April 9 2007

huzzah for pictures!!! lets just say this elder is happy right now. you
>asked how big Tampico is compares to Mante... well it doesn´t compare. i
>am actually in Madero which is connected to Tampico. Tampico-Madero is the
>biggest city in our mission. it has 3 zones in it. so where Mante had half
>a zone... 6 times as big might not even be right. its big. by the way
>could you send me the site of the blog Natalie made where she puts the
>pictures. i think the members in Mante might appreciate it.
>i continue on here in independencia. interviews are Wednesday so that will
>be interesting to see what happens or changes... here is hoping. because
>really not a whole lot has happened here im going to focus my email on the
>family that was baptized the saturday before i got here. the Rosales
>family is amazing and really my friends that i feel at home with. to start
>out they were eternal investigators if you know what that means. they had
>been jehovah witnesses but had quit going for some unknown reason. Elder
>carranza had even taught them because this was his area. the last day of
>elder brown (the elder before elder parra) he decided that he would just
>see what would happen if he pulled out the stopper and lectured. he left
>2nd nephi 29 where it talks about a bible a bible... he left the next day
>and his greenie stayed to get elder parra. the next visit with the rosales
>family they said that they knew that the Book of Mormon was true. they were
>baptized 5 weeks later. the family consists of the father Jose Luis.. the
>mother, hermana Rosales.. (i know i should be ashamed) David just turned 16
>and became a priest and his younger sister at 15. and how powerful is this
>family. they have a taco stand where they sell tacos and tortas 6 days a
>week. (they just changed their rest day to Sunday) they are a model family,
>and have just entered into the church. the father leads with faith and
>love. they are a team as a family and love each other. this is one family i
>would like to introduce you to. even though their baptisms didn´t fall
>when i was here i feel attached to them none the less. they now love the
>Book of Mormon and read it as a family, though they still are only in 1
>Nephi. anyway there is success happening in Mexico i always think of the
>phrase when i am in the most humblest of houses.... out of the rocks i will
>bring them... i'm many cases this is almost literal.
>i love you and hope you are doing well.
>i loved the pictures, perhaps you can send them with dad next time and a
>readable writable cd and he can send them from the lab. just a thought...
>.because pictures are good =)
>love, your son
>philip