Week 10 McAllen, Texas

Mom,

Week was good. I don't have a lot of time but I've got plenty of pictures and that can explain how this week was.

We had the baptism of Rachel and Viviana Lopez on Saturday, then their confirmation on Sunday. It was super good.

We also had a party at their house Saturday night and we had a really good BBQ. I also got colored eggs filled with confetti (Cascarones in Spanish) broken on my head. I was also morditad (A cake was slammed in my face. Literally slammed)

So that was good. Other than that, we are chilling. 

Sorry not much this week. But the pictures should make up for it. 

Hope you all have a great week.

Love,

Elder Goodbaudy 

                                                Rachel and Viviana

Lopez family

 Me after I was morditad

Week 9 McAllen, Texas

Mom,

This week was good. Not a whole lot is new.

This weekend on Saturday morning we helped the Red Cross to put smoke alarms in people's houses. So that was pretty fun. It was basically just missionary work minus the whole restored gospel part. But it was good. They fed us breakfast and lunch and gave us a bunch of Red Cross gear, so I can't complain. 

Other highlights are that we have 2 girls who are getting baptized on Saturday. Their parents are less active but we are helping them come back and they want their daughters to be baptized. So that should be good. 

We also talked with David (the chef guy) and hopefully he will be baptized in the next 2 weeks or so. He has just been super busy. 

Umm, I'm trying to think of what else is new. On Friday evening we had a ward activity, it was like a cultural night potluck. Basically everyone brought dishes from different countries and backgrounds and we just got together and ate food. (We kind of related it to Family History)

Other than that. Not much is new. It is getting hot so we are just trying to stay cool. 

Anyway. Not much else. Hope you have a great week!

Love,

Elder Goodbaudy

(My mom said to send pictures home so here is a picture of my companion and I at the culture night. Also there is another one of a sign we found outside of a church parking lot. We thought it was pretty applicable to us)

Week 8 McAllen, Texas

Mom,

The week was good. Not much is new as usual. Easter Sunday was good, the 1st counselor in the bishopbric spoke about the resurrection and atonement of Jesus Christ and then our bishop spoke about how we can see our loved ones again because of what Christ did for us. 

Other than that, everything is the same. We are still working with the chef, David, he has gone through a lot of struggles recently but he is doing awesome. We are also working with some families who have kids that aren't members. We will see where that goes. 

My new companion Elder Frey is pretty cool. He has been out just about 4 months shorter than I have so we have some good experience.

Things have been good. This past week has gone by pretty fast but it seemed to take forever. The days just would never end sometimes. It is starting to get hot so that has been a bummer. I'm glad we have a car. 

Our ward is having a family history social this Friday (just an excuse to get together and eat food) so that should be fun. We will see how it goes. 

I think that is pretty much it. 

Hope you enjoy the longer email. 

Have a great week!

Love,

Elder Goodbaudy