Jacob Max—Mexico City North Mission

Yeah my eye was getting pretty dang big. I went to an eye doctor today finally. They drained it. Oh man did it hurt and you don’t want to know how much puss came out. Its still swollen but it feels better and its smaller plus I bought all the medicine they recommended and slowly its draining out. I have a follow up appointment on Thursday. Its some sort of infection but the exact cause isn’t 100 percent known, but I’m fine, and thats one of the reasons I have a follow up appointment. I took some pills and put a pomade on it and the pomade works well. I think ill see results of the medicine by morning. Its not dangerous and the mission president, his wife, and the missions doctor all know. I’ll give more details on Monday, but I got it checked drained and slowly the swelling is going down and I feel good. Thanks for putting my name in the temple. I know it helped a lot. Love you! 

I know that this could just as well wait for tomorrow, but as its fresh on the mind I’d like to send my favorite memory of grandpa. The thing I immediately thought of wasn’t a specific memory, but maybe a combination of memories. When President M. Russell Ballard came to visit our mission in december, he said a lot of things. I honestly can’t remember all he said, but something that specifically stood out to me was that Elder Ballard literally reminded me of grandpa. Maybe it was the jokes he was making during his talk, or maybe it was just the fact the grandpa and President Ballard just always seemed like they’re invincible was what did it. I have a lot of memories of grandpa but the fact that the president of the quorum of the 12 apostles reminds you of your grandfather just by hearing him talk, must mean that you had a pretty amazing grandpa.  I dont know if the memory really counts but its what I have. I’ll talk tomorrow so I’ll be brief, but the hardest thing about this is fee...

Woah! This week was pretty eventful. This Tuesday in district council, the invitation they gave us was to gift a Book of Mormon to someone everyday. Now, I cant lie, normally I forget the invitations from district council, and don’t do them, however, after district council we were in exchanges and we were able to have a cool experience giving away a Book of Mormon in a bakery, so me and my comp decided to follow the challenge, and give a Book of Mormon away, everyday. On Wednesday, we were coming back from exchanges on Mexibus. Mexibus is a long, train like bus that has its own special lane in the street. Every few blocks there’s a station. It’s always very crowded and almost always we’re standing up. About halfway through the ride, I spotted a woman and the end of the bus, who was crying. The thought I had was to talk to her and see if she was okay, but man, even having 20 months in the mission that’s hard. Approaching someone who’s obviously in distress, crying, at the end of a crowd...