Monday, October 28, 2013
10/28/2013 2nd week in Camargo, Mexico
Well it's been an interesting week, and with
that, it has been one of the Hardest weeks of my life. So on Tuesday Elder
Whitney was sick, and so we stayed home that day for him to rest, so not much
got done that day, then the rest of the week got worse. It started with the
fact that we felt so good about the week. We got tons of appointments with
people to come back, but almost all of them fell through. All of our amazing
investigators that we have, they told us to come back at certain times and
almost always they weren't there. Even like two or three times, one of the kids
answered the door and we asked if their parents were there, and they left for a
second, and came back and said no, they're gone, which pretty much is obvious
that they just went and asked their parents.....but yeah. And then on top of
all that stuff, I thought I had a bad infection in my mouth, and so I was
worrying about that pretty much most of the time, and not focusing on the work.
This week I actually cried a few times, thinking, how is this possible. It only
gets worse too, because we are walking around each day for an average of 6
hours in the sun, so because of that and the not very much sleep, we usually
have headaches, which makes it all worse.
But
then me and Elder Whitney were talking and said, we have to change this: On
Friday night I prayed. I prayed a prayer like I've never prayed before. I asked
Heavenly Father to change me, to heal me, to help me have the desire and the
mindset to be able to be successful. I woke up the next day and I felt his
help. During personal study in the morning I was reading the scriptures and
felt at peace. I felt at peace in the work, and I just felt at peace overall.
My mouth started to actually heal, and not hurt as bad. Things went a little
better. We didn't still get much done on Saturday though, because we had
meetings with the bishopric and other stuff like that, but I felt at peace. I
felt a desire to do better.
Yesterday
on Sunday we also found out that one of our family's, Hipolito (the guy that
sells churros) and his family, were waiting for another member family to pick
them up for church, and they never showed up to pick them up for church. The
family was so sad. They have 5 kids, 4 girls and 1 boy, and they're all really
young, and they don't have too much. They don't have a way to get to church, so
we have to find ways to get them to church. It was sad, but next week me and
Elder Whitney are going to make sure to find a way to get them to church. I
found a lot of peace talking to the family yesterday, because the little girls
were laughing, and just having fun. We let the little boy play with our
flashlights, and we were just playing with the little kids. I was pretending to
be very viejito (really old), and I was talking in a shaky voice, and the
little girls were just laughing, and then the little boy grabbed mine and Elder
Whitney's fingers and wanted to show us something. It was good, and I found
this peace that I hadn't felt in a while. It was a good overwhelming feeling,
and it reassured me that I need to do better, because there are family's like
this family that are waiting and need this gospel. But yeah, so I know that
this next week will be better, because I'm going to make it that way.
So
other then the stories I just wanted to say all of the funny weird and crazy
stuff I experience from my day to day life:
-I guess a lot of people are moving out of
town in a month or so because it is so cold. People think it's cold right now,
and it's funny because it feels hot to us.
-So I'm still planning on writing letters too,
but I won't be sending them until maybe once a month, but that letter will have
all the letters I wrote that month. This is because it is pretty expensive to
send letters every week, so if I do it once a month it will be better for the
budget.
-People put dogs on their roofs....don't know
exactly why.
-Pretty much everyone has gates around their
house, so to knock on doors, we actually use coins and tap on the gates.
-After you buy your food at grocery stores,
you have to tip the bagger....I guess they don't really get paid like everyone
else.
-We don't have bikes or cars, so we walk everywhere,
which sometimes means we have to walk an hour and a half to get places.
-Our mission is a reference only
mission....UNLESS the spirit says otherwise ;)
-Tortillas are served with EVERYTHING. Like it
doesn't matter even if you have a sandwich for a meal, there will be tortillas
too.
-We have a Zumba place right by our house
which is interesting, because for about an hour during our study times they
have the music blasting.
-Pretty much all of the teenagers like the
American boys.....the missionaries. We've gotten giggles when we pass by,
waves, and blowing kisses. And then all we do is wave back and keep
walking....it's pretty much funny! haha
-People that sell stuff will put Super big
speakers on top of their cars for advertisement. Those are super annoying.
