A Few Questions
How are you feeling physically? Do you take time to exercise or do you get enough exercise walking?
We have some weights in the house and a little bench so I do exercises on that, and was gifted an iron gym pull up bar in Tulancingo, so I use that too. I feel good physically, but still get sleepy during the day like I did before the mission but that's just genetic.
Do you ride in the rickshaws (I can’t remember what you called them) or when you take a cab is it a legitimate cab?
I don't know what a Rickshaw is but here in el D.F we have Moto-Taxis and Bici-taxis and normal taxis. Normal taxis are just normal cars.
Bicitaxis is just a dude on a bicycle with a little trailer type thing behind him. Moto Taxis are the same thing as bicitaxis but is a motorcycle instead of a bicycle.
Are you praying in Spanish? Dreaming in Spanish? You give me the impression it is still a challenge for you but you have lived for almost a year with those who don’t speak English so I have to believe it is pretty good.
I kind of get frustrated because I want to learn Spanish very well.
But sometimes I get hung up on words but weird words. The other day I was trying to say vaporize or something but I couldn't get it out very well. My companion and I have been working a lot on the double r which is extremely difficult for me and my companion thinks I need to get the tendon under my tongue cut out to be able to talk well just like what they did to Parker-- remember when they cut his tongue?
I have never dreamed in Spanish but I have never dreamed in English either. I don't know when I dream nobody seems to talk. Who knows?
How does your current house compare to those you lived in before?
My house is pretty nasty-- mom would probably die. I can clean the house but there are things you can’t clean like faucets that are completely corroded and leaking. The missionaries that moved in didn't like their old house and wanted to help the family that we live with pay their bills because they had money problems. So they moved in to the place. it’s kind of gross but honestly I have lost all care for how the house looks as long as I can sleep good I don't really care. The house in Tulancingo was pretty sweet and in Pachuca. I had nice houses but that's because it’s not as expensive and so you can buy something better with the 3000 peso limit that the mission has on houses.
Oh your package arrived last week I forgot to tell you. Thanks a lot!
The Reese’s pieces were the best!
Anyway this week was good. We did well we didn’t baptize but we will baptize this week. We have had problems finding people to teach lately or better said finding people that progress. So we decided to have an activity to find new investigators. We printed out 1500 invitations and handed them all out and then on Saturday the day of the activity we got to the Church set everything up and waited for everybody to come. we waited until 5 when the activity was supposed to start and nobody was there then we waited until 5:15 still nobody then at 5:30 a few less actives came straggling in and at 6 still nobody new... so that was kind of a failure. Then the 1st counselor in the bishopric announced in sacrament meeting that they "hope that our next activity will go a little better" I felt so stupid. A lot of the ward had helped a lot with an open house that we were going to do and everything hit the fan. I felt kind of dumb but nobody put the blame on me so I guess that's good. Anyway we gave it our best shot. We have now learned that ward activities don't work when the ward doesn't want to help. I just hope that nobody went to the temple as the temple is really close to our area and lots of people asked if the church that was represented on the map on the invitation was the temple in Aragon!
I guess they should have looked at the map a little better.
Anyway everything else is good it take about 4 weeks for packages to get here. I have a letter in front of me from Grandma Hendricks from the 20th of September so letters are faster. But I have gotten every package I think that you have sent me except for one and tell grandma I got her package with socks and a tie. I’m not sure if the 3 package thing was super necessary but it got here the whole stickers with the virgin Mary is the key! You have got to put stickers on it. Anyway that’s all for this week I am doing good.
Later Elder Hendricks
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