Hola familia y amigos!
We've been learning Spanish
so fast! I was worried about it before my mission but not anymore. The gift of
tongues is real! We’ve taught four 30 minute lessons in Spanish to an
investigator. When we go to teach, we can speak Spanish, and when we leave the
room, we can't speak it as well. After the first few days we were praying and
bearing testimony in Spanish. Now it's instinctual!
The first few days
here were emotional and mental death. Seriously so hard! But I said a kneeling
prayer the first moment I had alone and then tried to serve my companion and it
all went well. The air here is so dirty, so it made my cough super bad. I had a
fever of 102.6 and was hacking over everyone, but I went to the doctor and got
some meds so now I'm good.
My companion's name is
Elder Boggs from Merced, CA. Praying to love someone works. Heavenly Father has
helped me be patient and love him. He has a great laugh, it sounds like a
chipmunk, except a little bit deeper. It gets our district rolling!
My district is made up
of 8 elders, all going to Chile, Osorno. They are all way cool extroverted
guys! For everyone going to serve a mission, shatter any preconceptions you
have. It is not even close to what you think it is. But you'll love it. And
it's a blessing. And it's hard at times, but don’t worry because Heavenly
Father helps you.
You know if you're in
Mexico if...
You are always hearing
police sirens, mosquitoes are seriously everywhere, you have a dope view of the
city on the mountain at night and there are lights everywhere, you eat mystery
food that somehow grows on you, the mountain city has San Francisco streets,
there are parrots on the campus!!!, it rains every afternoon with MASSIVE
lightning and thunder, your Spanish teacher says the explosions we hear almost
every night are either fireworks or gunshots, when Mexicans say “purpose” like
the guy on Walter Mitty says “porpoise" and when the air here makes LA air
look clean!
I love you all so
much!
