Elder Tanner Fawcett: Week 22 - My Worst Week in the Mission!

Hola Everyone and Happy New Year’s:

So, P-Day this week as you can tell is on Tuesday because of New Year’s Eve being on Monday. So last night, we had to be in our Apartment by dark which is around 5:00 here in Mexico because of the bad things that go on around the City during New Year’s Eve. With not a whole lot to do, Elder McBreaitry and I just played Mexican Monopoly, which is way cooler by the way, for the night!

Honestly, this past week has been one of the worst I have had in the Mission Field! For most of the week, I have been really pretty sick and it has made most days pretty miserable! Also, with it being the holiday season, none of our appointments have shown up and when we have contacted the people we are teaching, they have all told us that they are just too busy right now to meet with us. All of our other investigators are out of town for the holiday’s so it has been pretty slow. We have spent a lot of time on the street trying to contact but with me being sick, it has just not been that great of a week!

To tell all of you a little bit about how Christmas went last week, so the entire Mission went to Pachuca last Monday for Christmas Eve Day. The day started out with all of us lining up, taking off our shirts and getting our Flu shots for the year! From there, we went and had a Christmas Devotional which was really great. After the devotional, we had our Mission lunch of Mexican Taco’s and cake which was all really good.

After lunch, President Kimball brought out some Piñata’s which were filled with candy. The Sister Missionaries went first and broke the first one. For the second one, I was the second Elder selected to hit the Piñata and well, let just say there wasn’t a third person needed. It was all really fun and we broke open a few more Piñata’s. From there, we all went back in the Church and presented skits as Zones. Our skit was about Harry Potter. To end out the meeting, President and Sister Kimball gave all of us a Christmas present. The Sister missionaries received a bag like thing and the Elder’s all got a sock tie which was really cool. From there, we all went back to our Area’s and as I mentioned last week, our Zone met at our Stake center on Christmas Day and watched Elf and exchanged White Elephants. I got a rubber chicken for my gift!

On Wednesday, we just went back to work just like every other day. Well, now I know what it is like to go through the holiday’s as a missionary! Honestly, it wasn’t that bad and I am grateful to have been able to spend this year serving Jesus Christ and the people of Mexico. Although I am still sick today, I know that it is just another part of the experience of being a missionary! Hopefully I will get feeling better soon and can fully concentrate on the work.

I hope everyone has a great New Year and I can’t wait for the adventures that the Lord has for me this coming year in Mexico. Oh, just about forgot, so they are really proud of the way they cut hair down here and right before Christmas, I got my authentic Mexican hair cut with the shaved parting line and all!

Love

Elder Fawcett