Family and friends,

I will be sent off to train a new missionary which just got here i still don't know which one it is. Elder López will come in my place, i will be District Leader also in the Tamaulipas ward, Tamaulipas 1 area, in the Andulucia stake. It is very typical that Pres. Walker sends off his AP's to train their last 2 transfers because he says in that way we train future APs. He also considers being trainer the most important assignment in the mission, and this will be my second time doing it :)

This week we had a very very good experience. there is an Rm here that came home 8 months early, he didn't do anything wrong but he just didn't want to be a missionary anymore, he had been  with my companion in the MTC of Mexico. but he came back with a girlfriend who is 16 and a small 9 month baby which is not his. they were living with his mom in separate rooms. anyway they have been trying to get the girls mom to come from Nogales to sign the wedding papers so that the rm can start taking the sacrament after his disciplinary council. we showed up on Thursday to eat with his mom with out knowledge of the fact that the mother was in town for the wedding on Friday.... the rm and the mom have differences... they were fighting when we got there which resulted in us leaving with out lunch and the poor guys mom going after the lady from Nogales who was saying that her daughter could get married when she was 18.... we ate in a small store the size of a gas station, and the both of us felt the impression to return to the house. so we go back and the 2 women are still gone, the house was buttoned up and looked like no one was home. just before knocking on the door i turned to Elder Talavera and asked: "what are we going to say" he responded: " I don't know... just ring the door bell. so i did. the door flew open with an angry Pedro( that's his name) on the other side... he looked at us for about 10 seconds without a single word being said.. he then burst into tears telling us to come in. we proceeded to listen to him for half an hour, gave him a blessing, said a prayer and shared a couple of scriptures. he was not the least bit angry or bitter by the time we left. we called his mom to tell her we had stopped by and that her son was ready to talk with a clear head. the next day we were passing by and noticed the after wedding party. It was a beautiful experience that we had to help that family and to help Pedro put his life back into order. It was especially special for Elder Talavera, who had been with this kid in the MTC, he said it was hard to see some one like him break down and bawl like a baby cause he knew him, and it just wasn't normal.

I learned allot of Humility and patience from this experience, and i saw how some of my life experiences and past studies had helped me to be prepared to help him.