Hermana Megan Carol Smith

 March 30, 2026 Hola familia y amigos! This week was great! IRMA WAS BAPTIZED! My first baptism of what I hope is many. Also shoutout my little sister Hailey! Happy 14th birthday Bug!  Tortilla count: 81 Monday: For pday we didn't do a ton but our District leaders came up to San Agustín and the 4 of us ate a pizza in a gas station parking lot.  Tuesday: Nothing unusual, lots of walking. 22,000 steps  Wednesday: Had my first Zone Conference in Pachuca. It was so fun! I got to see my CCM comp Hna Scott and although I don't understand everything, I was able to understand more than I thought. Thursday, Friday, Saturday: Lots of walking, telling dogs to be quiet, door knocking, street contacting. On Saturday a lesson got canceled so we were sitting on a bench in the centro trying to figure out what to do. A drunk guy was walking by talking to his wife on the phone. He looked over at me and said "los estados unidos" (the united states). So I nodded and he got REALLY EXCITE...

 March 23, 2026 ¡Hola familia y amigos! Hope everyone is doing great back home. Not a ton happened this week but I did eat A LOT of tortillas.  Tortilla count: 54  Monday: P-day! Our district all came to San Agustín and we shopped and made tortillas at the church building.  Tuesday: We went down to Tepatepec for district council and had interviews with Presidente Morales. He is amazing!  Wednesday: Hermana Pale was sick so she spent the morning resting and I read 12 chapters of the Book of Mormon. Later in the day we had Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) and 2 friends came!  Thursday: Knocking, street contacting, taught my English class. We invited 2 people to be baptized and they both said they would think about it. So we'll see. Friday: Did some service for Hermana Ines. We basically just moved concrete blocks and rocks for a couple hours. She has sheep and lots of chickens! She the fed us and I honestly have no idea what I ate. I think it was cactus a...

 March 17, 2026 ¡Hola familia y amigos!  I hope everyone is doing great! Sorry if this is a long email but this week was great! We put  3 people on date  for baptism but, first things first, tortilla count. Tortilla count: 25  Monday: First P-day in the field! (Preparation day is basically the day out of the week that we clean, buy food, shop, hang out with other missionaries, tour the city, ect.) We went to the store, talked with family and ended the day by playing "Serpentas y escaletas" with our friend David.  Tuesday: Had district council and a zone meeting in Actopan. Had my first paste (famous bread thing in Pachuca)! Made 5 new friends and put one man named  Jaime  on date for baptism!  Jamie  was waiting for the bus and we were walking by. I saw that he was wearing a  Nevada (UNR)  sweatshirt.  I told him that I was from Nevada! So he asked me why the heck are you in a small town in the mountains of Mexico? I was a...

March 9, 2026   ¡Hola amigos y familia! I hope you are all doing great and had a wonderful week! My week was very eventful as I am now a real life missionary in the field!!  The AP (assistant to the president) told me to do a tortilla count. I thought that was a great idea so each week I'll put a count for how many tortillas I have eaten.  Tortilla Count: 8  Tuesday I finished packing and got ready to leave! Wednesday was INSANE. We got on a small CCM bus that took us to the airport. We then got on a bigger bus that took us 2 hours northeast to PACHUCA! When we got off the bus our Mission president's the Morales's met us and took us to the mission office. I had a interview with the mission president and then met my trainer! Her name is Hermana Pale, she is from Veracruz México, believe it or not she is 2 inches shorter than me AND she doesn't speak any English...  After meeting my comp, she called a taxi and we drove to my first area. It's a town called San Agus...

March 3, 2026  ¡Hola amigos y familia!  I hope you all had a wonderful week! Tomorrow at 9am a load a bus that takes me to Pachuca so hopefully next weeks email is a little more exciting!  Tuesday we listened to a devotional by Elder Kearon about finding joy (encontrar gozo) in the work. Soooo good!  Wednesday we talked to our favorite staff member Roberto and he told us all about his cute granddaughters Nicole and Fatima. The staff at the CCM are the nicest people on earth. Thursday we taught a lesson to a lady who drilled us with questions about baptism. Although my Spanish is bad, we were able to answer her questions and feel the spirit.  Friday we played beach volleyball with the district!  Saturday was our last day of classes! Big shoutout to Hermana Reyes and Hermano Maza for teaching me so much Spanish and so much about the gospel.  Sunday I bore my testimony in sacrament (half in English half is Spanish). Our district also sung a musical number...