Elder Wasden: "Babosos" aka slimy slugs

Tu'ux ka bin! (whats going on)! i love being in the yucatan again! i get to continue to learn maya! and mom about the cat Jazzy that you guys pretty much adopted in our family, of course i was there and of course i remember it! it wouldnt stop meowing outside my window in the middle of the night when i was trying to sleep until i went outside and put it on our neighbors porch so i wouldnt have to hear it! i know, the neighbors porch, it was pretty genius huh. but when i went back to bed it came back and started meowing again! and look now its our pet! hahaha. also, i wanted to tell you, the day after i told you i havent receive the package yet... i received it that day! and boy did you make me sooo happy!!! i almost cried! thank you soo much mommy! haha. i loved it soo much! and it was soo worth the 9 month wait, hahaha ;) other then that, this week has been such an amazing week! i also recieved ALL my ties that i left in my last area in the other state, campeche! and mom, you were right, in every single one of my areas i have forgotten or left something behind! its soo weird how you moms know everything!!

Also, last sunday, was the 5 sunday of the month so we were all combined the 3 hour of church, and bishop asked me to teach or lead a part in this hour. and so i talked about the importance of family home evenings and missionary work. my mission leader, Reyes Brito (returned missionary as of 1 month and is super awesome) was asked to help too. as i was talking in front of all the priesthood, relief society, and youth. i even warned everyone, that my spanish was a little rusty because i was in Campeche for 4 months, because there are many jokes here of campeche, but as i was teaching, i dont rememebr what i was trying to say, but i called everyone and told everyone they needed to be "babosos" which means slimy slugs in spanish, hahaha. you can just imagine how that went after that. everyone still remembers it and makes jokes! lol boy do i love the members here, they are pretty much family to me already! after church that day we ate with a family named the Matu Canto family. family full of energy of who i love! they also bought me a mexican flag as a present! i was super happy! this week i also did divisions with another elder named Elder Mcdonald, the same elder from my first area in Tekax. but one night we were walking home this week at the end of the day at night. and i saw this truck with 2 guys in an avenue that was stuck in the middle of the street because it ran out of gas. so i told my comp to come with me and i helped them by starting pushing the truck. we pushed this truck 7 blocks to a gas station. it was a great workout, it felt exactly like one of my football drills in high school. but when we got to the gas station i we all rested on the truck of tiredness and began to talk to them. they were so thankful and saw that we really were representative of jesus christ and they invited us both over to visit them, they wanted to hear more about what we do. when they told us where they lived, i then realized that we contacted this family our first day here in our new area and they werent that interested in hearing us! but now look, when we went to there house later that week, we had an amazing lesson and they even accepted a baptism date, even their grandma! its amazing how the lord prepares his children to hear us! we have been also working with this less active family, and one of their sons is married and has 3 kids, but he is the only member, his wife and 2 sons and daughter are not. but we visited them the first time and met them all. and i hugged the dad and his son, and i got to the daughter and she tried to hug me, but i stuck out my hand, and it was one of those awkward denial hugs and she was confused and i just felt sooo awful! it happens to a lot of missionaries! hahaha. we had a ward activity this week too and it turned out to be super fun!! i had to excited some of the young men that were outside playing soccer, but they all came in and it was a blast and we all just loved it! we also did a lot of service for many members this week! i got to use a lawn mower again almost after 1 year! i never see lawn mowers down here! haha. so that was pretty much an experience for me! lol. we are growing a lot closer to the members here, i am now helping the bishop on his english every monday night. because he is an english teacher, he likes to tell me stuff in english during meetings and stuff! haha. well that was pretty much my week, and now i have to go, but i love you all and ill send some pics!

hope you didnt go too crazy this labor day weekend, but i love you all lots and hasta saama!

ELDER WASDEN