Buenos dias de Durango!! I hope all of you lovely people are doing amazing wherever you might be this christmas season. If you have snow, drop whatever you're doing and go jump into it for me. While there's no snow here, it is still FREEZING. Last night it hit just above 0 degrees celsius and this night its supposed to be hitting below that, so who knows maybe Mexico will do me a solid and give me frost in the morning or something.
The work this week was good as always, but definitely slower than normal. The week started out with E. Sanchez getting thrashed by a killer man cold. We went and got him lots of drugs for that and he was fine after a day or two. We couldn't really do anything because he didn't feel good enough to walk anywhere sick and we didn't wanna infect others. However, he was also "miraculously" able to not be sick anymore at the peak of his sickness so that we could play intense badminton with a bouncy ball in our house. God really is good🙌
Another funny thing about E. Sanchez is that he's an absolute Grinch. I can say this because he gave himself the title. I have been at war with him every morning for the past month to try to play Christmas music while we get ready. He usually ends up grabbing the phone the second I turn my head and, in the elegant words of my buddy E. Lewis, "plays his stupid mutual theme music." So I end up having to blast silent night when he's showering with the bucket.
Speaking of the bucket, we no longer have hot water! We had four days of pure euphoria, but then it went back to being cold. On the brightside, I was able to buy myself a pillow and crocs, both huge upgrades from my previous zero pillows and single shower shoe.
I'm realizing that this email is starting to get long, but I promise you it's only going to get better. This week I was blessed with a super cool experience being led by the spirit. Me and E. Sanchez went out to go knock doors and he told me in his broken English that I was the trainer and had to find a door to knock on. So, I said a quick prayer in my head and tried to just be guided by the spirit. It was really frustrating though, because for 15 minutes, we proceeded to make a huge circle. For some reason, every step I was taking just felt... wrong. I was confused and frustrated and wondering what I was doing wrong. BUT. We start walking past this one street that I'm pretty sure we had already walked past, and right as I was about to say we should go down that street, E. Sanchez said the exact same thing. As we're going down that street, I take a left and then see a house and knock on it without a second thought with complete peace of thought. No one answered after the first two knocks and I thought we were done for, but after the third knock a lady answered! Her name was Jaquilin, and she went on to tell us that she's actually met with missionaries before in aguas caliente, but was forced to stop meeting with them because of her step dad. She was beyond excited to see us and told us to come back the next day for a lesson!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately, we have not been able to make contact with her since that Friday, but I'm still super hopeful. I want to testify that I know that this is the Lord's work and that this is his church. He wants to help each and every one of us. If we're patient and have faith, I know that he will guide us to where we need to be. I love all of you guys. Your emails and support have kept me going, especially the ones that have been emailing me every week. Celestial kingdom for you guys ahaha. Go get some hot chocolate, grab a cuddle buddy(optional step), and go watch a cheesy hallmark christmas movie for me.
Feliz Navidad y nos vemos
E. Winegar
Fotoz
4. Me with my best friend
3. Rainnnnnn
2. El árbol de vida
1. Badminton
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