Dear Friends and family,
The Christmas season is in full swing......and it's hotter n'
heck outside....
But aside from that, it has been a fairly eventful week.
Especially the weekend.
As I am sure you all may know, they just dedicated one of the
coolest looking temples in all the worlds yesterday in Tijuana. If you haven't
seen what it looks like, look it up. It's super cool. Anyway, they dedicated it
yesterday and it was fabulous. Elder Oaks had a tough time reading Spanish, but
he pulled through. It was quite funny actually. President Uchtdorf is a
natural, but still needed a translator. They both gave amazing talks about the
importance and blessings that come from temple work. Future generations will be
richly blessed by our example of diligent temple and Family History work today.
THEN something super cool (on the worldly side of things)
happened at about 11:15 last night. There we were trying to get to sleep, when
all of a sudden fireworks and shouts of joy erupted from outside...and didn't
subside until about an hour and a half later.
Now, here in Mexico, there are only two things that can cause
such a event as this: 1. Mexican and Catholic holidays and 2. Major Futbol
games.
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| Menudo is a soup made of the lining of cow stomach. I ate some at Ramon's house of Friday |
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| We went up to the roof to see the fireworks and hear the celebrations because we couldn't sleep. |
For those that are not aware, here in Nuevo Leon, there are
two major football teams. The first is Monterrey, The Rayados which are based
out Monterrey City itself. The OTHER team are the UANL Tigres our of San
Nicolas. Here, colegiate sports are not as big a deal as they are in the
states, but many of the major universities DO have football teams that play on
the national circuit. Long story short, in them middle of the night last night,
Tigres became national champions!!! Woooooo!!!
In case you are wondering who I have come to support, I
started my mission in San Nicolas and my trainer rooted for Tigres....So I am a
tigre. I even have a (pirated) jersey and a beenie hat. SO, I am vaguely
excited about this event.
So, here we have two examples of what makes the mission more
than worth it. One, the incredible spiritual experiences that come from the
being fully part of the work of the Lord and bringing people unto him. And two,
the ability to integrate oneself into a new part of the world and take part of their
culture and passions. I love it.
Sé que este es la obra del Señor y que no hay mayor felicidad
que las cosas del Evangelio. Sé que Dios vive y nos ama. Sé que la obra de
salvación es en nuestras manos.
Los amo, Feliz Navidad!!!
PS, if you have not seen or shared the new Christmas
initiative from the Church "A Savior is Born" What are you doing with
your life?
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