July 28th - WORKING HARD & BEING OBEDIENT!

Hey Momma, its funny when you tell me that nothing goes on and then you send me a letter longer than you have ever sent me.  Wow, Kyle looks ballin.  Man, when you send me pics of lax,  I miss it so bad. Like I always think about playing when I get back.  Tell me what you think.  Moody, KG, Wiggins and T-Sess in the basement is a classic.  I wish I could hangout with them again just to see whats going on.  The whole coke thing with the name on the front is sick and its huge here too in Mexico...except they are all Mexican names like Juan or Pedro, hahaha!!
This week went good we have been working hard with the people.  We are teaching and stuff and just trying to get S. baptized and stuff.   But we don't have much support from the ward.  I wanted to tell everyone what was good in ward counsel but I thought that wouldn't be Christ-like so I didn't.  We had the bishop with us in the lesson yesterday and we talked about how she can be baptized.  We talked about her boyfriend moving out or her and him getting married.  They told us they are gonna live seperate, but we will see if they really do what they say.  We are just trying to find more people to teach now days.  It's kinda hard but we will keep working hard and being obedient so we can see miracles.  Transfers are in a week and I think I am peacin out but we will see .
Yeah...I read about Syd's letter to Troy....Hahahaha!!! Oh my gosh,  Syd is so funny!!  Classic! Everyone knows who Sydnee Gee is...I am dead serious!
One thing that everyone needs is more patience.   It's a blessing to have Syd in our lives cuz she has all helped us with that.  I love you tons Mom make sure to send me a package with some stuff aka ties, candy and my shampoo, cuz I pull tons of hair out everyday...not kidding.   Like I shouldnt worry about it but,  I do a ton.
Make sure you keep me in my prayers and so whatever happens in this next change is whats meant to be.  I got to go make some purchases at Wal-Mart  like Nutella, bread and maybe some root beer.

Love you tons,  I got to go.   Make sure Kyle writes me a letter cuz he never writes me anything.
ADIOS!!

July 21st - PRAYERS GET ANSWERED WHEN YOU ASK IN FAITH!!

I got the pics...and I can't believe how big Kyle is getting.  He is gonna be able to take me easy when I get home!!
So we had the baptism this week and it was super sweet.  One of the coolest that I have had here in the mission. I will send you pics.  We could have another this week but the lady has to tell her boyfriend to leave so she can live the law of chastity. But its awesome here.  Working hard and just trying to find more people to teach.  Me and my comp are having fun too and we get along good.  I think I'm gonna be leaving next transfer. I have no idea where I am gonna go but whatever.  What else is going on in K-Town??
Cool story with this week's baptism.  I forgot to tell you that a day before M.'s interview she wasnt going to get baptized cuz she didnt feel ready and stuff.  So me and my comp were freakin out and praying like crazy and the next day we went with to see her and she was super calm and she was like I have thought hard about the babtism and I'm gonna go trhough with it. It was awesome because prayers do get answered when you ask with faith.  And I know that you guys pray a ton for the people I teach and it helps a ton.
Hey, in your next package send me some shampoo.  You sent me just conditioner.  If  you could do that that would be awesome!  Some candy, ties and yeah thats all... I love letters too, I think that's the best part.
Love you all sooo much thanks for all the prayrers and stuff and keep praying for S., J., J., and L.  Put them in your prayers.  I got to go Mom, I love you tons and thanks for everything...peace!
Love you tons!

SYD:  Hi  Josh,  Syd  here.     Did   you   know   Troy  is  back?  I  wish  you  and   John   are  back.  Can  you  take  me  to  another   Big  Time  Rush  concert?

JOSH:  Tell Syd that I love her tons and that she needs to keep praying for me and my investigators so I can  baptize them. 

SYD:  Will  you  Josh   please   take  me  to  another   Big  Time  Rush   concert  with   John?

JOSH:  Hahahahahaha....yeah sure Syd,  if Mom buys tickets!


