It's hard to believe that David has been a missionary for six months already. Following missionary tradition, David vandalized one of his ties in celebration. The Church's email server is pretty weird and it sometimes takes us several days to get all of the pictures he sent (last week it took from Monday to Friday for the photos to arrive). David has another new companion and remains in Ciudad Constitucion, about 3 hours north of La Paz. Here's what David said about his NEW companion:
"I received a new companion, Elder Cornejo. He just got here in La Paz (We have to go there for the transfers) like an hour ago, so I don’t have a picture of him yet. Kinda funny, though. The two of us together only have 11 months of experience in the mission combined, so it’ll be a good chance to develop some good leadership skills and learn by a little baptismal fire : ) He seems really cool, though, although I haven’t really gotten to know him yet. We’ve got 3 and a half hours in a bus to Constitucion to do a bit of that, though : )"
We found it interesting that members of the church, and the wards and branches they all live in, in Mexico aren't really much different than those found here in the states. Here is what David wrote about a challenge in his current area and the observations he's made and what he's learned:
"We’ve got some good investigators over there, so I’m hoping we'll be able to make some good progress and make the ward a little stronger. It’s kinda interesting, the ward has some problems with the bishop, or better said, he’s working hard to develop his leadership skills and run the ward smoothly, but he’s having a hard time. I don’t blame him, though. He’s way young, and because of his past screw ups (Which I account to his simple lack of knowing) he doesn’t receive a lot of support from the ward. It’s partly his fault, but there are some members who don’t make the situation any better. But the point of all of this is that it’s interesting to see how the problems of the ward become the problems of the missionaries. Like I feel like it’s my home ward and I wanna help out. Kind of a cool feeling."
I've also included a photo collage of where David is living - I have no idea how he did this, but it's a circular view of his neighborhood.
