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MY "CONVERSATION" WITH THE UBER DRIVER

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When I have to get around Mexico City alone, I use an Uber.  (I could write a whole post about driving here - suffice it is to say - it is way, way, way beyond my comfort level! And too, Uber's are very inexpensive to use here in Mexico City.) Recently I was going alone to a stake activity in our mission, so I ordered an Uber and hopped in.  (FYI  --- I am learning Spanish, but I would never describe myself as someone that "speaks" Spanish.)  As I got into the Uber,  the driver looked at the address that came up on his phone  and it said "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints".  He asked me in Spanish "Usted es Mormon?"  (You are Mormon?)  I answered "yes" and he said told me he was too!  (Remember, this is all in Spanish - and I am just learning...)  Then he looked at my name tag and asked if I was President Mann's wife.  How fun is that - he lives in our own mission! (FYI - our home and the mission office are in diffe