WEEK 90 - changes, son #2, sealing, fire

 I have seen and learned in this past week, that first, God is perfect and that his plan is perfect. I saw and learned this by returning to Delicias, my least favorite place of the mission, with elder Alarcon, the only companion that I really felt we didn't get along. Well now my perspective has completely changed. Delicas is wonderful. This last week was really good with my companion actually!  We were able to fix things and actually be friends.  It was an amazing change that we saw in ourselves and I know God is happy that we were able to fix it. That was a miracle for me. I am happy that we had the opportunity to fix things and that now I can say that I have not had a companion that I have not loved or served.

New Companion Elder Jimenez

Bryce went to Chihuahua today and  picked up his new companion Elder Jimenez. Bryce gets to train Elder Jimenez for the next 12 weeks.  Bryce will continue to be District Leader for this cycle, as well as train Elder Jimenez.  

Bryce's impression:  He's really cool  at least from what I've seen and talked to him. So far he seems like an awesome guy!

This photo is of many of the friends Bryce has made during his mission.  Also pictured are new Elders that arrived in Chihuahua today from The Missionary Training Center.

This was Bryce's favorite family in Chihuahua.  The Gonzales Family.  They snapped photos the night before he was transferred back to Delicias

He had  photos waiting in his inbox today.  What a special day, they were sealed in the Temple as a forever family.

Bryce's words regarding the family:  They are just a super cool family that always treated us super well in my last area and they love me and miss me so they send me fotos.  :)

We were teaching a family outside their house and the field that was behind the houses caught on fire.  We wet the wooden parts around the houses so they wouldn't catch fire and the wind took the fire the other way.

Week 89 - More Cats, Mid-Cycle Transfer, Final area for mission

Bryce was called by President several weeks ago and was informed he was being transferred in the middle of the cycle.  He was transferred from Chihuahua back to Delicias.  He's been trying and working hard but this transfer was unexpected.  Bryce has rarely ever reported anything negative but this was a hard transfer for him.  Delicias is his least favorite city from the entire mission and he was lucky enough to get a repeat companion.  (One of his most difficult companions).  Perhaps he didn't get things right the first time he was there and he gets a second chance to rewrite his experience in this area and with this companion.

President told him this would be his final area of the mission.  He asked Bryce to study and learn the area well because he will be receiving a brand new missionary on Monday.  Bryce will be training this new Elder for the next 12 weeks as he finishes out his service in Mexico.  There will not be any new Americans arriving in Chihuahua with this cycle of newbie elders so they should all have the language down.  We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of this new companion and the changes coming up.

Bryce hasn't sent pictures the past two weeks but I have pics the week before he left Chihuahua.  I've learned that no pics means he's not his happy, usual self. 

PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER, LAST WEEK IN CHIHUAHUA

Elder Parry, Elder Mendez, Elder Mucino, Bryce  Not sure what they are doing here to Mucino but I believe this was his last transfer and he returns home this upcoming week.  I will always love Mucino since he was the one that collected Bryce as a greenie and trained him for 12 weeks.  Mucino is an amazing guy!  These are all the elders he's been companions with or has trained.  Fun reunion to all be in the same zone for a short time.

This week two sister missionaries in Bryce's Zone had some type of evil spirits in their house. The elders were called in to bless the house.  Bryce said the house had the most unexplainable, horrible feeling inside.  They blessed the house and returned the next day and took pictures and he said the evil feeling was gone.   I was lucky enough to be sent a video that said, "Viewer discretion advised".  Yes, it was wonderful.  It was a video of dead cats on the side of this house and all things that go with no longer living creatures.  Bryce was the lucky one that got to clean it all up and dispose of the mess and wash the yuck away with a hose after the clean up.  I'm so happy he was kind enough to take a video of the clean up and share it with me (Insert sarcasm here)  

Fun in Chihuahua, got pics of Bryce and his comp riding a duck?  No explanation given.

R2D2 - The universal language

Looking forward to a better update this upcoming week and praying for Bryce to be a good teacher and leader to this brand new missionary he will be receiving.