July 5, 2014
Well the offices are really, really great so
far, I love all the work that I am doing here, but the best part is being so
close to President and always being with the APs. Today for P-day we went out
and ate with President and are going to play racquetball at a member’s house
after we are done emailing. Yes, the member has a racquetball court in his
house. I feel like being in the offices will be cutting a lot from my emails
just because I don't have as many crazy, cool, or spiritual stories to share,
but I will continue to try and fill up my emails with all the stories that I do
have.
First thing, Elder Christensen and I are going
to be having a TON of weight dropped on our shoulders and go through a lot of
changes. The senior couple, the Sellers, who work in the offices with us will
be leaving the Monday, which is really, really sad because we love them so
much, but their replacements won’t be coming until August. This means that my
companion and I will have to pick up their workload, and a not so difficult
task of occupying their hotel room until the new senior couple comes. Because
we will be living in the hotel we will have maid service, and a free
continental breakfast, which will be nice. Secondly both of the APs are going
home this change, one in 3 weeks and the other in 5, which means we will have 2
new APs coming into the offices and be learning how to run everything. Lastly,
we are having a huge influx of missionaries, so over the next 2 months
President has to open up 17 new areas for missionary work, and being his
secretaries means we have to do a TON of work to get those areas opened.
Secondly, yesterday I got your package, being in
the offices is awesome because that means when the packages arrive here in
Mexico, I have the package! I don't have to wait for 2-4 weeks till it can get
sent out to my area. It came as perfect timing because I was really bummed I
didn't have a blue, red and white tie for the 4th of July but it came right in
time! (PS we aren't aloud to wear skinny ties. Our ties have to be wider than 4
fingers and that tie is skinnier than my four fingers. But it’s bigger than one
of the APs fingers so President gave me permission to wear it-but just a heads
up for the future). As yesterday was the 4th of July we had a celebration here
in the offices (As 6 of us are American and 1 is Mexican.) We sang the star
spangled banner, said the pledge of alliance and my companions and I cooked hot
dogs over the stove and made pork and beans. It was a really fun day and we had
a lot of fun with it.
Lastly, they just opened a new aquarium here in
our area in a town called Polanco, it is also next to a huge art museum, both
of which have gotten amazing reviews and we have heard lots of good things
about them. The aquarium is 10 dollars (about 120 pesos) and the Art museum is
free. My companion and I will definatly be going there on a P-day which will be
a lot of fun, but first we have to visit Socalo! Socalo is a huge tourist spot
in Mexico, it has really, really cool pyramids and tons of little shops. One of
the little shops is called Chinos which is a tie shop. The ties are fairly
cheap, about 40-50 pesos a tie, but they have a special where you can buy 12
ties for 150 pesos (11 dollars and 50 cents) which is clearly a missionary
favorite.
Sorry I don't have a whole lot to talk about
today, and sorry that my thoughts were all over the place, but I love you and
miss you all! Hope you have a great vacation in NC! I am super jealous right
now and I wish I could be there with you all! Have fun and be safe!
Love,
Elder Adams
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