18 Months, Transfers, and a crazy week 1 of this transfer!‏

February 9, 2015

QUE PASO MUCHAHCHO!

     Well Ya! It's just like the subject says I have officially been away from home for 18 months now! It is super crazy and it feels weird! With all that has been happening we have been running, running, running! But it has been super Good! I just have to say that I cannot believe that This last six months have gone by so fast! Just before completing 18 months we had the normal three month interviews with the President! The interviews were good and there were two different councils that he gave me! The first was: Elder you are now entering the quarter four of your mission. This is the 4th quarter of your mission and just like in a football or basketball game, Give it all you have! Don't look back! I know that your tired and you want to rest but you just have a little bit more to go! Bust it out and win this one not for the team or your family or you but for the Lord! the second one was this: When he was in the garden praying Christ had three of his Apostles wait by to keep watch for him! But as he was praying they fell asleep because they too had become tired and wanted to rest for a bit and the Lord came back and asked them to do a simple thing! but the next two times he returned and the same thing was happening! Elder Which do you want to be? the one that sleeps or the one that keeps watch for the Lord until the end?  It was truly a great interview and I enjoyed it a ton!! I absolutely love doing the interviews with the President because he is such a cool person and I just love talking with him! But ya it was great! So I have 18 months and it is weird and all I have to say is git'er done!

     Well this last week was transfers again! We finally made it through the long cycle of 7 weeks instead of 6! with the added week everything felt different! after "week 6" was over I was like woha transfers........NO! oh ya that's right there are 7 weeks this cycle! But  there were transfers this last week and well I guess we will start with the meeting! So they changed the form of transfers again! Sunday night they called us and told us that who had transfers! But the catch was that they just said who was leaving not with who or where! our new comps and areas were posted on a list at the chapel on Tuesday! I got there and the list was posted and I found out that I would still be staying in my area with an Elder Rose!! Well so here is the catch to this! Elder Rose and I worked together for about a week and a half in Ayotla Ixtapaluca back in September when I had special transfers from Buenavista! So I am actually working with an old companion! It is super cool! He is from the Sacramento area and he was studying at BYU-I and is planning on getting a degree in engineering! He is cool and he loves to talk about what ever! it was actually a shock because we had worked together before and we were not expecting it! So it is really cool! On Tuesday I got caught up talking with Hermana Crickmore and she was explaining to me the presidents mindset! She told me that the President wanted to pull both of me and Elder Ponce out but at the same time he didn't want to white wash the area! So I am here this cycle to teach Elder Rose the area and then I am gone more than likely to another area to learn it and finish my mission training! I am okay with this!

     So that was my craziness for the last few weeks.  Well i hope that you all have a good week and that you all can feel the spirit of the lord with you! I love you all so much and wish you all the best!

Love,

Elder Darcy

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Elder Brett Jeffrey Darcy

Calle Porvenir No. 8

Col. Centro, Chalco

Edo. De Mèxico

C.P. 56600, Mèxico

Christmas, New Years, and More

January 12, 2015

HEYO!!

Well it has been a few weeks since I have written! Sorry about that! The last couple of weeks have been super busy as it always is for this time of year! And well............................WE ARE INTO 2015!!!! My mind is going a little crazy with the holidays and busy work schedule it can make a person them super tired!! The holidays were good here! We had two weird weeks of a half day work and then a day of rest thanks to the holidays! But all is well and it was a lot of fun! Christmas was great here I got to talk to my family  and it was cold - even Snowed a little bit! I know right crazy! Then new years was good with a ton of drunk people in the streets! Very interesting to say the least! And now 2015 WOW this is it the "final stretch" With the holidays over and people working again and all the kids back in school we could start to work harder now that everyone is home from vacations!

Christmas 2014 (the last one of the mission.....no way!) I can't believe that! I will start with the 24th! We only worked till 6 and then we spent the rest of the night with our investigator XXXXXl and that was fun! It got super cold and it even snowed a little bit! It got so cold that I had to pull out the nice dress coat that my dad told me I might not ever use in my mission! I have used it a few times since! I am glad that my dad sent it with me! Then the 25th was good it was one of the few day we could sleep a little more! Since Christmas was on a Thursday we had our weekly planning that afternoon! Then the most funny of all! we went shopping! Yes there was a store open on Christmas! it was crazy! At three here we had planned on talking to our families! Well we got to the apartment complex that we had planned on going to and the guard told us the family we had planned to go with was not there that they had left like 20 min before! I called my families to let them know that i was going to Skype a little later and we found another family to go with and i got to Skype my families!! That was great!

