July 27, 2014
Yesterday was quite a day for Keith. He had several interviews at the office and
then grabbed the Assistants to take off for Stake President interviews. They stopped at the local Subway. First let me tell you that Subway’s down here
are way better – it may be the fact that it’s just American food that we have
been deprived of – but boy they taste good!
Keith chose to park the missionary van right in front of the store - he
and 10 other cars were parked illegally which is the common thing down
here. Waiting in line, they noticed that
the van was about to be towed away. He
was chosen to be the lucky one! No
amount of pleading and bribing worked, so off went the missionary van. Luckily the Mission’s Toyota Corolla was
parked back at the office, so a taxi delivered them to pick it up. No Subway – had to settle for a granola bar,
Snickers, and a soda.
We attended church in Nezahualcoyotl today. We just found a time that a ward started, and
took off. We wanted to test our ability
to find the chapel. We didn’t know which
missionaries we would find but it turned out to be Hermana’s Bennett and
Ingram. We love them! It took us one solid hour to get there but we
popped in 4 minutes early. Time doesn’t
matter here – church started 20 minutes later.
They have a funny tradition here.
Once the Sacrament hymn starts, 2 brothers guard the doors. They literally keep their hands on the
handles and not let anyone in until after the hymn and Sacrament. I understand they do the same thing at
Baptisms. At least they weren’t armed!
(There are plenty of those down here!)
Sunday is a beloved day to walk the streets and visit “tiangis.” Tiangis are like flea markets. They fill the streets – they randomly close
streets to hold them. The missionaries
love to visit these on Mondays and Fridays.
This is where they find all that “special stuff” they haul home to mom
and dad. You can even find monkeys,
giraffes, and lions for sale. Be
thankful those don’t get hauled back to America!
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