Nov 9 Don't let the Bed bugs bite!

Here's the update of the ridiculous things that happened this week...

I got super sick on Tuesday, threw up all night, so we didn't get a ton done on Wednesday. Then on Thursday morning we found CHINCHES(bed bugs) in my companion's bed. Ugh so we had to take everything out of our house, wash everything, spray this toxic stuff all over, and move all our stuff out into another little room in la casa de la dueña. Just a huge mess, and today we are going to clean super good and start moving stuff back in. We won't be able to move in and sleep in our cuarto until next week, for the fumes and all that but that was the drama of this week. I'll never forget it!  I finally understand the phrase "don't let the bedbugs bite."  

Last night at about 2 am I killed my first scorpion. I was super scared actually, but I destroyed it.  I had to put on my adventure boots, and then it was easy!

We had changes, and I'm staying in Ixtapan AGAIN! wooohooo I was happy to be able to stay and take care of all the conversos  and members that we are working with here. but a little sad because I'm the only one who is staying in our district. It's always weird to say goodbye when you get used to a certain companion. 

But mi nueva compañera se llama Hermana Reyna (sister queen).

She seems GREAT I think we will get along super well. She was a cheerleader before too, and she loves sports and seems really happy and like a hard worker.  I feel like we will get a lot done this change :) 

 Hermana Schneider

the last zone pic of LAS TORRES!!!!!

Las Chicas

Nov. 2 Dia de los Muertos

This week was pretty normal, all the kids went trick or treating here too on 31st but here it's more focused on Dia de los Muertos(day of the dead).  Everyone puts an ofrenda altar up in their house, a table with lots of food, flowers and things that their dead relatives liked when they were alive because the believe that on these days all the spirits come out and visit.  So its kinda a waste of money, all that food that no one is going to eat, but that's the tradition. 

And then if you had a relative pass away in the last year, you put up a HUGE altar and have to make a TON of food, because anyone who comes by your house and leaves a candle you have to feed them.  So that was kinda interesting.

ofrendas, not the coolest ones but you get the idea

We're TWEEENS

 

But it was fun, sunday night we did a little noche de hogar with one of my favorite families and some people from the ward, and drank mexican hot chocolate and ate pan de muertos. It's super tasty, has an orange flavor with cinnamon. yummmm :)

 

We had a really good Sunday, lots of people went to church, and the rama felt full. The best feeling when you go visiting a bunch of menos activos and they all come back, and we brought a cool family for the first time all together. 

Plus my favorite part of the week is taking the sacrament. When you really take time during the sacrament to think about the sacrifice that Christ made for us, and repent of the little things that you can change, you feel the spirit in a totally different way.

So sunday was probably the best part of the week :)

I love you lots!

Mormon adventure boot 3rd edition..

great for ward campouts and all mission activity, 

durable and water resistant ;)

 

October 26 Two Baptisms

Our new friend who lives in our bathroom. Actually now he's dead and his corpse is a perfect halloween decoration. 

 

 

Okay, it's been a crazy week!
It was stake conference, which normally wouldn't be a problem but we had to try to drag all the members and investigators to a chapel that would be able to receive the transmission of the conference an hour ad a half away. No one wanted to go. 

So the whole week we were trying to figure out if we could rent a bus or something, or figure out the internet in the casa de oracion so we could watch the conference here in Ixtapan.  But didn't end up getting a solution in time.

Betty's Birthday

Oh but on Friday was Betty´s birthday!!! SO great, we bought her a cake and a little sweater and had a little fiesta for her. Since she wasn't able to spend her birthday with her family in Guerrero. but it was so sweet, she told us that it was fine because she got to spend it with her other sisters, ah I love her so much.

Then sunday. 

I learned two important lessons. 

1. Every baptism is really a miracle.

2. I know that I am nothing, it's all the Lord.

 ah so we put the fecha segura for Betty and possibly for Bryan as well (the other joven of 21 years that we are teaching) 

We got up sunday morning, and I was feeling pretty nervous. then we got a text from Betty saying that her grandma didn't feel good and she wasn't going to be able to go to the conference with us. I was just like nooooo you have to be kidding me. I called her and told her that we were going to go over and help her take care of her grandma (and convince her to go with us to Tenancingo hah).  

but I just got on my knees and started praying. 

We got to her house and took care of her grandma, got some medicine and talked with Betty a bunch. she was super worried for her abuelita but decided to go. 

YES.  

Went to the conference with her and Bryan, 

Got everything ready for the baptism, and even though we had to run around looking for a pool to baptize her in, everything worked out fine. It was sweet, she was really happy.  My prayers were answered, and then more because later that night, Bryan told us that he decided he wanted to be baptized that day. Total surprise, my companion and I couldn't believe it!

So we ended up having two baptismal services, and I'm so so excited for both of them. <3 

I'm so grateful for the chance I have to be a part of the Lord´s work. 

that was the highlight of the week!



Betty's Baptism

Bryan's Baptism at 8 pm

 

I love you lots

hermana schneider