
Elder Rosales and Elder Gil had an investigator who needed a special interview. We went out to the sticks where they live. The missionaries are in Lerdo, a large and strong branch in the Los Tuxtlas District. The sister lives in a neighboring pueblo, Angel R. Cabada, about 12 km away. We drove to this most humble setting. There are six or seven one-room "apartments" side-by-side in a row, each housing a separate family. Plumbing is out of doors. You can see the laundry-scrubbing basin on the right of the picture. This is very typical in almost all homes in Mexico, except in wealthy areas. Chickens and dogs are in the yard. The chickens are food. The dogs are skinny and in the way. A large mango tree edges into the upper righthand corner of the image. The little tan things are flowers and will self-cull, leaving many mangoes to mature. I interviewed the lady in her home, the door of which is to Elder Rosales' right--one light bulb, a couple of chairs, not clean. They had a fridge, though. I sat on one plastic beer chair and she on the other. The interview was great. She and her 15 year old daughter went to general conference the next day and they loved it! There are members in town who have mini-vans and they pick this family up and take them to church in Lerdo.
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