Well this
second week here in the CCM has flown by compared to my first week! This week
was great! Life is good here in Bogota! The MTC is nice. Next week
I'll be able to send pics. We just have classes all day every day from after
breakfast until 9:00 pm. The food here is actually pretty good. That
first email I sent I had just had a bad experience with it but we get rice and
meat every day and its usually pretty good. There's obviously some food that is
pretty bad but for the most part, I'm pretty happy with it. A couple days ago we had the chance to go out into the city
of Bogota. My companion and I went with an older missionary already out
in the field. We went with an Elder from Peru! He didn't speak any English so
it was difficult to communicate with him and the people at times but through
the gift of tongues we were able to do so! We didn't knock doors, but we had
a couple lessons planned. Some fell through but some we got to go teach. We
also just street contacted about 25 people. A lot of people would at least
listen to our message but then about 5 or 6 wanted to hear more! A cool
experience was right at the beginning when we were in the taxi. I leaned over
to my older companion and told him he should preach to the driver because I
felt the spirit tell me so. It turns out the driver was interested! He
took a Book of Mormon and we got his number! Now I don't know if he will ever
be converted but I am thankful that the spirit deemed me worthy to speak to. We get
to go out to proselyte again in 3 weeks and
by then my Spanish will be way better! Teaching and testifying to and praying with the people out in
Bogota in the Spanish language was such an awesome experience! It was
honestly the most spiritual experience. I got to bear my testimony multiple
times. One time to this girl that was about to get baptized. The older
missionary with us told me after how good my Spanish was and that he was
amazed. I have seriously learned that the gift of tongues is real. At times
here, I feel like Ammon and that I just can't stop giving thanks to my God. I have found such happiness here as a missionary. I think
there is just something about serving our Heavenly Father that will do that to
ya! A really cool thing that an Elder here said that I loved was,
"Obedience brings blessings, exact obedience brings miracles!" I love
it, I know if we each show exact obedience in our lives to our Heavenly
Father's commandments, we can see miracles in our lives. I am so thankful for
this opportunity to be a missionary and I cannot wait to get out into the
field! I miss you all! Adios!
