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Christmas is right around the corner!!!

Nov 27, 2017

Well everyone, I am in my last week of the tranfer! This one has gone by so incredibly fast. Since my companion is going home, I am like 99.99% sure that im staying in this area. But it's all good, because I LOVE my area. Despite the fact that its dangerous and all, the work is pretty good. Like I said this area hasn't had a single baptism for 6 months!! I couldn't believe it when I heard that, but I really really want to change that! So thats my goal for this next change.

I'm not gonna lie, nothing cool really happened this week. But yesterday at church some members were telling us that the temple lights were going up tonight, and i was all like dang I wanna go, but theres no way president will give us permission. So I kinda forgot about it,a nd then like an hour later one of our investigators said that he wanted to go see the temple lights, so i got really excited! And I kept telling my companion to ask president, and he kept saying no and no. Then finally he sent hima message and he responded saying yes! I was shocked. So anyway, we got to go to the temple again!! It was the best, there was like 2000 or 3000 people! And like all the mission presidents in mexico city were there and there was a devotional and the visitors center was so full. And since my brother served in the east misison (which has the temple in it) everybody knew him, so everytime i go theres a bunch of misisonaries or members that want to take pictures with me so its fun.

Anyway, we waited awhile for the lighting to start, but finally Elder Castañeda and the rest of the church leaders came out and they started, im gonna try to put the video! But im sorry i didnt have much to say this week. Next week will be a lot better i hope! I'll have a new companion.

Anyway here are the pics... and some other ones fromt he week.

Love you guys!

Elder Te

Got to meet my brother's mission president, President Naumann and his wife! They are so cool
In the mission office, do you think I decorated the tree? Nah


Which one is more important to me...

They decorate the temple square every year for Christmas time. It is so pretty!



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