Monday, September 2, 2013
This week was great! I meet an ex-drug dealer from the US. He was a funny guy that explained to me and helped me realize the green difference between America and Mexico. He talked about his life and how awesome he had it. Maybe not so much the fact that he lived in America, but the job he had. He told us that he was a drug dealer and has a ton of money. He was transporting a half a ton of cocaine from the border of Mexico to the United States when the FBI got on his tail and pulled him over. He was sent to jail for life. He spent 10 years in jail and they deported him back to Mexico. In Mexico he spent 3 years in jail and got out on good behavior claims --it’s kind of crazy. We talked to him a little, but the problem is he was born in Mexico and they moved to the US when he was like 6 months old so he has been working hard down here and learning a lot about life. Making money for him is a lot harder here. What one person makes in Mexico in a day is like minimum hourly wage in the US --it’s kind of interesting. He is now getting to know what real work is, but he talked about opportunities there are in the U.S. and how here in Mexico there is nothing. He is working really hard, but not making a lot money. He never became an American citizen, so he can’t go back. He doesn’t speak much Spanish, because he grew up in the US. That’s what happens sometimes --it’s kind of interesting how some people really get their lives messed up. He is now 40 years old and starting out from scratch. It really made me proud and grateful to be an American. What a blessing it is just to be born in a certain country --but where much is given much is required. That’s a little bit of what happened this week. We also fasted that people would go to church and had 5 in church. Fasting is bomb almost always works. So we had 5 at church and 6 if you count a friend that somebody brought. That was pretty cool!
My thoughts about the car....I really want to buy a car that has been a desire I have thought about, but I don’t know if that car is really the best choice from me. But if I lose the opportunity it might not come back around and all I know is you don’t make decisions like this in one day. I need to sleep on it. I’m pretty set on the idea, but give me a week.
Anyway this week was really good for us and we had a lot of success. Also this week we had a zone leader conference and President Johnson raised the number of times the investigators have to go to church to 5 times!! That’s crazy so we talked to president about that and I think it will be for the best. That’s about the week. We are doing awesome and are working ‘til the end. Thanks for everything!
Elder Hendricks
NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
No comments:
Post a Comment