first off let me say that i´m in mexico and i´m loving it!
So monday we left the mtc, we were supposed to arrive in mexico at 2:30pm but because of the fog in SLC we missed our connection in dallas and had a 6 hour lay over. we finally arrived in monterrey at 10:45 pm and after interviews (we did them the night we got there because President Walker was going to the ´frontera´ (the border)we didnt get to bed until about 12:30am and then it all began. the next morning we were up at 6:30am and rock and rolling. we spent the better half of the day at immigration getting our ´green cards´ so that was monday day morning.
later i met my trainer and we headed out to our areas. My companion´s name is Elder Heredia, es de Chiuaua. He speaks NO english and speaks SUPER SUPER FAST (our slogan has been "con tiempo" - with time) he has 2 months left in the mission but president has assured me that he is a hard worker. So pres. walker assigned us to open up an area called Fresnos 1, it is pretty big. it was one area, but now its 2 and and when we got here tuesday night we had nothing. not lights, no water and no gas. so the first few days all we had were our 2 head lamps and cold showers. We`ve been super busy trying to open up this area.
But there is some good news, We have 2 baptisms for 26 of december. Hna. Leticia and su hijo Luis. There are great and super patient with me and my broken spanish. Well that goes for everyone. Everyone in our ward is super patient and feel sorry for me and in comfort they talk to me in their very broken english. its usually worse then my spanish but its nice of them. So this past sunday at church i understood nothing. and it was hard to pay attention when i didnt understad anything but i had to to set an example for our investigators.
so there are a few things to get use to here in the "chosen land" as Josie would say
1. people use tortillas as an additional utensil - they roll it up and use it more a less like another spoon or fork
2. people talk way fast and it all sounds like 1 word
3. people talk really quiet - i can never hear them
4. everyone plays music super loud - its like a competition as to who can be the loudest
5. there is no carpet here in Mexico. all the house are made of concrete and tile. muy extrano (very strange)
6. no one knows how to drive - everyone says chicagoians drive bad but i can guarantee that they have never been to mexico. they disregard traffic signals, there are NO lanes and really no speed limit. for example sunday we missed our bus and had to take a taxi. usually it takes about 15-20 mins in a taxi, no exaggeration it took 5 mins. the cab had a broken speedometer and broke every traffic rule i knew. luckily we arrived in one piece.
7. everyone is SUPER nice down here, always saying hello, and what not. Its really weird because the standard of living hre is really poor but the people are completely content with what they have and are more than willing to share.
thats about it. i love you all, thank you for all your prayers. since i´m in mexico now i have a new address(es)
(mission home - for packages, letters, whatnot)
Elder Kye Browning
Mexico Monterrey East Mission
Cerralvo #134
Col. Libertad
67130 Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon
(Pouch Mail)
Elder Kye Browning
Mexico Monterrey East Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City, UT 84130
(Caution - There are some restrictions for pouch mail, if you want to send anything copy and paste this link and check it out how to send me a letter through pouch mail: http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/51446/Pouch-service-has-new-regulations.html
and there is always dear elder, which is always fine to. again, i love and miss you all, ¡POR FIN ESTOY EN MEXICO! (Finally I am in Mexico!)
Elder Browning
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