3/25/13
Everything here is going well. This last week was a bit tough. We had trouble finding new investigators, but all is well. We baptized the coolest girl ever. I'll send you a picture. She's 16 but she's sick and basically her kidney's don't work at all, and somehow it affected her growth, so she looks like she's about 10, but she's really funny. I remembered to bring my camera this time, so I'll send some pictures haha. That's awesome that Melissa got her mission call. (My niece to RoseVille CA) Tell her I say congratulations. And that is Wesley's (Morgan's good friend)  mission, I'll email him and tell her that she's going there. How did old blue die?  Who killed her? haha In your sunday school class, about the atonement, there is an awesome talk by Elder Packer in the last conference about lighthouses. You could share that. If the kids know the scriptures really well, then you could try to teach more from conference talks and the Ensigns and stuff like that. So this last week I sent my scriptures with this guy to get them recovered, because the binding on my bible had completely broken. Today I just got them back and their so cool! I had him put some new leather on there and it's like a light brown orange-ish color. It looks really cool. Book of Mormon It really is the cornerstone of our religion and the key to happiness. If you are looking for guidance to get closer to God. The Book of Mormon is the key. Anyway, I love you. And am so glad that you are my mom. You are the best! I love you :) Elder Janda

3/18/13

Hola! Sounds like everything there is going pretty well. Here too. This morning we went and played soccer and basketball and such with the youth from our ward. It was really cool. Yesterday, we baptized Paulino and Sandra. It was awesome. They were both really excited. On Saturday, Elder Quentin L Cook came and we had a conference with him. It was awesome. It was just all the missionaries from our mission. Also Elder Maynes from the presidency of the 70, President Benjamin De Hoyos from the area presidency and Elder Johnson, and area 70 were all the there. The talks were all amazing. I really felt the spirit and it made me want to work a lot more and a lot harder. They basically all talked about the importance of our call to be missionaries and about how we need to love the people. It was great. Other than that, the week was pretty normal. Lots of work haha. We've had basically every day so full of appointments that we don't even have to plan at night and the day is so busy that we are almost always running late haha but it's great. I just hope I get to stay with Elder Zufelt for another change. This change is going by so fast, I almost can't believe it. I was going to send some pictures of the baptism and such, but I forgot my camera at home. I'll have to send some next week. Well I hope you have a fantastic week. I love you so much and am so grateful for everything you do for me. You're the best! Love, Elder Janda

3/10/13

 I can't believe Kyle is going to Kenya! That's crazy! He is definitely going to love it though. Court told me she's going on the trek and I told her to ask you to help her find some of our ancestor's pioneer stories so that the trek has more personal meaning for her. I don't know if you have any stories haha but I'm sure grandma does. If you have time that would really help her and Kyle to get as much as possible out of the trek. When I was in the MTC I has a district that was almost all going to the Bahia Blanca Argentina mission. Maybe he'll meet some of them. Everything here is going awesome! Elder Zufelt and I work so well together. I could swear we are brothers haha. I just hope president leaves me with him for more than one transfer. This last week we had to go to immigration to renew our visas and I got to see a bunch of missionaries from my generation who I haven't seen in a long time. It was great seeing them. We baptized Edda Lorna and her two kids yesterday. It was a great experience. Her two kids are both really excited to go on missions and everything. I can't believe how fast time is going by. These past few weeks have gone by as if they were days. How's everything going on back home? How's everything going with planning the wedding? How's the Gilbert temple going? When is it supposed to get dedicated. I've decided that after I get home I want to try and work in the temple, either the Gilbert or the Mesa temple. I think it would be an amazing experience. Well I hope you have an amazing week. I think about you and pray for you every day. I love you :) Love, Elder Janda

 

 

3/4/13

Things here are going awesome. Elder Zufelt and I are working like never before. We are planning to baptize 14 people this week. It's not very common that two Americans are together and even less that two previous companions are together. I'm really excited though. Edda Lorna is doing great. She went to church this week and loved it. Her and her two sons are going to get baptized this Sunday. I'm really excited for them. It's the best feeling ever knowing that I am able to take part in their conversion and help them change their lives to take the necessary steps to have an eternal family. I can't wait to hear where Kyle gets called. I'm glad to hear that everything there is going well. It was great seeing the pictures that you sent me. Who is the girl Kyle went to the dance with? She looks familiar. The weather here has been really cold the past two days. It was really weird, but it was a nice change. haha Well, I hope you have an awesome week. I love you :) Love, Elder Janda

