yrs old). We've been teaching them for a few weeks and they are pretty excited for this next step! They have been attending church for about 2 months now and are getting to know the people in our little ward. Our ward is the Chapultepec 1 ward. And it is the best! There are so many wonderful members here that are always willing to help the missionaries in the work!
Adios!
Elder Phillips
Hey Mom!
I love hearing all about Girls camp and seing the pictures! we cant have bikes in our mission, so i recommended that we buy horses and ride them around. or Donkeys. The Burritos are still good and heres one you have to try. Its called Chile Relleno. Take a large jalapeño and hollow it out. then stuff it with cheese. dip it in a batter of sorts and then grill it. stick it in a totillla shell with beans and some meat and tadaa! chile relleno! they also dont use taco seasoning down here. I dont know why though. Im still trying to figure out some things.
Every P day we have 1hr and 30 minutes to write our mission president, friends, family, and our baptized converts if we changed areas. if you are a DL or ZL, you get more time to write the president and stuff. We havent done anything fun for pday yet. and as for packages, I'll probably get it tonight at our Zone Meeting.
Mark and Seth are leaving already? What!!!! Crazy! I'll have to write my old teacher at the CCM and see if Seth is put in his class. thats crazy awesome! And Steven's getting back home? Already! Time sure does fly out here!
That sounds like a great object lesson too! even though it wasnt quite as you planned, it went great!
And you were right! I was doubting what you said about the rainy season, but it rained last week! it was a full on flood almost! I wish I had some pictures to send you. It was cloudy too and felt awesome!
Here's our adress if you want to google maps it!
Santiago Mendez 1513
Ciudad Jaurez, Chiuahua
Mexico
I think thats it, more or less.
Love you mom!
Elder Phillips
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