This week has been quite the rollarcoaster! Every single day has just been so busy--running from place to the next. But it´s a good kind of energy, it´s all very exciting.
So let me tell you about mi companero! His name is Elder Turley, he's from Mesa Arizona and he's such a great guy! I was actually kind of nervous about who my companion would be and whether we would get along. But within the first few minutes of us meeting each other we got along so well! He's way into movies so we talk about them a lot when we have the time. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for Elder Turley, he's such a hard worker and I've been so blessed.
The rest of my district is pretty amazing too. Everyone gets along so well with one another. Especially the other companionship Elder Turley and I room with. Their names are Elder Myers and Elder Oliver (he's from Gilbert, AZ!). We all help each other cheer each other up. So once again, I´ve been very blessed.
The food got very old, very quickly. I´ve had an enchilada probably five times within this past week.
Language is hard. Very very hard. I feel like I´m definitely the only one in my district who´s really struggling with it. And really, that´s been my only struggle. Granted, it´s a very big struggle. Thursday and Friday were especially hard. They were the longest days I´ve ever experienced. I just felt so overwhelmed with everything. We had to teach our first lesson on Friday to an investigator--100% in Spanish. We managed to give the message, but it was so unbelievabley stressful. And then I looked at the schedule, we have to do that every single day except for Sundays and P-days. At that moment an awful feeling came over me. It´s probably the worst I´ve ever felt, and I had almost lost all faith in myself.
But then on Saturday I made a huge improvement. Everyone has to right a talk (all in Spanish) for Sunday. And then in sacrament meeting, six people get randomly picked on to speak. So I was writing my talk, and I could just feel a peacefulness that overcame me. With it was a feeling that I just had to trust in my Heavenly Father that I could do it. After that I could write the talk, and thankfully I didn´t have to speak.
So Elder Turley and I witnessed somewhat of a miracle on Sunday (by the way, Sundays are the greatest). So after sacrament, we had worthiness interviews. And at the end of my interview my branch president asked me "What is your biggest struggle here." So, without hesitation I told him about my struggle with the language and that I didn't really have a lot of faith in myself sometimes. He shared with my 1 Nephi 3:7. Everyone knows that scripture, right? Of course you do! Well it was interesting because he emphesized a different part of the scripture. It's when it Nephi says "save he prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." Once again, that peacefull feeling came over me. But, that wasn't the miracle. Afterwards we had to run over to the gym to watch the weekly Sunday devotional, and it was Elder Richard G Scott. He was giving a devotional at the Provo MTC so we were just watching a video. The talk he gave has to be one of the greatest ones I've ever heard. Thats because every single thing that he said was so personal to me. It was kind of a bummer though because we were the last ones to get interviewed so we missed the first 20 minutes of his talk. But he did something that I'd never seen anyone do before, let alone a general authority. After we had sung the closing hymn and as a sister was about to say the closing prayer, Elder Scott ran up to the podium and stopped her. The room was silent. And then he spoke into the mic, "I feel prompeted to repeat something I stated at the beginning of my talk. Always remember, the Lord has called you to succeed, not to fail." Once again, the peace overwhelmed me. And I had so much faith in myself. I know that Heavenly Father looks after us and eases our burdens.
Elder Turley and I both have been struggling with different things. Me with the language, and him with homesickness. He's an only child so it's been pretty tough for him, be sure to keep him in your prayers! But as we were walking back to our casa from the devotional we talked about how amazing it was that he did that. And how what he said brought us so much peace and comfort. Since we missed the first part of the meeting, Heavenly Father knew that we both needed to hear that.
Mexico is awesome! The CCM campus so pretty and we're all so blessed to be here.
Thank you for your prayers, I've felt all of your love constantly and I'm so grateful. Pray that I will learn this language!
I love you all!
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