 2-24-13

Transfers were great. You'll never guess who my new companion is. It's Elder Zufelt, my comp from the MTC haha. It was really surprising when president announced that we were companions. I'm really happy to be back with him. I can already tell that we are going to work really well together. This week, we worked harder than I have worked with any of my companions that I've had so far. We have lots of plans to help this ward and I'm really excited to see how everything turns out. That's really exciting that Kyle is an Elder and that he's going to get his call soon. They're going to split my mission in July and it would be really funny if he got called to the other mission haha. That's crazy that Aunt Lisa met Elder Gantt. He just barely got home on Wednesday. He was one of the assistants to the president here in the mission. He's a great guy. I can't believe Clark is coming here. That's really cool. Tell him his mission is going to be tiny, but that it's full of people haha. This week was really great. We had some great experiences. In one of the lessons we had with a lady named Edda Lorna Piña, when we got there she was really worried and scared to continue basically because she's scared that she won't be able to follow through with her commitments and everything. So we basically just talked to her and helped her feel more confident in herself as well as in the Lord. Then at the end we prayed with her and had her ask if the Book of Mormon was true and if Joseph Smith was a prophet and if she should continue with us. After the pray we just sat a few moments in silence so she could ponder and receive her answer. While we were waiting I could tell that she was receiving her answer and afterwards, she told us that as she was thinking, she saw herself and her two kids walking out of the church smiling. It was a great experience and the spirit was definitely very strong. The next visit she brought her two kids, one is 12 and the other 16. They seemed really excited about learning and everything. In fact her older son asked us if he would be able to go on a mission like us. It was awesome. I really hope we can continue teaching them and they continue progressing because I know they will become a very strong family in the church. Well, I hope you have a fantastic week. I love you so much. You are the best! Love, Elder Janda

2-18-13

I'm glad to hear everyone is doing so well. It is great hearing from all of you. Tomorrow is going to be transfers, and my companion is going to be changed. I don't know who is going to be my new companion, but I'm excited to find out who it will be and get to know him. This week we spent almost all week helping some other missionaries find some people that they were teaching and prepare them to get baptized. It was great getting to work with them, and in the end three people got baptized and two or three more are going to get baptized next week. Yesterday, was our stake conference. It was awesome. The church was completely full. There weren't anymore seats left. We gave up our seats to other people and were stuck standing in the doorway or outside because there wasn't anymore room. The talks were all great. One of the counselors talked about the importance of sacrifice and the president talked about faith and missionary work. I also heard that nine new missions are going to be opened soon here in Mexico, and one of those missions will be here in Mexico City. I'm really excited for all of the big changes that are going on in the world as far as  mission work goes. It's definitely a sign that the second coming is getting closer. I love you all, and am so glad to have heard from you. I can't wait to visit you all as soon as I get home. Keep strong in the gospel. Always read you scriptures and pray. Love, Elder Janda

Here are some photos. I don't remember what pictures I've sent, but I don't think I've sent these ones. haha The first one is a family we baptized about a month ago. The second is with the family that had us over for thanksgiving and for new years. Love, Elder Janda

Here are some photos. I don't remember what pictures I've sent, but I don't think I've sent these ones. haha The first one is a family we baptized about a month ago. The second is with the family that had us over for thanksgiving and for new years. Love, Elder Janda

