Week 27

The biggest house in Mexico

Or so.

Well this week once again was a little more slow than usual. I don't know what's happening, but numbers are just falling, and people bail on church. We're more obedient than ever, but the work goes on. 

 

We found a few new investigators this week, but only 2 really have something interesting. First the one that will actually progress is the sister of the girl we just baptized. Her husband was baptized like 15 years ago, but is inactive, and she is really cool. We haven't taught a whole ton, but she understands everything, and came to church. She's been going to a Christian church, which is also good, because stuff makes sense for her. 

 

The other news we found contacting in a park, and they are house sitters for a house here. They only told us their house has a pool, and the next day we went searching, and a few hours later we found it, at the end of a little 5 minute jungle hike, and lemme tell ya, its enormous. Like 12000 sq ft or so, but there is so much land, and it's super cool. The family that watches the house is a family with very little education, very humble, but live in a mansion, and are paid to do so haha.  The owner of the house apparently is a owner of hotels here and has tons of houses. 

 

Also had a few more drunk encounters so that was fun.

But overall an ok week, we need to pick up some numbers, but it's all good. Life's good here in Poza Rica, super hot and super humid. 

 

Love you all friends. 

Elder Hodson

 

my failed 6 months, pday feast, house, and more food haha

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 26

A fairly slow week

 

I don´t know if i forgot everything this week, or just was a slow week, but there is not much to report.  Lots and lots and lots and lots of lessons fell through, and of course the people we had planned for church fell through, so this is going to be a large week of searching.  Its difficult because we still have lots of recent convert lessons to teach, but the mission is so strict on teaching investigators it makes it difficult to find time to teach.  But all is well.

 

We found a new investigator, hes about 16, but really wants to change his life, and has already accepted a baptismal date and is on his way.  The large problem is his family is a little thick skulled, especially the dad.  A lot of what we have seen here is the difference in a family centered in christ, that wants the best for their children, and families that have no respect for the other, and dont want their children to succeed.  Something that makes no sense, but the majority of our problem with finding people is the dad or husband is slow to his senses, and makes it difficult.  So the lesson for the week friends is desire with all your heart the best for your children.  If they have desires to change for the best, then support them.  Definitely an eyeopener to the rest of the world.

 

But enough of the negative nancy.  I dont have a funny story to tell..........  But i did manage to find a peacock this week!!! I didnt think i would ever see a peacock in my life, but we were contacting, and bam a peacock.  Also a cool volkswagen, and cool trash.

 

Love

Elder Hodson

 

 

Random find on Facebook!

That tonge...

 

Week 25

A Week of Sickness

So in order to fulfill the title, this week was full of sickness.  Basically i woke up every single day with something new.  It started with a cough on monday, not bad, then tuesday a fever, then wednesday i woke up with more of a cold, then thursday night my stomach went insane, then thursday stomach and cough and cold, then friday i dont remember, then sunday i woke up with my throat loaded with flem.  Its really fun being sick in mexican heat.

But enough complaining.  So wednesday night the secretaries of the mission called and said elder hodson youre coming to xalapa to finish some visa stuff, so they bought me a bus ticket and thursday afternoon i went down.  Slept there, woke up friday and finished my papers, and they put me on a bus back to poza rica.  So that was an interesting detour.

 

On the best of the news.  We baptized yesterday woooo.  We officially have a ward mission leader and he took care of the program and everything, and it was amazing!  the best baptizm this ward has seen in a long time.  Super exciting.  The girl we baptized always reads the bom, always goes to church, and is great!  Her boyfriend baptized her and hopefully in a year ill see them go to the temple.  I also had the opportunity to give the aronic priesthood to my other convert here, and hes excited to work towards Melchizedek.  Alls good here in poza rica.  Baptizing before elder matul dies.

 

Also a family gave me their baby, and i got a really bad haircut dont judge me. Dont worry i only ruin my own pictures guys.

 

Love you friends

 

 

 

Week 24

THE ONE AND ONLY ELDER HODSON

Well friends and family,

the time has come for elder Hodson 1 to retire and go home, and for the real slim shady... i mean Elder Hodson to please stand up.   Hahaha in all seriousness, extreme shout out to my amazing brother Riley for making it, and completely killin it through his mission, he fought his way to make it, but he did it, and he did it right, and If I could be half the missionary he was, Id be a dang good missionary.

