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| The painting crew! |
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| Nothing like a good hard days work!! |
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| Now this family can have a cement floor! |
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| Three cute baptism girls! |
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| A nice drive along the beach!! |
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| A little beach-side reading!! |
Hey everyone! I hope all is well at home. We had another good week here
in Mazatlan, really busy, stressful, and physically tiring, but it was
great! The best part of the week was definately Saturday. We had a
baptism! The 2 niñas got baptised. It was incredibly stressfull all week
trying to work it all out and never really knowing for sure if they
were going to get baptised or not. I have a really long history of
stressful baptism days so im used to it. In the end it all turned out
perfect and the baptismal service was great. It was probably the best
organized baptismal service ive ever been to. The president of the
primary went early and decorated the whole room with paintings of the
temple and ribbons and things like that. It looked great! 3 niñas got
baptised in total. The 2 investigadores and an 8 year old girl from the
ward. The 3 are now best friends.
We had the wonderful oportunity of doing service 2
times this week!! The first time was Tuesday. We painted! It was very
enjoyable and a nice break from our regular work, not that i dont love
the regular work. On Thursday we did more service.. not quite so
enjoyable. We had the awesome task of moving a giant pile of rock hard
clay into a house so that they can put in a concrete floor. The floor
beforehand was pure dirt and it wasnt very solid. It was a long day.. I
spent the majority of the time loosening the clay with a pick, moving it
inside the house, and packing it down with a stick connected to a giant
piece of concrete. Im going to send a pic, make sure to notice how
soacking wet my shirt is. Id say it was one of the hardest service
projects ive ever done in my life, but it was incredibly rewarding
because now the family is going to be able something besides dirt as
their floor. Thusday night when we returned to the house we were so
exausted we just crashed on our beds and fell asleep at 9. Both service
projects we were lucky to have the help of our ward missionary leader,
Omar, Hes the taller one in the fotos. Hes great. Hes 18 and just got
his mission call to Argentina. He helps us a ton and joins us with our
lessons almost every day.
Unfortunately, this week we had very few lessons
because of the service and baptisms. We actually don{t have very many
lessons here in Mazatlan. This week i think we had a total of about 5
lessons where we actually sat down with the investigadors and had a
serious lesson. The rest are quick little lessons on the doorsteps of
the people who dont have time or dont accept anything more. This means
that we spend a lot of time walking which i really dont mind. We had a
nice run in with an American this week. She spoke no spanish and said
that she was guided to Mazatlan to do the Lords work. This week were
going to try and teach her, only problem is that she lives in a hotel..
Well i{m glad to hear that you got Grandma all moved
in and that my room is still safe. Its going to be great having her so
close to the house. That is the perfect place for her. This week we have
a week long training meeting in Culiacan. We leave at 3 today and
return saturday. It should be great, allthough i{m not really looking
forward to the heat.. I hope you all have a wonderful week!!! Elder
Mecham
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