Nov. 3 2008
welll helllooo world and family,
well today was soooo coool we went to Teotihuacan (pyramids) and spent the whole day there! i spent about 360 pesos buying some touristy stuff that was really fun cause none of the mexicans think we know spanish so they try to sell really high but i talked a guy down 450 pesos (about 45 american) on these 2 obsidian statues about 4 or 5 inches high it was cool looking and i love to bargain in spanish cause they just think were stupid gringos haha so i payed like 200 pesos so 20 bucks on the statues not bad but more than i wanted to spend , i also bought a cool obsidian knife with turqouse handle thats about 13 inches long for 125 pesos (11bucks) haha he was asking 450 pesos!!!! crazy mexicans haha so the pyramids were super cool but about 5 million stairs!!!! but it was worth the 4 hour travel one way and everything it was cool ill post some pics sometime, so the food here is good im sick and tired of people asking if i thought mexico was going to be sombreroes and meriachies haha and i explain how many mexicans live in arizona! and they ask about the food and think we only eat hamburgurs and pizza haha so the food isnt to hot its really good! ive been sick a few times mostly its the chicken that gets us we had it that was like ice cold and raw but this lady is super poor and gets offended really bad if you dont eat it all so we ate it......and payed for it but it wasnt too bad its happened like twice, and yeah we only eat once a day besides cold cereal for breakfast, its at 2 in the afternoon but its not bad cause they feed us a bunch, other than that just the normal mission work but this week we spent everyday in Temamatla(look at your map) and had a lot of succsses found 8 new investigators which is more than the last month put together and those 8 were in 2 days of hard work so its looking good one is the sanchez family with 3 generations of family who look really promising so thats sweet but who knows, but yeah sounds like its going good back home well im doing good here and love it soo much well
adios
Elder Curtis
Monday, November 3, 2008
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Photos!
I tried until way to late last night to figure out a slideshow....but it'll take more figuring than I have brains right now. The pictures are at the bottom of the page, scroll down and you'll see them! HOPEFULLY soon I'll get this all figured out.
love
cindy
love
cindy
Monday, October 27, 2008
hey hey hey hows it going?
well im doing pretty good down here in mexico, the spanish is getting better and better each day its cool, so will kim be in papa and pattys mission right? thats way cool i hope so, haha she was hopeing tolearn spanish so that when me and ray start talking about stuff she will know what we are saying haha especially when we are talking about her! hahha well cool cool we still havent found any solid investigators so thats a bummer, so the mexico city south mission is one of the highest baptising missions in the world but the area im in is the lowest of the whole mission... kinda a bummer but its good because i will never have another bad area they will only get better! haha the other day as we were on our way to the mission office after working in the temple it was about 9 30 at night and there was a group of about 12 missionaries and there were 4 of us "gringos" hangingback a ways when a man from behind us started yelling " hey, hey you guys!!!" we were a little hesitant to turn around with it being late and not so good of a neighborhood but we did and it was a guy late teens early 20s and he asked who we were and why we were all dressed up and what we had in our backpacks.... haha so we explained the whole we are missionaries and all that so then we showed him what was in my backpack and it was my scriptures and pass along cards and pamphlets and stuff like that and he sterted asking questions and we gave him a pamphlet and a pass along card and bore our tetimonies and the second a tear rolled down his face it was the coolest thing ever to see his heart get touched from 4 gringoes on a dark street in the middle of the city, it was way cool, but yeah we dont have those kind of experiances in our area which is kinda a bummer but the members are way cool in our area there are 237 memmbers and only 60 or 70 come to church so a lot of our time is trying to reactivate people, well our house is really cool we have 3 bedrooms dinning room kitchen living room and about a million HUGE spiders haha its cool i love it, well thats the story of the week, i might get back on later today and write more but who knows, i love you guys sooo much tell sam and lia i love them and give them hugs and kisses, i love you too mom and dad!
nos vemos, adios
Elder Curtis
I got some pictures!!! I'll be adding them later tonight! -Cindy
well im doing pretty good down here in mexico, the spanish is getting better and better each day its cool, so will kim be in papa and pattys mission right? thats way cool i hope so, haha she was hopeing tolearn spanish so that when me and ray start talking about stuff she will know what we are saying haha especially when we are talking about her! hahha well cool cool we still havent found any solid investigators so thats a bummer, so the mexico city south mission is one of the highest baptising missions in the world but the area im in is the lowest of the whole mission... kinda a bummer but its good because i will never have another bad area they will only get better! haha the other day as we were on our way to the mission office after working in the temple it was about 9 30 at night and there was a group of about 12 missionaries and there were 4 of us "gringos" hangingback a ways when a man from behind us started yelling " hey, hey you guys!!!" we were a little hesitant to turn around with it being late and not so good of a neighborhood but we did and it was a guy late teens early 20s and he asked who we were and why we were all dressed up and what we had in our backpacks.... haha so we explained the whole we are missionaries and all that so then we showed him what was in my backpack and it was my scriptures and pass along cards and pamphlets and stuff like that and he sterted asking questions and we gave him a pamphlet and a pass along card and bore our tetimonies and the second a tear rolled down his face it was the coolest thing ever to see his heart get touched from 4 gringoes on a dark street in the middle of the city, it was way cool, but yeah we dont have those kind of experiances in our area which is kinda a bummer but the members are way cool in our area there are 237 memmbers and only 60 or 70 come to church so a lot of our time is trying to reactivate people, well our house is really cool we have 3 bedrooms dinning room kitchen living room and about a million HUGE spiders haha its cool i love it, well thats the story of the week, i might get back on later today and write more but who knows, i love you guys sooo much tell sam and lia i love them and give them hugs and kisses, i love you too mom and dad!
nos vemos, adios
Elder Curtis
I got some pictures!!! I'll be adding them later tonight! -Cindy
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
how dear elder works
I thought I'd add a page here about dearelder.com for those of you who don't know how it works. If you have any questions call me or put a message here.
