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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