I Have Survived My First Month!!!

Can you believe it's October 1st!??! Wow, has time flown by! A month ago today we arrived to what we would soon call 'la Casa'. I am amazed how in such little time my view of living here in Mexico has changed. I don't love it, but I can handle it:)

Of course, I still miss home a lot! Well, my friends and family, because I really don't have a home to go back to. (haha!) But thanks to technology, I have been able to keep in touch with a lot of you. So I don't feel completely disconnected from everyone. Thank you to everyone who have put aside some time to FaceTime, Skype, or Tango with me:D

As for my parents, my dad is happy because he has his family here. For those wondering about my dad, a brother is reviewing with him questions and answers only, twice a week with the Bible Teach. Praying to Jehovah that soon he will start to make baby steps into becoming one of Jehovah's witnesses.

My mom is happy too, because she has my dad and I with her. But she misses my brother and niece A LOT. And so do I, I try not to think about it too much because I can easily start crying:( but what keeps me in peace is knowing that they are well, and they are faithfully serving Jehovah.

Mom and dad like their new congregation, of course we all terribly miss our congregation back home!! And service! My mom is having such a hard time getting used to service here, they walk a lot! And because they have such little territory that is covered every 3-4 weeks they stand in front of a house for at least 15-20 min. Whether they open the door or not, to make time. Very different.

I like service here. I think the only disadvantage in the English, is that you don't really get to talk about the Bible to many people going door to door. A lot of the people who speak English work. But that's when we have to work hard on calling back, establishing bible studies and informal witnessing!

Service experiences:

Today a sister called back on a lady whom we found going door to door and spoke to her through the intercom last week. She apologized for not being able to open the door for us last week. At first, she thought we were looking for classes to learn English. Then she thought we were offering her classes and said she had no money at the time. But the sister then explained our free at home Bible study. She said no for the moment but gladly accepted the October WT issue.

2 weeks ago a man approached the stand we set up on Thursdays near the metro stop. The sisters placed some literature with him and also invited him to the meeting on Sunday. To their surprise he went!! (I wasn't there that Sunday) but they said that a sister took down his info and hope he will start to study soon.

We have a lot of work to do. But little by little, house by house, street by street, colonia por colonia we are doing a census to find those who speak English and have a noble heart to learn about our loving Creator, Jehovah.

Mexico has a lot to offer, great friends, fresh fruit, lots of transportation, fresh out of the oven sweet bread, food stands like in every block, little stores like on every 2 blocks, great weather, a nice burning sun! And I haven't even gone sightseeing yet!

What I miss..

Well, I miss you! Of course!;)

Ok, I miss AC and comfortable chairs at the Kingdom Hall!! I miss walking into a nice cold air conditioned KH. But to solve that problem I always have my handy fan in my purse! Plus, they have ceiling fans in the KH:D Back in the states oh how I love resting my arms on the KH's chairs' arm rest! But I will have to do without doing that here:( Don't misunderstand me, I am very thankful we have a KH to praise and worship Jehovah! But man do I miss those nice, comfy chairs and the AC! Jejeje:D


I miss my car!!!! Getting to and from service and the meetings is a trip! I have to leave my house at least 25 min before. Which isn't as bad, but I had gotten so used to driving as much as 15 min for service and 2 min to get to the meetings. Yes, we were very spoiled!! We had the KH so close and not once did we walk to the meeting, and now? We walk crazy long distances! Ok maybe not crazy long, but definitely what I would walk in a month, I walk here in a week!

Our washer and dryer!

Please be thankful for your washer and dryer or your local laundry mat! lol!

Alright I'll write more later!!

Mucho amor agape!!

~Nancy!

Always keep on smiling!