Hola family! Im gonna try to format my letters a little different this week so let me know how you like it!
Jueves-
I got Mom and Tanners Dear elder letters after i emailed you but i
loved them! to answer some questions yes mom i have met elder larson he
is a great kid! and everything here is going great! and Tanner People
are always playing soccer and most the time ill join at some point but
we play a lot of volleyball and basket ball as well! I got two new
latino roomates Elder Copa and Elder Posada I love them they are great
people and are really funny. They are from Buenos aries and Columbia.
Last week at the temple i did the entire session in español it was tough
but i was amazed at how much i was able to understand!. We also set new
district goals of not being tardy and speaking more spanish and to say
the least we have really struggled with them this past week but we are
making new more relistic goals tonight!
Viernes- Fridays are alwys great beacuase we get to go
serve the hostile right next store to the CCM that is used for people
who come and visit the temple! We folded tons of laundry for them, all
towels and sheets, its so fun to see all the kids there they are super
funny even though we can barely understand them, our teaching of two
investigators has been going really well as well! its getting alot
easier to teach by the spirit. Tanner my advice for you though is learn
it all really good now because there is no time to learn in the MTC its
just practice! i did play soccer today and the Latinos said that i wasnt
half bad!! but i still now that im nowhere as good as them. Tonight we
also got our areas for prosiliting on saturday. I dont know how to spell
proselyting in english so now its prosilitismo. After we got our areas
and mapped out our plan of where to go, Hermana Ferrera asked me for a
blessing because she was sick. Me and 3 other people gave it to her. My
Companion annointed and i gave the blessing. It was a little nerve
racking like always but it went really well. After the Blessing i went
down to my room to ask elder copa if he knew about the area and he said
that its half good half bad, and that all the young people have guns!!
talk about scary, i was still super excited anyway!
Sabado- today we prosolitizado. I started the morning
by teaching a practice investigator here at the CCM and then we all
prepared to leave. it was definately nerve wracking but when we got out
there me and Alder Hall were so excited! It really is a great
opportunity to get to actually prosolyte here. We found out that people
in the city are pretty rude and the first 10 people we tried talking to
barely even ackknowldged us. Then we came around the corner and met
Alexander. He looked about 25 but we talked to him for an hour! we
discussed the book of mormon, how to feel the spirit, challenged him to
read it, and ahad a conversation about how God has an actual body. It
was a very difficult concept for him to grasp but we set up a return
appointment for next week. Oh and towards the end i asked him that if he
came to know if the book of Mormon was true if he would be baptized
into our church and he said yes!!! the first person we actually talked
to agreed to baptism.. kinda.. it was crazy!!! all in spanish too! Then
we went aroung the corner and talked to Gastón he wanted to here more
but didnt have time so we got his adress and since he lives out of our
area he will be taught by full time missionaries here. Then we walked
for a while and couldnt find anyone, until we ran into Carlos Alberto
Lopez who didnt understand any english but after an hour of talking to
him told us how he was an alcholic and that he couldnt sleep at night
because he had demons in his head we promised him that if he read the
book of mormon he would be able to sleep that night, and he wanted to
hear more as well. he also lives out of the area so unfortunately we
wont get to teach him either. That was really the only people we really
got to talk to but for our first time it was amazing!! the roads are so
small and the drivers are way worse than in mexico, the houses are all
crammed in so tight, and they wont let us take out cameras into the
street, so we will have to come back down to vistit when i return. But
over all it was a great 5 hours of proselitismo and i cant wait for it
again this saturday. Kelby or Tanner or Mckenzie i need you to follow
and friend accept Pablo Ávila on facebook and Instagram, he is so cool,
is the minoion kevin and post stuff about our class everynow and then,
and he said he added me.. gracias. That night we also started our fast
for sunday, but it was a great day!
Domingo- We had a great testimony meeting, i didnt bear
mine but you could feel the spirit so strong! i really do love it here
at the CCM. It also was Hermana ferreras birthday so we sang to her
during our district class and at dinner! President put on a show like he
always does with the scriptures when he taught and we watched a great
video of david bednar speaking after our fireside. Also i think fireside
is one of my favorite spanish words... its Charla Fogenera how great! I
also wrote a letter to you guys so let me know when you get it!! each
persons explains a different aspect of life here at the CCM.
Lunes- Our room had weird smells for most the
morning... incase you were wondering... also the ranch here is one of
the most disgusting things that i have ever tried.. it makes me miss
american ranch so much. But the Dulce de Leche is to die for. Hermana
Jordan asked for a blessing tonight. Her Brother is in our district so
he gave the blessing and Elder Devashrayee anoited the oil for his first
time, it also was a great blessing. I switched my handwriting to all
caps because its way more ledgable, it just takes longer to write now.
Its all good though a pretty non eventful Lunes.
Martes- ONLY 3 WEEKS LEFT as fun and great as it is
here all the time we spend in the classroom is getting old and i cant
wait to make it out to the feild!! im so excited!. I eat so much bread
here, its no where close to as good as the rolls Mom and cory make, but i
need the calories and i probably eat like 2 of homeade sizes loafs a
day, we dont get the all you can eat buffet like provo haha but the food
is really good for the most part. I started reading the book of mormon
in spanish with my english ones right beside, i dont have much time to
do so but use any free time i have to do it. It has really helped me
learn diffferent parts of the spanish language and now im in chapeter 14
of 1 nefi.
Méircoles- Today i set a goal for me and my companioin
to only speak in spanish for the whole day, it was so hard! and i think i
spoke about 10 words in english completely on accident, but it did help
me comprhend spanish better. Speaking english this morning was a great
blessing, ive never wanted to speak it so bad in my life... hopefully
the adjustment in the feild wont be that bad. It was a great expierence,
also i finnaly used the Bday or Bdae... the water spray toielet paper
thing... to say the least... talk about clean... its like a car wash
haha. that was the highlighht of my wednesday
Jueves (hoy)- We went to the temple in the morning
becuase of howmany people are here and it was great it also meant we got
in hour more of activity time for when the ither people went to the
temple.. i really am exhuasted from playing soccer, basketball, and
volleyball... but it sure does beat sitting in the classroom! Its crazy
how fast time flies here! During our temple session i did it all in
spanish again.. im getting good and understandin but definantely still
need practice.. that brings me to this point! one of the best parts of
the week writing my family!!! Hope all is well and cant wait to here
from you guys next week!
Love
Elder Jace Gummersall
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