"ES QUE ESTOY BAÑANDO MI BEBÉ"
Dear Everyone I love,
First, I want to say that Dad, you´re experience visiting Chile sounds
so cool! I do love being here right now, and while I am, I want to
build relationships with the people just like you did! I´m glad to hear
that the Wan and the Vikings are dominating. Once again the Universe is
in order. Oh, and how ´bout them RANGERS!
Second, I would like
to
acknowlege my Older brother´s quote of the week. "What´s with Hish´s
junkie emails? THEY´RE TOO SHORT!" Ouch. Haha! Not gonna lie;
Zander´s quotes always make me laugh. Yeah, I know, the last one was
really too short, but like I told you, whenever you get a short email
from now on, it´s not because I´m too lazy to right a good one. It´s
because sometimes we have to travel A LOT on P-Days. (Actually
everyday in general). We live in Tenancingo which is about 1 hour to Metepec where we have Zone conferences, district meetings, soccer games, etc. But this LAST P-Day, we went to an awesome city called Malinalco to see some ancient Mayan pyramids. It´s not quite as far as Metepec, but it took
us an hour to get there by bus too, because, well, we´re in Mexico in
the middle of the wilderness. Unfortunately, we weren´t able to see
the pyramids (they´re closed only on Mondays), so we weren´t too lucky.
Unfortunatley, we also took about 3 hours in that town trying to find
something to do, but nothing really happened. Sometimes P-Days are like
that, so sorry, everyone! So, I guess, just like any man would do, I´m
putting the blame on something else. I guess I´ll have to just follow
the advice that a wise man once told me in my life: "GET YO´ FEET
MOVIN´!"
Anyway, this week was pretty crazy, but I loved it. We
did 2 exchanges this week were I was with 2 different missionaries for 2
different days. Oh, yeah, and did I mention that they were from Mexico
and Argentina? In case you didn´t know, those two countries DON´T
speak
English. And neither did these two missionaries! Woohoo! So, mom,
you wanted to know how my Spanish is doing? Well, let´s just say
this. I taught the lessons as much and as fluently as these two lessons
when we were with investigators. However, when one of them asked me if
I wanted to be a soldier, I had NO IDEA what he was saying. We don´t
use "soldier" too much when we´re teaching baptism as it turns out.
Haha! However, I´m improving. For example, when the Argentina missionary,
Elder Robledo, was interviewing Manues (one that went to church last
week) for baptism, I was teaching the REST OF THE FAMILY an ENTIRE
lesson BY MYSELF. Looking back, I could NEVER have done that when I
first arrived here. Well, I could´ve but it would´ve taken me 3 hours.
But this time it only took me 30 minutes! The
gift of tongues is real, baby!
Our investigators are doing
great. Sofia and Manuel got interviewed for baptism, and it looks like
they´ll be able to do so soon! And Meli and Amparo, well, it´s kind of a
long story with them. This is the family we found by knocking the tiny
door next door that happened to be a closet. Do yáll remember them?
Anyway, they´ve been having A LOT of trials lately financially and
spiritually. We keep on telling them that we don´t have a sure promise
of blessing until after the trial of their faith, and that although
something new keeps on coming up to prevent them each Sunday, that they NEED to go to church so that they can RECIEVE the blessings from that and baptism. But this Saturday and Sunday, they needed to move out of they´re house. So, what
do you think ElderMonroe and I did? That´s right, we
spent ALL of Saturday, packing, moving, and carrying heavy objects for
these two women and Amparo´s daughter, Fernanda. It was such a good
experiece doing service for these 3 people that we love so much, and I
never thought I would spend so much time talking to a little 6 year old
that reminded me so much of Mantha. Ultimately, we got everything
packed and out of the house by 8, but the man that was GOING to drive
the moving truck for these women (who don´t know how to drive, btw)
decided to go to a bull fight instead. Just saying, I know that Jesus
taught love, forgiveness, and patience, so I´ve had to practice some of
that for THAT man when that happened. They couldn´t go to church with
us (because it was in Metepec), but they now know how much we care about
them. We both have a love for each other,
and I think that they´re already feeling the spiritual blessings from
this gospel.
To close, a funny thing we hear in Mexico about
everyday. See the title? It´s called "Es que estoy bañando mi bebé" .
It means "Oh, sorry, I´m bathing my baby." Ok, so what do you think
that is? That, my friends happens to be the sorriest (and most
frecuently used) excuse that we missionaries get here in Mexico when we
tell a family that we want to share a message with them. Usually it´s
in about 12, 1, or 2 in the afternoon when NO ONE WOULD EVER ACTUALLY BE
DOING THAT. However, we hear it so much that you would think that
EVERYONE in the country had a baby to bath. Hmmm, why don´t my
companion and I have one? We should get one at the market! haha! Just
some advice for everyone. Whether you´re a member or not, please don´t
lie to us missionaries. We know when you are not telling
the truth. And if you actually do have a baby that you have to bath,
please do so in the morning or at night. Not mid-day. Thank you!
Well, hope that this email pleases! I love you all! Thanks for all the emails! I remember you in my prayers everynight!
Until next week!
Love
Elder Hutchinson.
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