But enough braggin about my brother.  In news of this Elder Hodson, we had changes this week wooooh.  And Elder Hodson is staying in Vegas to kill off Elder Matul.  And in doing so, they dropped elder Matul from district leader to the lower companion.  Forgot what its called in english.  So for some reason I am officially the senior companion over a missionary thats been out for 23 months haha.  So that being said more than likely i will either end up training after he goes home (pray for that) or Ill get a normal companion.  So i have at least 2 changes more in vegas.  Most likely ill stay here in the hottest place on earth for 6 months before they change me haha.

Other news, we confirmed our two converts yesterday, and i had the oppoturnity to confirm the husband, and that was nervewracking.  This upcoming sunday we have a baptism planned as well, for the girlfriend of one of our recent converts so thats really cool.  Lots of fruits from converts here.  We found another golden investigator this week as well, so she will get baptized hopefully sometime this month or change.  Lots of big things happening here for us in vegas.  Pray that elder hodson has a son in 6 weeks, i wanna train so bad!  Work my way up the ranks.
 

Oh and we went to peter piper this week.  And had karaoke and i sang in the jungle with the older white elder, so if i can get that video i will send it.

 

LOVE YOU ALL

Week 23

Baptisms woohoo!


So elder matul and i this last saturday had a baptism of an older couple that i talked about last week woooooh!  It was super good, and really funny.  The husband is about my height and pretty big, so i had the opportunity to baptize him (my comp is 5´4) so when i had to baptize him, basically i went all the way down into the water as well as him.It was like i had to do a squat haha.  Ill throw in a few pictures, theyre super cool, and are going to be great members, already looking forward to the temple.

Also my neighbor enrique back in california was baptized 2 days ago, super exciting.

In other news Elder Matul and I go to xalapa tomorrow for a day wooooh.  Its the new missionary meeting, but we get to go so thats cool.  I get to be a newbie again and take a bus for 6 hours haha.  Pretty exciting stuff.
 

Not much else has happened.
 

Funny story, so we were at a recent converts house, and he was in his backyard, and we were talking for a minute and elder matul says, hey whats this, and it was a plant of weed, like full grown, then we looked around and he had like 4 full grown plants of weed hahahaha.  So we obviously took pictures with the weed.  I wanted to put it in the middle of d&c89, but i failed.  Its all good though, he doesnt use it, his mom does in a bottle with acohol for muscle pains as a skin rub.  Funny stuff.
 

Alls well here, love you all

 

 

Week 22

Rabbit & Puppies


I can never think of interesting titles for the week, so there it is, rabbit and puppies.

So this week was a little slow on finding new people to teach, but we have an amazing old couple thats getting baptized this upcoming sunday!!!!  So we have a baptism for a couple around the age of 68 or so, theyre slow to understanding, but theyre super chosen.  From the moment we teach a commandment, they live it!  We taught tithing the other day, and the next sunday they paid.  Taught word of wisdom, and hasnt touched coffee or cigarrettes since.  And theyre already married, super freaking cool. So this sunday theyre getting baptized, theryre like my mexican grandparents.  Ill take pictures on sunday with them.  We have them committed to the temple, and theyre already excited for that.  Starting my baptisms off right.
 

We have a few other investigators, but not a ton, this week is going to be a ton of finding work.  Still half of our problems are stupid husbands, but its all good.  

Rabbit story, we were walking down the street, and guess who tried to talk to us... A drunk, but not your ordinary drunk, this drunk spoke 5 words of english hahaha.  So he kept saying good day, and rabbit over and over again.  Drunk people are very funny people.  But it shows you why we have the word of wisdom.
 

Puppies bc i only have pictures of me with dogs this week.
 

Today for pday we went to............... Peter piper pizza.  Oh and they have a mall here with vans for the equivalent of 40$ or less, so hit me up and ill smugglesome home.
 

Funny silly elder hodson story, we have a thing that heats water up in a bucket, but its just ghetto (see pics), and if you put your hand in the water without removing the thingy, then it shocks you.  So me being me, unplugged it and being curious stuck my hand in, and bam it still shocked me, so now we know, dont touch sketchy metal electric things in water, even if theyre unplugged.

All is good here in the hottest place in the world.  Sweating like crazy, but i love it. I don´t have much to say this week sorry friends!