Greetings to my Beloved Friends and Family from Mexico City!
I felt like this week I learned and progressed a lot! And I'm still Loving the Mission!!!
WHAT'S NEW
TRANSFERS: Well, this week comes with Transfers again. Last night we received the news that... Elder Galindo is leaving the area and I'm staying here. I'm sad to see Elder Galindo go, but I suppose it's a good thing, he was ready to leave after having 6 months in the area. And I've still never had a companion for more than one transfer and I'm going to receive my tenth in total in the mission: Elder Harris, Elder Tams, Elder Begley, Elder Marsh, Elder Schow, Elder Oberg, Elder Rivera, Elder Segovia, Elder Galindo, and now one more. But like I've said before, even though it's hard to keep adjusting, each companion is a blessing. There are new things to learn with each one. The 3 other missionaries that arrived from the MTC with me are all just leaving their first area and about to receive their fourth companion. So I feel blessed with the unique circumstance I have, and the many things I have been able to learn.
MOUSE IN THE HOUSE: Recently, we have found a bunch of bugs in our house. There has always been a ton of spiders. Then two weeks ago, we found a scorpion. And in the past week, we have found three cara de niños, poisonous, grasshopper-like insects. Tuesday night, we found a mouse in our room as it ran right by my foot. My companion and I don't like mice,but we didn't have anything with which to kill it, so we went and asked the owner of our house if they had anything. Our owner just said, no, just kill it with a broom. (We asked the Zone Leaders for permission to stay the night with the other elders and they said no.) We closed the door to our room, stood on our bedframes and began moving everything from my bed, one thing at a time. We ended up hitting the window curtains and it fell out and ran to another part of the room. So we would move the stuff from that part and it would run out to a different part. Each time it ran out, I would get several good wacks at it with the broom, but it never died. (We even saw it run halfway up the wall!) Finally, we had everything out of the room and the mouse was trapped behind a weightset. We were sure we had it. Then it ran behind a warddrobe built into the wall. We couldn't move the warddrobe, so we slept on the mattresses on the floor in a different room for the next few nights. The next day we bought mouse poison and a mouse trap. But we are still yet to catch the mouse, so we have made our new room our permanent room and moved everything out of the old one. Fun adventures!
GENERAL CONFERENCE: I AM SO EXCITED FOR GENERAL CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND!!! There is always so much personal revelation to be received!!! Who are your guesses for the new apostles? My guesses are Tad R. Callister, Donald L. Hallstrom, and a Latino.
MIRACLE: This week, the daughter of one of the families in our branch went missing. All week the family was very worried. We went over a few times and shared messages of hope with them. And we said prayers that if it was God's will, that the daughter would be found. And she was on Saturday! The cool part is that this scary incidence has strengthened the bond of this family. And there are many members of this family who aren't members. And they all came to church yesterday and shared their testimonies of God's help in this event. It's incredible to see the tender mercies of the Lord and his work among men. The church is true! I know it!
OTHER NEWS: This week we started an English class in the branch! Pictures to come next week. Our mission is shrinking in size! Many areas have to be closed because each transfer, more missionaries are leaving than coming in. This week is the Ajusco fair! It's like a miny Lagoon! Amusement park rides and parades line the entire streeet!
Well, that's all the time I have! Until next week! I love you all!
Elder Jarrett
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