Hola Familia y
Amigos!!
Life in the CCM is
going great. Being a missionary 24/7 is incredible taxing but I enjoy it so
much more than I could have ever expected. This week has flown by, and we
realized on Sunday that today marks the halfway point of our experience in the CCM.
Serving, learning, and teaching fill up the day from 6:30 to 10:30 and I wouldn´t have it absolutley any other
way! I have felt the spirit so many times testify to me of the truthfullness of
the gospel of Jesus Christ and the incredible power of the atonement or in
Spanish la Expiacion de Jesucristo. Representing my Savior for two years is my
absolute desire and serving Him has brought a joy and peace that I have never
before experienced.
So a quick overview of
our day in case you´re interested: We wake up and head to the classroom for
study and then head to breakfast. After that we go to gym which usually
consists of intense games of handball with the other districts in our Rama
(branch). After gym we head to class where we have language study, doctrinal
instruction, and progressive investigator which is where we teach our teacher.
The afternoon is a repeat of the morning with a different teacher and then in
the evenings we have some personal study and do TALL which is a language
program developed by BYU. Our teachers here are the bomb and we love joking
around with them!
We had the incredible
experience to teach Hermano Soto´s cousin who while a member is struggling
through a divorce and feels like God hasn´t answered any of his questions. It
was amazing because it wasn´t just one of our teachers we were really helping
him. We talked with him about the healing power of the atonement and how much
God really does love him. He starting crying as he talked about how much he
loved his mission and that made Elder Davison and I get emotional as well. It
got us both so excited to bless the lives of families and individuals and we
definitley grew in our love of the Hispanic people. Afterwords we hugged him
and he thanked us so many times for talking with him. Funny story, so I guess
Hispanics move their head the opposite way than Americans when then hug so that
made for a couple awkward seconds....
We got to go to the
temple visitors center today which was great! Driving through Mexico City was
insane and I got some sweet pics. I haven´t figured out a way to send them so
maybe that´ll have to wait for Kennewick. We found out that the distict we
replaced all went to Kennewick and that another district is coming headed to
Kennewick in the next couple of weeks...we think! So cool to see all the
missionaries here and the hastening of the work! I love being a missionary and
cannot wait to get out into the field! Love you all so much!
Love
Elder Spackman
Answers to questions:
To answer your questions about mi compañero
here´s some quick facts about him: He´s 20 from Arizona, is a convert with an
amazing testimony, has and incredible memory, and a great ability to speak
Spanish.
On p days we usually
do laundry and then email, play soccer/handball, buy chookies (mexican chips
ahoy which are honestly sent to us from above, they are divine), and clean our
Casa.
That´s so awesome that
Kelli and Nikki learned how to ride a bike. As for the sugar cut backs, I don´t
know how I feel about that cuz they serve Nutella here for breakfast and it's
kinda my life blood.
I love being a
missionary and carrying the message of Jesus Christ to the world. Love you all!
(sorry if this emails
to short the power went out for a few minutes so that kinda stunk)
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