Well, I'm in a ward called San Bernabè Uno. Saint Barnabas One, for you gringos. If you don't remember Barnabas, you better all repent and read Acts again. He was pretty cool. But anyway. I don't really know how to describe it to you, except for that I'm between Cerro de las Mitras and El Topo Chico (Two mountains in Monterrey). And Hidalgo is now on the other side of a mountain. The area is very different from Hidalgo. It is a very urban area. Similar to Real de Palmas in a lot of ways. All the houses are the same floor plan, but it isn't in the middle of nowhere, like Real de Palmas was. The other thing is that this is now a very strong ward that I'm in. There had to be at least 100 people in church on Sunday, which is a ton for a ward in Mexico. And the ward members are very helpful. They give us a ton of food, and they always are willing to help us out with investigators and do anything we ask them- family home evening, take investigators to church, anything. So, it is really cool. Very, very, very different from Hidalgo. But I still miss my little pueblito.
And my new companion is Elder Sevilla. He is what is called a chilango, a person from el Estado de Mexico or D.F. (Mexico City). They are famous for their weird way of talking. Also he is very "manly," like he played American football and always talks about working out and says that people have to work out a lot to be "true men." It's that famous Mexican machismo that I had only heard about until now. And if you remember that Elder Mijes was also from the Estado de Mexico. They share some personality traits. It's probably going to be an interesting change.
That whole question about the young missionaries (18 year old) always is interesting. Because there are some guys that come out here and are the best missionaries ever, and others come out here and don't have any idea how to live, let alone teach other people how they ought to live. So I say that it depends on the individual. It depends on what each person is capable of, mentally, emotionally, fiscally, espirtually. So I say that it is the kind of thing that a prospective missionary and his/her parents should talk about and think and pray about and then take the decision. I'm glad for my time away from home before my mission. I think it helped me a lot. But I also think I would probably have been fine without it. Because I knew how to do laundry and wake up and other simple stuff like that before. And that is what a lot of people don't know how to do.
That is a cool story about Mary Jane. Too bad her name is Mary Jane. (I shared the story that Lily told in Primary on Sunday about one of our ancestors, Mary Jane Marsh.) What really stuck out to me is the whole plural marriage stuff. Not a ton of the members here know that was a part of the history of our church. But that is crazy that she had 3 more husbands after that first guy.
I'm sorry, but I have no pictures for you this week. I will see what I can do this week. And, fun fact, I like it when you guys send me pictures of you guys or other stuff. Because I can put them on a USB and then view them from time to time or show off my awesome family.
But ya, that all that is going on here in San Berna and it is sometimes called. I bet I'll have more stories for you next week. I love you all and hope that you all have an amazing week and keep going with your awesome summer. Stay inside with the air conditioning. Oh, but another cool thing to do is take a cold shower before you go to bed if you are still hot. So That is it. I love you all. Bye!!!!!
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