Hey Mom,
Yeah tamales are pretty crazy, they taste really good though.
Enjoy 11:30 church (and nursery), with only 1 ward we still start at 10:00 which is a really good time to start in my opinion.
Temperatures are starting to go back up now that the cold front has passed, we had rain and cold winds with the temperature anywhere from 38 - 50 degrees this past week and a half I am not excited for it to be super hot but I can do 70's and 80's.
Yeah, a gun and a drug deal, good old South Texas. No we didn't end up visiting the people we wanted to because they weren't there, but considering a possible drug deal was going on, we didn't really want to stick around.
The ward is doing alright, still many less actives and not enough people in the ward making a big push to help those less actives so we have some work to do.
So we got the call about transfers on Sunday night and that was a roller coaster, I know how NBA players feel during the trade deadline, that is honestly what it feels like. At 9:55 we got the call from the assistants to the president, Ritchey is going to McAllen and he will be a district leader over there. I am really happy for him, he works hard and definitely deserves it. So there are 2 other elders here in our district, Elder Shipley and Elder Swallow, and Shipley is the district leader of us 4 elders. Well Swallow is also leaving, he is going to Kingsville which is up near Corpus Christi, I will stay here in La Joya with Elder Shipley and we will be companions, which changes a lot for us. First they are combining our 2 areas into 1 which means that just Shipley and I, us 2 elders will cover what us 4 elders covered for these past 6 weeks. That also means I have to pack just to move down the road, oh well, good practice. This also means that Shipley and I will be our own 2 man district, which makes him district leader and me assistant district leader, by technicality. We are going to have a lot more ground to cover but it shouldn't be too bad, I am excited to be able to do more.
We were shocked to hear about President Monson, we got a text from the assistants to the president at about 10:00 am on Wednesday telling us what happened.
Christmas and New Years had quite a few fireworks, the kind that would be illegal up in Oregon. But there were also a lot of gunshots, going off most of the night.
I guess we will have to see how the bypass works, I guess finally opening is a step in the right direction.
So just earlier today Ritchey and I went and did a whole bunch of stuff for our last P-Day together as a companionship. We went and got haircuts at a "barbers college" in McAllen, not bad for a $4 haircut. Then we went and ate fajipapas and a torta. Fajipapas are basically fries with cheese and cut up meat, super awful for you, but super delicious. Tortas are like a mexican sandwich, it had lettuce cheese, meat, avacado and tomato. Once again, super awful for you, but super good. So I am pretty happy that I now know where to go for the good stuff.
That is pretty much all for this week, we will see how things go with just Shipley and I in all of La Joya but it should be pretty fun, Shipley is a really cool guy, he has been out for a year and 3 months so he definitely knows the ropes.
Talk to you next week
Love
Elder Goodbaudy
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