-We teach an English class every Friday at
5:00-6:30 in the Church which is super fun! We taught the few people there last
time head, shoulders, knees and toes! haha
-Everyone is surprised when I say that I have
only been in Mexico
for 2 weeks, because my spanish is good ;) I usually just say, Mi papa sirvió
un misión también, y el sirvió in México, entonces, estoy siguiendo en sus
pasos. Yo necesito ser come el! (My dad served a mission too, and he served in Mexico , so, I'm
following in his steps. I need to be like him) haha but yeah, I guess my Spanish
is really good so far! I still struggle with understanding people though.
-Also, I usually feel pretty safe for the most
part, until all of a sudden we're walking down a street when a bunch police
cars do a need for speed spin turn thing around the corner holding guns, and
then jump out of the car while it's half moving and break into houses. Yeah,
those are the times where it's kinda like a movie....but it's like happening
right before my eyes.
-I haven't got the packages yet, but that's
because I haven't been able to visit Chihuahua
yet. We're doing that this week, so I should get the package, or packages, this
week.
-For the most part, I am doing fine with money
and food, but I haven't been able to buy as much food as I've wanted. Because
of the fact we're so far away from everything that happens, we have to pay for
travel and what not, so I have to keep food to a minimum if I want to live
within my means. I pretty much have only enough for the week.
-It's fine if you sent to the other address,
it will just be readdressed to the new address.
-So it sounds like the family is doing good!
Keep on keepin on, and keep me updated with everything.
-For Christmas??? Food, my knee brace, and
maybe tie(s) :) Anything else you want to send would be great, maybe put a
little money on the card. I'm not very picky especially cuz I'll be here
anyway, but yeah!
So yeah, it was a rough week, but I'm planning
on having a better week this week! Just a little testimony in Spanish. Dad can
translate:
Yo se que tenemos dificultades, cada día, y
tenemos pruebas, pero Jesucristo está siempre allí para nosotros, y el ayudará
si doblamos nos mismos a él. Yo se que el misión es difícil a veces, pero yo
puedo hacerlo, y si yo lo hago, yo seré bendecido. Yo se que Jesucristo hizo
familias para que podamos ser feliz en esta vida, y en la vida antes esta vida.
Yo se que el don de lenguas es real, y yo he sido bendecido porque de eso.
Presidente Jose F Smith fue un profeta de Dios, y por medio de Jose F Smith,
Jesucristo restauró su Evangelio, su Iglesia, en el mundo otra vez. El Libro De
Mormon es verdadero, y cuando leemos el Libro, podemos recibir paz y gozo, y yo
he encontrado esa paz y gozo en mi vida, especialmente esta semana pasada. Y yo
digo estas cosas en el nombre de Jesucristo, Amen.
I love you all!!!! And I'm happy to be serving
the Lord in Mexico Chihuahua :)
-Elder Loveless
(Sorry it's so long, I missed a lot last week
of what I was going to say.)
Monday, October 21, 2013
October 21st, 2013 - Letter
O_O That's my face of, holy cow! This week has
been crazy! I don't even know where to start! I guess at this point I'm not
really sure the feelings I have towards this all yet...but let me just say,
never give dad crap for his driving, or for the fact that he hated it for 6
months...cuz you'd understand if you were here too! I'm surprised there are not
more car accidents then there really are, because there are pretty much NO
rules for the road here. But also, I feel you dad, I keep thinking, how am I
going to live like this for two years! I guess, the only thing that keeps me
going is that fact that I know we are missionaries, and will be kept safe and
protected because of that.
Like one
of the first things we saw coming into Mexico was a sign that said, Jardín
de niños, which literally translated is garden of kids, but I guess it actually
means kindergarten....but yeah that freaked me out a little. And yeah, I am
just always watching what I eat, and what I do so as to not get sick, and not
to get hurt, but yeah......it is crazy!!!
My Spanish is coming along pretty good though.
