Hey everyone, where to start.. first of all, i'm in Culiacan! I guess
you could say i'm excited. I've never served in Culiacan before and it is
the Mexico CULIACAN mission. I really loved my ward and area in Mazatlan
but i already had a while there. I was starting to get a little sick of
walking the same streets every day... but we had a few investigadors
who were really starting to progress so that's always tough. My new area
is called Mirador (watcher), and my companions name is Elder Aleman
(german, although he's not german, he's from Guerrero, Mexico). I'm
still district leader, however my district is a little bigger. There're 4
companionships and 2 sisters! It should be interesting with the
sisters. Luckily, i already know both of them and they're really easy
going (sisters usually have lots of problems). I'm also super excited
because one of the companionships consists of 2 of my former companions
in Angostura! Elder Romero and Elder Calleja. We're going to be doing
lots of divisions.
This last week in Mazatlan was splendid. D got baptised! He was
super excited. I waited until after his baptism to tell him that i was
going to leave. I'm going to miss him and his mom. They're both amazing
converts. D is going to be an awesome missionary. It was amazing to
see him and his mom progress in the gospel. I never got to see hna
S get baptised, but she told me that the day she gets baptised that
she's going to send the pictures to my email. She had gone to church
every single sunday for 2 months, arriving early, and paying her
tithing. She already has a goal to go to the temple. She's going to be
moving to Tiajuana in about a month and wants go through the temple
there.
Our mission is raising the bar as far as converts go. The
investigadors now have to go to church 2 times before getting baptised,
the diference is that one of those times they need to go without any
support from us, or the ward. They also need to make a contribution of
tithing or fast offerings before going to church. In the past 3 years
there have been 110,000 baptisms in Mexico. Sadly, the attendence has
only raised 10,000. Our mission is making a goal to have converts, not
just baptisms. This means that we have to really love the people we
teach and not just see them as numbers.
Last week we recieved amazing news!! Due to the change in the age
requirement for missionaries, the missionaries are going to be in the
MTC less time. This means that we're going to have some changes in our
release dates. It will now be 3 weeks later! I'm pretty excited to be
able to find more escogidos for the 3 weeks. I wanted to tell you now so
that you dont plan any big vacations or anything. There also might be a
possibility of leaving 3 weeks earlier, but there's still plenty of
time to decide.
Thankyou everyone for the packages!! I recieved all 4 christmas
packages on saturday. Yesterday i had an incredibly hard time trying to
fit them in my 2 suit cases along with my clothes, books, and other
essencial items, and today it was even harder trying to haul my 2 suit
cases, each weighing 70 pounds, in all the buses, but i'm sure it will
all be worth it christmas morning. Thanks!! Love you all, and Happy
birthday grandma!!!! Love Elder Mecham
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