Feliz Dia

Once upon a time it was Saturday and guess what happened? Well... a baptism!! Hanny got baptized. I don't know if I have told you all about her much, but she's a little ten year old and her parents are inactive members but said they want her to be baptized (she also wanted to be so it wasn't just the parents). We've been trying to work out this baptism for quite some time, but her mom has been working in Tuxtla a lot until now. So we finally put a date about three weeks ago and she got baptized on Saturday. It was a bit stressful because her mom wasn't able to come and I felt really bad. Also there weren't any members there besides family and the bishop, but it was a great baptism and she's just so happy so that is what is really important!

Anyway. This whole week went well. Hermana Agustin and I are working well together. We are having a fun time and contacting all of Tapachula. It's really crazy. But it's good though. I'm still cooking a bit down here, but that's just the way it goes. Friday we had intercambios and I was with Hna. Aldas again. (two transfers ago I was with her, but they haven't been changed since then). And it was a grand old time just like always. I want to be able to go to the other area for a change and not be the one left in my area, but one day it will happen. Nah.. I like my area a lot, it just seems like fun to get to know another.

Our lessons have been great this week and we're working hard and strong - at least trying as much as we can. It is a fun time here in the land of tortilla and I sure hope all of you are having a joyful time in the land without much rain.. in comparison to what it's supposed to be like here.

Have a great week!
Hermana Humphrey

Cooking over a fire

Current district

A sunset picture

Hello Friends!

Yola! How are all of you? I hope you are all great! I am too! This week has been a pretty lovely week. As I said last week, I am now training. That's right, I am still in my first area and I am going to be here longer! I am happy about that. The only sad thing is that it is still a little chilly here.. and by chilly I mean hot. :) Anyway.. I went to Tuxtla on Monday with three other Hermanas and Elder Atkinson (from my MTC district) as trainers to be. And the ride there (and back) were not exactly my favorite because I didn't feel super. When we got there I had a fever and just felt bad, but for the record I'm all good now.

I met all five of the new sisters that night, but we didn't get assigned until Tuesday. In the morning we hung out in the mission home which I love. And we got our companions a little bit later and I'm with Hermana Agustin! She's so great! She's 22 years old, from Hidalgo, Mexico. And she's great! I think I don't have a picture of her yet.. oops. I keep forgetting.

Anyway. This week has gone really well. We are getting along and are happy little campers. Camping amongst the mosquitoes (her more than me because the mosquitoes like new meat more). And we're just working on along having a grand old time. The members are all weirded out that I have already been here almost 6 months. They thought I would go and not my companion who had only 3 weeks here. But we go where the Lord sends us. I really like this ward though and I know that He has a reason for me to be working here in this area in this time! Yay missionary work! :)

Hermana Humphrey

Short on Time

Hola rapido!

Today is transfer day! I'm off to Tuxtla again! For the same reason as before.. I'll be training and I sure hope it goes better this time. ;) So I'll still be here in my same area and it will be a fun time. Anyway, my bus leaves at 2 or 3 and I have to be outahere soon for that! I had a good week. We had more rain luckily. I love it! And we've just been working like crazy! I will let you all know more things next week and I hope you all have a happy day and week!

Hermana Humphrey

Very HOT Days

This week we had a few days of really hot... I felt like it cooked my insides, but well, I'm alive still. That's what really counts. ;) This week has been a pretty good one. We had a fun little activity that we, as the missionaries of our ward, did. It was like Lehi's dream and we did the rope path and the fun stuff. I was the Holy Ghost and we had two tempters. It was quite interesting to see the people who refused to listen to me and were super willing with the others (they didn't know who was which before the activity). It was a fun little thing to do and we had a success with it as well! YAY!! I think we may do this in a future area.. who knows!

The week wasn't super eventful besides that. Well, a little. We had a Relief Society activity that we brought an investigator to (Elsa - she is super great and excited for it all) and we made popoosas (something like that). It was tasty and fun. It was nice just talking to all the sisters there and finally feeling like it's way fun to be in Relief Society activities! I'm learning every day!

I also learned how to make tamales. Don't ask me to make them when I get back because they didn't turn out very well (just the ones my companion and I made). It's not as easy as you would think, but it was cool to learn. Maybe with my time in the mission to come, I will learn more and be able to make them when I return! :)

Anyway that's pretty much my week. It's been good. We also had an investigator tell us he tried to come to church a few weeks ago, but got lost. It was funny, but sad and like.. well good try - at least a bit of a start! It's fun to see everyone change and progress, and I'm certainly learning many things! It's a great time! :)

Hermana Humphrey

Another Week as a Missionary!!

Hey everyone! I hope all is going well for you all!

