Hi everybody,

So I didn't email last week because there were transfers and it kind of threw off our day... But I did not get transferred and will be here for my 5th transfer in Hidalgo, and I am super stoked. The people in this area are the best people in the world.

These last two weeks have been full of miracles. We have been working on setting more specific goals and actually accomplishing them. A lot of times as missionaries we just kind of put goals because we have to and we don't really think about them too much. Well, Elder Grimshaw and I are working on making real goals and putting real plans to be able to accomplish them. President Mecham always says "If you don't have a plan, you don't have a vision. and If you don't have a vision, you don't have a plan." That is going to stay with me for the rest of my life. I never really realized how much a difference plans and goals can make in our lives.

We met a guy named Daniel a few weeks ago. He is super golden. He is also from minnesota and was taking the missionary lessons over there. He wasn't baptized because he wanted to be baptized here where his wife lives. Her name is Caroline. She is a member and gave us the referral to teach him. It has actually been kind of weird teaching a guy in english. I feel so much more comfortable talking about the gospel in spanish. It is just easier to me now. Caroline and Daniel have one of the coolest relationships though. He talks to her in english and she replies in Spanish and they understand each other perfectly. So we do the same with her. We just talk to her in English and she replies in Spanish, it is kind of fun. they have come to be really good friends of ours and they decided to take us to a sushi buffet today for lunch. I feel like Andy Dwire who said "I think I have a sushi allergy. Every time I eat more than 88 I puke"  (for those of you who have seen The Office). I didn't puke, but I did eat a lot of sushi and feel a little uneasy. But it was really good.

We are also working with another family who are amazing. The moms name is Emilia and she has three kids named David (13), Kimberly (9), Ian (7) and their pet duck, Lucas. This family is amazing. We were on exchanges when we found her and I was with Elder Low. It was about 8:00 and pretty dark and I pointed out a street to him and told him it was pretty dangerous and that their are a lot of drunks and drug addicts down there at that hour. I told him that and we kept walking and later we saw  a lady (Emilia) carrying all of her clothes from having just washed them and offered to help her carry them home. Well she accepted and it turned out that she lives down that "dangerous street" (its really not that dangerous, mom, don't worry). Elder Low just looking at me scared out of his mind that we were going to follow her into that dark street. It was just kind of funny but now their family is going to be baptized on February 3rd! We don't visit them any later than 6:00.

That is about all of the exciting news for this week. Daniel should be getting baptized this week so hopefully that goes through and I have some good pictures for you all next week. Hasta Luego!

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Elder May

Daniel and Caroline and us at the sushi buffet

Elder Vargas with Elder Grimshaw and me