But so get this, in the MTC I could understand so much more than I could talk,
cuz that makes sense right, but in the field, here in Mexico ,
complete opposite! I feel like they are speaking a different language! The way
they speak is really fast, slurred, and they say words weird, so yeah, I can't
really understand everything. Like sometimes they'll ask where I'm from, and
the way they say it, I just am like.....what did you say? But I'm learning to
understand better! Yesterday, we taught a woman, Zoriah, who recently had a
divorce, and she is so willing to change, and so I almost understood like
everything, so it's coming along, but yeah! Oh, and I'm in this area for 3
months, because that is the time for new missionaries. The area we are in is
actually called Camargo, it is about 2 hours from the mission home in
Chihuahua, but I guess Camargo is a really poor area compared to the other
areas, and I can tell, because all of the houses look like little boxes that
are painted. But yeah.
So Yeah, a little bit of a breakdown
Monday: Monday was pretty crazy, and that is
just because that is the day I got there, and since I had only 3 hours of
sleep, I felt super sick, and I was super pale, and I thought I was gonna die
at that point, but then after we got sleep, I woke up and was normal again! So
yeah, very crazy day.
The rest of the days really weren't too crazy,
except for the fact that I had to travel to Chihuahua
mutiple times to figure stuff out, and I still have to go back to Chihuahua to finish my
immigration paperwork, but yeah. We plan and study and prepare in the morning
until 11-12 ish, and then we go out and work. We Always have food with a member
at 2:00, and those are the best! The homemade food is the best food here! I
have had stuff from this rice, milk, coconut dessert stuff, all the way to
stuffed peppers, and then also those little corn things I like, a soup with
those in it! But yeah, the food is amazing, no doubt about it!
So our investigators are good, but they also
have a hard time staying active. There is a rule that they need to go to church
5 times before baptism, but all of them pretty much, don't have cars, and don't
have money for the bus, and it's like an hour walk to the church, so that's the
hardest part. We have several investigators that are at the baptism step, but
can't because they won't/can't go to church! One of our investigators that is
awesome, his name is Hipolito, and he always gives us churros, cuz that's what
he does for his job, is sells churros everyday, but yeah, his churros are the
best!!! We also have an investigator, the one I talked about earlier, she says
that when she talks to us she can feel a good feeling, and so she calls us her
angeles!!! So yeah, that's pretty cool!
So the last two days, Saturday and Sunday, we
had stake conference, which was cool! One of the Seventy came and talked to the
Stake. I don't remember his name, but of course he spoke Spanish, so that was
really cool.....at least how much I could get out of it.
Q.A. -So send packages to the Texas address. I haven't
got it yet, but should get it soon. We only have the chance to get mail a few
times a month, because it goes to the mission home. But you can't send other
mail to me. Send handwritten mail to this address (this is the new mission offices):
Elder Zachary Daren Loveless
Calle Huancune #1801-BColonia - Panoramico
Código Postal 31110
-I do have a bottle with a filter. I got it
from the MTC.
-So there's four of us in our house, me and
Elder Whitney, and then two other elders, Elder Cooper (our district leader),
and Elder Conklin, so we are all Americans, haha, it's interesting. Camargo has
only white missionaries right now.
-I don't know what to do with the pictures,
but I guess that's just up to you.
-And in the history of the Chihuahua Mission,
none of the missionaries have every got robbed, but right now I don't have to
worry about getting robbed. We are all from the US , so they're not going to worry
about that.(it is safe enough that all of us even carry our cameras with us
everywhere) But I had to get a little bit of money out of my account already.
This week I had to travel to Chihuahua like 3 times, which was 76 pesos each
time, and we get reimbursed for it, but not till in a few days, so I had no choice
but to get my own money. I will be able to live in my means, but I did have to
get some of my own money because of that fact that I traveled so much. It is
hard for us in Camargo because we are so far away from everyone else, so we
have to travel a lot, and they don't give us extra money, only reimburse us. So
all in all, I have the same amount of money that all of the Mexican companions
have too. But don't worry, I have prayed and prayed about figuring out the
money situation, and I feel peace, so all is well.
-Also if you ever send a package, send American
food.......and could you send a knee brace. From my knee injury during soccer,
when I walk a lot it hurts my knee.
-Another cool fact: Elder Ellis And Elder
Hiskey are in my district! They are in a place called Saucio, I think, like 30
minutes from our area, so yeah! Sweet!!!
