Phase 11 of 16 Complete!‏

December 15, 2014

WOW!!!

      So to be honest I have no clue which transfer cycle was faster! This one or the last one! it's so crazy that the cycle is already over! Well seeing that i was with Elder Thomson for three months o guess it was nesicary to have changes! I am kind of sad to be honest because I have loved working with Elder Thomson! But at the same time I understand the Lord needs him in a different area now! Well to close up the cycle we had a good week! a little more productive! we found new people we put some new dates for baptism and a whole lot more! Also starting this week our holiday madness begins! so it has been a good but busy week! 

      Elder Thomson is being transferred to Amecameca right at the base of the volcano! But I am sad because I have really enjoyed my time with him! It has been a great three months! Opening this area with him has been so much fun! So because Elder Thomson is leaving I am reciving a new companion! And this is kind of cool........ my new companion is my "grandson".......... So that's a mission term and this is what it plays out to. Back in july I recived Elder Aguilar and I did his trainning and that means that i am his dad! Well he is now finishing the training of his "son" Elder Ponce from Honduras! well tomarrow i will be reciving elder Ponce as my new companion! So my new companion happens to be my "grandson"! It's really cool I am super excited to work with him and have some "family bonding time" Haha but Elder Ponce is going to be my first companion Latino that is not from Mexico! all the other Latinos that i have been with are all from Mexico!!! so it should be a lot of fun!!

      To start off, this last week we had a guided visit of our capilla with a few new people we found this last week! We found this lady who is called hna. Xxxxxxx and her grand-daughter hermanita Xxxxxxx. On Wednesday we took them to the church and we had a guided visit with them! It was a cool experience because as we were there, there were a few members from our ward at the church for some stuff! So we introduced our investigators to the members and it was super cool! As we were finnishing up we were in the room where the baptismal font is.! Well we decided to put the date of Jan. 17 as the baptismal date! When we presented the challenge to them they both accepted without hesitating or thinking about it! It was super cool cause President Crickmore told us that is how we find chosen people or the people who are prepared for us! So it was super cool! Then last night we had an Hna. Introduce us to another new investigator who is called Xxxx! We went and we got to know the guy and he is super cool! We just explained the pamphlet of the Resturation to him and he accepted it and told us that he would gladly read it! As we were talking we inited him to come with us to church on sunday and he was like "ya i don't see why i would not be able to go!" We were like WOW that is so COOL! because usually when we invite people to come to church there like well i ddon't know we'll see or i'm not sure! So when said ya i dont see why not we were like SUPER COOL!!! But ya it was a good week!

"Well the weather outsides' not frightful my friends you look so delightfull where ever you go ther is sun there is sun there is sun"! So thats my version of "let it snow" because to celebrate the holidays we will be starting our "holiday madness" this week! So for example This week is super busy!! Tomorrow is transfers and the meeting that comes with that! Then Thursday there is a mission Christmas meeting/ party from 10 am to 5 pm! Then saturday afternoon we have the ward christmas party! so we are busy almost every other day this week! Then next week is crazy as well! On  the 24th we only work till 6 pm then we spend the night till 10:30 with a family eating food and partying! Then Thur. 25th we don't work and we TALK TO OUR FAMILIES!!! Then the next week wed the 31st Is just like the 24th and that night we can pass the night with our distric or a family from the ward as we choose! Then Thur. the 1st we have a mission soccer tournament from 8am till 4pm so we can spend the rest of the nigh dead tired and numb from playing! So it should be fun!!

Well thats about it for this week! just a quick update on Xxxxxx our one footed (for right now) Investigator, We still have not gotten a response from the First Presidency but he is still super excited! He is a cool guy i hope we can get the permission to baptize him this cycle! To close I want to share a scripture from Alma that i love about prayer and the importance of praying! Its Alma 34:39: Yea, and I also exhort you, my brethren, that ye be watchful unto prayer continually, that ye may not be led away by the temptations of the devil, that he may not overpower you, that ye may not become his subjects at the last day; for behold, he rewardeth you no good thing. I Love that Scripture Because It's like D&C 10:5 urging us to pray always to overcome the temptations of the devil and not fall into his temptations!

