So this past week here in the CCM has been quite interesting for me. For starters, I have been a little sick, with a nasty cough and sore throat for a couple of days. I am doing alright now, but man has it been tough!
This week I had the privilege of hearing from Élder Pino of the Quorum of the 70 in the México City area and Elder Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles on a special Thanksgiving live stream. Élder Pino spoke about the realization that missionaries are truly called to do the Lord´s work, and we should always remember that when we work hard to spread the gospel. Elder Uchtdorf spoke about how we can be truly thankful, as well as how I can pray to Heavenly Father during my trials and tough situations and ask Him, "What do YOU want ME to learn? How am I going to come closer to Thee and Thy Son?" It was incredible to hear from these amazing men of God!!!
I also started off my Saturday with sunrise yoga with my district. It was actually fun! (Although my body didn´t think so at times lol) And on Sunday we got to watch Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration, which always leaves me in tears. If you have not watched it, I strongly suggest you do so! It can change your life!!!
I forgot to mention the coolest part of the CCM is the parrots! They are really green and love to chirp all day. It is crazy that green parrots are so common down here, like they are pigeons or something! Very cool!
And perhaps the highlight of my week so far has been my switch to a Latino district! My new compañero es Élder Gomez. He is from Guatemala and a recent convert to the Church of just 3 years! He is really nice and friendly, and works hard too! The crazy part about my switch to the Latino group was the fact that it took place at 9:30 at night! Due to a lot of confusion and the missionary replacing me in the American group arriving early, I had to pack my stuff and move across campus before lights out at 10:30. Talk about crazy transfer!!! But luckily all my dorm and a few others that were living near us helped me move. Thankful!!!!
And that´s about it for my week. I have just a few more weeks left in México, then it is off to Argentina! I know being in all Spanish classes, with no one knowing English will be tough, but I will do what Elder Uchtdorf talked about in his devotional today, and pray for the strength and guidance to understand what I can learn from this experience. I LOVE you all so much!!! Try not to go too crazy if you do any Black Friday shopping tomorrow! :)))))
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