2/5/13

I'm glad to hear that everything is going well. So, today, I finally got my Christmas package haha. Thank you so much. I love everything you sent me :) I had just about given up hope that it wasn't going to arrive, so I was pretty surprised when we got to the zone leaders house yesterday and they told me I had a package. I can't believe all the things that are changing. The meeting with Elder Nelson was awesome. There was so much traffic that we almost didn't arrive though. We planned ahead and left at about 7:15 to get there be 8 just in case there was some problem, because the meeting didn't start and we didn't have to be there until 9, but we ended up getting there about 8:50. His talk was awesome. He spoke in English with someone translating which was cool, but there were a few times the translator didn't translate correctly. At one point, Elder Nelson was talking about how Leah the second wife of Jacob or Israel died in childbirth, and Elder Nelson, as a doctor, gave his opinion of how she died, but for some reason, the translator said that it was doctrine instead of opinion, and then Elder Nelson corrected him saying ''no doctrina, opinión'' haha. It was pretty funny. The whole reason that Elder Nelson came down was to announce that the church's high school, called ''El Benemerito de las Americas'' commonly known as ''El Benne'' is going to be closed down and changed into the largest MTC in the world, and that it's going to open as soon as school gets out. Which means, that if Kyle comes to Mexico on his mission, it is very likely that he is going to come to that MTC. Everything else here is going pretty well. There's not really much else new. That's cool that Ben Franklin is going to make a high school. Well, I hope you have a fantastic week and always remember that you are the best :) I love you. Elder Janda 

 

1/28/13

This week went pretty well. We ended up not baptizing the kids we were going to baptize, but the family we baptized two weeks ago got confirmed this week. It was awesome! Also, our mission president came to our ward which was pretty cool. Tomorrow, Elder Russel M. Nelson is going to come here to Mexico, and so all the missionaries that live within one hour of the temple get to go meet him. Luckily I live almost exactly one hour from the temple, so I get to go :) I'm super excited. I can't believe Mitch is engaged. That's way exciting. That stinks that you're all sick. Hopefully you can all get feeling better soon. I remember going to see the play forever plaid, but I don't remember what it was about or anything. Just that we went and we liked it haha. The weather here has been pretty nice. Sometimes it gets a bit chilly at night and in the mornings, but during the day it's just about perfect. I'm pretty sure I'm going to die when I get home because of the heat haha. Well, there's not much else new going on down here. I hope you have a great week. I love you :) Love, Elder Janda

 

 

1/21/13

I'm glad everything is going well. Everything here is good. We baptized a 9 year old kid from a less active family which was cool. Hopefully it will help them to become more active. I didn't get transferred, and I'm still with my same companion, Elder Ortega. There were several new missionaries that were supposed to arrive, and Elder Ortega was going to train one of them, but only two arrived, so he didn't train, and we're still together. That's awesome that you had such a great experience in the temple. I can't wait until I can go to the temple. That's so cool that Court won her games. I'm sure she is having a lot of fun. Tell everyone I say hi and that everything is going well. Yesterday, I got to give a talk in a baptize from another ward. It was one of the most spiritual baptismal services I've ever been in. It was awesome. I could feel the Spirit really strong and I could see that the person that was going to get baptized could as well and really understood the covenant that she was making with the Lord. Well, there's not really much else new going on. I love you and I hope you have a great week. You are awesome. Love, Elder Janda

 

1-2-13
I'm glad to hear everything is still going well. Sorry I didn't write you yesterday. They decided to change our P-day because of new years, so our P-day is today. You wouldn't believe how hard it was to find an Internet cafe open haha. We searched this morning for about two hours and not a single one was open, then, finally they opened one of the ones by our house. Last night, we went with the same family we went with on thanksgiving and they made us a really good dinner. I'm not sure what it's called or even really what was in it, but it was delicious haha. Then some other missionaries from our district came and stayed at our house since our house is pretty big and we watched a church movie. It was great fun. One of my favorite scripture stories that you might be able to use that could help explain a little about our relationship with God is the beginning of Moses, when God appears to him and tells him that he is his son. I'll look up some more scripture stories and references and let you know next week :) So this next Tuesday, is transfers, and this last week we found out that my companion is going to train, which means that I'm going to get transferred. I'm not sure where though. It'll be fun getting to know another area and other people and everything. This last week, on Friday night, one of the ward counselors called us and asked us if we would talk Sunday. I was glad to get to talk, but I didn't really have much time to prepare my talk, so it didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. It was still alright though haha. Well, I'm downloading some pictures right now, so I'll send some in another email. I hope you have a great week. I love you :) Elder Janda

12-24-12
Feliz Navidad! Well I don't really have much time to write. I just got on to tell you that I'll call tomorrow at 1 pm here. Which, if I am not mistaken should be 12 noon there. I love you and can't wait to talk to you tomorrow :) Love, Elder Janda