The Mexico Mexico City South Mission is part of the Pouch Mail Program. Cost: FreeShipping Method: Pouch Mail SystemContinue reading below to learn exactly how our system operates
What is the pouch mail program?The Church has established the Pouch Mail program to help families to communicate better with their missionaries in countries with poor mail systems. When you mail your letters to the Pouch Mail Department in Salt Lake City, the Church places all the letters bound for one mission in a big package and ships them to the mission through an express carrier service. When the letters arrive at the mission office in the destination country, the office Elders open the package of letters and distribute them to the Elders and Sisters throughout the mission.
How does DearElder.com work with the pouch mail department to get letters to the missionaries?The Pouch Department only sends one package per week to each mission. In order for your letter to go out in a certain week's package, the letter must reach the Salt Lake City Pouch Mail Department by 5:00pm on Friday.In order for DearElder.com to get your letter to the Pouch Mail Department by Friday at 5:00pm, we require you to submit your letter by Thursday at 12:00pm (MST). The Pouch Mail Department doesn't actually mail your letters until the following Tuesday. If you pay for DearElder's Pouch Plus Service ($4.95/month), your letter cut-off deadline is moved forward to Sunday night at midnight (MST). The Pouch Mail Department allows us to squeak in a few letters right before the mission packages are sent on Tuesday morning. Pouch Plus will save you as many as 4 days to a week in letter delivery time.DearElder.com is fully compliant with the USPS Private Express Statutues. Property postage is applied to all mail delivered to the Pouch Mail Department.
What advantages are there to using DearElder.com to write a missionary?There are a number of advantages to using DearElder.com to write your missionary.
Your letters will always arrive to your missionary as fast and usually faster than if you were to mail your letters to the Pouch Mail Department. This especially applies to those who live outside Utah and have a 2-6 day delay in their mail to Salt Lake.
DearElder.com makes writing your missionary much more convenient. It is much easier for most people to sit down and type out a letter--and simply hit send--than it is to write the letter by hand, stick it in an envelope, search for a stamp, and try to run it to the mail box or post office.
Your missionary will actually be able to read what you wrote. --Joke
DearElder.com makes communication much easier for busy people and younger siblings who find it more difficult to stay in touch with a missionary.
It makes communicating much easier for those who travel a lot.
It's free, saving you time and money... You can't beat that!
How do I get started?The process for writing a letter to a pouch country is very simple.
Go to our home page. In the drop-down menu, select the Mexico Mexico City South mission and click, "Write Letter".
Fill in the required information and write your letter. When you are finished, click send.
If you sign up for a DearElder.com account, you can access and print your letters after you have sent them. Just make sure you log in before you write each letter. It's that easy! Click Here To Create A DearElder.com Account
The Mexico Mexico City South Mission is part of the Pouch Mail Program. Cost: FreeShipping Method: Pouch Mail SystemContinue reading below to learn exactly how our system operates
What is the pouch mail program?The Church has established the Pouch Mail program to help families to communicate better with their missionaries in countries with poor mail systems. When you mail your letters to the Pouch Mail Department in Salt Lake City, the Church places all the letters bound for one mission in a big package and ships them to the mission through an express carrier service. When the letters arrive at the mission office in the destination country, the office Elders open the package of letters and distribute them to the Elders and Sisters throughout the mission.
How does DearElder.com work with the pouch mail department to get letters to the missionaries?The Pouch Department only sends one package per week to each mission. In order for your letter to go out in a certain week's package, the letter must reach the Salt Lake City Pouch Mail Department by 5:00pm on Friday.In order for DearElder.com to get your letter to the Pouch Mail Department by Friday at 5:00pm, we require you to submit your letter by Thursday at 12:00pm (MST). The Pouch Mail Department doesn't actually mail your letters until the following Tuesday. If you pay for DearElder's Pouch Plus Service ($4.95/month), your letter cut-off deadline is moved forward to Sunday night at midnight (MST). The Pouch Mail Department allows us to squeak in a few letters right before the mission packages are sent on Tuesday morning. Pouch Plus will save you as many as 4 days to a week in letter delivery time.DearElder.com is fully compliant with the USPS Private Express Statutues. Property postage is applied to all mail delivered to the Pouch Mail Department.
What advantages are there to using DearElder.com to write a missionary?There are a number of advantages to using DearElder.com to write your missionary.
Your letters will always arrive to your missionary as fast and usually faster than if you were to mail your letters to the Pouch Mail Department. This especially applies to those who live outside Utah and have a 2-6 day delay in their mail to Salt Lake.
DearElder.com makes writing your missionary much more convenient. It is much easier for most people to sit down and type out a letter--and simply hit send--than it is to write the letter by hand, stick it in an envelope, search for a stamp, and try to run it to the mail box or post office.
Your missionary will actually be able to read what you wrote. --Joke
DearElder.com makes communication much easier for busy people and younger siblings who find it more difficult to stay in touch with a missionary.
It makes communicating much easier for those who travel a lot.
It's free, saving you time and money... You can't beat that!
How do I get started?The process for writing a letter to a pouch country is very simple.
Go to our home page. In the drop-down menu, select the Mexico Mexico City South mission and click, "Write Letter".
Fill in the required information and write your letter. When you are finished, click send.
If you sign up for a DearElder.com account, you can access and print your letters after you have sent them. Just make sure you log in before you write each letter. It's that easy! Click Here To Create A DearElder.com Account
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