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"
We stopped by the ward mission leaders house this week to chat. He took us over to his "other" house that was literally filled with roosters. I asked him why on earth he has so many roosters in their own individual cages. Turns out he is a "professional rooster fighting trainer". The man literally trains roosters to fight, then takes them to tournaments where they fight to the death. The last rooster standing wins and there is a big cash prize. He's got all the rooster equipment... mini ankle weights, protein powder, treadmill for roosters, ramps, the whole nine yards. I told him that animal fighting is illegal in the United States and he said "oh it's illegal here too". Hno Jorge is the Michael Vick of Mexico.
Rooster Training
We had zone conference and interviews this week and it was such a spiritual experience. President Perkins spoke a ton and I can feel that he is bringing a lot more to the tables in regards to obedience and being disciples of Christ. The mission is changing so much for the good and we are seeing the fruits of our efforts. We finished this month with 58 baptisms!!
Martinez Gang
Breakfast
Elder Cuautle
Glorioso Elder Anderson & the boys
Double selfie
One homie we are teaching has an insane smoking addiction and is kinda crazy in the membrane ngl. He is absolutely certain that we are apostles and that everything we are saying is 100% stupid but is begging to be baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ. Read it again. Don't worry, you read it right. I asked my bishop if he can get over his smoking addiction, should we baptize him... he was a little concerned about baptizing this man. I asked my mission President and he didn't even have to think twice... "Just baptize him!!"
A young man (Jose) in our ward asked us if he could spend the day with us and learn about being a missionary as he eventually wants to serve a mission. We took him to several lessons, we ate like kings, found 4 new people to teach, and went to the church to fill up the baptismal font. The best part was when we were in our house studying and we heard this rat shuffling in some boxes. We've been trying to catch this rat for 2 weeks now. We ripped apart the entire apartment, our beds, desks, and dressers were all moved to the center. We finally found this stinking rat and after 10 minutes of chasing it around. Jose told us he wanted to go up to the roof to set it free and we were like aight okay. His idea of "setting it free" was to literally drop kick it off the roof and onto the street. The man booted that thing. We watched it fly for 10 seconds until it splat on the ground. That's one way to get rid of a rat. hahaha
The Rat
I gave a 20 minute talk in church when I was assigned only 10 minutes because I literally don't shut up. I spoke about the Apostle Peter's conversion and the major points in his life leading up to it. The Bishopric told me that is exactly what the ward needed to hear and that's why they let me talk for so long. I finished my talk and I thought my Spanish sucked the entire time but several people came up to me and told me how powerful it was and that I used very complex verbs and phrases that most people don't use. The Bishop changed his 5th Sunday Discussion to expound on my talk and the importance of conversion. The gift of tongues is real!
We had two baptisms this week!! Yosmar and Joaquin are both stud muffins and are literally so prepared to accept the Gospel!! Many of the ward members attended their baptism and as well as their family. It was such a spiritual experience. One of our recent converts who got ordained a priest several weeks back baptized the two of them.
Bautismo
Something that I love about Mexico is that I can be myself and tease people a bit. We are trying to get this woman baptized but she has to get divorced and married to the man she is living with. The man doesn't want to get married. So we were chatting about the issue and because I have a big trust with the family, I looked at the man and said "Sergio! You either get married or leave!" The entire family dropped to the floor laughing including Sergio hahah!
The Church is true, and I am loving my time out on the mission!! It is a perfect balance of work and fun! I hope everyone has a great week love you!
- Elder Scown
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