Okay, so the first thing is… to call next week. Wahoo! We’re not sure where or when, hehehe. We are going to ask he bishop if we can call in the church, and we were thinking around 3:30 which is 4:30 pm (EST) your time? Anyway, we’ll work it out and I will try to do the same as last time to call and confirm right before.

So the swine flu… called la Influenza here I guess it hasn’t been too much trouble. However, with everyone home and we don’t have permission to knock on doors or contact in the street, it’s pure referrals… So we have been visiting lots of members and inactives and harassing them until they give us someone to visit, which has worked out well because we found new people to teach and we also are helping the members get over their fear of doing missionary work!

We have had a hard time as far as our investigators and baptisms, because there hasn’t been services for two weeks, which messed up stuff for us for almost a whole month of programmed [scheduled] baptisms. However, we are going to baptize a really great woman this week. Her family has been coming to church with us for a while and she could have been baptized earlier, but we let her choose her own date and she wanted Mother’s Day. So that was okay with us. Her husband still wants to wait a few weeks and their teenage daughters want to be baptized too. However, the parents want them to understand a little more, and since they haven’t come to church as many times.

They didn’t have any changes this cycle [transfer] because of the virus, so two of the Elders here will have 6 cycles in the same area… that’s 9 months! I think I would go crazy! One of them is a Zone leader and the other elder is in his first area in the mission…hehehe. Better them than me!

Well, I am super excited to talk with you on Sunday. Oh yeah, I read that Kerry had a sinus infection. Guess what I also woke up last Saturday 25 de Abril with a sinus infection. It was the day after all this broke out. Knowing the flu symptoms, I figured nothing was wrong. However, by Tuesday I was pretty sick and all of my District called me out and told me I had to call the Mission President. So it ended up all was well and it cleared up after a few days. However, I now have boogers thick enough to glue my hands together permanently.

Okay, well the time has come. I hope you are all safe and doing well. I love you and I am extremely excited to talk next week.

Love, Bryce

Sorry I wrote you earlier but the power went out in the middle so…

So I am sure that you have heard all about the viral breakout stuff going on here. Don’t worry it’s not that serious and besides it’s not too close to where I am…and don’t worry Mom, I am being cautious and following all of the safety precautions we have received.

So church was canceled yesterday which created lots of problems with our baptismal services and the groups of investigators we were not able to inform of the cancelations.

The good thing is there is not too much fear where I am, which in situations like this can be the most dangerous thing. The funny part is that everyone is wearing face masks like the dentist uses or like you see Michel Jackson wearing on TV. Its pretty funny one of the members gave us some too. I don’t think they realize it’s not air born! Anyway, besides viral out breaks there was a 5.7 earth quake today in Gerrero not too far from here (I know that’s not very serious) Nothing that has happened has been really serious, however I think there is a message that Someone is trying to get across!

Anyway, this week will be interesting… I had splits last week with my zone leader and that was fun. We found some really good new investigators!  Unfortunately none of them were able to come to church, because we couldn’t hold services…thats okay. Well, I remember writing more that this when the power went out, however I don’t remember what it was.

Really I just want you all to know that I am very safe and that I love you all very sincerely!

Bryce

Hello Family,

Sorry I don’t have time to write but its not my fault!!! I really want to. Quickly, Happy Birthday Colby!!! I can’t believe how old you’re going to be when I get back!

You’ll never guess this. I was eating at a members house this week and they were saying they knew someone that was renting the apartment of President [Boyd K.] Packer (which had birds painted on the wall) when they lived in Utah in 1980-83. [Boyd painted them. He is quite an artist.] Then they said that the name of the family that was their friends in Provo is “Fugal” hmmmm…and he was studying Law and She was the Relief Society President. She helped René (the father) learn English. I asked if their son’s name was Spencer… they said yes and that Spencer and their son Parley (who was older) were good friends. Weird huh! It is the Family Valdez Rabi and they are René and Maria. They said to say Hi to Spencer and his parents. They are doing well, Parley is married to a woman named Vanessa and they have a daughter also named Maria

This week is the rededication of the Temple I am sooo excited!!

Oh I got the Bishop’s letter please tell him hi and thank you.

So…Not so funny language error that happen a few weeks ago… we were teaching and I was saying that Christ paid the “punishment” for our mistakes. Well actually I said “castidad” not “castigo” which means punishment. Casidad means chastity and I didn’t just say this once but 3 or 4 times without my companion correcting me :/

Yeah …ahhhh got to go… I love you all so very much!

Bryce