Week 3

It sounded like the wedding was a big hit! You all looked GORGEOUS. That was so fun to see. Thank you for the pictures! I was thinking of it the whole day! I was actually pretty emotional on Saturday. After praying for a while, I remembered that my Savior feels everything I do, and I pictured him crying with me. It was a sweet moment. I'm so grateful to my Savior and so lucky to have you all as an eternal family. :)

This week has been SO much better than the last week. I'm now considered one of the "old ones" and give advice to the newbies. That feels pretty weird. But we really do have 3 weeks left. They weren't kidding when they said the days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days. It's amazing. No bones were broken this week...luckily. My Spanish is slowly improving and we had a lot of success with our investigators this week. We have two now, (both our teachers) but we had an eval with them and they said we were progressing really quickly. I think we're a little too hard on ourselves. We forget we really have only been here for 3 weeks...we can't be fluent yet. I've learned so much this week though. How to be closer to the Lord, how to have confidence, a little on how to simplify the gospel. I feel very blessed. 

I've actually had a cold for the past 3 days. One of the elders in my district got it and lo and behold, everyone else got it too, except for my companion. Her time will come. I know it. She has been very sweet though, and takes good care of me. It's another opportunity to be humbled, that's for sure.

My favorite thing that happened this week was on Sunday. Every week, we have to prepare a five minute talk for sacrament meeting and then our branch president calls on 8 people randomly. I had a feeling I would be chosen this week, and of course, I was. I felt super sick(stupid cold) and because we all have the same resources to prepare our talks in what little Spanish we know....my talk had already been given three times. So, I said a quick prayer and got up and spoke from the heart. The words kept coming, so I kept speaking. It was a really cool experience. After sacrament, we had a district testimony meeting. That was my favorite. It was really cool to see my boys let their guards down and speak from the heart. It definitely brought us closer together as a district and I respect them so much more. It amazes me that I can literally spend all day with these people and I still have no idea what trials they are going through. It was neat to share. 

Katie asked what my favorite scripture was so far in the CCM. I have a lot, but one that stuck out to me was what the one of the elders gave to me after he gave me a blessing. It's Philippians 4:11-13. Check it out. It's pretty great. We also had a devotional on Sunday that talked about Luke 17:32 - Remember Lot's wife. It was a great reminder to look forward, not behind - to give everything to the Lord. It was a good pump up talk. 

Today we went to the temple. It was my second time going through, which meant I went through in Spanish. It was really cool! I didn't understand a lot of it, but what I did, I could feel the spirit. Getting to the celestial room was interesting. I felt like I just mumbled everything, but they let me through. Boom! haha. It was funny. 

Anyways, mi familia, it's been a wonderful week in Mexico and I count myself SO blessed to be here being a servant and friend of the Lord. (John 15:13-15) I love you all and truly have felt your prayers and love. Thank you for your support and humor. I love you, and the Lord loves you!