Aloha people,
This week has been absolutely great; it’s crazy that I’ve
been in the CCM for six weeks already. There’s a saying that you've probably
heard, that the days go slow but the months go fast. It’s so true. It’s amazing
how much my Spanish has progressed in six weeks. The gift of tongues is real if
you ask for it and have faith in Jesus Christ! This week my district finally
turned into seniors, and the new district that came in say we look so much
older than them, which is fun because that is the same way I felt about the
other districts. The only age that matters here is how long you’ve been in the
CCM.
Friday: Was a crappy day for me.
I dropped my watch while playing cage soccer, and it broke,
what a bummer. Then I was just in a bad mood for reasons. It’s amazing how
studying the scriptures and working on vocab words put me in a better mood. By
the end of the night I was as cheerful as always.
Saturday:
I made 400 note cards that day; I was pretty impressed with
myself. I memorized 77 in one day, all verbs which is helpful. Pretty average
day on the contrary.
Sunday: Sundays are my favorite, they are so spiritual and
awesome, the devotionals are great. Funny story, during sacrament my companion
had to give the prayer, and so in the middle of sacrament there was a moment of
silence, so he thought it was time to give the prayer, and since it was
testimony meeting no one stopped him, so he gave the prayer in the middle of
sacrament. He was pretty embarrassed; he ended up giving two prayers. I had my
first salad at the CCM and now I’m a salad guy!! For dinner we had salad,
coincidence I think not!!
For a devo we watched another talk of Elder Holland I always
love hearing from him. Sadly I didn't have my journal. That night we watched
three videos. The first was the Stonecutter, many of you have probably seen it
but I thought it was absolutely amazing. It was about a stone cutter named John
Moyle, and how he gave up everything for the church. He was called as a stone
cutter on the SLC temple. He lived in what is now alpine, and trekked 22 miles
every Monday to Salt Lake. He did this for twenty years. That year he lost his
leg when his cow kicked him. Within six months he was walking on a peg leg to
salt lake again. I was just in awe at his commitment and I want to be more like
him. In the movie they shared a quote. "This world consists of two kinds
of people, those who are acted upon and those who act for themselves," and
John was one to act. I want to be one to act. The next video was about Christ
and his miracles, there was one scene where an old merchant had dropped his pastries
and Christ helped him pick them up. I want to have the compassion of Christ and
to help others the way he helped people.
Monday and Tuesday:
Last week!!! Pretty average days. We took a District picture
and all wore blue, by my suggestion. Haha. I was studying in Mosiah and came
across this scripture in Mosiah 33. "But if ye will turn to the Lord with
full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all
diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and
pleasure, deliver you out of bondage."
I really love this scripture, because if you rely on the
lord he will deliver you out of bondage. Oh yeah that morning I had to teach
the lesson to the investigator by myself without my companion, it went ok. I
sang in the choir again, this time it was a men’s choir. I sang second tenor.
We sang brightly beams our father’s mercy. We sounded so good. I love being in
the choir. We were watching a devo from Provo, and during one of the songs I
saw Elder Smart, I thought he was supposed to come to Mexico. We heard from Elder
Nelson. He spoke about missionary work. Pretty good talk.
Wednesday:
This is our last day with our Spanish teacher Hermano Garza.
I’m going to miss him so much. He is getting married on Thursday: He inspired
me in so many ways. We took pictures with him and said good bye. We took a
test, and I did terrible. It doesn’t affect anything just who your companion is
going to be in the field.
Today:
We started the day off by going to the temple. It is a
really beautiful temple, too bad we can’t go in, it’s closed for the annual
cleaning. We went to the visitor’s center and took a tour pretty cool. It’s
crazy I’m leaving in like 5 days; we get to leave the CCM at 2:30 in the
morning on Monday. I’m really excited for the field but really nervous. I know
if i rely on the lord he will bless me. And if I study hard he will put words
in my mouth.
I’m going to miss my district so much. I have never gotten
so close to anyone in 6 weeks. They inspire me so much and I’m going to miss
all of them so much.
I know that if you are having trials in your life, you need
to turn to the lord in scripture study and prayer and rely on him, you can do
things you would never have done.
Love elder Pugmire
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