¡Hola Hola!
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What a week!!!! It feels like it has been a
lifetime since we were driving to the airport at 6 in the morning! But
at the same time, it feels like I've only been here for about an
hour...it's a weird feeling! But I love it. I feel like waving goodbye
was a lot harder for you guys than it was for me, because I was too busy
trying to figure out which terminal to go to! No worries though, I
figured it out. While I was waiting to get on my first flight I started
talking to all the missionaries that were there. There were probably
about 50 of them all going to the Mexico CCM (Centro de Capacioaciòn
Misional) or MTC. It was a comforting feeling. I met 5 other Elders
going to Tegucigalpa Honduras! They all seem like really cool kids, and I'm excited to serve with them!
My first flight took off at about 8:30, and landed
at about 8:40! haha Because Arizona doesn't do daylight savings time I
had a 10 minute flight! (LONGEST TEN MINUTES OF MY LIFE!!) so me and two
other elders, Elder Smith and Elder Christiansen; two of the elders I
met who will be serving in Honduras, had to sprint to our next flight that
left at 9! It was crazy! We made it and took off safely. About 3 hours
later we landed in Mexico City! Oh, by the way, Mexico City is HUGE!!!! Looking down at it from the airplane, it looked like it went forever in
every direction. It was quite the sight! After we landed and customs and
stuff, we were picked up by a little van/bus thing that drove us
through the City to the CCM. That was a fun drive and an even better
destination. I got there at like 4:00, and had the rest of the day to just
kinda do my own thing. I didn't realize it at the time, but that was my
last piece of unplanned time I would have for the next six weeks at
least, and possibly 2 years! My companion, Elder Anderson, got here at
about 11:00 that night. He's like 6'3! I think I'm just supposed to be
around tall people a lot. Michael, Joe, and now Elder Anderson! But he's
great! Anyway, that was my CRAZY first day. (unofficially)
The rest of my week has been SOOO busy! We wake up
at 6:15, get ready and have breakfast at 7. After breakfast we have
personal study time, language study, language coaching, and then
additional study time till 12. Then daily planning, followed by
gym!!! Oh my gosh, gym is the best thing of my life!!! Playing futsàl
with the nativos is so much fun!! They love soccer almost as much as I
do! It's great! Then a little more studying, followed by dinner. The
food here is actually pretty dang good! We teach a progressing
investigator named Randy in a role playing sorta thing after that, Its pretty hard because it has to be in español, but when we testify the
spirit is so strong! And that's the way my days go. They are long and
hard, but at the same time fast and exciting!
A few other things, We have 2 nativos for roommates who don't speak English very well. But from what I can
understand they are sooo funny! I taught them a hand shake and we do it
every time we see each other! Also the 2nd day I got here we gave a
blessing to an Hermana that wasn't feeling very good. I annointed and
Elder Anderson gave the blessing. it was way powerful! And Sundays are
great, they are relaxing and a change of pace. We had a devotional with
a general authority this week, I don't remember his name but it was
awesome!
I know this church is true! I'm so happy to be
serving the Lord. I hope I can be a tool in the hand of the Lord in
helping others come unto Christ! I love and miss you all.