Tortilla Skillz

Hello! Good to hear the baby is here and well! I got all the pictures too! 

This last Monday was a good one. I set up a soccer game between us and another zone and we duked it out! We started at 2 and played till 5. It was super fun! Our zone won, we killed them! I had a goal too. Another Elder, Elder Montesino, and I ran the show. Had lots of good passes and cool tricks! We are becoming young ballers! 

Tuesday we visited Lupe in the morning. That was fun. Other than that I can’t remember. I know we had something cool Tuesday night but I can’t remember what it was. 

Wednesday we did something in the morning.. who knows! But we went to a members house for dinner and we were the cooks! She taught us how to make authentic flour tortillas, salsa, potatoes and eggs, and frijoles. It was good! We did an awesome job and she was impressed with my tortilla skills. After that we had a soccer game. Lots of people showed up and it was fun as usual. 

Thursday we had Spanish class in the morning. We were in a trio all day too, because one missionary had to go back to Utah to sign immigration papers for a bit. Spanish class was fun! Afterwards we had mutual that night. It was fun. An investigator of the hermanas had his baptismal interview too. He’s so cool! He plays soccer with us on Wednesdays and he’s from Columbia. His name is Daniel. We are like best friends too. 

Friday we had district meeting. It was alright. A little boring topic though. We had correlation too and after we went to another wards party that was going on in the building. I had pumpkin pie! It was store bought though... I miss dads pumpkin pie. 

Saturday we had a big stake party for fall. Lupe came and brought her son Ryder. It was a good time! 

Sunday was good. Daniel had his baptism! It went really well.  At the baptism there was some snacks and we ate these really good tostadas and some empanada type things. They are good. After that we ate with the Fuentes family with Daniel too. 

It was a pretty good week. This one should be good. Love y’all.

"Tortillas de harina, salsa, frijoles, y papas con huevo. We cook, we eat." 

"Our friend Ryder at the Stake Party"

"Our buddy Daniel got baptized!"

Car troubles, soccer and Thankgsgiving party

Hey guys!

Too bad people don’t like the cranberry salad.... I miss it... well I’ll be able to try it again in a year! My week was okay. Maria fell off the face of the earth and Lupe is still doing okay. I should still be here for Christmas because President wants us to stay in our areas for at least 6 months. I’m excited for the house! Yes Facebook is a huge temptation and it’s hard because you find yourself just scrolling through every once in awhile. I hate it honestly I wish we didn’t have it haha. But it’s good for missionary work and we have had success from it. 

Last Monday was actually alright. We had our usual routine. We took the Summerwood Elders shopping, they don’t have a car, and went looking around the Dicks Sporting Goods store. Elder Stringfellow bought a Houston astros World Series shirt. They are cool. I forgot to mention, Houston was nutso crazy when they won. The city basically shut down for a day or two. It was good for the city though, after everything we’ve been through from Harvey. We went to the church and played basketball and some indoor soccer. It was fun! 

Tuesday we had Spanish class in the morning and that was good as usual. We did some planning and studies and then we tried some people. We tried Maria’s house that day and no answer. Tuesday night we exchanged and Elder Aybar came with me in my area. He has about 5 months in the mission. He’s from the Dominican Republic. He’s cool.

Wednesday Elder Aybar and I went to visit Lupe in the morning. She was her usual funny self. After that we were having car troubles so we took it in to firestone. There was a lo wait and we ended up being there till 5.. while we were waiting we went across the street to a member owned pizza place called Persona. We got free pizza and waited for our car to be done. While we were eating something magical happened! Elder Riches walked in!!! My old, and one of my favorites, companion! He didn’t see me so I snuck up behind him and tapped him on his shoulder. He turned around and his face was priceless! He was freaking out and so happy! It had been awhile since we’ve seen each other. They were up in Summerwood for a doctors appointment and just stopped in to get some free pizza. We talked for a while and it was good to catch up with him. After our car was done we went to play soccer in the church because it was raining outside. That was fun as usual. 

Thursday we had weekly planning and other than that the day was boring. For the evening we went to mutual and played soccer with the young men there. There was some of the hermanas investigators there so it was fun.

Friday we had district meeting which was good. We did some studies and visited some homies. Friday night we had a ward Thanksgiving party. It was good and lots of people showed up. I was really upset though... there was no pumpkin pie. I guess I shouldn’t expect much from Spanish area anyway, the Thanksgiving dinner was very Mexican haha. There was turkey though and that was tasty. 

Saturday we took leftover food from the party over to Lupe and her family because they couldn’t make it. One of her sons has autism so they had to stay with him. We went to a store for a minute in the ghetto and Stringfellow bought a drink. We were in the check out line and all of a sudden we hear, “hey boo.” We didn’t think anything of it so we kept doing our thing. Then we heard it again. “Hey boo.” And Stringfellow turned around to an older black lady calling him boo. She said, “what’s up boo how’s it going?” She was hitting on him, probably because he’s so tall... so we just grabbed our stuff and walked out haha. It was funny and his face was bright red. 

Sunday was boring. We had church and it was the primary program. That was pretty good. We were pretty unsuccessful though all day. We had dinner with the Jasso family and that was good. That was our week!

My week was alright! Hope you guys have a good one! Love y’all! 

Facebook Proselyting

Hey guys!

My week was a good one! At the party we just had nachos and candy... sadly I didn’t learn this week. She was gone. Maria kind of went MIA... our Halloween was rainy and cool! That was interesting. 

Monday was a typical Monday here. We played games and afterwards we ate at chick fil a with a member. He’s one of my favorite members too. He’s a cool guy. 

Tuesday Elder Stringfellow had a meeting so I was with Elder Montesino for a day. He’s a greenie but pretty cool. we had a lesson in the morning and she gave us candy. That night we went over to the Hernandez family for dinner and had some chicken and stuffing. It was good. We had to be in by 7 for Halloween though. 

Wednesday we some lessons via Facebook which was really cool. We played soccer that night too and it was fun. Some guys that come are really good. 

Thursday we had another lesson on Facebook and we contacted some people with Facebook. It’s cool and a good way to reach new people. It’s rough though. Lots of temptations. We had mutual Thursday night and we played indoor soccer! It was fun. Lots of young men showed up! There was popsicles too. 

Friday we had a district Training that was all about ways we can use Facebook for proselyting. It was interesting. We had correlation that night. It was kind of a long day and not much happened. 

Saturday we met with Lupe. She’s cool and has a really funny 4 year old named Ryder. We got free pizza for lunch which was yummy. 

Sunday we had the regional stake conference and it was cool to see lots of friends there. They talked al lot about Harvey! After we ate with brother Mumford, a member from my last area. The English ward. It was good! We had pork and squash and some other yummy stuff. 

Sadly my email was a shorter one this time. Not much happened this past week. Hope y’all have a good one! Love y’all