November 20, 2017 (Week 8)

Another week has passed!  This week was full of highs and lows.  The highs were we were able to get baptismal dates for two of our investigators, Efrain and a less active family with a nine year old boy.  The lows were that neither of them showed up to church, which throws a wrench in all the plans.  Anyways, the work continues down here, plenty of opportunities to serve and many people willing to listen!

-Elder Varney

(Dad's note) - Ethan always seems to be in a big hurry and pressed for time in his e-mails back to us, so I will supplant this small update with some other details:

His training companion is Elder Flores, and he is from Santa Ana California.  He was a convert when he was nineteen but fell inactive for three years before he converted the rest of his family and went on a mission where he is his trainer now. 

The ward is good, they do a little service each week with the members but for the most part they are all focused on helping with the missionary work, including the really focused ward mission leader.

Ethan with one of his instructors from the Mexico MTC