I Love you all so much and I hope that you have a good week!  Love you all and Feliz Navidad! :D

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

16 months and rolling!

December 8, 2014

HEYO!!!

So it's cold outside but no snow QUE PACHO CON ESTO????? Haha it's just a small joke cause i truly do miss the snow! But then again from what I have heard it has been a pretty green Christmas Season to start off with! Good ole' Utah and the bipolar weather! Things are going great here,I  am passing for the seasonal cold now!! The weather changes like crazy here! Super cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon and back to cold in the night! JUST LIKE HOME!! Naww but it was a good week! Our investigator Xxxxx had an interview with President Crickmore and it went good but for Xxxxx to get baptized he has to receive special permission from the First Presidency!!! So that was fun! Then yesterday was cool cause it was the Christmas Devotional!!! It was super good! To cap that all off I now have been gone for 16 months that is so crazy!! I cannot believe how fast time is moving! But over all it was a good week!

So ya the Weather is crazy and so are the people! This coming week the Catholics will be celebrating the d

Day of the Virgin!!!!! We have to be home by 6 that day. The weather is like i said super cold then super hot then super cold again all in the same day! And thanks to this change I have come down with a cold and it sucks cause at the same time i am having some stomach problems! But i am doing better i just hate being sick and doing the work of the Lord at the same time! i would much rather be fine doing the work! But i think i am almost over it!

So our investigator Xxxxx had his interview this last week with President! He has to get permission from the First Presidency of the Church to be baptized. This wasn't a shock to us because he had told us that he was on parole and why! He was falsly acused of robbing a truck and killing a custodian in the process! But the funny part is that he wasn't even there! at the time this happened he was at his daughters school for a Parent teacher confrence type of thing! He had signitures from multipul diferent witnesses and still didn't fly kind of dumb to be honest! So now we are just waiting for that!

But WOW 16 MONTHS!!! that is so crazy! I can't believe that another month has gone by! it's super crazy! I think its even crazier to think that next month is January AGAIN! but this last month was good and it was productive! Well just like that I guess the car runs down the hill! I am so excited to be here and i love it and i will be honest i have asked my President to extend my mission by a cycle or two but he wont let me! so for now i have 7 1/2 months left!

I hope you all have a good week and that the spirit of the Lord fills your spirits this Christmas season! The Devotional was great yesterday everyone shared the same type of message! HE IS THE GIFT! Please spread His spirit and give love one to another and remember Christmas is not about the new tablets or cars or iPhones! it's about Him Our Lord and Savior! and I am truly grateful for Him and the sacrifice that He made for all of us!!!

Love you guys have a great week!

Elder Darcy

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Elder Brett Jeffrey Darcy

Calle Porvenir No. 8

Col. Centro, Chalco

Edo. De Mèxico

C.P. 56600, Mèxico

Happy Thanksgiving!!

November 24, 2014

HEYO EVERYONE!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!! Wow I can't believe that it's already here again! I remember last thanksgiving! I was such a grennie!  This last week was a good week! my comp had a leadership meeting to attend! So that was fun! We had a problem with our Investigator XXXXX (with the bad foot) He got into a fight with his wife and he did not want to get baptized but then he changed his mind! What a fast week it was! I cannot believe how fast it has gone! I mean seriously we are already to Thanksgiving again! thats super crazy!!

So in the meeting that my companion had this week they talked a lot about safety and stuff because missionaries have been getting sick and hurt! Kind of crazy! With that there did come an announcment! The Church has changed the Transfer schedule! We will be having transfers a week early. We will have a week to find someone to Skype with on Christmas!! This transfer will be five weeks and the next will be seven!

Our investigator Xxxxxgot into a fight with his wife this week and said that he didn't want to get baptized any more! So we were like umm ok what happened! We found out they they had fought and so he didn't want to do that! But all turned out great and the other Elders in our district had a baptism! We told XXXXX come to this and if you don't feel anything we will stop visiting you. So we had the baptism and after the ordinance Xxxxx was crying!! we were like WOW thats cool! As we took him home he told us that he wants to be baptized cause he felt the spirit so strong! it was great!