12/17/12
Things have been going well here. We had a few people that have gotten baptized in the last couple months, but either haven`t been able to go to church or always get there late and hadn't been confirmed, but this week we got almost all of them confirmed which was really cool. I looked on LDS.org and I saw the ward list haha. And I saw who the missionaries are, but I don't remember their names haha. Our ward looks like a great ward. I know a few people in it, and it just about every other ward in the stake haha. Sounds like you guys are going to have a great Christmas. It's gonna be pretty great here too haha. I'm sure it won't be the same as being home, but there a lot of really good members that have invited us to go with them or to visit them. And of course the best present will be getting to see and talk to all of you :) We've decided we're going to call on the 25th in the morning, but I'm not sure exactly at what time. I assume you'll be home most of the day though since it's Christmas haha. I've been feeling better. I still have a slight cough and every once in a while I get a headache, but I'm getting better. I hope you all get better soon. Yeah I heard about the shooting in Connecticut. It's really sad, but just remember, God is wise and just. He let's bad things happen so that we can learn and reach our full potential as his children. Also, all children are innocent and will be saved in the Kingdom of God. When is the projected date for the temple dedication? I love you, and pray for you every day. I hope you can always remember that you are a chosen daughter of you father and that we will be able to go back and live with him. I can't wait for that day! I can hardly begin to imagine the great joy and love that we will be able to feel when we live in his presence. I love you so much and I am so grateful that God blessed me to be your son. YOU ARE AWESOME!
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12-10-12
Things here are going pretty well. I've been a bit sick the last week, just a cold though, nothing bad. I'm getting better though haha. I'm glad to hear everything is going well. I don't remember Leif from that ward, but I do know who he is haha If he's in the ward I'm pretty sure that the Whitlocks are too. That's awesome that Kyle is going to start his papers and everything. I can't wait to find out where he's going to go haha. This last week, we baptized someone named Everardo. He got baptized about 10 years ago, but never got confirmed and never went back to church until a few months ago we found him at one of our investigators houses. We always thought he was a member until last week when he told us that he never got confirmed. So, we did some investigating in the church records, and he didn't appear as a member and we didn't have any record of his baptism, so we baptized him again. Everything else is going well. Basically the same as usual. Today we cleaned our house for about 2 hours because it was super messy, but now it's all clean haha. So, I'm still not sure if we're going to call on the 24th or the 25th. They told us that we can call either of those two days, but we have to talk to the members that we're going to go with and see when is better for them. I didn't get to see the first presidency's Christmas address, but I heard it was really good. Everything here is going well. This week I got a package from Aunt Lisa and a letter from Papa and a letter from Bishop Rowley. It was great hearing from all of them. haha Well, I hope you have a fantastic week. I love you so much. :) Love, Elder Janda

12/3/12
Hola, sounds like you had a great week. Things here are going pretty good. We didn't baptize this week which was lame, but we did find quite a few new people to teach. So hopefully some of them will get baptized in the next couple weeks. I'm still in the same area with the same companion. Last night, we went to the house of some other missionaries that live about 30 seconds from our house and set up a little Christmas tree haha. It was pretty fun. One of the missionaries is Elder Holt, from Mesa. We were talking and found out that he actually lives pretty close to us. He used to go to a gym on Gilbert and Germann and he always used to go to AMC where I worked haha. It's pretty funny how small of a world it is. That's cool that you got to go to the US-Ireland game. Today, we went to the mall again haha. I went because I wanted to buy a sweater to wear, because it sometimes gets a bit cold here. Elder Holt and his companion went with us too. Then we went to subway and to walmart haha. It was just like going to a mall in the US except that it's a bit smaller and there weren't as many people haha. Well, I hope you have a great week. I love you and am so grateful for everything that you have done for me. Especially all the support and love that you have always shown me. YOU ARE THE BEST! :) Love, Elder Janda

