Well now I’m in my new area. It is
hot. I’m in a branch where there is only 60 to 70 who go to church out of 400
members. This branch has not a lot of priesthood holders. Yesterday we had to
say the sacrament prayer y it was my first time y I did it right. Y because
there was no one to give talks being a missionary they told us to give a talk
on service. So many people told me it was good y I said things that people need
to hear. That was cool.
Well me y
my comp., Elder Luis Juan are the only ones here in our big area. There are
parts where we have never gone but where lives a lot of less actives, so we are planning a trip
with the branch president to go out there y visit. I do have a beach in my area
y I’m the most south you can be in Mexico y I can see Guatemala from here. We
can’t go over because it is a different mission but we can see the Mormon Church
over there on the other side of the river. It is pretty cool. Our ward mission
leader is 82 years old y he is still new in the church. He will go to the templo for the first
time this friday. He reminds me so much like my wonderful Grandpa Leon. The
people are a lot poorer here, but they are a great humble people. In my area we
have people from all over the place: Guatemala, Honduras y a lot more. They just
live in shacks on the old train tracks. The great President Lucas has a washing
machine y he lets us use it. It is hot here. There is a nice wind but when you
are walking you don’t feel it. I’m glad to be done with the hills but now I
need to get ready for the hot. Well we are for the most part working in the
center but sometimes for food we need to go to another place a bit far. But we
are planning on going to the beach part because it is far y a lot of members
live there. Well a lot of people here know English y they always say “hi” or “how
are you” or “what is good.” I love it here y we have a lot of work to do but we
are ready. Love you all y thanks for all the prayers y
love.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Elder Vanbuskirk
Hi mom love you
There are no hills here and of
all the missions of Mexico we are the most South y the most cerca of Guatemala.
I can see Guatemala on the other side of the river and the Mormon church over
there. There is a bridge you can cross if you have papers, or if not you can
cross on rafts to the other side for 15 pesos, so about a dollar. We can’t go
over there because that is another mission. Love you.
My comp is great. He loves me. He
was in my first zone in Tuxtla y he always wanted to be with me. He is a funny
guy y he has a lot of love. He has 14 months y it is his first time being a
leader, Yes, we will be a great team.
Well it is a branch here where
only about 70 people go to church but there is a 400 members in the ward list.
It is sad here. There is no one to say talks so we gave talks yesterday y we
prayed for the santa cena (sacrament)
y we are the leaders for the young men. The president doesn’t have secretaries to work on the
papers. Y everybody is poor, but very nice.
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| The Church building: as found on Google Earth |
Our area is huge y the president
wants to have another set of missionaries, but if we want that to happen we
need 150 people to go to church y that is why we are working hard for bringing
back the less actives so another pair of elders can come because this area is
huge. The church building is huge y they built it 12 years ago.
Okay thanks mom how are you? I’m
glad things have slowed down and it is time for you to relax now. Get your painting
done!
Hey can you print off the talk
called “Lift where you stand” y give it to Dylan y Derek. Tell them to study it
y ponder it y pray about it.
Did you send my package? . It is
fine. So you are going to send 2 packages?
That looks like a lot of snow on
your mountains. It looks awesome.
Yes it was hard to leave Lomas,
but I was able to make banana bread with Lilly y I didn’t leave until Saturday
so it gave me more time. I know it kind of got burned, but it still tasted good.
If you’re looking on Google
Earth, my house is two streets down from the Guatemala border y we have 3 bathrooms with air
conditioning y I have my own bathroom y my own room for my stuff. It is two
stories high. It is white and red.
If you go to the main park where a big flag is you go down until you see
the right red y white house. It is big. It has a garage door y our neighbor’s
house looks the same. It has wavy barbed wire on top. If you face the park go
right y on the other side of the street. We are far from the church but
close to the river and not the same street as the church. It faces the river. Central
sur entre 6 y7 oriente - it is on the center street between 6 y 7, down the street
after you pass the dirt with tracks on it you are almost there. (I never did
find a red and white house there on google earth – somebody must have painted
it since Google Earth drove by, haha)
They said it was 10 hours, but the
bus ride was only 5. I have a lot of pics, but Dropbox won’t download them. It
is being slow. I will try next week.
I’ve got to go. Bye. Love you. Bye
mom. Love you.
I will send you a pic next week okay bye love you. xoxoxo
I need to go. I love you. Say hi to all the boys for
me y give them my love. I pray for
you guys always y thanks for the prayers y love
xoxoxo
Alex
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| The view in the bus. |
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