Well it is the time of Thanksgiving again and I have to say that i am extremely grateful for a lot of things! First off I am grateful for my Lord, Savior, and brother Jesus Christ and the trust he has given me these last 15 months and a half! Second of all I am so grateful for all of my family! I am so grateful for their support as I have been here in Mexico! I love them so much! I am grateful for a Gospel I can shape my life around! That I have some direction to my life knowing that one day I will return to my Father in Heaven! I Am so grateful for all of my friends and the letters and emails that they have sent me!

I love you all I hope that you all enjoy your time with your families and the turkey! DON'T FORGET THE TURKEY IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT!! haha!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!

Elder Darcy

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Elder Brett Jeffrey Darcy

Calle Porvenir No. 8

Col. Centro, Chalco

Edo. De Mèxico

C.P. 56600, Mèxico

MULTI STAKE CONFRENCE!!!!

November 17, 2014

HOLA MI FAMILIA Y AMIGOS!!!

All goes well here! It has been a good week! Actually it has been a few good weeks and all! We had transfers and Elder Thomson and I are still together! It has been so much fun! I have loved being here in Chalco! It truly has been a great time! A few weeks ago we had a couple of confrences with a member of the area Seventy and the Elder who came was Elder Salinez! He is so cool! Then we had a multi-stake meeting and it was great! Elder Salinez talked about auto sufficency! It was super cool! Then ontop of that we had Stake Conference this last week! This was so cool, it was transmited from SLC! Other than that i cant believe November is already more than half over! CRAZINESS!!

So I do have to say I am proud to be an American!!... When Elder Salinez was here he talked about the auto sufficency! it was great and he told us"I wish Mexico could be more like the U.S!" I was like WOW that is super crazy!! He explained that In the US we pay our tithings we fast and we give service and it's not like the end of the world! It was actually kind of funny! When he said that the American Missionaries startd to laugh and well the Latin missionaries and members did not....... i guess they didnt find it that funny.... but it was cool! He said because we do those things in the U.S. he was like U.S. is on the first of two leves of auto sufficency! He explained that the first level was spiritual! with praying, reading the scriptures, going to the church, going to the temple, fasting, paying a full AND honest tithing, and service! He focused more on the first level because he said that Mexico is not even there yet! I was kind of intrested in what is in the second level because it souds like we are working for that back home! But it was super cool! It's always cool to be in the presence of a Seventy because they have such a strong spirit with them!

So Yesterday was cool because of the announcment of auto sufficency Mexico city, Pachuca (hildalgo), and Morelos (curnavaca) had a HUGE multi stake confrence transmited from SLC!! The Presiding General Authority was Elder Neil .L. Anderson! He was acompanied by Elder Richard .J. Maynes from the presidency of the Seventy, and from the Seventy Elder Daniel L Johonson and Elder Benjamin De Hoyos! They were also acompanied by sister Linda .S. Reves from the Relif society General \Presidency!

The conference was great! I have to admit it made us all smile when sister Reves, Elder Maynes and Elder Anderson gave their talks cause you could hear thier Gringo accents! It was funny but the talks were great! I do have to add that for Elder Anderson, he had a hard time saying capacitación and we all kind of chukkled but it was great!

Elder Johnson talked about how we are all a family of god and how we need to care for one another! He also talked about the importance of personal and family scripture study! He said something that is very true!! He said: There does not exist no reason to justify not studying the scriptures! I was like woah Que fuerte or how strong was that!

Elder De Hoyos talked about the importance of turning to the Lord in this work and he used the scripter from Matthew 11:28-30 which is:

28 ¶Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek andlowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.    30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.  

It was pretty cool!

Then Sister Reeves talked about the reactivation of the less active members and how we have to visit them and be their friends! Elder Mayns talked about who we are and what we can do in the gosple and he talked about our potential!