Then with the new year 2015 all was calm! It was like the week before where Wednesday we worked till 6 and Thursday we didn't work we just did our weekly planning session and we hung out with the other two Elders in our district! It was great because it was a calm day so we grilled up some burgers and hot dogs and just relaxed! the new year was not all that exciting because we could not go any where or do much because of all the drunk people out in the streets!

Then this last week was good with a sad story in the middle :/ We finally got back to work this last week as everyone got into the swing of things all over again! we had more work! during the two weeks of the holidays we had 11 lessons the week of Christmas and the week of new years 13 so this last week we passed 20 which was great cause I was ready to go crazy with such little work! but this work made it better! The sad story is that this next week we were going to baptize on of our investigators, but that didn't happen because she moved to Guadalajara so ya........ that is like a 12 hour drive from here... But we have received a lot of referrals here in our area so our work is cut out for us!

I love you all and hope that you have a good week!

Until next week!

Love 

Elder Darcy

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Elder Brett Jeffrey Darcy

Calle Porvenir No. 8

Col. Centro, Chalco

Edo. De Mèxico

C.P. 56600, Mèxico

FELIZ NAVIDAD!!‏

December 22, 2014

FELIZ NAVIDAD!!

WOW I cannot believe that this Christmas season is already here!! It's so crazy! Well This last week was a busy one! We Had the transfers meeting on Tuesday and then we had the Mission Christmas activity on Thursday and to top that all off we had the Ward Christmas party on Saturday!!! So it was a pretty busy week! And now here we are the week of Christmas!! Wow, what a week it has been! I guess no matter back home or in the mission this time of year is always super busy! But it has been good so far And the best part is that this week I get to see my families faces!!

So ya transfers were this week! I am now with my new comp Elder Ponce who is from Honduras and he is super cool and super funny! He is fresh out of his training and he is super humble and is willing to walk a ton and just be happy! I do have to say though that I felt as if Tuesday was the longest day of my mission because when my companion  got here he didn't talk a lot so it was super quiet and I just want this day to end!!! But all ended up good and I realized that these were his first changes from his first area! So it makes sense that he was quiet cause I am sure that he was feeling a little different to be in anew place and with a new person!

Then Thursday we had our Mission Christmas activity and it was in the Ameca stake center in Volcanas and I realized that I would not mind finishing my mission there! The activity was good we got a little bit of instruction and we  did some practices! After that we had the activities! We started off with the white elephant gift game! Then  after it was a big talent show for the mission! There were some cool things there and I loved it! There was this cool one with a yo-yo and one of the Mexican tops!  Then there was also beet boxing with a guitar! President Crickmore ordered from some place to bring us tacos! Very yummy!! It caught me off guard a little to look at the mission and realize that I do not recognize over half of the mission! It's crazy! Then the best thing happened! For the first time in two years I ate pumpkin pie!! It was SO GOOD! I was in heaven and sad when it was gone!

The Ward Christmas party was fun and i enjoyed it was just a talent show with dinner and the kids beating on like 5 pinatas! But it was cool!

Well to be honest I am happy that this Christmas season is here! In this year as we have approached this great day I have thought a lot about a song that means a lot to me! It is from a show called the Forgotten Carols and I love that show but one of my favorite songs from that is "Three Kings Found The Lord" Part of the chorus of that song is "Three Kings found the Lord, so can we!" I know that is true that we can find The Lord wherever we are and that He will bless us always! This is a great time that we have to remember The Lord and his birth! We should always remember Him throughout the year in all that we do! But this is the best time of the year to be with families and remember Him and remember that #HeIsTheGift! 

I love you guys so much and wish you a Feliz Navidad!!!

Elder Darcy

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Elder Brett Jeffrey Darcy

Calle Porvenir No. 8

Col. Centro, Chalco

Edo. De Mèxico

C.P. 56600, Mèxico