October 24th

¡Hola!

 

Everything is going good down here and things changed this week for the better i think.

 

On saturday we had special transfers. Elder Garcia changed with another elder that was DL in a different area. Elder Cruz is my new comp. and he only has 3 weeks left in his mission before he heads home. He is from Tijuana also and is the oldest of 4 brothers, he is 20 and his brothers 18,17, and 5. Big gap in the last ones no! He was DL for 1 yr and now he is with me but they put him as Junior comp and me as senior. Werid no?

Elder Templin and Elder Cruz 

This week I got to see the other part of the funerals here in mexico. One of the Sister's husband died and she wanted us to go because none of her family wanted a catholic funeral and she wanted to have us come. We went to the viewing for about an 1hr and then to the cemetery. They are different here, they are above the ground and are stacked 4 high by about 50 long and there are a lot of rows in the cemetery. We went and the put the casket in one of the boxes and we all waited until they closed it up with bricks and cement. We sang a few hymns with some of the people form the ward and then that was all. It's a lot different then back home.

 

Pizza and a Movie 

 

That was my week and today we had an activity with the zone. We all went to the stake and played some Bball for an hr and then went to play soccer. I got 2 goals in. We played for a while then went back to the stake and had pizza and watched Prince of Egypt. That took all day and then we had to clean our cloths fast and come to write.

 

With this change in companions i might be here another cycle after this who knows.

 

Thanks for everything and hope all is good. Love you all.

 

Love you all,

Elder Templin