Elder Anderson finshed with the home run! He talked about sacrifice and what we need to be willing to do and what we need to sacrifice! He also said something that got to me and that is "we need to sacrifice something good for something better" But it was great! He not only talked about sacrifice but he also talked about the blessings of sacrifice which is important!

So Ya my week was good I hope you all have a good week and that all goes well! I love you all and wish you 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

Day of the Dead

November 3, 2014

I see dead people..............

HA HA, not really, but the last few days here it has been super crazy because the people here do not celebrate Halloween but the first two days of November they celebrate what is called Dia de Los Muertos! I can say it was super interesting to see that! All the kids dressed up and going door to door and they went to the different businesses. Here is also a fun fact, here in my zone is a place called Mixquic and they have a huge party for these types of events! A member told us that one year Tim Burton came down to that party and that is where he got his inspiration for a lot of his movies! This last week was really good! we got a lot of work done! There is some sad news however....... our investigator angel didn't get baptized this last week because they still need to take away dead skin on his foot :/  all is still well because we are going to visit him and make sure that he is ready as soon as possible! but over all it was a good week! I just can't believe that we are now into November now! it is super crazy! 

November first and second are observed holidays here which are called Di de Los Muertos or the day of the dead!! It was actually cool to see it this year. in my area last year nothing much happened during this time. As we were walking we found someone who invited us to do one of the traditional face paints! it was kind of cool! I think its something I want to come back and see after the mission! All the kids dressed up and trick or treated at the different businesses and every one was going crazy! I think the worst part of the weekend was that one of our neighbors had a party right below us and they wee SUPER drunk..... they were yelling and chanting all night! They finally stopped around 4:30 in the morning!!! 

Yesterday we took a taxi to take our injured investigator  to church. When we got to his house he was not there..... so we went to the church and they were not there either... so we called them and his wife told us that he had an appointment  to take off more dead skin and so it was more than likly that he will not be baptized for right now. But we told her No se preocupe Hna. becaue we will continue to come by and visit him and make sur that he is SUPER ready! She was pretty excited about that! Because This guy has nothing else to do but sit around he has been reading the Book of Mormon and now is in Alma! He has told us that he knows that this book is scripture from God! it was so cool to hear that!

Other than that the week was good! We did a lot more walking! Sorry that this letter is not as long it was just a lot of teaching and walking! But over all it was fun! 

May God bless you all in this day and this week! I hope you all have a good sucessful week! I love you all!

Con mucho Cariño,

Elder Darcy

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Elder Brett Jeffrey Darcy

Calle Porvenir No. 8

Col. Centro, Chalco

Edo. De Mèxico

C.P. 56600, Mèxico

Run missionaries run!!‏

October 27, 2014
HOLA A TODOS!!

Well I know that it has been a while since i wrote! But it's just like the title says we have been running, running, running! Things have been going great here in good ole' Chalco ;) we have been super busy at work! I kind of forgot how hard it is to open up an area but its been so much fun! Things are going great with my companion. We also have a possible baptism! Then a few weeks ago I got the chance to go to Polanco, the nicest part of the city, to resign my visa for the last time! It was a lot of fun and other than that things are just busy, busy, busy!! 

So with the running, running, running. This last week we decided that we have not been finding a ton of new people so we looked at the list of people that we have contacted in the street the last few weeks and we realized that we had a list of about 30 different people. We decided we needed to look for these people to see if they really wanted anything. It was kind of sad because we walked all day for two days and whittled the list down from 30 possible investigators to only about five that accepted to really listen. It was kind of sad but now we know where the possibilities are at and we know who to work with! So we are ready to hit the ground running and that will be exciting!

We possibly have a baptism this week! The guy had an accident a few weeks ago and shared his experience like this:  He works making big ice blocks and a machine fell and crushed his foot! he told us where the machine was he should have been completely crushed but he wasn't! He said that a warm smooth feeling took hold of him and moved him out of the way and so the machine only crushed his foot, which is still bad.... but then he told us that his foot was completely under the machine and that same feeling came back and took his foot out! We were like wow that's crazy! He is convinced it was our Father in Heaven (which it was) and he is ready to put a bag over his foot and jump in the font! So we will be baptizing him with the bag over his foot this week probably! it was so cool to hear his experience and he is super ready! His wife and kids are members he is the only one that is not a member and now is ready to jump in the font!!

