I mean, I am going to get this whole letter writing business going. I mean, we will see just how long this will go for. I unfortunately will not have pictures to add into this email, but I mean, sometimes words are nice to read to... so it'll all turn out well
Alright, here is one from last week.
I, uh, left my wallet on the bus this week. That just wasn´t okay. I mean, I paid for my passage and then I started calling some missionaries and members to make good use of the time and I forgot to put my wallet back in my pocket! We were sitting there eating with the bishop and his family when I finally figured out that I didnt have my wallet. I was not a happy person, I had already lost my credit card where we got money from the mission each month and I was not ready for that to happen again. But little by little I just started feeling that everything was going to work out well. So, just so you know, the buses just kind of pass as they please, its not easy to find the same bus twice in a day, especially since there are easily at least 15 that are constantly passing through my area in chichicapa. Anyway, when we got back to chichicapa, I told my companion that I just felt like the bus was gonna pass by with my wallet, and he may or may not have told me how nearly impossible that would be... and so we kept walking and I kept looking over my shoulder feeling like the bus was going to pass, and then I saw a bus. And I told my companion that it was the one, and he told me not to get my hopes up, but uh, it was the right one. and I got my wallet back, and it was really just great, I opened it up, and my mission credit card was still in there. The nearly 400 pesos on the other hand..... well they weren't there. But, I am just really glad I got my wallet with the credit card back. It was just almost a bad thing. I mean, I feel like I deserved the losing the money part because it was an amateur hour mistake on my part, but yeah. all is well.
Anyway, this week we had the opportunity to go out with a couple of members to go visit some of the less active members. We went with Adan and Veronica. They are awesome. I mean, one thing that has been different here is that if somebody moves houses or needs help, there just isnt always that kind of brothership there where the members go and help out, but Adan and Veronica are awesome. They just sincerely wanted to go see some people but they didnt know where they lived so they actually asked us to accompany them. While we were in the house of one of the members, you could see the sincerity of these two as they shared what they could to help the members out and it was really just exactly what the members needed. We had members that had not gone to church in a long time goon sunday and I am fully convinced that it was just from the decision that adan and his wife made to really be a friend to the other members in the ward. It was just a bit of a learning experience for me. I feel like I can't fully explain everything here, and it may not have the same significance for you guys as it did for me, but it made me see a little better the importance of having that kind of unity and love within a ward and the effect that it had on the other members.
I love this whole mission thing, its just really great. I'm grateful that I have the opportunity to be out here, and I know that God has been helping me out.
Anyway, I love you guys! Talk to you later!
Doctrine and Covenants 136:42
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Love, Elder Kyle Andrew Rios
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