Pictures

On this page are the pictures that Elder Haden Jaramillo has sent to share with everyone from his mission.  Photos are all chosen by him and with the exception of the first couple posts all the captions are written by Elder Hoots himself. 
Pictures are posted in descending order.  As you scroll down they will now go newest to oldest.
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Posted 1/29/13
Elders of zone Iztapalapa

Our dinner with Hermana Lilia

My shoes :(  They lasted me 20 months.

Padilla and I thuggin it on Sunday

Studyin

Gingerbread House

Elder Smith's first baptism.  Guadalupe Estrada.

Elder Smith's first tacos de pastor
 
Feliz Navidad De Mexico 2012

They think it's funny that I'm always tired
 
Posted 12/26/12
Family Skype session on Christmas Day 2012

Elder Padilla y Elder Salinas

Piñata of Santa
Posted 11/20/12
Makin' some tacos

Put your O´s in the air. Ollimara.

Elder Vial is going home :(

Candies that look like teeth

Had some good times with these

Enchildadas verdes with la familia Araujo

Mis amigos

Burning my pants for the 18th month mark

Me and my cool glasses at the zone meeting

Posted 9/17/12
Bibs to protect us from the food

Alan Hernandez, August 18, 2012

Miguel y Estil, August 25, 2012

Happy Birthday to m3!

Elder Condie and I thuggin it.

Alan Alavez, September 1, 2012

Look what I did to my jacket...jealous?

The things we had to do to get that baby to smile....

Cristian before leaving to Chihuahua on his mission

Four bags of fireworks. Feliz dia de independencia

Maria de los Angeles y Marian, September 15, 2012

Good times in Mexico

Viva Mexico!
Posted 8/17/12
Sandra and her family

Sandra before baptism

Sandra and her kids

Posted 7/12/12
Sweet little drawing of the best companionship in Mexico

Cesia and her family (June 30th, 2012)

Maria Angelica, Rosio and their family (June 29, 2012)

My self portrait.  Haha.


Posted 6/22/12
These are a few of my favorite things

'Nuff said

I think I turned into a girl for about 10 seconds...

It was a clear day...that's just dirty air.  That's a lot of houses right?

Elder Balderas.  He is black....not really.

The President of Mexico.  I put my plac on him...hehe.

Just enjoying life.

Just enjoying a drink with my homie Vicente Fernandez.

Tom has a great poker face...so I had to try and cheat.

Charley Chaplin giving me a blessing.

Thanks for the hat Mom!

Cyntia Paola.  Baptized June 9.

Familia Leon.  Westside!

Posted 5/3/12

Baptism of Nestor

Posted 4/24/12
Sooooo delicious

If you read one chapter of the Bible every day for a year, you will finish it....let's see if that is true.

Which one is better??? (My companion's is orange)

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!  Nice shirt selection Mom!

The Lord said "even though it's cold, go forth my son." At first I said "are you crazy?" But then I said "I will go and I will do."

Just a little stroll....I cleaned my shoes that day too.

We didn't get a good pic. This is the best we got. Its Adriana with su hijo (her son) Emilia.
    Baustismo 3 April 2012

David Sanchez.  Baptized April 14, 2012

Karla Vanessa Mondragon Cortez. Baptized April 14, 2012

Teotihuacan

My companion, Elder Pacheco and I in front of the Sun Pyramid

The Brown Mile.  We had to walk soooo far....but it's a sweet view

Our district leader hid because he didn't like the idea.  I thought it turned out cool.  Haha

My best friends.....for now.

So sick

Baby Pyramids

Our friend Alf

Necessities after eating the hottest chilis ever!

Officially the shortest missionary in the district.  There are two more just as tall as the others too.  So sucky.

Posted 2/7/12
With the Columbian who is a little tall

Monday lunch....Yummy

Great Family

The little kid's baptism...having fun

Chapultapec

Francisco

Pimp

Katita...not part of the family, but likes to take pictures

Walking in Chapultapec

Posted 1/6/12
Hollywood waiting for his Christmas call

Posted 12/24/11
Hoots in front of the Temple

Christmas package from the family

Baptizing Andres

Andres....crazy kid

And the puzzle is finally finished!

Posted 11/23/11
Good Work

Socks!!!!
Burning a tie at my six month mark

Posted 10/26/11
I'm kind of addicted to the Rubix Cube

Two little boys we baptized, Isaac and Chris

Getting married!!!

Isasc and Elizabeth

The new poster I got made

Healthy P-day lunch....pizza and nachos

Posted 10/11/11






They are so supportive and worried about me
Great Pic


Two days after


I think I have been sitting in the same spot for 5 hours...kill me now

 
I think the doctor is on crack because he told me it looks great


I've got a nice little set up on the ground
Delicious

Posted 9/19/11
Tortas en la calle (Tortas off the street)

Elva, Frida (niña), Owen (niño) and Anabel

Escogidos (the chosen ones)

Owen, he is such a little stud

This is for George.  It's a poster of the smurfs but says Los Pitufos (smurfs in spanish I guess)
with the biggest mexican flag in the world...it's a fact

Beautiful sunset while planning for our week

Posted 9/7/11







So amazing and SOOOO BIG!


The big cathedral in the middle of Zocalo
Elder Paxman from Arizona. It's nice to be able to speak English with him.

The sides of these churches had amazing art


Posted 9/13/11

Posted 8/29/11

My district

Elder Call from Thousand Oaks.  Probably my favorite person here

Best thing about Mexico

Zas!!!

Chaka!

Boo Yah!  Doin Work!

We're supposed to act like we have done this before.....but we are kind of excited!

My present to myself

Even though we walk a lot, we are really out of shape

Posted 8/22/11

Good Old Scripture Study

Read it and weap

Rockin' in the streets of Mexico City

The Temple

Great family

My first baptism
Up on my roof
My baptism sandals...how I count my baptisms

Forgive us...we have a Piña in our apartment
(It's funny if you've served in Mexico)

Great kids

Posted 8/17/11

First day in Mexico with my companion
The view from our apartment
Playing pool on my first P-day
We are so cool

My hallway

Our beds...can you guess which one is mine?
Our neighbors...they can see everything!!!
Haha greenie...2 blisters on the bottom of my feet
It RAINS here
Funny kids
Our desk for work and our desk for food
I forgot my umbrella
The food here is dangerous!
Elder Leyva and I
 
My district


Beautiful smoggy morning

What to wear???
We took these from a girl who got baptized
...and these

Posted 7/18/11

First Baptism in Mexico (you can read about it in the "Hola Mexico" blog post)

Posted 6/23/11

Picture day at the Temple

MTC's Bowling Alley


VIVA MEXICO

You have to be tough to go to Mexico



Just what the doctor ordered













Posted 6/17/11





GQ missionaries







Apparently Haden's friend on the left likes that pose (look above)

Good to see his MTC activities are not much different than his activities at home




Posted 6/3/11




That is Haden in the back with his head down

Posted 5/12/11

With Dad right before heading in to the MTC

With Grandma and Grandpa outside the MTC