Hola Amigos y Familia!! This week flew by! Crazy that we have only 1 more preparation day and we’re out! I’m getting super excited to get to Chile!! This week wasn’t very eventful so I don’t have much to write about! We were able to get into Solo Español which means we don’t speak any English! I’m very happy we’re doing this because I get to really rely on the spirit and the gift of tongues! I am now able to teach lessons in Spanish which is the best! I’m feeling much more comfortable but still nowhere close to being fluent hahaha! Anyways, this week was really good! The same as every other week here in the CCM! The food is the same! Enchiladas, Tacos, and we think it’s steak but idk what meat this 1 dish is haha we’re figuring out the most optimal way to eat each dish hahaha whether we put the meat in a tortilla as a taco or put this strange ranch that none of us actually know what It is hahaha! It’s very fun to be able to be here and experience Mexico! Being able to see the city every week in our 2 hrs bus drive there and back is really cool! It makes me very excited for Chile!! Anyways Today I visited the temple which was amazing! The spirit was so tangible and I loved it so much! Something that was kinda funny was leaving the temple. Our bus that takes us to and from the temple was playing “We will we will rock you” . It was very strange coming from a super spiritual experience to rock hahahah but it didn’t fully take away from the spirit! Anyways, not too much happened this week! Excited for my next week here!! Love yall!!

It’s crazy that this week is already over! This week was way more eventful than last week! It started out pretty normal compared to the other days, we had devotionals and tons of Spanish classes! Our district Is really working hard with trying to learn the language! The gift of tongues is real! we had some really fun activities that happened this past week that are going to be a highlight Of the mission! It was Mexican Independence day which was amazing! We had a mariachi band, tons of Mexican food, THE BEST CHURROS! I think they tasted so good because I haven’t had that good of tasting food in a while hahaha. Anyways that day was a blast! Mexican independence day was Sunday but we celebrated it Monday! These people here really know how to party haha all night we heard music, fireworks, gunshots, and laughter! It was pretty fun! Other than the fun part of the week we had some of the craziest storms I have ever been in! There were thunder roars that sounded like a whip smacking the sky. I don’t know how to describe it other than it was so loud our room shook and it was hard to sleep hahaha. This week was also filled with amazing spiritual events! Other than an elder in our district being healed from rolling his ankle 4 different times in a span of 3 days thinking he needs to go home to wake up the next day completely healed! It’s been amazing really studying the scriptures and Predicad Mi Evangelio! I really recommend studying the Christlike attributes in Chapter 6! I’ve been really feeling close to Jesus Christ this week and it’s been amazing! Anyways the week was a blast! Tons of tacos, enchiladas, and other interesting Mexican food is being consumed constantly here by me hahah or in Spanish jajajaja! My district is doing amazing and I’m really loving it a ton! I miss everyone back at home but I’m so grateful that I get to be here! Later in the week I was able to play this elders guitar lives in my District! I am currently trying to learn all of the songs that these 2 elders can play because they’re masters! It’s been a lot of fun being able to play with these elders because they appreciate music like I do! I’m so happy God put me in this district! I went to the Tienda on Tuesday and got some food that was most likely the spiciest chips I’ve ever had hahaha! Today I went to the temple which was amazing! We had a national earthquake drill that all of Mexico does on the 19th of September! It was weird because we had to stop what we were doing in the temple and go to the walls and just stand there as the alarms were going off hahaha but anyways this week was a blast, and was filled with a ton of fun and eventful experiences! I’m excited for this next week and can’t wait to see what fun activities are up ahead!

Hola amigos y familia!!!

Wow, it’s hard to believe the first week is over! So much has happened this week that has made my brain explode but also feel the Savior’s love stronger than ever before! Thursday started out with a very long day of travel! I said goodbye to my family, and it was very hard. I realized how much I really love them! My travel day went from being an 8-hour travel day to over a 13-hour travel day! We had an unexpected delay in LA, which caused the delay in travel! It was crazy but fun! There were probably over 40 missionaries, which was crazy! The travel to Mexico was much better because it was international, and we had tons of space! Once we got to Mexico, it was amazing! Going through a busy city to a complete stop of motion, it was extremely peaceful entering the CCM! Let me cut to the chase and give a few highlights from this week!

My district is the best, and my companion is equally as awesome! The food is surprisingly good and fresh every day! We mostly eat tacos and enchiladas every day for all three meals hahaha! Anyways, my teachers are the greatest! Hermano Barrera is the GOAT! He is so awesome and really made the transition easy for all of us! He’s basically an older brother to all of us! Sunday was the coolest day ever! The spirit was extremely tangible! Also, I was called as District Leader, which is fun! I’m starting to feel much more adjusted, just trying to stay positive and keep my focus on Jesus Christ! My Spanish is definitely improving, which is a blessing! I couldn’t even bear my testimony or prayer well at all, and now I can do both and share messages in Spanish! The gift of tongues is real!! Also, basically every day and night, there are like four gunshots that go off, and after, there are sirens and normally a creepy death scream, which is always scary haha! Also, one night this past week, I pulled out a guitar because someone in my district brought one, and I played it just casually before bed, and it ended up having the entire house of over 24 people surrounding me asking me to sing my song “Found Love” on repeat hahaha it was super cool! Today I went to the temple, which was absolutely incredible! The temple looks like an Aztec temple, and it’s so beautiful inside! Anyways, I’m loving it here and can’t wait for next week! Also, I learned a new word that supposedly everyone uses here, and it means Chipy Chipy! It means sprinkling hahaha! It has rained a ton here, but also there are days that are extremely hot! Anyways, I love y’all and hope y’all have an amazing next week!