THIS WEEK HAS BEEN AMAZING! Can you believe I am starting my third week here?? I can't either! Yesterday we went and did a service project by helping fold laundry! It was super fun because the Mexican workers had their radio's pumpin' and they were just jamming. We didn't know whether to feel like we were sinning or just to jam with them. LOL #themissionarylife.
GUESS WHAT?¿ prepare to get a little jealous . . . ELDER CHRISTOFERSON CAME TO MEXICO to talk to us! IT WAS THE BEST!! Before he came in we all stood up to greet him and the spirit was so sos osososososos strong i about died! chills ran all throughout my body and, oh my, all you could feel was peace and absolute happiness!! He is just amazing!
ALSO GUESS WHAT?!!!!! I SPOKE IN CHURCH...AGAIN!!! HA HA My third time in a month. I either did something bad or Heavenly father just loves to hear me talk in church! LOL it was on tithing, and I have a really strong testimony of that so I knew I was going to talk when they announced the topic! WE HAVE TO SPEAK SPANISH in our talks ! It's crazy but I love it! Some words just come to me in Spanish now!! Like they pop in my head in Spanish rather than in English! ITS SWEET!!
But even thought I'm progressing, this week has been a little bit of a struggle for us with the language. We learn Spanish everyday . . . well, actually we have to learn it on our own and then the teachers just kind of correct us! It's really cool because basically its all up to us to learn what to do!! We have to do solo espanol and if we don't . . . SQUATS for the girls and PUSH UPS for the guys. One of the devotionals this week was awesome because they gave another story/poem that I absolutely adore:
Come to the edge . . . NO, I'LL FALL
Come to the edge . . . NO, I'LL FALL
Come to the edge
So i went to the edge, and then he pushed me!!!
AND I FLEW!"
We´ve all pushed ourselves so much and prayed for help! In fact, this week my companion and I fasted for the gift of tongues and OH MAN HAS IT HELPED!!THE GIFT OF TONGUES IS SO REAL! wowwwww! I just love it! Guys, The MTC IS AWESOME AND I CAN'T WAIT TO ACTUALLY SHARE THE GOSPEL TO REAL INVESTIGATORS! There are some guys mapping out the MTC and they are interested in the Book of Mormon, so we might just be placing one here soon!
I was just thinking last night how much our district has grown together! We all get to talk in these deep conversations about life and especially the gospel! I love it!! My companion is awesome! She can be really sassy and use mean words (that feel mean to me), but the awesome thing is we have this thing called companion inventory where we can fix our problems super quick and we do it with love! So now she has only been nice to me! She uses to call me a brat so i asked her if she could use nicer mean words!!! LOL Like saying my silly words I make up so instead of brat if she could call me "silbot" ha ha ha Don't ask. But we work things out really quick so we can always have the spirit with us!! Its awesome! Its something super good to learn here! and it will definitely help in the future because I've never been too good at communicating my feelings, but now it just comes!! SO COOL!!
A cannon just shot off the mountain here in Mexico . . . nothing new. We like to think of it as a sound from the Hunger Games because we are all in different districts surrounded by big walls which keep us from being able to get out. ha ha
What the cannon sound really means is that there is a party! HA HA Isn't that silly¿?
Another fun fact: People, sneaky, sneaky people, have been seeing my journal and how I doodle in it.. HA HA So they have all been coming to me to write their name on their notebooks or make cards for their moms!! HA HA A couple of the elders said "you have just become the most popular hermana! HA HA I had to eventually tell people I couldn't write names and stuff anymore because its just too much.
ANYWAY this week has been the best! This is real. I really hope you guys know how much our Heavenly Father and Savior love you!! ITS AMAZING HOW MUCH THEY DO!!! I AM STILL IN AWE. They are so aware of us and truly do listen to our prayers!!
I invite you all to keep reading the Book of Mormon. Even if you have no time for it, make time for it! BECAUSE WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THIS BOOK!! Sometimes we take it for granted and I just think of Joseph smith and everything he went through just to make this book possible!!
(It's so weird to share my testimony in English because I've only been sharing it in espanol! )