I'm excited to be
serving the Lord, and I know I'm supposed to be here for a reason so that is
what keeps me going. All will be well, I know that for a fact! Trials come. It
is a trial here in Mexico ,
and sometimes I get scared because it is so different, but it will prepare me
for life! Always count your blessings for living in the US ! I love you
all, and I hope all is well!!! Oh, and this Sunday we are all talking in Church......haha,
oh and just barely a guy that's on the computer next to me tapped me on the
shoulder, and showed me a picture. I guess his son is on a mission in Mexico . You
don't see very many Mormons here.....that's funny! haha, well yeah, Love you
all!!!! Have a great week!!!
-Elder Sinamor:)
Monday, October 14, 2013
First Day in Mexico - October 14th, 2013
Family,
Well it's been crazy today! The airplane that we got on to go to Mexico was teeny! It was quite awesome! So yeah, Presidente Chavez wanted us to just give a short email to our family, so yeah. Right when we got in Mexico, you could tell we weren't in Los Estados Unidos anymore. But I'm excited. When we got there President Chavez welcomed us and then brought us to a nice restaurant. Trust me when I say this......the driving is Insane here!!! Yeah....But my new companion is Elder Whitney, and we are serving in an area called Delisio, I think....but yeah, I'm excited, and I'll talk to you all in one week! Love you All.
-Elder Loveless
Well it's been crazy today! The airplane that we got on to go to Mexico was teeny! It was quite awesome! So yeah, Presidente Chavez wanted us to just give a short email to our family, so yeah. Right when we got in Mexico, you could tell we weren't in Los Estados Unidos anymore. But I'm excited. When we got there President Chavez welcomed us and then brought us to a nice restaurant. Trust me when I say this......the driving is Insane here!!! Yeah....But my new companion is Elder Whitney, and we are serving in an area called Delisio, I think....but yeah, I'm excited, and I'll talk to you all in one week! Love you All.
-Elder Loveless
10-14-13 Zac left the Provo MTC for Mexico
Hi Family and Friends,
Just wanted to update you on our awesome elder. We were able to talk with him when he was at the Salt Lake airport this morning about 5:45 a.m. We were expecting the phone call around 5 but Zac said that they waited about an hour in line to pass through security. He couldn't figure out what all those people were doing at the airport at that early hour :) He was traveling with 12 other elders and 1 sister. He loved being at the airport because everyone came up to the missionaries and asked where they were going, etc. We were only able to talk with him about 10 minutes before he had to board the plane. He also said that a bus brought all the missionaries to the airport this morning. I was a bit worried that they might have to ride the Front Runner and Trax again with all their luggage - so glad that didn't happen.
We were able to talk with him again when he landed in Fort Worth, Texas during his layover. We talked with him for about a half hour. He is doing great and was really excited to be finally going to Mexico. He did sound a bit tired by then but they had been up since 1:30 a.m. so he had an excuse.
Thanks for all your support and love. Zac is blessed to have such a great extended family and great friends. I will post his address, etc. when we hear from him next Monday.
Much love,
Melodie
Just wanted to update you on our awesome elder. We were able to talk with him when he was at the Salt Lake airport this morning about 5:45 a.m. We were expecting the phone call around 5 but Zac said that they waited about an hour in line to pass through security. He couldn't figure out what all those people were doing at the airport at that early hour :) He was traveling with 12 other elders and 1 sister. He loved being at the airport because everyone came up to the missionaries and asked where they were going, etc. We were only able to talk with him about 10 minutes before he had to board the plane. He also said that a bus brought all the missionaries to the airport this morning. I was a bit worried that they might have to ride the Front Runner and Trax again with all their luggage - so glad that didn't happen.
We were able to talk with him again when he landed in Fort Worth, Texas during his layover. We talked with him for about a half hour. He is doing great and was really excited to be finally going to Mexico. He did sound a bit tired by then but they had been up since 1:30 a.m. so he had an excuse.
Thanks for all your support and love. Zac is blessed to have such a great extended family and great friends. I will post his address, etc. when we hear from him next Monday.