11/26/12
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :) How did you birthday go? Did you do anything fun? This week was good. A family made us a Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. It was awesome. I almost didn't get to go though. On Wednesday night, the zone leaders decided that we were going to do exchanges until Thursday night, but then since I told them that the family had planned that dinner and everything for us, they ended the exchanges early. Tomorrow are transfers, but neither I nor my companion are getting changed. Which is cool because that means I'll still be in this ward for Christmas and new years and everything. I'm not sure what we're going to do for Christmas, but I'm sure it'll be great. We didn't baptize this week, which was pretty lame, but we're hoping to be able to baptize this next week. That's crazy that you are already moving everything over into the new house. I asked one of the missionaries here who is from Durango, he says he doesn't think he knows Pancho, but he might know one of his daughters. We're not sure though. Do you know what part of Mexico they're in? I know, it's crazy how fast time flies. I can't believe I've already been here nearly a whole year. It's crazy. And I can't believe it's almost Christmas. I say Court should stay on JV. She might not play against people that are as good, but she'll get to play more, which means she'll learn more and enjoy it more. Today, we had a zone activity where we went and played soccer and barbequed some meat. It was pretty fun. We made four different teams of 5 people each to play soccer, and my team won almost every time. It was a lot of fun, I'm pretty tired now though haha. I can't really think of many things specifically that I want. Just shirts and socks. And if you could send me an Arizona quarter. One of my zone leaders has a few of the state quarters, but he doesn't have one from Arizona, so if you could send me one, I'm going to give it to him for Christmas. And also if you can find the life story that Anthony Henry Janda wrote, that would be awesome. As far as ensigns go, they give us the ensigns every months, so I'm good. Thanks though :) Well, I hope you have a fantastic week, and can get everything moved into the new house and all without problems. I love you so much. You are the best! Love, Elder Janda


11/19/12
This week went pretty good. We had an activity on Saturday where the missionaries from the MTC came and we went with them to go contacting. I was with a missionary from Mexicali who is going to serve in Las Vegas. Then we spent most of the rest day trying to help one of our investigators, Jessika, get ready to get baptized. She almost decided that she was ready when her parents started telling her she should wait more time and stuff like that so she decided to wait. But then yesterday, at church, Elder Agurto, the zone leader came and so we convinced her to have the interview with him and she decided to get baptized later that day. It was pretty cool. Other than that, there's not much new going on. It doesn't really get cold here during the day. Just at night at in the morning, but I'm fine with the clothes I have. One of the missionaries here in my zone is from Durango, I'll ask him if he knows Pancho or at least knows who he is. For Thanksgiving, we're going to go eat turkey and mashed potatoes and hopefully pumpkin pie. Today, we probably going to go over to their house and help them make the pie haha. It's going to be cool though. It's crazy how fast time is going by. This transfer flew by. This week is the last week before transfers. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get transferred though because I haven't been in this area very long. Well, I hope you have a great week. I love you! Elder Janda

