Pounding Pavement (well really more like dirt roads)

Hey guys,

I just finished another week here in Cocoyoc which is crazy. The time is flying so fast it's depressing. Two years is way too short to serve a mission.

This past week I completed 9 months in the mission!!! Looking back on these past 9 months, they've been the absolutely most incredible and humbling months of my life. I've seen miracles, huge successes, bitter failures, complete joy, and desolating misery. Health and sickness. It's basically been a lifetime of experiences in three quarters of a year.

Stuff is going great for us here in Cocoyoc. We've got to be in the best ward in the entire Mission Mexico Chalco. We have people to teach (and we have a baptism planned for this week that's super solid, our investigator just has to pass her interview!), and the members here are so wonderful.

I don't have really many funny experiences to share, just had a lot of really nice moments. On p=day, we always leave to work at 6 pm. Last Monday, I went on interchanges with my district leader. He's a really incredible missionary, and I learned a ton from him. Then this past Saturday, we had interchanges again, but this time I went with the comp of my district leader. We went and visited a ton of people in their area, and getting out of the area and working hard was a nice breath of fresh air. It got me really refocused on our work here in cocoyoc.

The other fun thing was that yesterday we had stake conference. An area seventy came down to give a talk, and it was really nice. Getting to hear all the talks was a really great spiritual experience, but maybe the best part is that two of our investigators came with us, and it had a really big effect on her.

I've seen lots of blessing this past week. we had a soccer tournament with our ward and we invited a ton of our investigators to it. We had three show up, and they're really good investigators that are progressing a ton. Seeing them there, getting to know the members better, and having fun was really nice.

I'm really grateful for my ward and my area. Working here is a huge privilege.

I miss you all a ton. Tomorrow I'll be headed up to Amecameca for an important meeting. My first area was in Amecameca. Seeing my first area and all of that will be really really fun.

Stay safe everyone! Keep me in your prayers. I always keep you guys in mine!

Love,

Elder William Jacob Long

PS Sorry I don't have photos. I didn't take any this week but expect some photos of us in white next Monday!!!!