Mexico and Ice Cream and such...

Well I guess I am now 2 weeks in the field!! I am sorry I forgot to say a lot of things in my last letter but this week I was smart and wrote it all  down!

Well yes I am in Matamoros so literally 15 minutes away from the border which would be Brownsville, Texas and my ward is called Industrial I´m pretty sure and the ward rules and is way nice! Well last Pday I got to play some soccer with the other missionaries in Matamoros and some local kids and everyone here is really good as expected but what they didn´t expect is the UNEXPECTED! Good ole Elder McQuivey coming in and playing like a Mexican!! Hahah I talk a lot about the world cup with the people here so that´s always fun!

 I had my first inter exchange or whatever we call them intercambios and I was with Elder Solomon who went to Lone Peak I´m pretty sure and that was pretty alright. Actually it was a little rough since we literally speant the whole day walking and I didn´t really say anything in any of the lessons so it wasn´t like too exciting at all. But at the end of the day we did try the corn on the cob things as seen in Nacho Libre so it was all worth it!

 

Also there was a day we were just walking and we were like what are the odds we went into that store and got ice cream so we did and good ole Katy Perry´s "Wild One" came in and I just broke into song and dance and I wish I took a picture of the worker´s face! She was in pure shock and so embarrased for me but it was so worth it! And since I was dancing when she gave me the 2 scoop cone of ice cream I was going way too hard and both scoops fell to the floor and I was soo embarrased that i just got down picked it up in my hands and RAN right out of the store! And ya I did eat the side that didn´t touched the ground but I payed money for that thing so it was worth it!

Also short story. We saw a lady in front of some store that had decently long hair THAT SHE PUT GEL IN!! She turned her head and her whole hair same with her in one movement! It was so nasty!

I don´t know how me and this ward member got on the subject but we were talking about power puff girls and the intro song in English and in Spanish. English it´s sugar and spice and everything nice but in Spanish it´s Azucar, Flores , y Muchas Colores (Suger, Flowers, and a lot of colors) and that just made me laugh so hard it was unreal

Whenever it rains here the streets just instantly flood so that´s always fun.

And to all those people that say if you´re a missionary and you don´t talk you don´t eat...FALSE!! Completely false! Every single day for La Comida we get fed so much food I can´t even handle it and the fact that I´m not overweight yet is a miracle! The food here is so unhealthy and there is so much of it that it really frightens me! But I would like to thank the Woolley Family for preparing me for all this Mexican food everyday cause the meals are the same every Comida!

And for the Spanish. I´m am thoroughly convinced Spanish is just this huge inside joke with everybody here except for me and when I actually understand something everyone just looks at me like no you still aren´t in the joke.. It´s really sad but I´m getting there!

Remember that guy I talked about last week that was saying how cool it was I was fighting a language to share a message ya well he came to church with us and loved it so that was sweet! Along with 5 other investigaters so that´s cool! Also we taught the hardest lesson ever to this lady because her child we being absolutely ridiculous and obnoxious but through that hard hour long message we said through the Gospel you can find peace in your life and I´m pretty sure that one her over cause she now has a date to be baptized on the 25th of October (that was the first real lesson with her) so that was sweet!

Well I love and miss you all!

Love, Elder McQuivey