Week One

Hey!!
So my trainer is pretty cool! He's from Pocatello and has like a year on the mish. I am his first ´kid´ in the mission so that's cool. He's a pretty good trainer. He speaks spanish just fine and covers for me when i dont know what to say. He has taught me how to teach the people here because you have to teach them reallllllly simply because they don't know much if anything about the gospel. But we are doing some good work!! He always tells me not to worry about stuff when i ask him though. I think that he thinks im a worrywart when i just ask a ton of questions to get to know what i should say! Idk it is just how i learn.

But besides that we have a lot of fun and i think are seeing some success. So you have to go 5 times to church before you can get baptized here so it kind of sucks!! it is a good rule though becuase a lot of the people dont stay active. You are not going to leave the mission with like 200 baptism anymore... but that is good because they used to baptize everything that moved and just go for numbers. We are looking for conversions not just baptisms.

But yeah the houses here are pretty much like all made of concrete. I doubt i will get a dirt floor anywhere but i suppose it is possible. There aren't really any bugs you have to worry about just like a ton of little lizard.
Well i don't have a super ton of time here but i will send some pics!! Ill try to take some better pictures so that you can see where i live and everything better. Its interesting here haha. The food is super good. The only think i dont really like is the raw onions they put on everything. haha. I doubt that will change much.



I love you guys and i really do feel the support i have coming from everyone, especially when it gets rough and the day gets long.

Ill try to write more next week and plan it out beforehand!!

Elder Marrott

Welcome to Mexico, and Hospital...

So...Here goes, answer these Questions:

1. What are your first impressions of Mexico?
Mexico is BEAUTIFUL!!!! like I am surrounded by mountains and trees and old buildings and just yeah!! I love it. but it is super ghetto

2. How much weight did you gain in the MTC?
I gained like 15 pounds... =( I was going for more. My goal by the end of the mish is 200. That is like 15 more so I think I can do it. although I live on a hill... haha

3. Who was your favorite missionary in the MTC and why?
Haha.... umm probably these two hermanas to be honest. that or Elder Peterson. The hermanas were awesome because they thought I was like the funniest person they have ever met and laughed at everything. I loved them and they like literally became my sisters and I loved it. Elder Peterson for pretty much the same reasons. That and he was just always fun to talk to. and Elder Smith. Idk. just them all!

4. What did you learn in the MTC that surprised you?
That God doesn't really need us. He is hastening his work. we just have the opportunity and privilege of helping him in that work. If he didn't have missionaries he would do it some other way. I am just an instrument in his hands for the spirit to touch those who are prepared by him. Because of that I get to learn amazing lessons to help me for the rest of my life.

5. Did you find your lost name tags? hahaha
No.... they gave me a temporary one and we ordered 2 more. It was totally awkward and annoying my first day. ugh. like the airport on the way to the MTC all over again. A missionary without his tag is a sad missionary.

6. What are you most excited to try in Mexico? Food? Places? Experience?
I am definitely most excited to just be able to talk to anyone I want and understand and speak the language good. The people are totally awesome and friendly and i just wish i could talk to them all. We get contacts off of the taxi drivers haha because they can't run from us but they are all way nice. Oh side note. Driving here is CRAZY like pretty much chaos. I am amazed there are not more accidents.

7. What has been the best advice so far on your mission?
Just don't hold back. Try everything whether it is food or talking or whatever. I have the spirit to support me and angels round about. Why be scared of anything?

8. What advice would you give new missionaries that you wish you had done?
Basically number 7, but also just get to know people and how they work before you get here. The right out of high school missionaries have it the roughest I think. You have to have some social skills out of the high school nightmare.

9. How do you feel your Spanish is now, since you're in Mexico?
Haha... I was one of the best if not the best in my district in the mtc. Here it is roughhhhh. people slur and talk so different then people who learned Spanish. Like those who are native have harder accents than those who learned Spanish.

10. Who Loves you MOST?
haha. God ;). jk mom. in all his infiniteness i think you give him a run for his money.

Well I'm sorry I don't have much more time. I will next Monday for sure. But I have to go meet some people in the ward and stuff. Soooo Next Monday I will be back to email!! I love you so much and I'll try to send pictures next week! the internet here is not too good so it will just take a bit longer.

Take care!!!

Elder Marrott

P.s. The mission home is where you mail everything. I just get it sent to me on like zone conferences and whenever I'm in cuerna. 3 postages for letters and idk about packages. I know if they are under 4 pounds its like 10 or less bucks. I think.

I almost forgot to tell you all where I am!! So I am in a little town called Hospital and it is kind of near Cuautla. a little south east of Cuernavaca. look it up!