This is the last time writing from the CCM! I can't even
believe it. I won't be able to write for two weeks, but the next time you
hear from me, I'll be in HONDURAS!! A third of the CCM left last week and
we only received 6 new Norte (American) Hermanas! We received 4 new districts of
Latinos and 20 of them are going to Honduras with me! I was so happy
when I got to meet all of them. It's a little intimidating being the only
Norte, but I feel privileged! We had splits on Sunday and I was with 2
Hermanas also going to San Pedro Sula. We were hugging and laughing the
whole time cause we were so excited. I love it!
Last Pday the CCM President took us to a park and a
market. It was a blast and I took a ton of pictures, but they took
our cameras away right when we got back, so I'll have to email them to you
when I'm in the field. The park we went to had a huge map of Guatemala
and every type of tree here in Guatemala. The market was crazy. Not as
crazy as the one in Mexico cause they gave us our space, but it was 3
stories and the bottom level had handmade baskets and pottery that was
way cool. The middle level was all food. Everyone was yelling and it was
a little crazy. There were pig heads and nice slabs of meat hanging out,
which I don't know how sanitary that is, but it was interesting. The top
level was all the clothes, shoes, and paintings. I could spend weeks
in there looking at everything, but I only got a headband cause I wanted
to wait until Honduras. After the market, we ate by a huge waterfall and
watched all the kids play with the pigeons. It was a glorious day. My
companion and I brought a Book of Mormon to give out so after lunch we
prayed to find someone who needed it. Right after we prayed, I noticed a
woman sitting by herself and she looked really sad. We went up to her
and I don't even know what I was saying, but it was in Spanish and she
understood everything. We explained the book and the promise that she
will receive an answer if she prayed about it. She said she wanted to
know more so we got her contact info and gave it to the missionaries in
her area. What a rush! I was so excited after and I realized I'm just going to be bearing my testimony for the next 17 months and its
a lot easier when I know this church is true. I LOVE THIS GOSPEL!
Last week our teacher told us we are going to have a
competition within our district. Every person starts out with 5 straws
and we have to speak Spanish for a whole week straight. Whenever you hear
someone else speaking English, you get to take one of their straws and the
person with the most straws at the end gets a jar of peanut butter and a
huge bar of chocolate. I wannna wiiiiin! haha. Everyone got super
competitive and claws came out. After the 3 day people were dropping
like flies and there were only 5 of us left. The funniest part is during
Deportes you can tell who is in my district because everyone is making weird
espanol noises cause no one knows the actual words. During volleyball, I
had my teacher teach me trash talk so now i know how to say, "You're the
scum between my toes and stuff''. A couple days ago they switched the
rules to companionships, so we have to work as a team now. Me and my
companion are dominating! We have 15 straws now and I can already taste
that peanut butter and chocolate!
Deportes has been switched to night times now so
everyone has a bunch of energy to let out, it's so hilarious. The other
night I was punch dancing and my name tag scratched up half of my face
so I look pretty cool. Sometimes the Elders in my district have
scripture battles and it gets pretty intense... only missionaries...
I picked up a new investigator and we teach
"missionary to missionary" 4 times a week. It's where we have to teach by
ourselves with another missionary in our zone for 25 minutes at a time.
It's a little harder without a companion, but my new investigator name is Kalvin who is pretty prepared and has a baptismal date for
August 30th. Pretty stoked. Haha I play an investigator named Joni
Sherman and she's dating a member of the church and wants to know more
about the gospel ;)
Last Sunday was awesome! Sundays are my favorite
because we get to watch movies and devotionals all day. We have two Relief Society meetings, a Sunday School meeting, a district meeting, Sacrament meeting and a couple Devotionals and movies. All of the meetings are
so awesome because everyone has such good comments and I feel so
uplifted. In Sacrament meeting I felt like I was going to be called on
to give a talk (solo espanol) and it turned out that I was. I
am grateful I was prepared! It was quite the rush though, felt like I
was going to pass out for a little bit. but it turned out well and the Spirit helped me out a lot!
My district sang at the devotional, the first
verse was just me and my companion trying to harmonize. I was a
little worried, but when the Spirit is there, it makes up for everything
else. I am grateful for the gift of the Holy Ghost and I love learning
about the different ways it specifically speaks to me. Without the Spirit, there's no use in being a missionary cause the Holy Ghost is what
converts the people.
We had an amazing devotional with Elder Bednar,
he explained the importance of doctrine, principles and applications. We
need to be focusing on the doctrine of Christ because that's what truly
changes the hearts of people. We learn a lot about how we can apply
principles to our lives. but we need to focus more on the doctrine and
principles.
It was another crazy week and I have learned so
much! I am constantly being uplifted and am so grateful to be here at
the CCM. I love the People, I love my teachers, I love the food and oh
man I love the weather here! I love all of you guys and the church is
true!
Love,
Hermana Sherman
My new mission home address is AP 1970 San Pedro Sula, Honduras CA. This is where you can send letters!
No comments:
Post a Comment