Just before my 20th birthday, I had two special baptisms. One was our maid and another was the best friend of Relief Society President. These two baptisms showed the two sideness of Mexican culture. The Relief Society President's friend was very rich. Her Husband owned two fancy restaraunts in the main tourist section of town. They lived in a real rich nice high rise apartment building. They had real carpet on their floors. They were very nice and special people. I baptized her on my birthday and after the baptism we were all invited to one of their restraraunts for dinner. I had a special birthday pizza dinner just for me. It was the best pizza I have ever eaten in my life.
Our maid lived in a little one room shack up in the hills overlooking Mexico city. He house was small and had a tin roof. But it was spotless and had the cleanest dirt floors I have ever seen. I was invited to her home for dinner also. We were served fish soup. It was delicous and since I was the guest of honor, I got the head of the fish with a big fish eye in my bowl for extra flavor. I enjoyed the fish head soup just as much as the pizza dinner.
I enjoyed being with both families. They both had cute kids who loved us missionaries. When I left both families were still active in the ward which made me very happy.
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That was an interesting meal you ate, fish head soup. I'm surprised I never heard this story growing up. Thanks for sharing your missionary experiences.
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