Category: Oaxaca

Hey everyone! How are you all doing? I hope you had a great Halloween! Unfortunately, Halloween doesn’t exist down here in Oaxaca and exists even less as a missionary, so I definitely was a little sad to miss one of my favorite holidays, but that is okay! The mission life has been great and I… Continue reading Mission Week 21

Hey everyone! I’m sure you all had a fantastic week and this one upcoming will be even better, I know it! Despite work, school, or just life in general, I know that the Lord will always be with you. This week here in Oaxaca was super busy and full of work, which made the time… Continue reading Mission Week 20

Hey everyone! I hope you are all doing well! This week has been a huge change in the mission but a really good one as well. I don’t have much more to say in the introduction, so on to the rest! Transfers Last Wednesday, transfers happened. Because Elder Sifuentes was leaving, he packed all of… Continue reading Mission Week 19

Hey everyone! How are you all doing? Life going well? I hope you’re having fun and working toward your dream too! Here in Oaxaca things are going pretty well. This was a super tough week with a lot of work, and it was really just a hint of what the future will be in the… Continue reading Mission Week 18

Hey everyone! I hope you had a great week and an even greater weekend with General Conference! This week was super great here in Valle de Etla and this upcoming week is sure to be even better. Exercise?! We recently got a notice from the mission president that for 3 days, the entire mission would… Continue reading Mission Week 17

Hey everyone! I hope you all are doing great and staying safe. Or, at the very least, had a better week than we did down here in Valle de Etla, haha. This one’s going to be a roller coaster, so get ready. And thus, the story begins… Introduction Last p-day, all the Elders in our… Continue reading Mission Week 16

Hey everyone! How are you all doing? I hope you had an awesome week and the Lord is continually blessing you in your efforts. This week for me was a bit crazy and super busy, but a lot of fun and there is no place I’d rather be than in Oaxaca Mexico! Multi-Zone Conference and… Continue reading Mission Week 15

Hey everyone! This week was pretty calm but the work moves forward, even if it feels like my Spanish isn’t, haha. But each day surely is something new and different! Earthquake Season This week there was an earthquake that took place a few Mexican states over, but was still felt in Oaxaca. It was a… Continue reading Mission Week 14

Hey everyone! Week 13 of the mission and it actually feels like I’m settling into the mission life. The language is still difficult, but I can definitely feel it getting better. Overall, everything just seems more normal. Transfers Last week were transfers meaning the whole mission just got switched up. Even though I am still… Continue reading Mission Week 13

Hey everyone! How are you all doing?! I hope this week went well for you guys, because it was kind of a roller coaster for us. Here we go! Meetings On Tuesday there was a huge meeting for all the trainers and trainees (me), so we went to a church in the city and had… Continue reading Mission Week 12