Another Mexican Missionary

It sounds like there is someone I know in the majority of the missions here
in Mexico now! Congratulations to Ryan, he'll love it. The other day I got
to spend some time with two ex-teachers from the Mexico MTC who live here in
Colima. That was pretty nice and informative as well. Study is ever so
important, and so many forget that.

These past two weeks have been really slow, actually. We have been doing a
whole lot of contacting, but there were two full days of contacting in which
we were not able to teach a lesson in a home. Considering I've had days
with very different fortunes and this is MEXICO, it's been a little rough.
I'm patient though, I know we'll get some production going. Quite honestly
we have needed more investigators since the beginning of February.

We've got two baptisms planned for this week though. One is Guadalupe, the
mother of Christopher (who was baptized in January), and the other is
Daniel, a 9 year old who reminds me of David and who goes to church with his
grandma. If they both go through, it will be a nice way to greet the
transfers that are coming up the 14th.

In other news, I now sleep in a hammock, which is really comfy and I got it
very cheap as well. I've also become addicted to Salsa Valentina, a type of
hot sauce here. That wasn't really my cup of tea before the mission, but I
put it on everything now.

Also, my email has now changed because the church just switched clients to
Gmail. I am told all
emails sent to the old address will still reach me just fine. It's much
nicer, and it won't take an eternity to load photos anymore. I was talking
with Elder Humphreys the other day about the very idea of switching to
gmail. We've also talked about the usefulness of some sort of pda or other
device with maps, area books, preach my gospel, things of that nature.
Someday, maybe I'll get to tell my son how low-tech my mission was ;)

So I'm not sure how long I'll be here in Colima. Some say that missionaries
are being left in their areas longer, and three of the five I have lived
with stayed here for six months. At the same time, you never know what may
happen in the future. Whether I stay here or whether I start again
somewhere else, I will continue working hard to do the will of the Lord.

5 investigators appeared out of nowhere at sacrament meeting yesterday.
They said they were there to do a school project about ethics and wanted to
learn a lot about the church. Two of them ended up bearing their
testimonies during the meeting though, and we taught them The Restoration as
well as answered a bunch of their questions. They say they really enjoyed
themselves and will return next week. We'll see what happens. It was an
interesting experience for sure.

Well I've got to go. Say hi to everyone for me, and I hope things are going
alright.

Love,
Elder Lund