Armando and bike pegs

so this week was kind of diffrent. so on tuesday one of the assistants to the president of the mission came to our district meating. and gave us a big pep talk on how we can have allot of success if we are willing to pay the price. he is a really good example. so he made us make goals for how many baptisms we want to have on the 12th of october(in 3 weeks) we put our goal at 12. pretty high. so we needed to bring allot of people to church to be able to make our goal. but the work was extra hard this week. allot of rejection and allot of lessons fell through. we only had 1 new person at church but she is cool. and we have 3 other people set up for the 12th. well se how it goes.

on a liughter note. armando got baptized on saturday. he was sooooo excited and he will be an awesome member and leader in the church. he got confirmed on sunday and is really excited to keep progressing in the church. on sunday night we had a sweet family home evening at his house with some members. it was really fun and he was so excited to have the members come over. he showed all of the kids his "zoo" that he has in his backyard. he has a bunch of chickens and 2 dogs and 2 bunnys and a iguana. he is an awesome convert and person.

another random note from mexico city. bike pegs. evryone has them. it doesnt matter what kind of bike it is mountian, cruiser, or little pink girly bike with streeemers and a horn. evryone has them. not to grind a reail or anything but for transportation. people dont really have cars here so is you can fit another 2 or 4 people on your bike thats really helpfull. so all the time is see people riding their bikes down the streeet with their friend(s) on the back.

thanks for your love and support

elder skaggs

Mexicans vs. gringos

hey,
this week was good. we are still working really hard but not seeeing the results. 2 of our three baptismal dates fell to october so we will only finish this month with two which is absolutly nothing here in iztapalapa. our zone leader said that it is one of the most escojido (chosen) places in the world for missionary work. i dont know what we are doing wrong but we are just not seeing the success we would like to.

so the noche mexicana was sweet. there was alot of food but the member ladys were kind of shisty (?) we kind of had to beg for the food to be free (which was expected). so that kind of sucked. so the kids brought out the foam cans and elder loser sprayed it right in my ear. i tried to catch him but i was too full to run so i gave up. so we ate tacos durados (rolled tacos), tomales, gelitina (jello) and tacos. it was good overall.

so the temple is going to get rededicated on the 16th of november. we are going to help out with the open house the 20th and 22nd of oct but we have no clue what we are going to do yet. but it should be cool.

today we plaed futbol at the church. it was way fun we played for 4 hours. it was crazy tireing. we played the mexicans vs. the gringos. we played for tacos. and gess what we won. we played two out of three and we one the first two games. and the tacos were even more delicious because they were free.

thanks for your support and the sports updates keep it up. love ya

amor y dedos
elder skaggs

September 15, 2008

what up
this week was way chill. so all of mexico has been gearing up for their independance day(today). it has been a little crazy lately. A drunk guy (borracho) tried to steal my gaffet (plaque) and told me that i didnt belive in God because i wouldnt give it to him. he also said that all americans think that they are better that evryone else. that one really pissed me off. but it was alright. so there has been an extreamly large amount of borrachos lately and ive seen 3 people peeing in the street in the last 2 days. i guess thats how mexicans do when they have a holiday.

so this area is pretty diffrent than contreras. it is way hotter here. this week has been sooooo hot. i got burnt on my nose on friday. it sucks cuz we have been workiung reallly hard and are in the street all day. so ive been sweating like no other. but even with all the sweating im still starting to gain weight again. i think its because im not climbing 1000 stairs a day anymore. but at least im getting a nice farmers tan!

