This week was pretty good.  Honestly, not a whole lot happened though. We didn't have any baptisms because this lady keeps having a bunch of questions that she "needs answers for."  We don't have any baptisms for this week due to Conference, but I ain't complaining cuz hey, it's Conference...but in Spanish. We do have one the following week, so whoop! whoop!  His name is Jorge--he's the last member of my first two baptisms.

Story one:

Well, I believe it was Friday and we were on splits. I was with Elder Wilcox in my area and we were on our way to Reserva 2 when a recent convert stopped to talk with us. She asked the same question she asked us the day before, "Am I allowed to get plastic surgery?"  I was already frustrated her because of the question the day earlier, so I decided to play a little hard ball with her. I said, 'Well look at it this way.  God gave you this great gift--your body.  He didn't have to, but He did cuz He loved you. And you're saying, 'Thanks God, but I think you messed up on this, and this so I'm gonna change it. She responded, 'Well no its different.  Its just like making the product better.'  So I just said 'Well, the missionary that baptized you gives you this gift, and you turn around and say 'ah thanks so much but yeah I'm just gonna change this right now cuz I don't like this part''.  And she said, 'Oh, no no no.  I would never do that to something Elder Shipley gave me.  Never.'  Me: 'Well Hermana,  Elder Shipley isn't perfect and the gift he gives you probably isn't perfect either. And now you have this body, which God thinks is perfect, because God can't make something that isn't perfect, and you're turning around and saying thanks but you messed up on a few parts so I'm just gonna change it.  Well, needless to say she got the point and the answer to her question which she didn't really like. haha   And then after Elder Wilcox said, 'Wow you just drilled into her'. My response--'Haha. Oops--sorry.  Didn't mean to--it was just really getting on my nerves'. 

Story two:

The racism here is pretty darn real, but its towards the Americans. One thing is that I can barely get a taxi to stop for us, and when I do they demand like 20-30 pesos more than what everyone else pays. Also, whenever I walk down the street you always hear people calling me Hijo de Trump, but not in a joking manner. So i just act like i don't know ingles and explain that I'm actually from Mexico, just really white cuz I'm from the North. Which is actually really, really funny, because I sound like a complete gringo. But hey its all good cuz I'm thoroughly enjoying it, and I'm gaining a lot of good stories.

I don't believe I have any other fun stories to tell so sorry. General Conference is this week so you guys should all go and watch that cuz that'll be great. I will be watching all of the sessions in Spanish--so whoop! whoop!--won't understand a lot of it, but that's all good. I know that if you watch conference with a question in your heart or on a piece of paper or on your phone (doesn't really matter where--just that you have one), and you have a little bit of faith, you'll receive an answer to not just one question but all the questions that you have. It is because you are listening to the Prophet and Apostles of God.  And they are receiving revelation not just for the whole church but also for each individual in the church.

Have a great week 

Love you all

Church is true--go be awesome (Anne Bagley)

This week was pretty good for the most part...

This week was pretty good for the most part. there really isn't a lot to say. I was sick (as you know) last weekend

and it carried on to this week. However, transfers were on Tuesday so I got a new companion. However, 

after comida I could not walk, so I had to be taken to the hospital for four days, three nights. I'm all good now. It 

was an extremely bad infection in my stomach and my intestines. But estoy bien now with a bunch of meds--I 

believe seven a day for this week--I'll be all better. 

The hospital is the best hospital in Veracruz--it competes with Meridian Park Hospital on the care. Its not like the 

US, but it'll do. I was hooked up to an IV with a bunch of meds in it. But I'm all good now. During the stay me and 

my comp watched a bunch of church movies and read a bunch of scriptures as well as church music. There wasn't 

a whole lot to do to be honest. But oh boy, those church movies really get to you. Gods Army One and Two-like 

c'mon Elder Farrell, what are you thinking?  You're a missionary!  You shouldn't be putting yourself in those situations. 

Oh man!  And Once I Was a Beehive!  Oh, that's a good one!! haha   I was finally let go from the hospital Friday at 

like six in the noche.

After I was released we went right to an appointment which went pretty dang well. And then we had to go rush to 

the church and clean the font because we had a baptism the next day at 10. It was actually really fun. We were 

just talking the whole time and getting to know each other. Turns out that his trainer was Zach Bowers--he's 

actually in our stake. Wow! Small world--am I right?  And he only has like two months left and 70 baptisms under 

his belt. So what's up?  On top of all of that, he seems like a nerd but he is a G. We were talking about movies 

and turns out that he likes all the random music and movies that I like. 

The baptism went well. But after they had a bunch of really good looking food. However, I am not allowed to eat 

any fats or pecantes. This is really hard to do considering the fact that like everything has some sort of fat in it. 

So I am really limited to tuna, veggies, fruits, corn flakes, and fruit loops for this week. But that's all good--I'm 

getting my bikini bod back in shape. 

Well anyways some things I have learned this week is things can always get worse, but more importantly things 

could always get better. watching all of those church movies also helped me learn a bunch of stuff as well. 

Such as--if you have a brain tumor you probably should stay home. And also everyone is able to change, 

even if you don't think they can. They could be a gang member in California, but God has prepared him in a way 

to receive your message. This means that no matter where you are you should always be prepared to open your 

mouth and share what you believe. Share it with your friends, Invite your friends.  What's the worst that could happen? 

They say no?  Or they get mad and upset and start being rude?  This means two things--one, you're right; and two, 

they probably weren't a true friend anyways, if they're gonna react like that to your beliefs.

That is all I got for this week. Love you all! 

Church is true.  Go be awesome (trademark of Anne Bagley). 

Have a great week. 

Love you all.

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Week of 3/6/2017

Well this week was pretty good for the most part. 

Story one:

Tuesday I went on splits with Elder Olson once again, but this time in my area. It was another blistering, 

hot day as well, but that didn't stop us from working hard. We were teaching great lessons--bouncing off 

each other and working off each other perfectly.  Our chemistry was on point that day. Around three o'clock 

we decided to contact this one house out of nowhere. The lady let us in, and before we even said a word she 

started to cry. Well, we asked her why she was crying and she told us a really, really long story. In a nutshell,

she told us about how she and her daughter have been getting in a lot of fights recently, and how she felt 

like her life was kinda falling apart. So she decided to pray for help from God, and twenty minutes later we 

knocked on the door and told her about how the Gospel helps bring joy and love into everyone's home. 

Well then the daughter came out and we don't even say anything and she starts to cry, 'ah no me venga.' 

We asked her why she was crying and she refused to answer us so we just went on with the lesson. So hey--that's

a pretty cool story about how God answers prayers and will always send help if you need it.

I have also come down with another case of food poisoning, so that's fun. I'm pretty sure it was when we were 

at a member's house and they brought us some street meat and tacos and we ate it. My comp is completely fine 

but oh man, it is like straight child birth at the moment. What made it worse was that I was dehydrated like 

no other yesterday, and when I told my comp we need to go the the capilla for water he told me 'no and stop 

being a baby'. 

What else has happened this week?  My comp or I will probably be transferred today so that is really, really 

exciting.  

That's really all that happened this week--hope everyone else's week was a little more exciting than mine. 

Have a great week this week. 

Love you all talk to you next week