M.'s baptism with me and Elder R.

 

July 14th - We have baptisms this week...BELEEEEDAT!!

Ya... holy crap tons of stuff went down this week.  I am glad to hear that everything is good.  Moody looks sick as ever and I am glad you got to go to the razor crusade.   I am bummed I didn't get to go. I am glad Kyle is working and rollin in the dough and I'm even more pumped that you got to see all the old cats again and they were all chillin in the Gee house again...Hahaha!!  Are Taylor and Leslie married yet?  That is so sick that Kyle is shooting the tube...I'm jealous!
So the good news is that we are gonna have a baptism this week beleeeedat !!  But it was a close one, M. is just going thru the classic temptation phase before her baptism.  She almost went home during church for some reason but me and my comp prayed super hard and talked her into staying.   At the end she told us that she was glad she stayed.  It was weird but she was like super sad for some reason so we just busted out tons of scrips and talked her into staying...100 percent the spirit!! 
Also last week was sooo sick we found tons of new people and have 5 baptism dates and stuff and we could have 7 by the end of this week. I am super stoked about it. We have been working super hard and I have learned so much these last transfers.  My comp is awesome sometimes I get bugged but he is super awesome we work super good together.
Good story...we were super lucky when we were trying to contact another investigator that has been listening to us and stuff.  This little girl came up to us and asked where the church was.  We ended up talking to her and her mom and the mom is a member but the daughters are 11 and 9 years old so they are our baptisms yeah buddy!! I'm stoked about that!
Everything is awesome. We are receiving tons of blessing from the Lord and I am loving the mission big time right now!
Well,  I got to go Mom.  I  love you tons and I hope that you just know that all is good and keep M. and the others in your prayers so they can continue progressing.

Love you tons bye!!!!

July 6th - STAYED UP LATE AND LAUGHED TOO HARD!!

Hey Mom!   I loved seeing those pics.   Holy crap,  that's soo crazy that Moody is home now.   He emailed me and stuff and said he thought Kyle was me.   He said that he looks just like me in high school.  That's soo sick that they (Razor Crusaders) were in the parade.   Once again I don't get the chance to make the crusade, that sucks but whatever.
This week was pretty cool, but then again it kinda sucked.   We had a baptism planned this week but the lady didn't show up at church.  That's like the most frustrating thing of all time for sure.   We are gonna talk to her today and everything so we can get it all settled out. 
We had interchanges with the zone leaders and I went with Elder T., from Arizona.  He's a baller like one of the only kids I would actually hangout with if I wasn't on the mission.   We stayed up just telling stories all night of stuff we did in high school and I haven't laughed hard like that in a long time... Hahaha!   We probably should have gone to bed on time but it was pretty funny just laughing about American stuff again. But that's honestly all that happened I thought that we were gonna have a baptism this week but no, not till next week.  I'm sure she will still get baptized this week.
I loved the ties,  thanks so much,  I can't do anything for the newsletter sorry mom, but next week I can for sure.  Thanks for the pic of Dusty, he is a boss...hahaha!

Mom, I love you tons for real... thanks for everything!  I got to gooooo. love you adios

I love you soo much....adios!!

June 30th - ALWAYS LEARNING!

Ok so here is the deal...everything is all good here in the ward.  We are working hard and stuff and we are having more success.  We had tons of lessons with members this week but we have to find more investigators.  That's like the biggest trial right now for us. We were gonna have a baptism this week but not anymore.  We are gonna have to wait another week because M. didn't come to church this week. She had to pick up her daughter because she is divorced.  So the on the 12th we will have a baptism.  Everything is good in the hood, loving the work and just learning a ton. The good thing is that I am always learning something, every change I learn something new that helps me to be better.
Ya, I am glad both packages arrived,  I will probably get the packages tomorrow cuz I have interchanges with the zone leaders. 
Momma, I got to go,  love you tons but I got to go to Walmart to get some food and stuff.  Make sure to say "what up" to Moody for me and send more pics.  Tell him he needs to do something with GeeTV to save all of our memories.  I think he will put them on his computer or something.  I loved seeing the pic of K.G. and Wiggins...Hahaha!!! I am glad they went and hung out with Syd for her bday. 

