September 7, 15

Hey everyone I hope you are all having a great week! Not to much has happened this week, but I guess I learned something knew. The more one understands the Atonement, the more they can bless others lives by being an example of the believers.  I hope you are all having a great week! Thanks for all the things you´ve done for me! Te amo!

Share a smile with someone new this week! A little thing that means nothing to you could mean the world to someone else!

Love,

Elder Phillips

How Awesome! I´m glad to hear that all´s been going so well! Fitmania, Work, Everything! And how did Eli ask Megan to Homecoming? Was it supercool? I will get a new mission president in July I think. They serve for 3 years. I will be here for his last year and the first year of the next one.

I´m glad that your lesson went so well too! do you have a calling as a teacher right now? I don´t remember. In the young women, right?

I will recieve the package today around 7pm, at the end of our meeting. 

So I didn´t have the chance to take any really good pictures yet, but I have been scoping out a few good places. Next time we´re close, I´ll take some pictures for you!

Unfortunately, I don´t think that 6 months of fitmania is a prize. Shouldn´t it be a punishment for the losers? Just saying. "Congratulations! You worked so hard here´s your prize: More Work!"

haha, sorry my letters have been pretty lame lately. Not much has been going on down here. We´ve been struggling a bit. Numbers are looking down, but we´re trying to keep our spirits up! The members are a wonderful support and I´ve been trying to work better with them. And my companion too. We´ve had some troubles, we don´t always get along well, but we´re trying. We havent had a fight yet [lucky for him, cuz I´d totally win ;) ] and we´re trying to work better together. 

I actually was starting to think about a mission extension. However, the President of our mission always says no. So I think Ill ask him one of his last days, and then ask the new one too when they change :) that´s the plan!

How´s school going for the kids back home? Any fun things going on? Any other thinggs you´d like to know about this area or my ward down here?

Love you always!

Elder Phillips

Sorry, I´ll send photos to you next week! I´ll have a bunch for ya!

Love ya!

Elder Phillips

Sounds like you did have a fun week! I do miss hamburgers. They have them here, but they just arent the same :( And how are the boyces doing? Seth has been out for 3 weeks now? maybe 4? Pretty awesome!

I´m still hoping that BSU creams BYU. Sounds like a good game, but nothing BSU can´t handle. Any new players with a lot of potential I should know about?

And Russell got his call! To Kentucky! That is so awesome! What part? 

Elder Ramirez and I are partying it up pretty good down here. He doesn´t really understand English (only about 20%), so we almost always speak in spanish. It is rough, but pretty awesome. I have been practicing my jokes in spanish too. The only problem is that none of the puns translate well :( He has 15 months in the mission and hasnt learned english yet. Thats bad news. All the Mexican Missionaries are required to learn/study english for 1hr every day. But... I dont think that most of them do. I´m trying to push him, but he really doent want to learn. He´s a little bit "frito" as the Mexicans down here say. Just means he's kinda started to relax. But he´s still a good missionary.

And yup! We have our Zone Meeting today in about 2 hrs, so I´ll get to open it! I´m hoping for a pony (we´re not allowed to have pets, but I think I can just hide it in my room and my companion won't notice).

The only things that I dont think you can find down here are Mini English Hymn books. If you could find one up there, that would be awesome! And of course, Reeses Peanut-Butter Cups. Yup. They dont have those delicious american candys down here. they do have a bunch that are a bit spicy though. but they´re kinda strange. I don´t know if I like them or not yet.

And I think that the study group idea is great! if you need a good chapter to read, Ether 12 is always a winner. But also starting from the beginning is a great way to do it to help them understand more of the book. What are your ideas?

We had some complications with a lady we were going to baptize. Her name is Anabel, the almost wife of Rojelio. First, she has to marry her husband legally. However, it turns out that he´s married to another woman in the US and has, as she so kindly puts it, A "Concubina" in every other state (in mexico).

Did you know that Mexico has states too? I didn´t know that at first. 

Anyways, their wedding got postponed a bit because of this. But She´s stilll going to church regularly and stuff. Pray for them! They´re going to need it!

Well, thats all for today. Any other questions? Comments? Concerns? Ward Gossip or Jokes?

Elder Phillips