Abilene week 18

Elder Moffitt,  Nita, Alizay and Alexandria

Finally got some more good pictures with people we're working with. Here is me goofing it up with Nita, Alizay, and Alexandria (left to right). We had a great lesson with Alizay and Alexandria last night about the plan of salvation and helped to answer a lot of the "questions of the soul" that they had about where we go after we die. Then, as is Mexican custom, they fed us some great food too. Nita made carnitas. I put it in my taco and started eating it only to realize a couple bites later that there were bones in it. So, I had to adjust my eating a little bit after that. And, I was a little hesitant in sending this picture because I look fat in it. I promise I am not fat.

Last district photo before transfers.

Now for a little news from me about the last week of the transfer. As always, at the last district meeting of every transfer we have district pictures. So, here you go. Once a month we also get to have district lunch. We went to a Chinese buffet. Always good. So, big news for transfers this week. Elder King is heading out to a little town called Comanche and he will finish training 2 Elders who have been half trained so far (I always wonder what it would be like to be in a trio). I am staying in Abilene and my new companion will be Elder Banks. He came out with Elder King and Elder King says he is a very nice, humble, cool guy. So I'm excited to see what a new companion will be like.

Life in the day of a missionary!

And here is one of my pairs of shoes. Before and after polishing. It's crazy how much of a difference a good polish can make. It's like a whole new pair of shoes!

New companion.....new planner!

As a new transfer comes I of course have to make a new planner. Here is me cutting out the lamination paper to cover my planner with. And here is my new planner. Pioneers. I thought pioneers was an appropriate choice for a couple reasons. Pioneer, pilgrims.... Thanksgiving is this transfer. And also, this transfer is my 6 month mark. It has been a long "trek" to make it this far. Haha. Get it? I know I am so funny. Anyway, there you go.

Cow tongue.....yep!

Over at Kayla's families house this week they had a big party. Kayla's cousin, Brooklyn, turned 4. There was lots of good food. This first picture is a nice big cow tongue. We had cow tongue and cow cheek tacos. It was actually pretty good, but the thought of what I was eating made it gross a couple times. Then of course they made Brooklyn take a bite of the cake and pushed her face into it. She loved it. Ah, Mexicans.

This week Martha cooked us some Menudo. It's a soup type thing where the meat in it is pig skin and fat. It's all squishy, but the Mexicans love it. There are also chunks of bone in the soup. Yeah, a few weeks ago we had soup with whole chicken legs and corn on the cob in the soup. It's a whole different food culture for sure.

At church, Brother Bundy bought some Ghost peppers for all the missionaries to try. Apparently, they are some of the spiciest peppers in the world. So, what did we do? We all had to have one of course. It burned so bad. Elder King and Elder Varvel were crying, Elder Chapman turned super red, and Elder Martin went all numb. I almost died too. The burning didn't go away for like 10 minutes. They are so hot you can't grab them with your hands... yet you're supposed to eat them.

This is Juanita, the mom of Nita (whose name is also Juanita but she goes by Nita). Yesterday she was called as the second counselor in the relief society presidency. Yay for less actives who are now getting callings! Speaking of that, yesterday our good friend Leonardo was set apart as the Elder's quorum president! Whoo! He is our only native speaking Melchizedek priesthood holder in the branch, and he is like the legitest guy ever by the way.

Here I am with David, our ward mission leader. He came with us last night when we saw Alexandria and Alizay, but he was actually out talking to Nita and Eliseo the whole time. He has been gone for a couple weeks. But now he is back and ready to go! 

Got together for Sunday morning brunch.  My contribution was cinnamon, sugar pancakes.   Not gonna lie...they were pretty darn good!

Oh yes I did indeed get my box. Thank you mommy!!! It was great. Now I need to buy a pumpkin to carve. Haha. Loved it. Loved it. Wow, your missionary experience sounds like it was super awesome! I love you guys so much!  I have the best family in the whole world.  Seriously!  The picture of you and dad just made me smile seeing you!

Sofia did not get baptized this week. She had to cancel a lesson with us and so she just didn't know all the things she needs to before getting baptized. This week we'll reset a date, and hopefully Damian will be there too.

Church yesterday was fantastic. We had 2 new families come. Javier and Flo and their 3 little kids. They were taught a couple years ago in Clovis. They moved here a couple months ago and spotted the missionaries. We met with them once this week, and then they were at church. The whole time they were being taught last time they only made it to church once, but now those complications that prevented them from coming seem to be gone.

Mariana and Noel and their 3 little kids also came. We met her Saturday and invited her to come. She brought her whole family. We'll see what happens, but I'm really excited.