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It's finally December

Dec 5, 2017

The changes have come to an end! and it is a new change. I'm still here in iztapalapa, but it's okay. I've got exactly what I wanted. I am literally in the best area in Iztapalapa, and I have so much hope for this change. 

I'll tell you a bit about my new companion, and about how I received him. On Sunday night, the zone leaders called super late and told me that I was training. I was pretty excited, because I really wanted to train. This generation of missionaries is the biggest generation that President Mecham has ever recieved. 23 new missionaries!! There were so many, so it's like half the mission is training practically. Since my companion, Elder Flores, was going home we had to be at the mission house at 7 in the morning. So we had to leave our house at 6.. i was dead tired because the night before I stayed up until 12:00 cleaning my house (12 is late for missionaries to stay up!!) and my companion was packing.  So we got to the mission home, and they told us we didn't have to be in the offices until 10:00 so we went and got breakfast at Burger King. I went to the meeting for trainers, and then we kinda just waited around until the changes at 2. President did a big presentation for the new missionaries in front of everyone, and then he started out by reading their names and who their trainers are. So he got through everyone, 20 names, and he didn't say my name. And I was like so what? am i not training anymore? And then he was like Elder Te and Elder Sanchez, your companions are currently in the airplane, flying from SLC. So I was like okay that means he's american (pretty happy tbh) but it meant that I wouldn't meet him until (8:00 that night. So I had to wait allllllllll dayyyyy in the offices for him to come. President went to pick up the new missionaries at the airport, they finally got to the offices. We got all his stuff sorted out, called a taxi and we went on our way to iztapalapa. But like some how the taxi driver got lost, I didn't know where we were and my companion obviously had no idea where we were, so it was a long journey back to our apartment. I can't explain everything, but I kinda got mad at the taxi driver for getting lost and almost making us late and I think  made him feel bad or something, but he gave us like 50 pesos off the cost of the taxi drive. So i guess it all worked out well!

Anyway! My companions name is Elder Lomeli. He is from Las Vegas! He is super cool too! He speaks likes 5 words in spanish so i can already tell this will be a fun transfer of a lot of learning, good thing Im like an expert in spanish (i'm really not haha). But he is very excited and motivated to be here out on the mission. I already know we are going to get along and baptize this transfer! Anyway, wish me luck for him!

well, hope everyone has a good week. It's christmas season! My absolute favorite time of the year! I'm trying to share the christmas spirit with everyone here. I got up in front of all the youth in my ward and told them that I want to go christmas caroling with them and they literally just stared at me. They had never even heard of christmas caroling in their lives. So it won't be easy, but im trying to get everyone involved! And you guys should too! #lighttheworld, right?? Watch the videos! 

Love you all, make this the best christmas of your life!! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_VRN7hcL_8

Elder Te

Me and Elder Lomeli
goofing around with these awesome ward members

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