Polanco was cool! we got to go to a store that sells complete american food! iI was so cool! I got some Twizzlers and Gierideli chocolate! it was so much fun!

I do have to say that its crazy how we get caught up in our many activities each week and each day! This last week my companion and I were talking and we were like wow where is the time! October literally is almost gone! this is the last week of October and then we are in November again, and before we know it, it will be Christmas again!  And then the new year! Something that i have learned out here is to enjoy the time because when we hit the real world again it will be a dumbed down version of the mission! We will be always be running, running, running. That is why it is super important to remember the savior in our lives! When we do the small things like daily prayer, scripture study,  and weekly family home evening to the bigger stuff like weekly church attendance and monthly temple visits we will be richly blessed!

 The Lord himself promised I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise. D&C 82:10 As we do what he says he will help us i can testify to that because like he said "i am bound"

I love you all and hope that you all have a good week this next week! Untill next week with all of the excitement may God bless each and every one of you!


Love,
Elder Darcy--
Elder Brett Jeffrey Darcy
Calle Porvenir No. 8
Col. Centro, Chalco
Edo. De Mèxico
C.P. 56600, Mèxico

14 months!!!! What!!! Where is the time!!‏

October 6, 2014

HEYO!!!!!

So ya 14 months I can't believe that we are already at that point! Before we know it it will be 18 months!! It's super crazy!! but all is well! this last week we had transfers and that was good. I am in a new area called Culturas! It's nice because we are right off to the side of the center of Chalco! It takes like 10 min to walk their from our house! Let's not forget that conference was this week! It was super great!  Other than that all has been super calm!

 

Transfers were great I am now in Chalco! I am in the ward Culturas! My companion is an elder from my generation his name is Elder Thomson! He is a missionary from Honolulu Hawii. Iit has been a great week with him! We both are new to the area and for that the work is slow but all is well here!! We are slowly but surly meeting people. The highlight of this week is that we got to the house after the transfer meeting! The house was a MESS! it was a joke the worst part was cleaning the fridge that had a month and a half of cheese and hamburger patties left in it and the fridge had been unplugged the day the last missionaries left! so lets just say that the fridge did not smell the best when we opened it! The next day I got the great privilege  to clean it! It was so much fun!! no not really I came close to throwing-up a few times because of the smell! but at the end of 1 1/2 to 2 hours of cleaning the fridge smelt like a fresh rained on field (does that make sense? :S)! All is going well here in the new area!!

 

So how about that conference!! That was so cool! I was a little thrown off at first because the last few weeks we have been listening to the last conference talks over and over again that i was used to that and i was like where is that! but it was great! I feel that this conference was focused on the fact that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God! It's part I feel that was given because there are a ton of people here that do not have a solid testimony that Joseph Smith is the prophet of the restoration and some don't think that he is all that important!!! It was good for all of us to remember the importance of the divinity of Joseph Smith! I loved the talks from Sunday that were about personal revelation and how and what we can do to receive it! I loved that talk from the Sunday afternoon session where the guy talked about the four tools 1- prayer 2- scripture study 3- family home evening and 4- regular temple attendance! I believe that as we do all four of these things we will receive our revelation and how we can be "spiritually tracked" for our "personal load" it truly was a great conference! on top of that I really loved how the members of the 70 got to share their talks in their native language! it was great! when the two members gave their talks in Spanish we flipped to the Spanish channel and listened in Spanish! it was so cool!

Well love you guys hope you all have a good week and that all goes well! may god bless you all!!

until next time,

Elder Darcy

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Elder Brett Jeffrey Darcy

Calle Porvenir No. 8

Col. Centro, Chalco

Edo. De Mèxico

C.P. 56600, Mèxico