The weather has been wonderful! Sunny, 70 to 80 degrees, and sometimes a small stormy clouds at night. Loving the weather right now. The food has been pretty good. Mostly tortillas, enchiladas, mexican food. But they definitely have a good share of American food. Weve also had pizza, hamburgers, and cereal. I eat pretty good. The gift of tongues is real! Already Ive learned more in this first week than I have in a year of highschool, haha. The lessons with our investigators are completely in spanish, and Ive done pretty well. Weve been able to get the message across. And after five lessons, yesterday, we committed our first investigator to baptism yesterday, so, booooyeeaahhh! Getting to bed on time has been a struggle, especially the first few days because theres so much to do that you need and want to do, especially writing in my journal, so far I have about 20 pages written, its a lot! But Ive been pretty tired in classes because of all the work and somehwhat lack of sleep.
Most importantly, Ive played basketball five times now! I also saw a basketball court on the way to the CCM. Every other night, our room says a prayer in spanish with the several Latinos in our apartment. Then they say a prayer in English the other night with us, I love it they are super nice! Theyve asked us a lot if we need help with anything, and thats the whole reason why were down here, to serve others, it really just opens your heart. The flight down here was just over three hours. I sat next to two nonmembers and really talked a lot with the one on my left next to the window. I just told him I was an LDS missionary and jst befre we left, I told him if he was interested about the church, to check out LDS.org. I hope he does. The plane was a smaller size and we had some turbulence, but it was cool. Just watching the land pass as we flew to our destination made it seem not so far away from home. On a map it can seem like Im really far away, but Im really not, in my mind. After the flight, we went through customs and met the representatives from the CCM. We got on a bus, all 15 of us, thats our zone. We took the bus ride to the CCM for about 30 to 40 minutes. It was very eyeopening to see everything. Its so different. I heard Mexico city is the second biggest city in the world, and I believe it. All the buildings and houses are jam packed next to each other. Driving is terrible. There are all kinds of cheap vehicles driving fast and kind of crazy. At some places, there arent even any lanes to drive in. There were a bunch of taxis, street vendors and people. Also, we saw a military truck with 3 guys standing in the bed with jumbo guns, that was really eye opening as well,I really wanted a picture, but no go, haha. Everything in America is so much nicer. It was very eye opening to see what the other part of the world is like. The standard of life down here is so much less, but dont get me wrong, its a nice place too, and there are good people out there. All I was able to see of mexico was from the bus, and since then ive only been in the mtc. Right after this, Im going to the temple, well be able to go about three times in the mtc, i hope more in the mission field. I learned the elevation here is 7350 feet, so a lot more than Utah.
My companions...are pretty great. Right now there is Elder Loosle who is my companion, and also Elder Vea who joined our companionship. Then there is hermana Aden and hermana Masapua, and thats our whole district. The other 15 that flew with us is our zone, and there all going back to the states. Elder Lossle and hermana Aden are serving in Oaxca, and Elder Vea is serving in Vera Cruz. Hermana Masapua and I are both serving in Queretaro, so thats cool that someone else is going there too. Elder Vea is going to play football for Utah state and weve played basketball together every time, hes really good and athletic. Him and I get along really well, and weve all been able to bond really well and become really good friends. It feels like weve been here for about a month. Also, my companionship is a trio, which has its own challenges, but I like it. My p day is thursday, and they give us one hour for emails.
Each letter, I want to try and say something in Spanish without any help: Yo se que la iglesia de Jesucristo de los santos de los ultimos dias es verdad. El CCM es muy bien y la comida es muy bueno. Nuestro Padre Celestial es nuestro salvador y yo amo esto evangelio. Use google translate. My spanish is coming pretty good, and Im continually amazed at the endless miracles I see here.
Sorry for my typing, Im just trying to go fast so I can say everything I want, and the keyboard here is spánish...
Hasta luego!
From,
Elder Russon
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