Elder Jaxson Scown

On P-day, my entire zone went to a bordering city named, Papantla to play some volleyball. I accidentally kicked the ball over the fence of the church building and because Papantla is filled with literal 60 degree angled hills, the volleyball started rolling down this massive hill. All of the zone was watching as it kept rolling and rolling down the hill. Suddenly this dude on a motorcycle stopped the ball, picked it up and put it in his motorcycle basket. Elder Fabbri, a gringo and owner of the ball, started freaking out and shouting in his very white spanglish, "SEÑOR SEÑOR SEÑOR, he's gonna steal my ball, SEÑOR!!" He angrily walked around throwing his hands up in the air saying that the man was definitely going to steal his ball. Welp, he didn't. The man returned the ball. All the Mexicans flamed him for being "racist" and jumping to conclusions, and the other Americans and I didn't defend him because we are chilangos bro. Jose the "Tesitgo"

Yeah so basically I've lost just about any sort of desire to write these weekly emails because I'd rather be doing other things and who knows how many people actually read them lol. My only motivation is because I know my mom will most likely make some sort of scrapbook after my mission and compile all of my weekly emails together. I know my mom too well... and obviously I want to remember my mission so I will keep writing. First off, because I was scared to tell you mom during our phone call imma say it here. I lost my retainer... oops We had two different exchanges this week, one with my zone leader, Elder Quintana, and the other with the companion of my DL, Elder Molina. First transfer with Quintana was so sick because he served in Petro for 3 transfers so he already knew everybody. We grinded and also ate a ton....let's go. Elder Quintana speaks English fluently and has a visa so when we go home together (we are the same generation) he's gonna pop by AZ and it is go

Que onda mis queridos amigos!! I hope you all had a phenomenal week filled with the love of Christ, because Jesus really does love you more than anything :) This week was kinda dull not gonna lie, a lot of frustration with investigators and barely any success. Areas go through phases where they are thriving on investigators and then phases where it is completely dead, I feel like it's on track to being dead. I guess that means we need to put in more effort on finding. I would have to say the highlight of my week was probably when we went to the Elders Quorum activity and played soccer and volleyball. The youth had an activity as well and they were watching Moana or something. After their movie finished, they all flooded down to the soccer court and we played a massive game of soccer together. It was like a normal youth activity and it made me feel at home. After the activity we fit 5 grown men, the taxi driver and his girlfriend into a falling apart '95 Nissan Tsuru. It reminde

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE AMAZING MOMS OUT THERE!! Y'all are the best, especially my mom. She has put up with 19 years of my caziness and she's only managed to inherit a few gray hairs! I am so grateful for her undying love and patience for me as I continue to make dumb mistakes. You are the best mom, I don't know what I would do without you. I'm glad that we can mutually annoy each other and laugh it off in the end. You are my bestest friend! Thanks for giving me life❤❤ I love you! I love this photo Now onto the rest of the week... nothing happened besides drama, drama, and more drama The maps here are not defined very well so we often run into problems with missionaries fighting over baptisms and investigators. Well it's actually just one missionary that likes to fight with every surrounding area about baptisms. Yes, it's frustrating and yes this week we got thrown into the middle of it and I did not enjoy it at all. Divisiones *Neighbor telling us that a m

Hellooooo everyone!! I hope you all had a great week! Disfruta la fruta comes from when we exploded a cantaloupe with some fireworks hahaha! Members are literally the coolest here. Bautizar Bautizar We got fed 7 times in one day... that's gotta be some sort of record . I'm getting better at using my common sense and not blabbing my mouth about something that I will eventually be roasted for. Anyway, we were at the bishop's house eating and chatting and I accidentally said "Idk there's something about bishops daughters that..." and then I realized I was sitting with a bishop... and his 20 year old daughter. 🤦‍♂️ Esoo My area is filled with vegetation, whenever my comp and I pass by orange or banana trees, we pluck some and eat them while we are walking around. Despite México being the best country in the world, once in a blue moon we come across some people who really hate Americans. Some members have warned me this week that someone figured out a white "