Facts of life

A game of pool

Christ in America and the Virgin Mary

Elder Canche from Yucatan

A treat for Day of the Dead

Well, myldsmail keeps screwing me up. I'll write a letter for a half hour and it’ll delete it... so Mexico is great, the quirkiness keeps me on my feet and my comp is fun, he’s someone I can laugh with. Luckily enough there are just barely enough cool experiences to keep me afloat.

 There are a few cool investigators we have and I've learned something. When you make an appointment with someone for the first time there is a 85% chance that they wont be there! Fact of life. Also another one: you can work you tail end off all week and Sunday night look at numbers and it looks like you slept all week or were at the movies or something! I've given up on the numbers game I'm gonna start focusing on people instead see how that goes. 

I'm enjoying the area, its really tranquilo, not a whole lot going on. Which is nice as a missionary, you don’t have to be in the house at 7 like some in the mission. Here’s some pictures of playing pool on pday, the comp, Elder Canché, a day of the dead treat someone gave me and the funniest of all, a big painting of Christ in America with the virgin underneath! I really do not understand Catholics, the religion is like an ancient Greek or something with all their virgins, saints, and messed up ideas of the Godhead. The first two of the 10 commandments don’t exist in the church and the rest don’t exist outside! Guess that’s why I'm here. Pres said the reason this city is so messed up is because they don’t live the Sabbath day! Out of all the things. We’ve been really focusing on that lately.

Well everyone God lives… and the refiners fire is hot! It takes a long time to burn off the garbage but in the end... well, we'll see what it’s like when we get there.

Love you all,

Elder Solomon

Wide open spaces....hmmm

Well, that’s good to hear Brighton is doing so good, i'm sure missing it. We played a long game of football today and even though I was quarterback I'm already getting sore. I'm so flippin out of shape... but.. Gonna have a baptism this week maybe two. My new comp is pretty sweet he’s from the Yucatan and would make coach workman feel tall (you can tell him I said that=) but he’s a good worker but like me doesn’t talk a lot. We’ve been working our butts off and not getting too much going. You have to go through a lot of people to find the chosen ones here. 

Anyway sounds like you guys are having tons of fun there at home. Brigg get those girls ready for me k?=) they've still got two more years of growing. Boy do I too... happy birthday by the way. Hope you get my present before the next birthday... I got that letter from September 1 this week but also one from Zack from September 25 so who knows what the deal is. 

Oh, ya and really this city is not by any means third world. We went in the nicest mall I've ever been in last week. And it’s really nice in places. My old area was compared to the Beverly Hills of DF but the difference is it’s all so crammed in so tight. Someone asked me what I missed most about Arizona and I said "space" hahaha. 

I've been studying in proverbs lately and found some pretty interesting stuff like 14:4, 15:17, 16:9, 16:24. I've been having some pretty good personal study lately and that really just propels me through the day. I had other stuff to say but forget. 

Oh well, love you all--- 

Elder Solomon

Yum!

October 6, 2008

 Got a birthday coming up.[Brigg's] My gift is in the mail. Got a suggestion for dinner. Mexican burgers=> I love them. Regular burger.... bun, meat, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, onion, mayo mustard catsup, then get the chilies that come in the can with the carrots. Hope you know what I'm talking about and you can either slice them up or put them in the blender for just a sec. throw that on with some cheese and if you want... they also put the pineapple that comes in a big circle with the middle cut out and they grill them on the grill for just a bit... throw it all together. Spicy but wow... sabroso hope I explained good enough-pretty simple.

 Ok momma, where are the football pics? Well and everything else that’s going one. I also need a little wallet size of our family that I can carry around with me. Dad, I had a dream last night that you were here with me for one pday and all you wanted to go do was play basketball! Frustrating cuz I need a haircut! Ok, I'm going to go get one. 

Love you all cuidanse,

Elder PT