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Week 5

November 30, 2019

Hola! It has been a pretty good week! We have just been going through classes, learning spanish, and learning how to teach. I am improving but still have a long way to go. I cannot wait until I leave to go to New York! I leave on November 11th, so I have less than 2 weeks. The CCM has its perks (like I dont have to make my food, I dont have to worry about getting lost or mugged, and I have teachers helping me), but I am ready to get out there and actually WORK, instead of just learning about work.

 It has been raining here almost every day for the past week, and I am absolutely loving it. The monsoon season in AZ was kind of lacking this year, so I am glad I am getting the rain I have been waiting for. Also, sometimes I can hear loud music coming from outside the walls of the CMM. I can proudly say that "We Will Rock You" is the first normal song I have heard in a month. Fireworks are also a nightly tradition for Mexico City.

 One awesome thing that happened this week was that on Friday, Hermana Roberts and Hermana Alexander came up to me with notes and a present during breakfast. I was very confused, and didnt know why they had presents for me, but then they said "HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY"! I dont know how they knew it was my half birthday, because I didn't even know it was. Its really not a big deal at all,  but they made it a big deal, and it made my day! Their notes were really nice, and they gave me an apple as a present. I know an apple isnt that great of a present, but our resources in the CCM are limited, so it was the best they could have done haha, it was really nice.

 Every Tuesday and Saturday we switch companions so we can be with a latino companion and speak more spanish. Our trio (me, Elder Olivas, and Elder Roemmich) is very interesting. Tomorrow is Halloween, and Elder Olivas and I are planning on switching name tags for our costumes! Anyway, it has been going really well, and I honestly enjoy those days more than the other days, because its nice to have a change in schedule, and its a fun challenge to speak to someone all day that only speaks spanish. We taught Jorge, and he committed to baptism! Jorge is just my teacher acting like an investigator, but I still feel very accomplished. But at the same time, I feel frustrated because if I were teaching in english, it would be much easier, and I could explain things more in depth. My vocabulary is very limited in spanish so sometimes I feel like I cant say everything I want to share. But thats okay, I will get there one day.

 Thats pretty much it. I dont have too many crazy stories this week, we are just learning a lot of things. OH, if anyone is wondering, we all kind of got over our sickness we got from the food here. We arent back to full health yet, but we are getting there. I dont think we can be COMPLETELY better until we get back to America. Its times like these I am grateful I get to return back to the states. I miss safe water. 12 more days until the work actually begins!

 Alma 26:30 - And we have suffered all manner of afflictions, and all this, that perhaps we might be the means of saving some soul: and we supposed that our joy would be full if perhaps we could be the means of saving some.

 Hablar contigo proxima semana
Con amor,
Elder Webster

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