Jacob Max—Mexico City North Mission

Afternoon, So Tuesday. There was zone conference. Our area being as far as it is, we got up at 6, left the house before 7, just to make sure we got to the conference at 9:45. The conference was alright, but they gave us a full box of Books of Mormon, piled on top were 2 bibles, a triple, and a mound of pamphlets. I mean, it's good to have supplies and all but it was virtually the heaviest box known to man. The bus to our area leaves us a bit of a walk from our house and carrying that box was a nightmare. Me and my companion had to take turns carrying the box up the street and to the house. We arrived and put the box on the floor, our arms having been turned to jelly. I believe the box just laid on the floor for a day or too. We left that evening to visit a guy named Antonio. We called the ward mission leader, Lalo, to come with us. When he pulled up in his car he had a former missionary in his front seat who had served in the mission. It was really weird to see. We got to the lesso...

The first week of a five weeks transfer is over. It wasn't too bad, I guess. My new companion is names Elder McClellan. He's from Draper. He's the first American comp I've had since the MTC. On Tuesday, we went to district council. There's a new missionary in the district named Elder Sayavedra. His dad apparently lived in Mexico city for the first 20+ years of his life, but the new Elder speaks no Spanish at all. I felt bad for him cause that day he looked pretty dang lost. That day we knocked a door I remember knocking my first week in this area, cause apparently an investigator lived there. We went back this week and as we approached the house, the lady and her husband who lived there walked outside. I guess her husband is a member, and they let us in to teach a message. They're named Vanessa and Jose. Afterwards we taught an old lady and her daughter who have been in teaching for a while and don't seem to progress, but they're nice to us at least..aft...