My travel experience:
While I was on my way
over to the LAX airport, I had the opportunity to share the restoration with a
lady on the plane. It was really intimidating but she seemed like she was
genuinely interested in reading the Book of Mormon. I kind of kicked myself for
not having one with me, but I was able to give her “Our Search for Happiness.” She seemed like she was really interested in
taking the missionary discussions and was blown away by the fact that
missionaries would come to your house if you called them.
I
LOVE THE CCM (mtc en español) this place has been an amazing blessing for
me. I've gotten along pretty darn well con mi compañero y aprendo mas de
la idioma then I thought I would by now. I have been writing in my journal
every day and I've been working really hard to understand the language. I
think overall my district is learning the language much faster then most
districts do! THE CCM IS LIKE PARADISE!!!!! I love speaking in Spanish. Mis companeros don’t like it too much porque
no aprendido. I am loving everything about it and I'm closer to mi padre
celestial. I have been blessed in a way
that I never imagined I would be. I love
the work and all I want to do is study the language and get into the field and
teach. 
August 16, 2014
This training center is the best thing to ever happen to
me. Every day gets better and better. I
love having the spirit with me all day long.
I really understand the saying, “no desire to do evil.” It is strangely interesting that I actually
want to spend all my time praying, studying, singing, studying, praying, and
studying some more. Of course there is a
little eating and sleeping in there too. I have never had the desire to study
any subject with as much fervor as the Spanish language.
I am eternally grateful for my decision to serve and be
here at this time. The best part of this week was last night when Hermano
Martinez bore his testimony and I felt an overwhelming assurance that Dad will
be just fine during my mission.
August 17, 2014
This was a great Sunday!
I know I sound like one of “those missionaries” already, but that is
because I feel like one. I had a cool
prompting in priesthood meeting today.
One of the elders is really struggling and I felt that I should write
him a note to encourage him. I hope that
it helped him. In a fireside today we
learned about specific prayers and I decided that me and my companion were
going to pray for help in speaking only in Spanish to each other so that we
could be prepared to teach a lesson in Spanish.
It is going to be really difficult, but I think it will be fun too.
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| I was told the the B stood for baptism...but I don't believe it. |
August 18, 2014
Today was interesting.
I had a lot of weird Levi moments today.
I lost my temper a tiny bit with the zone leader who has decided that he
is the authority on which rules matter and which one don’t. He’s decided that exact obedience means
obeying exactly the rules he wants to obey and ignoring ones like lights out at
10:30. Garrison you were right that it
is kinda tough for me to take advice from people like this. Today he got ticked
off when me and some other elders were studying verbs and quizzing each
other. He stomped out of the room
leaving his companion behind. He won’t
sing with the group at all and then he says he feel like he is left out. I am
not sure how to handle this kind of situation.
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| Elder Walker |
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| Elder Sandberg |
August 19, 2014
Today is my first P-day and the only day that we are
allowed to take pictures which is too bad.
I tried to get a little variety so that you could see what it is like
for me here.
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| I tried to get this picture of the living conditions outside of the CCM...quite a contrast. |
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