Much love,
Melodie
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Letter - 10/12/2013 Last letter from the MTC!
Saturday, October 12, 2013 - Last letter from
the MTC
So
yeah, it's been only 3 days, but quite a bit has happened, so here's what's up:
Thursday nothing actually out of the ordinary happened, but it was a good day.
Friday was a very different day. Friday we had
something called In Field Orientation. So pretty much it was a Very long day.
Starting at 8:00 am we went into a meeting type thing. From 8 to 5:30 pm we
were in this meeting. Yeah that's 9 and a half hours. But I guess we did get
about a 30 minute break, so more like only 9 hours of meetings. For some reason
though, it didn't feel as long as it could have, and I think that was because
we were learning so much! During the meeting we talked about the field, and
about things to do, and not to do, and just a TON of things! It was actually a
Very interesting day, and it wasn't too bad. Not too much more than that on
Friday. Oh, haha actually another funny story about in field orientation. So I
have grown a very good relationship with one of the Elders, Elder French, and
he is the type of elder Not to talk about any feelings or anything like that,
like he just doesn't do that kind of stuff. So as we went throughout the day, I
noticed him just keep looking over at this specific sister. After the meeting he
nudged me and said,"hey look at that sister over there. She is the most
Beautiful sister I have ever seen." I looked at her and I was just kinda
like," you go for it kiddo." haha....end of story, but it was just
cool to see that with an elder like that I was able to gain his trust, which he
doesn't do very often (trust people). So I'm glad, and I hope I have touched
his life :)
Saturday,
or today, was also very interesting! It was our last day today with our classes
and what not. I have grown a Very strong relationship with our teachers and I'm
pretty sad to be leaving them! My teachers, Hermano Rios and Hermano Passantino
were the Best teachers ever! I loved them so much, and it was sad to leave
them, but I am also So excited to finally go to Mexico !
So
today I also have had a very cool experience. So lately I just feel like I've
needed to do more, so I have. In free time instead of talking about whatever, I
grab my scriptures and read them in English And in Spanish. I do things that I
wouldn't have otherwise done, and my improvement has grown SO MUCH! I was in a
lesson earlier and I starting preaching. I was bearing my testimony, but it was
SO powerful, and I was half in tears as I was bearing my testimony. The
language is coming, and it's coming fast! I am going to continue like this as I
get out in the field because I want to SO badly learn the language as fast as I
can! I know the Lord has been there for me and will continue to be there for me
as long as I do what he wants of me and beyond!
So
tomorrow is our last day at the MTC. I'm playing the piano for priesthood
meeting and sacrament meeting and am really excited! We have a departure
devotional and a fireside tomorrow, and after those we will be packing
everything up (and were actually packing a little bit tonight), then we go to
sleep! We will be waking up at 1:30 am on Monday, so that we can be at the MTC
travel office at 2:30. So we'll only get like 3 hours of sleep, but it'll be
okay, because I'm SO excited!
I love you all and am excited to talk to you
on Monday!! Bright and Early ;)
-Elder Loveless
Thursday, October 10, 2013
"So I totally found a pic of Miss Proper hanging up in the MTC!! Ha, ha, the pic description said Uruguay 2001, so I'm pretty sure this is Miss Proper!! So funny :)" So Miss Proper is a teacher that all three Loveless kids have had and she has supported them even after they have left her care. We love her!
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
10-9-13 Letter from MTC
I'm back again!!! So it has been a Very good week, especially because of
conference, but also a Very busy week! Here's what has happened! I won't give
exactly a whole week breakdown, just the days that certain experiences
happened:
So Friday something special happened. So a few days last week I was
praying every night, just because I didn't feel like I was trying as hard as
I could, but I wasn't really sure what I could do better. I just wanted to be
the best missionary I could be, so yeah, I prayed for help quite a few days last
week. So then on Friday, there were some new teachers, and so the trainer guy
had to do kind of like an orientation thing, so he was just trying to find some
missionaries last minute, and he randomly found us....me and Elder Beifuss. So
we were pretty much the stars of the show. He pretty much had a lesson with us,
and it literally answered all my questions. It was the answer to all my prayers.