11/12/12
Everything here is going well. It was pretty cold and rainy for a while, but now it's hot again. I'm pretty sure I'm going to die when I get home to AZ because it doesn't get near as hot here as it is there but I still feel the heat. We baptized two people this week, and got two different couples married. It was really cool, but we were pretty busy. There are a few judges here that are friendly with the missionaries and always help us out to get people married. Instead of charging the 1500 or so pesos they only charge us 500 and they don't ask for as many documents which are sometimes hard to get. The guy we went with only asks for birth certificates and the 500 pesos. I'm pretty sure there are some under the tables dealings that he does to get the marriage certificate and everything in the system, but the important thing is that the people can get married and baptized haha. I can't believe Obama won. Peña Nieto, the guy that won the elections here is rather corrupt as well. I'm sure they are signs of the last days. As well as the hurricane or whatever it was in NY and the fact that there has been more earthquakes lately. The second coming is definitely getting closer. We had stake conference as well this past week. The stake conferences here they do by satellite transmission just like the general conferences, so we got to listen to Elder Scott and a few other general authorities. It was cool being able to listen to Elder Scott speak Spanish. They talked about the importance of the sacrament and the importance of families. I sent Dad an email last week about where my area is. It's in the state of Mexico in a city called Nezahualcoyotl. My companion is Elder Ortega from Guaymas, Sonora.  Well, I'm glad to hear everything is going well. Hopefully it all continues well. I love you so much. You are the best! Love, Elder Janda
11/5/12
 I know, it's crazy that it's already November. It's starting to get cold here. The last few days we've had some Utah weather. It's just been cloudy cold and half sprinkling haha. This week we didn't baptise anyone, but for this next week we have at least 2 people that can get baptized. We just have to get them married first haha.Well I'm glad to hear everything is going well for you guys back home. haha this week I ate fish just like that again. The fish is good, but it's frustrating because it has a ton of little bones that have to be picked out haha. I got your package this week. Thank you so much. It was awesome. I started reading that family history book you sent me and it is really cool, it's really getting me excited to go to family history work when I get home. The house looks really cool and I'm pretty sure it's going to be in a great ward. I'm pretty sure Jase Warner and Thomas Whitlock's families are in that ward. Well, I hope you have a great week. I love you and am grateful for the great help and example you have always been for me. You are the best! Love, Elder Janda
10/29/12
Sounds like you had a good week. This week has been pretty good. We baptized four people yesterday. The daughter of the lady we baptized last week as well as her three kids. It was pretty cool. We're not sure who we're gong to baptize this week, but we've got a few people that could do it. This week, I ate fish twice. It was great. On Wednesday, a member took us too a seafood restaurant and I ordered a fish and then they just brought out this huge fish with head bones and everything. It was really good. Then, on Friday, another member gave us fish to eat, and it was basically the same, the fish was just a bit smaller. Haha It was really good though. Other than that, this week has been pretty average. As soon as we get done on the internet, we're going to go with a sister in the ward that is going to teach us how to make chilaquiles and flan. I'll try to think of some things that I could use and I'll let you know next week. I love you and am so grateful for everything that you do for me and the support that you have always given me. You are the best mom ever! :) I love you and I hope you have a great week. Love, Elder Janda
10/22/12
Elder Wyman is from San Francisco, but just before he came on his mission, his family moved to Idaho. Thanks for sending the package, I'll let you know when it gets here. It'll probably be in about a month. Maybe a little less. I'm glad to hear everything is going well. That's crazy that you're going to move this month. I'm sure it'll be good though. Where's the new house at? Haha well we'll just have to make another cool backyard and use it this time. haha That's awesome that they got first in their tournament. Especially after not doing so well the last few weeks. This week for me was pretty good. Transfers were this week. We didn't get transferred, but we went to the meeting to bring the missionaries that were going to go to Elder Ottaway and Elder Wyman's area. It was cool because I got to see a lot of people that I haven't seen in a while. Like Elder Zufelt, my companion from the MTC. I also met a few missionaries from Arizona. One of them it turns out is the cousin of Thomas Whitlock. It was pretty cool. On Friday, we went and cleaned the cistern of one of our investigators, Olga. Almost all the houses here have a cistern. It's basically just a water reservoir that fills up and stores water because a lot of times there's no water. The problem is that the water that comes from the city is super dirty, so the cistern gets really dirty and has to get cleaned. It was really tiring cleaning it. Usually they would empty it out before we get there to clean it, but for some reason they didn't so we had to empty the whole thing out with buckets. It was really tiring because it's probably about 5 ft tall and between 7 and 10 ft wide and 3 or 4 ft long and it was almost completely full haha. it took us about 2 and a half hours to get it all clean and everything. Then, on Saturday, we had a stake activity where the young men came and they got paired up with two missionaries and we went out and contacted people. It was pretty cool. I got paired up with a new missionary from Peru who just barely got here this week and with a kid named Antonio who just turned 14 and just barely got baptized 3 months ago. It was fun though. After the activity, there were 5 people that got baptized from various areas in the zone. Then yesterday, we baptized Olga. It was really cool. And she told us that she has 3 grand kids that want to get baptized as well, so we're going to visit them this week and probably baptize them the next week. Well that's about all the interesting things that have been happening here. I hope everything keeps going well and that you have a great week. I love you. Elder Janda
10/15/12
This week was pretty interesting. One of the missionaries in our district, Elder Ottaway, has been having some health issues and this week he went home. It seems like he has a blocked artery so he went home to go get some more tests done and then surgery to fix it. It was pretty lame, cuz he's a really cool guy. Then, his companion, Elder Wyman, finished his two years so he's going home on Wednesday, so he's been with us since Elder Ottaway went home. It's been pretty cool having him with us, but it's weird being in a trio haha. That's awesome that Tyler got baptized this week. Tell him I say congratulations! I don't remember where the practice pad is, but it's ok you can just send me the drumsticks. I've been trying to think of other things that I would like, but I couldn't think of any more stuff haha. It's alright though you can just send me whatever you want and I'll be happy :) haha. Yeah it's cool being around USA folk haha. Today we all went to KFC in honor of Elder Ottaway because he's from Kentucky and then we went to Plaza Jardín, which is a little mall that's close to me area, so that we could look for some cool ties haha. I found two ones I like one blue paisley and another gray striped one. We've started teaching English classes every week and it's really cool because we always have a lot of people show up. One time we had 40 people, but usually there's only about 20. We're going to start trying to teach it more fun though so that more people will show up. We're going to start trying to teach the pronunciation instead of focusing on grammar and all that stuff. It's fun teaching it though haha. Haha well try not to have too much fun packing and cleaning and all that fun stuff haha. I'll try my best not to be jealous :) When you pack up all my stuff, if you want, you can just leave it all in boxes and I'll unpack it when I get home. Well, I hope everything goes well and you enjoy your break. I love you so much and am so grateful that you are my mom! I love you! Elder Janda

