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Hola mi Familia!

I have not yet gotten my letters yet, but I am on the look out for them, I would suggest not sending anything else while I am here in Mexico because I am not really sure how long it takes and I rather you not send it and I not get it, sooooo just wait until I get to Arizona to mail anything else :)

Wednesday- I was sick, like I told all of yall in last weeks email, but because I was sick Hermana Egbert said she was going to teach the lesson, which I was grateful for because I felt horrible. Before we went into our lesson two other Hermanas and myself got a blessing from the Elders in our District (it was there first time ever giving one) It was really good. 

Thursday- The 4th of July!! Everyone wore red, white, and blue- all of us were verryyy patriotic. They decorated the comedor (the cafeteria) with red/white/blue streamers and table cloths. We had pulled pork, corn, fries, it made us all feel at home. Then one Hermana got on the microphone and started singing the National Anthem, so that led to all of us singing along and it was cool, everyone screamed afterwards. I wore my whale scarf, and Hermana Wade loved it. (Also, there are always gun shots going off around us, we always ask the natives what that means, and they always say that they are fireworks.... at nine oclock in the morning.... IIIIIII dont think so.... but nothing can get to us because we have a literal brick wall around the entire CCM, nothing is getting through :)) that means mom... dont worry.

Friday- We found out that Jorge, our first investigator, is now our new night teacher. There was noooooo way that they would trust us new missionaries that dont know anyyyy spanish to teach someone interested in the Gospel. BUTTT yeah, his real name is Victor, so we call him Hermano Victor. He. Is. Ridiculous. He speaks both english and spanish realllly well, but to us he only speaks spanish, Which I know will be super helpful, but it is also super stressful.  Hermana Egbert knows the language really well.. which sometimes I wish I knew it as much as she does, but I just have to keep remembering that we both have different strengths. 

Saturday- So, Saturday was the worst. Hermana Egbert and I got up to go to breakfast and while at breakfast, I started to feel WORSE.. which didnt make sense because I felt great thursday. So after breakfast, I didnt feel better so I went BACK to the doctor and they told me I just needed to go back to the casa and sleep it off, I needed to rest and not worry about other stuff. That really crushed me.. because I wanted to be able to go to class and learn, because I didnt come out here to lay around and sleep, I came out here to learn, grow, and be taught. But I knew that it was the best fro me.  But anyway, we both fell asleep around 8 while everyone else was out at classes adn stuff and I woke up around 9 and i felt horrible, so we got dressed and went to look for our District in the normal classroom we are in but they werent there, but we found our zone leader and I asked for a blessing, which was perfect. I didnt feel better right away but I felt more at paz (say it like pause, means peace.) and that everything was going to be okay and everythiung was going to work out. 

Sunday- Sunday and Wednesday are seriously my favorite. Sunday was fast sunday, but the doctor told me not to fast, so I didnt, I ate food. I hadnt eaten anything in like five days because I felt so sick... so I guess thats good I ate food. Our Zone Leaders and their District were all leaving this week and so they all got up and bore their testimony, which was pretty awesome. AND unlike last sunday, I knew pretty much everything that was being said. So that made me really happy. Can I just say that I love singing in Spanish?? It is seriously so special. but, anyway, we had sacrament, then we have devotional, so last weeks was a devotional that was previoucly recorded from the Provo MTC by Elder DAvid A. Bednar and then this weeks was a recording from Elder Holland, which was SO spiritually empowering and something that I really needed t ohear. Then we went to dinner, and then after dinnfer, we always have a movie, so this weeks movie we watched the Joseph Smith movie, which was really good. One thing that has really stood out to me and has been in my head since watching it is in the movie, after Joseph gets tarred and feathered, Emma asks Joseph why they mhave to go through all of this and he says, ´Maybe we are asked to swim through deep water.¨ Which is so true, especially while I have been out here, that there are times when we are asked to do things that are hard, or that we are not comfortable with.... like a mission in general... but... if we put our faith in Heavenly Father, he is gonig to be there and help us through, no matter what we are facing. While watching it, I noticed the little guy who plays Joseph in the movie and I thought HEY! He is in Summit ward right now! I know him!! After the movie we went back and talked with our District about our favorite parts of the day and all that we felt and that we learned, I love that, I love being able to talk to our district about stuff like that, we are SUCH a strong district.

Monday- We started teaching a new investigator, who is actually our morning teacher... so thats fun. We taught her Monday morning, and that was the first time that I spoke spanish without having studied it... or written it out, I strictly was led by the spirit in what I needed to say. I know its weird thinking that you can be led by the spirit when the person you are teaching is already a member, but it is true and that was cool. I actually understood what I was saying as well, so thats a plus. Hermana Egbert complimented me on how awesome it was that I had done that, and I have noticed that one of the hardest things for me to do our here is to accept compliments from people and I dont know why... I guess I just dont go searching for them so when people say stuff like it I just think to myself... uh.... ahaha... 

Tuesday- I was teaching one of the Elders (Elder Sims)  in one of our classes about how to begin teaching and our teacher was right there and so she told me to say as much as I could in spanish and then do the rest in english and so I asked questions in spanish, and then when I got to ask him if we could pray, I siwtched to english and I could feel the Spirit so strongly. It was somehting really simple, but asking to see if we could say a prayer because that is how we learn and grow and Christ hears us... so awesome. Our District sang at the Devotional last night it was mix of Hark All Ye Nations and I Hope They Call Me On A Mission. IT was really cool. We had a live devotional prodcasted from Provo with Elder Neil L. Anderson, which was SO cool, they scanned the audience so many times so I looked for people I knew that were there in the Provo MTC. I have learned that I need to humble myself. I need to stop worrying about whether or not I know enough spanish, or enough scriptures or if I get along with my companion well enough, but to just let Heavenly Father kow that I am here, and I am here for Him.


I love you guys, I am so grateful that I get to look forward to emailing you all of my fun adventures every week.
Love;
Hermana Cordell