And ever since that lesson, I have been doing That much better, because I have
used his advice! After the lesson, the teachers got to ask us questions which
was really neat, so yeah, we have been doing a lot that most missionaries don't
get to do! Also on Friday, or Thursday, I can't remember, we had some
representatives from the Boy Scouts of America come and look around the MTC, and
so our District got lucky enough to help with that!
So then of course Saturday and Sunday.....General Conference :) Just
imagine the excitement of something like the superbowl, and then that's the
excitement of General Conference at the MTC. So because of the fact that I'm a
missionary, I felt that like Everything applied to me...to All the missionaries
around the world! I was just So into General Conference that I wasn't tired or
sleepy like once!!! I think my all time favorite was either McConkie's in the
Sunday afternoon session, which was like all about missionary/teacher work, or
Uchtdorf's during Priesthood session about never giving up....THAT was a
powerful talk! I hope you all enjoyed conference too, because it was amazing!!
Just simply....amazing :)
Monday we had something pretty cool! So Monday is one of the days that
Senior couple missionaries come to the MTC, and so we got the special opportunity
to be Hosts for them! It was really cool! It was kind of like when I got to the
MTC, but a LOT less stressful, because the older couples would just come holding
hands and be ready to work! We got to show them to their rooms and lead them to
a couple more places where they picked up stuff and finally ended up in a
welcome devotional. That was fun! As well as that, we did our TRC on Monday,
which was really unique! We taught a lesson to a mom in Florida, who was born
and raised in Mexico! After about 20 minutes of the lesson, her little 11 year
old girl just begged her mom to talk to us! She was SO excited to talk to the
missionaries! We got to talk to her for a little bit, which was cool! The love
the missionaries receive is amazing! So after we finished talking to the girl, her
mom came back and we taught the rest of the lesson to her....but oh boy can I
say that like seriously every lesson I teach, Spanish just keeps coming easier
and easier! So yeah, twas simply amazing :)
So yeah, besides those experiences, our "investigators" have been
progressing well!! Our one investigator, Luis, had a baptismal date like the
second or third visit, but our other investigator, Pedro, just barely got a
baptismal date after some what like 8 lessons. But it's awesome! I'm loving
teaching even these investigators, but I'm ready to go out and teach people, and
bring them unto Christ, and see their love grow, even though I may not know much
Spanish at the beginning! I love the MTC, but ready to get to Mexico in 5
days!!! I haven't really talked about much downer time, because I make the best
of the time here, but just kind of like at home, I get made fun of a lot and
teased a lot. So I love the MTC, but I am also ready to get to Mexico, because I
feel like I get along better with certain people.....like Mexicans!!! haha, so
you know, people make fun of you, tease you, whatever, you get on with life
because there are only 2 years of service for a mission, and a whole life time
to remember it! You don't want to remember you mission and have regrets, so
that's what I'm doing! Elder Hiskey has been sticking it through with me though.
Him and me are keeping each other somewhat sane here in the MTC, so yeah, it's
all good! God loves me and has me here for a reason! So I think this
Saturday, in like 3 days, I will get to do laundry one more time here, and write to
you, so expect an email that day! The next day after that will probably be the
pday, so yeah!!!!
El Libro De Mormon es verdarero! José Smith ere un profeta de Dios!
JesuCristo sufrió por nuestros pecados, y murió por nosotros! Mediante la
Expiación de JesuCristo podemos arrepentirse de nuestros pecados, y podemos ser
limpio. Yo amo este Evangelio, el Evangelio de JesuCristo, y estoy Tan animado
a enseñar la gente en Chihuahua Mexico! Yo amo ustedes...mi familia, y gracias
por su ayuda mediante mi vida!
-Elder Loveless
Friday, October 4, 2013
Thursday, October 3, 2013
10-2-2013 P-Day Letter
Yeah!!! It has been a month now! 4 whole weeks, how crazy! Usually at the
beginning of a new week, I think, yeah not much special can happen in a week,
every week, and then there seems to ALWAYS be more crazy/awesome/spiritual stuff
that happens, but it's a blessing and makes the CCM that much better! Week
break down:
Thursday: Nothing happened Thursday, nothing special at least, just
another day here at the CCM.
