Hola Familila!!!
What a day… Today has honestly
been the absolute busiest day yet. After
getting up at 12:30 we’ve been going ever since. Thankfully my card worked in
the Mexico city airport. I realized that a few days before we left that I would
need it to pay for one of my checked bags.
It was definitely an answer to my prayers. So funny story, after we
weighted my bags the lady behind the counter said “That will be 500….pesos.
Which is $40 but scared me at first. The day altogether was insane with soooo
much travel. Luckily everything went smoothly and no one lost their bags. Going through security in Mexico City they
did search my shoulder bag and flip through the pages of all my books. Leaving
Mexico City and seeing all of the lights was crazy! It went on forever!!! In
Dallas (which is an incredibly huge airport) our flight gate kept getting
changed which made things interesting. 3
or 4 members came up and talked with us which was great. The flight to Seattle was LONG and
uneventful. Our plane from there to
Pasco was a propeller one which was sweet.
We got to walk out onto the tarmac and board it like the president does
with stairs. 50 minutes later we were officially in el campo misional!!
President Ware, his assistants, and one of the AP’s greeted us when we got
off. President Ware seems really great.
We drove from Pasco to Kennewick. Oh btw, no mountains, it is eerie. Apparently other areas have them so tis okay.
In Kennewick we went to the stake center
next to the temple and met the missionaries from Provo. Crazy to think they’ve
been out 1/3 as long as we have! We all took a picture by the temple which is very
small but very beautiful. After, we went and ate honestly the best meal
ever. It probably was because for 6
weeks prior I had been eating cafeteria food made for 1000 other missionaries
but it was delish. We had a training
thing that I very nearly passed out in because of being up for 10000
hours. Then I had an interview with
president Ware and he told me that of the 230 missionaries here, 110 ish speak Spanish
and that 2/3 of the baptisms are Latinos.
I cannot wait to FINALLY start serving real people. Being in the CCM was
great but I know this is finally the culmination of 18 years of building up.
Starting tomorrow at 2 ish, everything gets real. The Ware’s seem great and I
can tell he will make a great leader and example for me. Thanks for all your love and support. You guys are great!!!
Love,
Elder Spackman
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