I love you tons Mom


The old district

I still hate mayo...but that's the legit stuff right there

Hermana N. and her corn stand with me and Elder R.

June 14th - DON'T WAIT AROUND FOR UNRIPE TOMATOES!

Dad, Father's get no respect around here ...boiyo, sorry.  I tried to call you on a pay phone to say whatup but those things suck too.
The work is going good,  we have dropped a lot of people that we were teaching before because they don't want anything.   But the good thing is, that we are gonna have a baptism on the 28th... I think and the 5th of July,  so that is gonna be tight.   I just hope I stay here in the area and not leave so I can be here for them. But whatever, all is good.
We just figured out that we waste a lot of time with people who don't want to change.   Elder Johnson talked about that a lot this week in the conference.  We shouldn't wait around the garden for tomatoes that aren't ready to be picked,  better look for those tomatoes who are hidden but ready and ripe.  We are gonna have a baptism in 2 weeks make sure you keep M and L in your prayers so that their baptism dates don't fall and they stay strong.
Holy crap... the world cup is fetchin crazy here.  We can't even get into houses when there are games on and the streets are dead cuz everyone is in their houses watching it ...Hahaha!!   And forget it when Mexico is playing the members refuse to turn the game off  and they flat out say "NO".   It's soo funny everyone loves futbol here.  But you know that I hecka wear my Chicharito jersey everynight because they won 2 days ago...beleeeeeeeeeedat!! Everyone was going crazy Hahaha!!.   I am glad you saw a glimpse of Mexico outside the stadium aka the Acoxpan Ward ... just know thats where I was 2 months ago and walked that walkway everyday...Hahaha!! Small world.   I  got like millions of homies up there in Acoxpan.

No,  I didnt really try to call Dad...Hahaha!!  It was a joke!!   Mom,  make sure that the family prays and reads the scrips together.  Seriously, if you want blessings ... you will do it.  We always see tons of blessings in the families who read the scriptures and pray together.  It's something that everyone has to do if you constantly want to gain more faith.

Love you tons Mom.  

 



Our conference with Elder Johnson

 

 

June 8 - DYNAMIC DUO!

Holy...that's sooo sick and I am sooo stoked for Kyle being invited to the recruiting camp.  That's sooo gangster!! I am stoked to hear about Syd's soccer games and stuff ...that's sweet that they took home the bronze.
So here is the deal, so me and my comp are good (he reminds me a lot of Alex Leblanc...Hahaha!! but Latino)  So this area is pretty sweet and we are starting to have more success and find more people.  We found a cool family of 4  the other day when we were contacting.  Also,  we put another baptism date this week with a new lady we found.   Her name is M and she is awesome and super ready.  She is just a little scared to get baptized.  So all is good in the area and my comp is learning a lot and stuff.
Funny story... I had a dynamic duo of puking and crappin diarrhea at the same time 2 nights ago... Hahaha!!  Man,  that's the first time that that has happened to me and it was crazy!!
This week the president of the area Elder Johnson is coming to talk to us on Wednesday and after I am going on splits with Elder Y (zone leader) from Brighton High School.   The funny thing is that he knew me before the mission because of the state championship soccer game senior year.   When we jumped the fence and stormed the field and ran over to the other student section and said stuff that I shouldn't have.   He was there and saw me...Hahaha!! 
But all is good the ward is doing good.  We have like 80 - 90 people are coming to church from the ward ... but its still a pretty good number.
The cool thing is that we also are doing some exercises in the morning.   We found a sick indoor soccer field with turf and we always play there cuz its never locked up.   We wake up at 6:20 and go there every morning ....it's ballin!!

I got to go Momma,  I love you tons!!  Peace out !! Tell the fam I say whatup?

ADIOS!