Danger in Chiuhuahua

Well things are doing peachy here. Chugging along as usual. The only change is that now some transfers will happen every month, as well as at every sixth week mark. We´ll see if that changes much or not. That and "holy week", or in other words easter vacations start soon. Supposedly the whole city goes to the beach. I wonder how that will affect things, but it won´t really make a big difference. We will continue working as usual.

(About the drug cartel killings in Chiuhuahua) I heard something through the radio in a taxi yesterday, but I don´t know any of the details. As far as I know, I should be just fine here. Colima is far south and out of the way from most of that. Safer and supposedly a higher standard of living.

Daniel´s baptism isn´t officially set yet, but we´re hoping for Saturday. The issue is that we have to talk to his grandma and dad about the day. I just hope the inter family shenanigans don´t cause more problems for Danny. He´s suffered enough. Other than that, things are a little slower. The most promising aspect though is Gloria, the grandma of Jorge. She goes to church regularly now and participates a lot in class. She´s just hesitant about putting a day to her baptism. Speaking of Jorge, he blessed the sacrament yesterday in Ward Conference and three of the four people passing it were Christian, Luis, and Hector. That was really great to watch, and they all did just fine

We got put in charge of an activity for this past Saturday, actually. We put on a rally, with various bases and activities, from karaoke to bucket races, water balloon toss, and other things alike. It turned out great and there was dinner afterwards. I think that was something the ward badly needed. The downside is the amount of time we put into it was taken away from the work. Hopefully it pays off in the future, but I´m glad we were able to help. We won a lot of confidence within the ward, and it was a good setup for ward conference the next day.

I received the valentines package Tuesday, to give you a reference for how long it takes to mail things. We only receive our mail at the beginning of transfers, during zone conference, or interviews with the president. It´s possible the package arrived just a little bit too late last time around, but I have it now. Thank you all very much for that :)

I would also have to say that you´ve taught me well how to manage my money, even though I´m still not perfect with it. In February I paid the electric bill and for a tank of gas, so this month I said it was someone else´s turn. Nobody paid it, and they cut the lights on us. We went 24 hours without power, and nobody but me had any money left (it being the middle of the month......) to pay the bill, so I paid it and the reactivation fee as well. It all gets reimbursed, but that wasn´t exactly handled so well. I´ve still always got plenty of extra emergency cash though, because I don´t really need to buy a whole lot here.

I´m still not the best missionary, but I work on improving and on loving the people every day, with a lot of prayer as well. I´m sure I will be able to call my mission very successful if I am just able to put in my part and accept no compromises. I finished Jesus the Christ this week as well.

Well I´ve got to take off. Busy day as usual!

Love,
Elder Lund