Elder Connolly in Mexico: Letter #23 (I think he meant #22)

Hola FAM!

Welllp, we had a busy day today! I can't believe we remembered to email home, we were running all around the whole city ha. It is so funny ha, one thing that hit me today that one of the blessings of being a missionary is learning how to do EVERYTHING with NOTHING! If that makes any sense, it makes perfect sense to me.... haha I think it would have taken me about 30 minutes at home to do what took the whole day here ha. I´ve really learned some patience, planning, priorities and thinking before acting—ha!

Anyways, wow sounds like a lot Is going on at home. Teej and Liz left! ¨COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH!! I SEE IT RAININ´ FIRE IN THE SKY!!¨ thats awesome, i cant wait to come stay at your house and hit the slopes at Aspen SKi Resort! SWEEEEett, free lodging ;) . more trips to St Geezy, more snow, all sounds good. Hope you all set New years resolutions, and high ones! and mom, that picture you sent with all the BOYZ´s parents at the dinner didn't work-- send it again or just send it in a carta.

Wel,l this week seemed realllllly busy, but when we added up our numbers for the week, it was one of my lowest weeks as far as numbers, which was discouraging. But Ithink we made alot of progress with the people we taught. We have a noche de hogar, FHE, with Sandra Lunas family tonight, yessss we are still working on them.... AHHH. And-- we have another family of 4 I am super excited about-- they were going to come to the FHE tongiht but couldnt. So we´re teaching them on Thursday. We set baptismal dates for the mom and the daughter this week, and we met the dad last night. They are sooo perfect, the family I have been looking for. I focused my fast yesterday specifically on a family, finding one and getting them to the temple and this may be it. Ohhhh pleeeeease!!

José is doing good, but still drinking-- he´ll get baptized eventually if he can drop the alcohol.... it's hard. We have a few others kids, Luis and Ulysis, 14 and 15 and an old lady Mary. Dori is really great-- she just needs to get to the capillllaa! We found this Cuban guy that's such a stud, and wow I thought I could finally understand spanish...when he talks, it is like a drunk slurrrryed version haha. The members are a lot more helpful lately--which is allllwayys a great thing. Thanks to the change in time from church starting at 12 now instead of 8 in the morning-- I walked into sacrament meeting yesterday to about 30 more people than normal! I was shocked! I am so happy the ward is backs on its feet. The change in the time is a blessing. And also GREAT news-- we got our ward mission leader this week. I want to be the ward mission leader when I get back-- if there even are any in SLC wards...everyone is Mormon ha!

I finally got some pictures to load, enjoy the ones I am attaching. I have loads more. Mom, did you send me the calendar yet? I am actually way excited to get that! Well I am outtie!

THANK YOU all, Les amo muchísimo! Laterrrr

-Elder Connolly

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