Nasty Oatmeal I made, Haha. 7-11-11

In the night time taking off my shoes and water running out. You can't see it too well, haha, but it was funny.  7-11-11

 

Different day, but raining really hard! 7-12-11

My wonderful breakfast the other day, haha. 7-13-11

  

New pants. I have been saving them in my suitcase so that later in my mission I could have a nice new pair of pants. Well, I finally used them. They are great. I'm actually using them right now! Also, my new hat I bought, although, you can't really see it in this picture! 7-15-11

 Cool Graffiti 7-15-11

 

 

Me and my comp in our cool hats -  note our ties match our hats! 7-18-11

Hola familia 7-18-11

Hola familia

  This week was great! We baptized this guy named Abraham!! He is really cool. I'm sending a picture of the baptism! I felt like I hadn't baptized in forever so it was really sweet to be able to get a baptism and especially one as cool as this one. He is a super cool guy! My comp got to baptize him and it was the first person he has ever got to baptize in his mission because before his companions always baptized them! So that was a super cool experience for him! It was awesome! So my first day in this area, like Lunes (Monday) in the night time, we went out to work and it was raining really hard. We got super wet and right before we got to our appointment we had to cross this road to be able to get there and there was tons of water. It wasn't really like a road by that point from all the rain, it was more like a river. We crossed the street and the water almost came up to our knees, haha. It was pretty crazy! Then we crossed another street the same and to get into the house where we were going, we had to walk through more water up to our knees because the person lived in this like place were you go in the door and then there is like 8 houses inside that door. Well, the entrance was all flooded so we had to push through all that water to get to his door, haha. It was crazy but worth it because he was the one that ended up getting baptized this week! When we got into their house, I tipped up my shoes and water ran out of them like in movies, haha. It was really funny! Also, this week I was pretty hungry one day and so I got up and made eggs. But ya, some of the eggs had gone bad so I had to throw those out, haha. Then I got some good eggs made them but we didn't have any salt or pepper, haha. So they didn't taste too good but the only thing we had was salsa and pechuga de pollo, haha, which is like chopped up chicken breast in a can, haha. So I made that, haha, and put it with my eggs. But I'm not going to lie, it was pretty gross, haha. I don't know why I did that, haha! In this area, we also get to shower out of a bucket, like I have almost all my mission. It's great, haha. I love nice, cold bucket showers in the morning, haha. They're not too bad, haha. I also bought a really cool hat for 15 pesos the other day. It is neon blue and says Virginia Beach on it, haha. I will send a picture of it! Haha! Well, that is some of the stuff that has been going down, haha! I am loving being here and getting to work hard! I love having American companions, haha. I get to work so much harder and I have a ton of fun doing it! I love getting to be a missionary! I also love getting to baptize and see people accept their Savior Jesus Christ! The man we baptized, Abraham, was so happy after his baptism. He just kept saying "I feel so great! My knees are shaking because I feel so good! I feel clean!!!" It was awesome. It makes the work we do more than worth it! I love this work! I know it's the work of the Lord and I know that Jesus is my Savior and that He truly did suffer and die for me and for every person on earth. And I am so grateful I get to help other people know of the sacrifice and help them to come closer to Him and accept His sacrifice by being baptized! I love you all and miss you all a ton! Stay strong and stay safe! Love you all! Know that I'm doing great and that I'm always safe!! I love you!

 

Love,

Elder Despain

Hola 7-11-11

Hola familia!!!

  I'm doing great!!! I did get changed and I am now in my new area! I got changed to the D.F. (Districto Federal - which is like Mexico City) my area is called Las Armas! There are a lot more people here, haha, then in Toluca, haha! It is a big change, but I'm so pumped to work so, so, so hard here! My new comp is Elder Ross!!! He is from Payson, Utah! He is a cool kid. I already knew him because he was in my zone when he got to Mexico like 6 or 7 months ago. It was while I was with Elder Jamie in Tlalli! I'm so, so pumped to work so hard. It's going to be awesome! I love having companions that want to work and want to do everything the right way!! No fighting, just lots of work!!!!!! :) 

 

I did watch that video. It is really crazy. I can't belive you guys had that big of a dust storm. That is super crazy! I'm glad to hear all is going well back at home and that Kimi got moved without any problem! I'm sure it will be great to visit them! I'm guessing you're there right now mom visiting them??? I hope that you have a great trip! 

 

So it has been raining a lot and they say it rains here in the D.F. more then in Toluca, so it will be interesting to see how hard it rains here! I had changes today! I came from Toluca by myself, kinda weird. Then I got to observetorio, the like main bus station in the D.F., and then I had to take a taxi to a church building. But then it ended up that they told me to go to the wrong building, so I had to take another taxi to a different church building and then I had to take a taxi with my new comp to my new area!! It was an experience, haha, but I got to make friends with lots of taxi drivers, haha. I like talking to them and the greatest part is that when you talk to people, sooner or later the conversation always gets changed to talking about the church and why I'm here as a missionary and then I get to teach them and talk about the church. It's cool! I love being a missionary and I love talking to people about the church! Although I spent like 700 pesos today, haha, that is like a ton, ton, ton! Haha, I'm just really glad that you were able to send me some money because without that I would have never had that much money to pay for all my transports! 

 

I can't belive that Braxton is already learning to crawl. He must be so, so big now! Well, I'm sure that all the kids are so, so big! Tell them all I love then and that their Uncle Randall misses them like crazy! That's super cool that Tate got married. It seems weird for me but it's super cool! And please tell him congratulations for me and that I wish I could have been there! 

 

I am also very grateful for our Heavenly Father's plan for us and I know that as we live as He wants us to live that we will have all the happiness we need in this life and eternal happiness after this life! I'm grateful to be a missionary and to be able to share this plan that I love so much with all the people I serve here! I love you all and I miss you all!!! Just know I'm in the Lord's hands and that I'm safe and doing great!

 

Love,

Elder Despain