Hola everyone! I am alive and well! This first week has been a crazy one. Monday was when we flew out from the MTC to Monterrey. President McArthur and his wife met us at the airport. They are so awesome! We drove to the Mission Home and had a little breakfast and one of the few trainings that we would be getting during the day. We had an interview with President McArthur, rested for an hour, had another few trainings and then got to go to bed. Tuesday we were assigned to our trainers. It was interesting because President McArthur actually didn´t assign companions until Monday night after our interviews. He had all of the new people lined up on one side of the drive way and the trainers on the other and he had the list of companionships in his hand. No one knew who would be paired with who. He read the names off and we were assigned. It was a pretty big event. My new companion and Trainer is Elder Peña. Our area: The city Sabinas Hidalgo.
After being assigned we had a couple more trainings and then had pizza for lunch. After lunch we were sent to our areas. To get to Sabinas Hidalgo we first took a taxi to middle of the city of Monterrey, buy tickets for the Altobus, and then ride for two hours through dessert. Its a really big area for only two missionaries. There used to be 4 assigned to Sabinas. We got there at around 5 and a member was waiting at the bus station for us. He took us to our house which right by the church. The rest of the day was unpacking and getting organized. We get bikes here! Yay! Wednesday we had a district meeting and then got to work. There are only 30 or so active members here and only about 20 were at church. Most of them are sisters. There were 5 priesthood holders there at church including me and my companion. The first and second councilor in the Branch presidency and the Mission leader were the other two. A lot of our work will be focused on reactivation.
The rest of the week we spent finding members houses, contacting, and dying from the heat. The first few days of bike riding were a little painful. And it got up to 115 ° on thursday. There really isnt a lot of shade so that was a little miserable. But everything is good. By the end of the week we had 9 new investigators! I´m so excited to be out here doing the Lords work! I love you all!
Love
Elder Hoyt
Side note from mom - A little about the culture down there. They don't really eat breakfast, but he does eat cereal in the morning. They eat lunch at 2 pm usually at a members home. They sometimes don't eat when they get home at 9 pm cause they are so exhausted. They have no hot water in their home and the shower doesn't work so Dallin explained to me how they shower, "We heat up water on the stove in a big pot, fill up a five gallon bucket and then scoop throw the water on ourselves with a plastic bowl." They do have a laundry house down the street so they can at least wash their clothes. I really felt bad that I sent him a picture of the snow that we got last week when he is on a bike in 115 degree weather. His trainer only knows a few words in English and so far no one in the area speaks English, so needless to say, his Spanish will come along quickly. Elder Pena is from Yucatan. He is serving in the San Nicolas Zone which is the furthest north end of the mission. He is doing very well and is so happy.
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