Elder Jaxson Scown

Alaaaaa onda!! What a week! This has easily been one of my hardest working weeks in the mission thus far. It was a huge breath of fresh air after my long last transfer in Petromex! Last Pday, my companion and I stopped by all of my converts and favorite members' houses to say goodbye, give hugs, and take pictures. It was a really fun and wholesome day because I've developed a lot of very strong relationships with the investigators and members over there. I am going to miss them so much!  Best Zona everrr Hermana Martina Yolia Familia Calderón Hno Jorge y Familia Fernanda Blanca Familia Torres Lea Mi Casa Jose Luis Familia Mejía Tuesday was a pretty wild day to be honest. Early in the morning we went to the bus station for transfers and we almost missed our bus because some hooligans got there late and we had to wait for them because we had their tickets. After a long 6 hour bus ride, we finally got to Xalapa where I met my companion and ultimate legend, Elder Guerrero, who is o

About 3 months ago, my old companion, Elder Viedas, and I spotted this naked, homeless man in the city center being chased by police officers being as he was causing a disruption. Now, he has made his trek over to our area and I swear that he has super powers. It feels like every time I look behind me, he is there sitting up against a wall eating food from a trash bag. I am not joking when I say that I've seen him probably 50 times this week alone. We did a lot of fun service activities this week! The member that we live with has another house just down the street and we went over there as a zone and cleaned their entire backyard that was filled with trash, shrubs, and unnecessary junk. We even chopped down some banana trees with machetes and now we have a ridiculous amount of bananas wooooo! I have no idea what on earth happened but people were sending a ton of rumors about transfers throughout the week and the entire mission was soooo anxious. I thought I had already figured out

This week was a pretty decent week! We taught some good lessons and found some new people to teach. We started week 6 of the transfer and I am excited because this most likely means I will be leaving Petromex after 3 transfers.  If I don't get transferred, I may riot.  Last Pday, the Hermanas in our district found this zoo in the middle of nowhere in one of the areas in our zone. To be quite honest, I did not want to go at all because I hate zoos, but I think it's safe to say that I enjoyed it most out of everyone. My zone leader looked at me and said "What the crap Scown you were the one complaining about coming here and you're having the most fun out of all of us". We saw a ton of cool, exotic animals such as lions, tigers, cheetahs, and baboons. It was so fun! I guess I need to try new things out more often! Tigre Leon Los dos leonés Just Goat's hanging around I have forgotten the English word for this animal Guess what day it is This time I was the one who

This week made me laugh. To start off, we were on our way to district council and I was really excited because my companion and I were gonna buy a cake for some missionaries' birthdays in the zone and we were ready to grub out hard until...I lost our cellphone. I still don't know if I left it in a taxi or got pick-pocketed but it was not anywhere to be seen. That situation absolutely killed my mood and I wasn't really thinking straight. I walked into a cake store and I asked for a tres leches cake and picked the first one I found. Turns out I bought a freaking coffee cake. We still ate it all and I made my entire zone sin 😪 Coffee cake shot with El Molina Birthday with coffee cake We were going to get a new cellphone anyways so it wasn't that bad, we were only phoneless for one day. But that one day I felt like a complete hooligan walking aimlessly through the ghetto streets of Petromex. It also forced me to listen to my companions undying obsession with anime and Mine

First off, as you probably figured out from the last email I sent out, this transfer is going to be a meme. I am standing here as a living witness that this transfer will in fact go down as the biggest meme in history. Let's begin. On Wednesday and Thursday, we had exchanges with the other Elders in my district. Since I went with the absolutely dead missionary the week before, I decided to go with the missionary that has been trying his best to work. Before the exchanges happened, I looked at my companion straight in the eye and said "I trust you". To this day, the biggest regret of my life. Exchanges happen and yeah yeah yeah. While I was in the other area, I discovered that the missionaries who were there before created fake people to count as numbers and they only attended one sacrament meeting the whole transfer. Inactive missionaries let's go!! While I was in the other area, it took me 7 phone calls to get my companion and his temporary comp to send me their week