This week is my 5th week here at the CCM and so much has happened. I feel like yesterday was last P-day. The
weeks are flying by and it's amazing to think as of Saturday I'll have been here for a month. This week I learned my mission is the
second smallest mission in Mexico, but in my very small area I have over
3 million people. I also learned my favorite teacher here at the CCM
Hermano Hernandez lives in my mission!! (: I'm starting to develop a love
for the amazingly loving and humble people of Mexico. This last Monday
the amazing latina girls that were living in my casa with me left for
their missions. I miss them dearly and couldn't believe how different the
house feels when they're gone. I can't wait till I can leave and find
more latinos to love. This Monday
we also had two of my favorite elders report to their missions back in
the states. Elder Nielson and Elder Brimley. They're going to be great
missionaries and change so many lives. I love all the amazing people I've
met here at the CCM. So many new life long friends. Our generation as
were called have already started planning a CCM reunion after the
mission in Disneyland! (:
As far as things happening here, I
play lots and lots of volleyball with the natives and the Americanos. my
and my companion are like best friends these days and even say the same
things at the same time, sometimes in Spanish! CRAZY! I can
officially speak in full sentences and can use the right verb tenses
most of the time. I spoke solo español for an entire day the other day
and learned I know way more than I thought. It's amazing to think when I
got here all I could say was "I am a banana" (thank you Ashton). I can
honestly say the gift of tongues is amazing and very real. I've been
spending more time studying in la escrituras more than ever before and
have really come to love Jose Smith historia. I know that Jose Smith was
un profeta with all mi corozon. and am mucho agracido por mi testimonio
of such things.
I love the CCM and am so grateful for the
amazing experiences I'm having every day. Since week one we've been
teaching leccions with "investigators" who are really our teachers. This
last week we had a leccion with Betty. In this leccion we told Betty
about the importance of baptism and the holy ghost. we weren't expecting
her to accept our invitation to baptism, but through our broken Spanish
we asked her anyways and were very surprised to hear her respond with
"si". the spirit was so strong during that leccion. I can't even put it
into words. The next day our teacher hermana Domingo told us in that
leccion Betty felt the spirit but not only Betty was inspired. She as
hermana Domingo had a question and we were about to help inspire her to
read the book of Mormon for the answer which she did receive. The lord
works in mysterious way and I'm so grateful to be in tune enough to help
our teacher. I can officially bare my testimony in Spanish and pray and I'm starting to leer el libro de Mormon in español. (: I'm also fluent in Spanglish.
I miss all you guys so much and promise I'll keep you updated!
con mucho amor!
-Hermana Stark
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