WEEK 5
What is up everyone! Id like to start off with saying I freaking love America and I wont ever forget the terrorist attacks that happened on this day 17 years ago. As a zone on the way to the temple this morning we sang America the Beautiful. Colombia and Uruguay are great countries but man do I love the good ole USA. But I hope yalls week was good! Mine sure was! Last week we had a surprise devotional with a general authority!! It was really awesome. It was Elder Held from the Seventy. He and his wife spoke to us! It was in spanish so sadly I couldn´t compelety understand everything but I for sure felt the spirit and it was great!
So last saturday we got to go out and proseltye in the bogota north mission!! It was the best day Ive had here so far. Me and my comp, elder Evans, got assigned to Elder Maldonado from Ecuador! He doesn't speak english but we could communicate fairly decent. He was awesome though. He had his hair halfway down his back in a braid! Haha he was really cool! He said the braid was a cultural thing from Ecuador so he was allowed to keep it. We had the opportunity to go to a baptism for a mother and her daughter! It was so cool so be able to see that. Myself, elder Evans and two other CCM missionaries we were with got up and sang for everyone there. They thought it was pretty funny four gringos were singing for them haha. Many took videos of us and it was really funny talking with them. After the baptism we got to teach a lesson to 3 young women about the Law of Chasity, haha that was a good experience for us to learn! But it really was the best day of the mission so far. I am so exicted because this coming monday us Uruguayan missionaries leave for the field!! I cant wait to get there!! I know I am going to get blown away with the spanish at first but I know Ill learn a lot quicker that way!!!
I just wanted to end this email with something my CCM president said to us the other day. He told a story of when he left for his spanish speaking mission and they had him take an aptitude test first. He failed the test dramatically. They told him it was literally impossible for him to learn the Spanish language, and that they were going to re-assign him to an english mission. Well President Hansen didnt like that so he said, 'give me one week and Ill show you what I can learn.' He became one of the best spanish speakers in his group at the MTC and became completely fluent and can say whatever he wants in the language. And after he told us this story he told us, "If you dont have the aptitude for it, have the attitude." That hit me like a truck. Spanish is very difficult to learn and Im far from the smartest kid here. But I know if we have the attitude to do anything in this life we can do it. Well Ill write yall next week once Im in Uruguay baby!!!!!
