Cómo está? Que pasó? Buckle up for this weeks email. We had lots happen so hang on for this. Tuesday we had some awesome plans for the day, everything was going great…then my other foot (the one not booted, remember that) decided it wanted some attention and reared its ugly, painful monster for about two hours. We got put under house arrest for the day by the medical advisor because of it. ...

Welcome everyone to the companionship that can’t stop breaking themselves. This week was, unfortunately, another rough week filled with homesickness among other things. But that’s beside the point. What’s happened? Tuesday we had two pretty good contacts. One was with a woman named Juanita. She had some groceries that we helped carry into her apartment. Then we talked about her family and God for about thirty minutes. Sadly, we had to refer her to the English Elders but she seemed really interested in the church. ...

First week out of the hospital! We’re not confined to a prison cell anymore! As awesome as that’s been, it’s been a rough week for me. Homesickness has finally set in and it’s been quite difficult. And I’ve started getting dizzy spells! Such fun. So…what happened after we escaped from the hospital? Monday after the hospital, the mission office had a car that needed to be taken down to an area close to ours so we did. GPS kept trying to take us through a tunnel that was closed because of an accident. So we had to keep rerouting back to different routes. Finally dropped the car off and did our shopping for the week (well, what you can do when you haven’t been in your apartment for five days). That was a very short P-day. ...

Welcome everyone! It’s that time again where I hit you all with another email! This week has been an adventure to say the least. So, I would like to welcome everyone…to the hospital! Don’t worry, I’m fine, but my companion was not. So what happened? Well, I’ll tell you but first, we have to see what lead up to this. Monday was P-day so I have nothing to write about really. ...

Welcome to Texas, where traffic laws actually exist and our house doesn’t constantly smell like the sewer! I hope everyone has had a great week. My P-days are now on Monday! Yay! There’s been a lot happen since you last read something from me so let’s start. However, we’re going back a little in time. Monday (part 2) starts with landing in Houston. It was nice to be back in the states. Customs, whatnot and a baggage claim later, we met our mission president. President Hewlett is a super nice, cool guy. All you gotta do is follow the rules and you’ll be fine (you know, as missionaries do siempre (always)). We were taken to President Hewlett’s home where we had a lovely dinner prepared by his wife. Interviews went well then us Elders took off to the Assistants to the President’s apartment. It was an interesting night cramming 13 elders into an apartment. ...

Hola hermano’s y hermana’s! ¿Cómo están? Yo estoy muy bien! Uno Navidad en el pasado, uno más en el campo. (Hello brothers and sisters. How are you all? I am very good! One Christmas in the past, one more in the field.) I’m have no idea when I’ll send this out so Happy New Year? Yo no se. Anyhow, onto the…adventures? Whatever this is called. Wednesday was Christmas!!! Christmas in the CCM is kinda wack. I kinda forgot that it was Christmas; I’m so used to seeing snow on the ground and I’m in the CCM in a short sleeve shirt. One of these things just doesn’t belong here. We started out the day with Christmas songs! Then we went to our classroom to do a district gift exchange when we were met with an unexpected surprise. Our desks were all arranged in a circle and all of them had a special gift on them. I got another sock tie and I love it! We couldn’t figure out who it was at the time, but we figured it out eventually. Called home, then we moved to a devotional broadcast from the Provo MTC with D. Todd Christofferson. That was pretty epic. Later, we had pinatas! The pinatas here all had seven points on them, but those were really easy to whack off so when that would happen, we’d have a new pinata hat! There was also lots of Mexican candy in them. Next was a service project. We assembled drawstring bags full of basic essentials for people in need. We assembled some of those then we had to move them assembly line style to another building. We kept getting stopped because the beginning of the line wouldn’t be ready so it rook a bit longer than expected but that’s all good. Finally, we watched The Testament. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend you do. I’ve seen it before, I don’t remember where though. Mysteries of the CCM. ...

Merry Christmas from the CCM! It’s not too often you hear that from a missionary! Wait, hold on. Someone put the brakes on this train. I’m less than five days away from Texas. The CCM has felt ridiculously long but now that we’re here at the end, it’s felt like barely a week. Nonetheless, the next time you hear from me will be from Texas and, more than likely, will be a new year! I’m so excited for the field. While my language is broken at best, I’m ready to share the message of the gospel with the people of Texas. Now, enough about wishing to be in Texas, let’s see what happened my last full week in the CCM. ...

Is that what I think it is? P-Day again already? Feels like just yesterday I sent a massive email to you all. Nonetheless, hello and welcome to week 5 of the CCM. It feels like I arrived just yesterday, but it also feels like an eternity. It’s crazy to think that next week will be my last P-Day here in the CCM. I’ve learned so much and still feel unprepared for the language. Pero está bien. The Lord provides a way for those things He asks us to do. So, let’s see what happened. ...

Hola todos! ¿Cómo estás todos? Este misionero es tan feliz y emocionado! (Hello everyone! How are you all? This missionary is so happy and excited!) We’re going to the temple again today! Wooo! I made the mistake of sending my email early last week so I waited until later for this one. Siento, no siento (Sorry, not sorry). So what happened this week? Wednesday (Miércoles) we went to the temple!!! It was absolutely epic and so pretty! The temple also sells what’s known as sock ties and they’re super popular here so I obviously had to grab some. I love the temple! El templo de la Cuidad de México es tán bonita! (The Mexico City Temple is so pretty!) It looks like an ancient Aztec temple which I’m told is where the inspiration for its design came from. ...