Friday: This day was also like Thursday, nothing special, just the
normal spiritual fun here at the CCM.
Saturday: And Saturday as well, just a normal day at the CCM.
Sunday: Sunday is when things started getting a little different. So as
I said last week, me and Elder Beifuss gave the prayers for the fireside for the
whole CCM! That was kinda nerve wracking, just a tad. So we get there, and so
you know, only like almost 1,000 missionaries in front of you, and another 2,000
around different rooms, including wyview and what not, seeing it through a
broadcast. The speaker was the president of the Provo Temple and his wife. That
was really cool, but yeah, so as I got up to say the prayer, I look down at the
podium to bow my head and there was a mini tv, showing me as what it looks like
to others, which was kinda freaky, but yeah, it was good! I just said what the
spirit told me to say, and it went good! Also on Sunday, since the next day the
other district left, they redid the callings and what not! Me and Elder Beifuss
are the new Zone Leaders, which is the highest position for a missionary for the
Branch in the CCM. Kind of weird though, because since it's only our district
now in our zone, our district leader, Elder French, is kinda over us. It's kind
of like bishop and stake president. It's the district leader's district, but
we're over him, but also part of the district....confusing, I know. But we give
lots of discussions. When something isn't going good for our zone (now only
district), we are called to give about a 20-30 minute discussion on the
importance of things. So it is really good, and I can definitely feel the
spirit more and have more a want to teach this gospel stronger and better! Also
on Sunday, since it was fast conference we had fast and testimony meeting. Wow,
that was amazing. So we had to bear our testimonies in Spanish, and so I did.
The Spanish literally flowed out of my mouth, it was the COOLESLT thing ever :)
Ahhhh.....gift of tongues is real!!!
Monday: Monday was interesting. We had TRC again, but this time it was
with a native, via skype, which was CrAzY, and super amazing :) I want to leave
a separate paragraph for that though. Other then that, Monday the other
district left, which was kind of sad because we had grown so close to them. So
yeah....
Tuesday: Nothing too different yesterday, except for we started a new
goal. During our classes we have to only speak Spanish, and so we extended that
goal and just tried to speak Spanish the whole day, which was really
interesting. I didn't do too bad, but it was kind of difficult at times. No I
wasn't able to speak ALL in Spanish all day, but I did pretty good.
Wednesday: And then today, Pday, has been really good!!! I forgot to
tell, but for the morning on Pdays, at 6:05 am we have a service project, and so
our service is cleaning a church building right outside of the CCM, which is
really nice, doing service!!!
TRC experience: So like I said, we got to do our TRC experience via
Skype! Our lady was from Peru, and it was so cool. The lesson was good, yeah,
but at the end I just had this impression to ask if she had any questions, not
necessarily about the lesson, but in general. She did have a question, and it
was about a friend she had that was just going through a really tough time, her
friend was catholic, and wasn't sure about the spirit. Immediately I found this
scripture about the spirit and told her to share it with her friend. I may never
know how it goes with her friend, but it was an amazing experience :) I can't
wait till this next Tuesday for another skype experience.
Q/A: So we did get our Visas, so no worries about that. Elder Beifuss
just got his late, but we got them. The CCM holds on to them until we leave
though, so I'm set. I will be able to call at the airport, and no worries, it
is really really cheap. When we went to Vegas we were able to look at the
prices, and it is only 0.50 cents, unlimited talk, for local calls, which is any
number with an 801 as a zip code, as that is the same as SLC's area code. It
will probably be around 7 am, BUT, I'm not sure. I'll be able to know for sure
next week because that is when we get our travel plans.
So thanks for all the love and support, I sent a few handwritten letters
today, so expect those in a few days, but I just want to say that this gospel is
amazing. There is nothing greater then this work. I am going to miss the CCM in
a week and half when I leave. The spirituality is so amazing, as the real world
won't be as much. I know people are waiting in Mexico for me though, not for
me, but for the gospel, through me. Keep up all the love and support, you all
are in my prayers constantly :) El Evangelio de Jesucristo es
verdarero.....siempre!!!
-Elder Loveless
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