This week has been quite hot almost every day, but hey that's nothing new right? As of about an hour ago it's been raining. Finally!! We've gone sadly without rain for a few weeks and it's beginning to freak some people out and also causes a very hot climate, but it's finally rainy!! YAY!

We've been very busy. We're contacting a lot (not quite as much as the few weeks previous, but still lots) and we're always finding people to teach. There are days I just feel like there are too many and we don't have the time to go to all of them. Mostly I feel that way because I miss being able to visit with the members frequently. :( But at least sometimes we still go with them. We are always working hard and like crazy people sometimes, but that's good though right? Yes!

Not a whole lot of super weirdness or crazy things happened this week. We had an activity with the relief society and had two investigators come. We made donuts. Mmmmm tasty! So that was pretty cool. Also I had another experience of an earthquake. Yesterday in the middle of the night (Sunday about 4:30 a.m.) I woke up feeling super weird like my whole body was shaking and then I realized it was another earthquake, but it was really short so we didn't do anything about it. Just waited a sec and laid back down, but it was a little hard to sleep after that. We'll just see how many other earthquake experiences I have as a missionary. I'll know just what to do in an earthquake by the end of my time here!!

Anyway.. I hope you all have a super great week!! :)

Hermana Humphrey

Changes in the Wind

Once upon a time, I was a trainer and all that fun stuff.. well slightly stressful and difficult stuff, but still fun and great though. But then all of a sudden it isn't so anymore. My companion was having a bit of trouble and we talked to the president over the phone about 200 times then finally he came here to Tapachula and we had 3 interviews with him. He gave us transfers with another companionship about an hour from here. I'm now with Hna. Guevara (from Mexico) and things are really going well. It's just weird and random having transfers in the middle of a transfer cycle, but she is really great and I'm certainly learning a lot!

So Monday we had interviews, Tuesday too, and Wednesday. Then Thursday we transferred and have been working a lot. I feel a bit exhausted for some reason, but it's all good. All the more reason to work hard! Anyway.. I don't really have a lot of other news. It was a fairly crazy week with all of this, but it was good though. The new president is really great!! So that's good news. :) And the people we're teaching are really starting to progress! YAY!

In other news, we had a lovely experience.. well maybe not lovely. We were walking home and a boy (maybe 18 years old) contacted us. It was weird, but we did a regular contact and just invited to have a lesson with him, and he accepted. From there things were just a little weird he was all up close and personal and that just isn't okay as missionaries. And we found out he lives two doors down from us. So we're doing what we can do avoid him because he's a bit of a weird obsessive like person. I don't think it will be any problem, but it's just weird.

And there's my news for the week. Nothing special. Just weirdness and life.

Have a lovely week!!
Hermana Humphrey

Hna Rodriguez and Hna Humphrey

Hna Rodriguez, Hna George (mission president's wife), and Hna Humphrey

Hna Humphrey and new companion Hna Guevara drinking gross electrolyte drink

Strange fruit - papausa

Pineapple growing

Weekly Update

This week was quite a week as well. First I'll start with the exciting, not necessarily good, but cool though, news. We had an earthquake this morning. I was already awake (I woke up at about 6:25 today) and then about two minutes later I felt really weird-like shaking, and heard my bed making noises and the lamina (metal roof) shaking. It was weird. I realized it was an earthquake and sat there for a second thinking, "What should I do?" Right.... Doorframe. So I went there. I also didn't know what to do (wake up my companion or no?) I didn't need to. She woke up after a few seconds of me not knowing what to do. And we just waited. I was a little shocked and all, but it wasn't so bad. So there's the special news for the week! Cool, eh? Yes, I'm totally fine. It was a bit of a shock for me, but that's about it.

This week we had the experience of a day at the doctor. My companion wasn't feeling well all of last week, and Tuesday it was bad enough that we went to the doctor to have her made better. We didn't know, though, that he was going to keep us there. We were there from about 5 on Tuesday until 9 the next morning. It was definitely boring, but an experience! She's all better now, so no worries, friends! :)

Also, we had a good solid zone conference where they taught us to really contact people. We are all a lot more dedicated to contacting now! So that's good.

And on Friday, we had intercambios (splits?) with the other hermanas, and it was good. Then we talked with President, and since my companion still isn't super happy, he had us stay in intercambios another day. It was fun to have a second day with Hna. Zuñiga, but weird though too.

And I'm learning the various ways that God helps us each day. We found people we didn't know we were looking for. One was a reference that we have searched for many times, and in the process of trying to visit an inactive member, found him. God really helps us out and it is so great! Have a lovely week, friends!

Hermana Humphrey

Found this freaky animal

First day together Hna. Rodriguez and Hna. Humphrey

Bored face while waiting at the doctor