This week was short. 5 days? I leave for Dallas on Monday!!! I cannot wait. It is really funny though because I am traveling alone... I included a picture of our travel groups. I thought it was funny that I am the only one in my travel group. I will be driving to the airport at 4:30 in the morning on Monday. I will be driving in a van with just my driver. It should be a... different... experience. I am excited none the less. I will be flying alone. I figure I will try and ask someone on the plane if I could practice my Spanish with them.
Here is what happened the past few days.
Friday: I ended up not getting my haircut because Elder Youngblood did not notice that he signed him and Elder Rowe up for seat 2 on Friday, but Elder Jorgensen and me up for seat one on Saturday.... So Elder Jorgensen and I are getting our hair cut in about a half an hour today. I played lots of volleyball during my Pday. Friday night, Elder Page (He lives in our casa) received a package from home that had popcorn in it. Our casas do not have microwaves, so he tried to pop it in the dryer.... It didn't work haha. So then he tried popping it by using an iron. It was really really funny. He never got it to pop.
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| Elders who live in the same house (casa) as Brandon |
Saturday: Saturdays are always the worst in the CCM. They are really really long. In TRC we taught this returned missionary who knew English really really well. We barely even taught him. He spent the whole time giving us advice. 1. Be confident in yourself. Do not doubt your knowledge of Spanish. Be confident in your mistakes. 2. Let the investigators correct your Spanish. They like doing that. You are helping them by letting them help you. 3. Share your testimony throughout your whole lesson, not just at the end. It strengthens the spirit. 4. Share your story of why you are here. Write it down in Spanish and practice it every day. 5. Do not share stories with an investigator that do not apply to their life. Relate EVERYTHING to their life. 6. Do not laugh. Take lessons very seriously... It was a really cool lesson with him.
Sunday: Elder Youngblood spoke in sacrament meeting. So next week is a fast Sunday. That means I am the only Elder in my district who made it through the CCM without giving a talk. I am not mad about that haha. I learned a lot on Sunday. We talked about how apostasy is not a "falling away" but it is an Unrighteous Uprising by the saints. The church becomes the people's church instead of God's. I thought that was interesting. I really like the scripture Luke 9:23. I think it really explains our purpose in this life. It says, "And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." Not all my days in the mission field will be fun. Not all of them will be easy either; however, Christ did not WANT to be crucified. We have to take up OUR crosses daily and follow Him. We have to press forward because we KNOW that we are about HIS work, not our own. I had a sad experience on Sunday night. I was people watching. It really is sad because most of the Hermanas are totally ready to be missionaries. However, MOST of the Elders are super immature. They all claim they know why they are here, but I truly wonder if they do actually know. It saddens me that so many young men do not see their part in the work.
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| Travel groups |
Monday: A bunch of Latinos came into our house at night. They were looking for Elder Jorgensen. Apparently, Elder Jorgensen ended up in a travel group with a bunch of Latinos serving here in Mexico... Elder Jorgensen is on a bus with them all that is driving an hour out of the way just to drop him off at the airport and then continue on the bus to their mission. It was really funny. He is still super confused why he is in that travel group.
Tuesday: Before I left on my mission I was super bummed out that I got called stateside... I read a scripture this week that really helped me with that... D&C 61:3 says, "But verily I say unto you, that it is not needful for this whole company of mine elders to be moving swiftly upon the waters, whilst the inhabitants on either side are perishing in unbelief." Everyone needs the gospel. It does not matter where you serve. President Bennet spoke very boldly to all of us Tuesday night. He told us that we need to be more obedient. We need to speak more Spanish, We need to be just plain better. I loved his talk. Sadly, there are a lot of people who just do not care. Many people were murmuring that night. Even two Elders in my district. It makes me sad that they will not even listen to their President... I ran into Becca Lindsey at Dinner!!! She seems really excited to serve. She will be great.
That is all for today. I am pretty sure I will get to write on Monday, but I do not know. I love you all!
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