So we flew in on monday, and president anaya had no idea who
i was!!! lol, i guess they lost my name so i wasnt on the list of new
elders coming in, so i walked up to him, whipped out the best spanish
that i could and you know what his reaction was? lol, he tried giving
me to the other mission presidents from mexico city, i kept saying
president president im yours but he didn{t hear me, his english isnt
that great so ill give him a break!!!
so our mission is only about 10 minutes away from the airport,
cool huh? but ya know what? i litterally thought i was going to die in
those ten minutes, those things we call rules of the road in the US, ya
they dont apply here, its litterally just a bunch of mexicans driving
as fast as they can wherever they can, in the bicycle lanes, in the
middle lane, in the opposite lane and in the middle of the lanes lol,
what makes it even more exciting is how everyone just cutes in front of
people, president litterally at one point took a left hand turn at an
intersection from the far right lane, so awesome. BY the way, i{m
convinced that the combi drivers here (bus drivers) could beat every
single american nascar driver in a race, by a long shot.... too make it
even more amazing, between all this chaos i havnt seen one freaking
accident, i have no idea how, or why... but thats how it goes down.
most dope.
So the mexico city temple is georgous, and so is the weather,
its about 70 here, nice and sunny, hows the snow treating yall back in
the 801? oh and dont laugh at me either, because even those its 70
right now it doesnt get much hotter then 80, so ya you could say this
place is paradise, if there was clean watter to drink.. hahahaha no i
have not gotten sick yet, but i am so freaking excited to just get mad
sick and have to sit on the toilet for days on end. jk, im not, but
when it happens, i will survive.
so we spent the night in president anayas home, ya know, i was
basically expecting nacho libre, so when i walked inside his mansion my
mind was freaking blown, believe it or not mexico city isnt an exact
replica of nacho libre...
tuesday morning, we got up and had a bunch of meetings, u know
the usual and went to have transfers!!! my companions name is elder
sumano, and hes so tight!!! hes from cancun but he went to a private
school so his english is freaking superb, its nice because hes taught me
so much english, and you guys wouldn{t believe his ability to teach the
doctrine man its so so so so so so so so so good!!!
so we didnt get to our new apartement until about 7 oclock
tuesday night because were on the very edge of our mission, so tuesday
night we made about a trillion phone calls and planned because guess
what, were starting a new area!!! well, not really that new, they only
closed it down about a month and a half ago because the past
missionaries were super frito (fried, meaning they dont do anything) so
weve just been focusing on the ward because as of right now it needs
some help!!!
we live about a minute walk from walmart, yes they have those
here too along with mcdonalds, kfc, and an infintismal amount of taco
stands!! its pretty cool!!!
so the language, the last
week ive been babtized by immersion by the spanish language.. the
problem? yeah, nobody wants to pull me out of the water, oh well, esta
bien, ive been learning so much, i mean im still mind blown when a
little mexican walks up to me and tries talking to me half the time but
its totally fine, i think its funny!!! the gift of tongues is real, how
do i know that? well, our very first appointment i was asked to give a
blessing, i have no freaking clue what i blessed that girl with, but
everyone said i did really well, so im grateful. ive come to the
conclusion that if god wants me to say something in spanish hell help me
say it, its happened every single lesson this week where all the sudden
boom elder hicks is a freaking mexican and he speaks spanish, so
cool!!!
the food is so good, like ive lost 15 pounds and i dont know
how cuz the food is so incredible, even more incredible is the fact that
you can litterally buy anything you want off the street, so many tacos,
hamburgers, hotdogs, tomales, and on on and on... hahaha
oh you want to know how ive lost weight? im pretty sure we
have the biggest area in the missinon, and its on the side of a
mountain... not quite sure, but elder sumano and i both agree that we
walked close to 10 miles on wednesday!!! and its like that every day,
so tight!!! well actually nothing on me is tight anymore, ive already
poked a new hole in my belt and im pretty sure after my training (furst 3
monthes) im going to need a whole new wardrobe.. sorry mom.
so our investigators are incredible, i wish i had time to tell
you about them, but i dont, next week will be a much bigger, and a much
better update from me i promise, love you all, miss you all... i love
letters!!! just send em to the address on my last instagram ya the
address thats in freaking mexico, i don{t know how the whole stamp
situation works, but youll figure it out!!! oh, also, i love you guys,
just wanted yall to know that, until next week
-elda hicks
P.S. Here is his Mission address
Elder Keegan Hicks
Mexico, Mexico City East Mission
Avenida 510 #90, Col San Juan e Aragon
Delagacion Gustavo A. Madero
CP 07950 Mexico Distrito Federal
MEXICO
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