Ritchie, Max

Whats is going on everybody?!?! This week was literally insane and included one of the most hype days of my entre life!! Literally what the heck is the mission life it is whack, but i absolutely love it so much, there is literally no place on the earth that I would rather be right now. Alrighty, lets get down into it. Ok first of all Atlixco is still trying to kill me, and the volcano is still absolutely GOING OFF. We are now mandated to wear glasses and masks outside. But, also this week God was like, "You know what would be kind of funny, THUNDERSTORMS!!" And so weve been hit with some wild storms. Like all the streets flooded and it was just a huge mess with traffic. And the ash is still falling. What the freak, its basically raining cement!! And never in my life I would have thought that I would one day be stuck in traffic in México, with my mexican companion, with 2 of my investigadors, during a flooding rainstorm, in their car having a discussion about our favorite flav...

Hey everyone what is going on?!?! Its been an absolute blast these past 2 weeks in good ol ash-covered Atlixco. Some wild things went DOWN and I can't wait to tell you all about it. First of all, my new missionary son is the absolute most perfect human on the planet earth and I will betray and/or sell out each and every single one of you all to protect him. He is HUGE too!! Hes like 6' 4" and he makes me feel like an absolute clown walking the streets with him. His name is Elder Pacheco and he is from Sonora, México. I absolutely love training him and he just has that New missionary energy and that is such a blessing for me and our área. Also he is so cute because he asks permission to do literally everything like, "Elder Ritchie, can i go to the bathroom during personal study?" Yes my son of course you can. Also, he is a baller!! Me and him make up that father son dúo on the basketball court, and let me tell ya that were unstoppable. I know that I literally just...

Wow. Another transfer has come and gone just like that, It is absolutely crazy how much time flies, but also it isn't a surprise because I am absolutely loving every single minute of it!! But how are you all doing?? It was an absolute BANGER of a week to end the transfer, but here we go!!! First of all we received transfer news!!! And, I will be staying here in Atlixco for another transfer, which is absolutely HYPE because I have loved it here and we have found a lot of success. Also, I have been assigned as a trainer!!! And so tomorrow I will receive a brand new missionary from the MTC! I couldn't be more excited to introduce a new missionary to the mission life and we were gonna get to WORK which I can't wait for. Also, fun fact, we lost our cell phone this week haha. My companion and I were absolutely ZONKED on a combi and we woke up and we were already at our stop, and so we hurried and got off the combi... without our phone. And so that really sucked because we couldn...

Whats up everybody!!! This week and this transfer has honestly been flying by!!! It was another glorious, marvelous, grand ol week out here in Atlixco, Puebla. Miracles?!?! Boom we got em! New people?!?! Heeeeeck yeah!! A few shenanigans?!?! Well, of course its Elder Ritchie here. Alrighty enough chit chat lets hop into it. Well, we had an amazing missionary activity and we themed it off the lost sheep parable. Basically we hid a bunch of paper sheeps around the church, and we had a family home evening type activity with like 30 members. We first explained the parable of the lost sheep, and then went on and taught how the worth of ALL souls is great in the sight of God, all of his sheep. And then they had to go and find the sheep, and write one name of a friend, neighbor, or a member that they havent seen in a while. After the activity, all the members started sharing their testimonies about how some of them were lost sheep in their lives and how they were found by the Great Pastor!! I...