so this week we knocked the door of this viajita (old lady). she was absolutly crazy. she was talking to us and saying puros chismes (nothing but rumors and talikng bad a bout people). she had no teeth and a lazy blue eye o and a mustash. it was quite the conversation with this lady. we wasted like half an hour for nothing. triste viajita

so the end of the week was much better. on wed we had a weading. we married a member guy to our investigator. they are so cool. then sat the investigator (Yuri) got baptized. it was a really cool baptismal service. then on sunday i got the opportunity to confirm her a member of the church. it was way cool. also we had another investigfator at church. his name is Armando. he is like 45 years old and is way excited and ready for baptism. he is so escogido (chosen). he reads evry tarea (homework) that we give him. and he started to read the Book of Mormon all on his own. he has a really strong desire to help his family accept the gospel too. he says that he needs to be a really good example so that they can join the church too. he is awesome.

so tonight we are going to go to the noche mexicana at the church. the whole steak will be there. it is supposed to be way cool. there is going to be soo much good food there. im so excited. also ill get to chill with elder loser. he was in my district in the MTC and is in our zone so he will be there.

thats about it for this week ill make sure to take lots of pics at the party and send them home next week. love ya lots

amor y dedos
elder skaggs

Tiangies

September 8, 2008

hey,

things are good here in Mirasoles. We are working really hard but its not really paying off now. we had like 15 people committed to come to church this week and none came. satanas is working really hard against our investigators. but we have found a lot of new people the last two weeks, and we will keep working. things will work out and we will start to se the results of our labors this next week. this week we found a family of 10 or more. its actually two sisters who live in the same house. they are all really cool and want to progress. it is way cool to teach allot of people.

so it still rains almost evry day here. i dont know when its going to stop. they say in about october but who knows its crazy here. today we went to carls jr for lunch with our district. it was fun and really tasty. after that some elders wanted to go to zocalo and me and the District Leader, elder ewell, didnt so we whent on splits. We just hung out at their house. it was cool to just chill with an american for once.

Every sat and sun in the street in front of our house there are "tiangies". its kind of like the swap mart. but way longer and allot more people. they shut down the street for the whole two days. the street is way long its like doubble Lake Murry blvd. and really straight. they have these little tent things for the sun and they shut down the whole street. it is way cool lots of tacos and cheap clothes. lots of temptations. hahaha.

i dont know about you guys but these last few weeks have gone by so fast. it is crazy. the weeks just keep getting faster and faster. i feel like i just left the mtc and soon it will be christmas. next week is the independance day for mexico. and our steak is having a noche mexicana in the capilla. it will be crazy. there is going to be so much good food and allot of people there. That should be really fun. i will make sure to take lots of pictures and send them in two weeks.

We have two weaddings set up for this wed. it should be really cool. then they can get baptized aftrer. we havve one lady for sat. 13th and the other coupple for 28th it should be really cool the see. not much ese to write about. things are going well and im having lots of fun and working hard. love ya lots and thanks for the support.

amor y dedos

elder skaggs

Mirasoles

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only have like 30 mins so ill do my best and i forgot my notes so it is what it is

so this week was way chill. i moved areas and am with my old comp my "brother" in the mission E. Alverez he is way chjill and we work really well together. the area (Mirasoles) is wat cool and flat so i wont have to deal with all of the hills any more. so its really hot here in my new area but ill get used to it. so the changes in climate and plane of my areas brewed up some knarly chaffing the fist few days but i have gooten over that and am doing good. my comp elder alvcerez is way chill and we are improving the work here. we just need to wait a little bit fo the fuits of our labors to show up. so there are a bunch of pan stores really close to the house, im in haven i love pan dulce it is way good. also there is a place that sells tacos alpastor (the best) for 3 pesos each and they are good.

so our house. we live with a crazy member lady. she has 10 dogs. and has names for all of them. she has allot of birds too but she is pretty nice and lets us use her kitchen and sometimes gives us food.

today we went to the pirimids that are here pretty close. they were way cool. it was eally hot and the pirimids aer really tall. i will sed pics next week i have like zero timee. i cant really remember much else but next week i should have allot more ime and be able to catch you guys up. sorry i dont have time to answer pesonal emails but i love you guys and keep on keepen on.

amor y dedos

elder skaggs