Transferred

10/1/12
My new area is actually not very far from where I was before, but it's in the other stake. I'm in Neza and the area isn't very big, but it's bigger than Pantitlan was. My new companion is pretty cool. His name is Elder Ortega. He's the district leader. He's from Guaymas, Sonora. He's pretty cool, and we get along pretty well. In this ward there are also two other missionaries. They're both pretty cool. One is from Las Vegas and I get along with him really well. His name is Elder Holley. The other is Elder Valenzuela. We get along well, but he doesn't really talk much. I didn't get to visit a lot of people before I left last Monday, but I got to visit the people that are more important to me which was good. Today, we had a zone activity. We went and played soccer and volleyball and everything at the stake center and then after some people came and made us tacos. The only bad thing was that the people with the tacos got there late and were taking a long time, so we didn't get to eat as much as we would've liked to. We still ate a ton though. Supposedly they brought meat and everything for between 800 and 1000 tacos, and when I left it was all just about gone. There are 30 missionaries in the zone and I think a few weren't there. I'm glad to hear everything is going well at home.  I'm excited for conference this next week. Here in the mission, conference is way better. For some reason I can just focus better and get way more out of it than I could at home. Well I hope everything continues going well. I love you and I hope you have a great week. Love, Elder Janda
 9/26/12
This morning, they called me and told me that today I'm going to get transfered to another area. I don't know exactly where the area is, but it's not too far from here, it's in Nezahuacoyotl, in the Polanco ward. My ne companion is going to be Elder Ortega, I don't really know him, I've just seen him at zone meeting and such. I'm kinda sad and dissapointed because I'm going to miss the people here and because since Elder Yañez got here we've basically just been searching for new people and finally this last week we found a few, but oh well, there's not really anything I can do about it. Today we've basically just been going around saying goodbye to people. Basically for zone conferences, the whole zone, about 30 missionaries, meet in the stake center and the president and the assistants come and they all teach us how to teach better and stuff like that, the zone leaders teach too. We're usually there about 4 or 5 hours. My mission president is President Morales. He's from Tabasco which is in the south of mexico on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Well I'm sure I'll have more to tell you next week about my new companion and my new area and everything.
Saturday, we were knocking doors, and a teenager answered the door and when we asked if anyone else was home he said no, there all sleeping, the funny part was that as he was saying that, his mom walked right behind him haha. Usually the people who reject us here just lie to us or don't answer the door haha, but that's missionary work I guess haha.
I love you and am so grateful for everything that you do for me. I hope you have a great week. Love, Elder Janda
9/17/12  
I'm glad to hear everything is going well. This week was pretty much the same as the past 
week except we didn't have as much time to work. On friday and saturday we didn't really get to do much of anything. On Friday we had a zone conference, and then after that we took some investigators to a stake party because some other missionaries were going to baptize and we wanted them to see a baptism. Then Saturday was the Mexican Independence day, so we had to be home at 6. We didn't really do anything special to celebrate, except that just about everyone wanted us to go eat pozole with them. It's a type of soup that is basically what everyone here makes for special occasions. That's basically all that's going on here. Hopefully everything works out well. Tell everyone hi and that I love them. I love you. Elder Janda