¡Hola! I am sorry if you sent me a message or email this
week on Monday (the day that is typically pday when you are on a mission) I am
not ignoring you! I just had to wait till today which is apparently the pday
for the training center (that i currently reside at)! Anyway... Wow it's been
over a week since I left the small amazing city of Medford Oregon and arrived
in the hectic massive and beautiful city of Mexico Mexico City. Words can not
describe the awww I had as it took 30 minutes to fly from one end of Mexico
City to the other end of Mexico City! IT'S SO BIG! After arriving at México
City my district and I with every other newb missionary were shipped to the CCM
which is the México Spanish Training Center. Although we are locked inside this
training center... It is amazing. We have everything here! Everything from
Frisbee Golf to table tennis. But I have mainly found on the volleyball courts
my new found passion for a sport. Also it has some stunning sunrises! (I'll
have some pictures below). The Spanish Training here is intense but amazing! I
have learned so much and I really have the gift of tongues to thank for that
haha! I could go on and on about the fantastic CCM but I would hate to bore you
with my first letter!
On the
first day of arriving at the CCM, Elder Bess, one of the missionaries in my 12
person district, made a funny joke of our whole district buzzing our heads and
having buzz cuts. What started out as a joke turned into someone pulling out
clippers and started buzzing everyone's hair in our laundry room (fear not we
made sure this was not against missionary standards). It took some convincing
to get the last few elders to join in but we got them. So we all have buzzed
hair. Obviously all other 800 missionaries in the CCM took notice and thought
we were all quite bold. Our district is 5b but we developed the nickname
District 5 Buzzed. And the only thing I can compare to what happened next is
the Minions trend. Something that we didn't expect or deserve to blow up but
absolutely did. Soon buzz cuts started to take over districts. One by one
conquering luxuries locks of hair! Now almost half of all the Elders in the CCM
have buzz cuts in all its magnificent glory! It's so funny and great! People
always come up to us for advice about the buzz so what can I say we are buzz
cut celebrities in the CCM HAHA!
Although
the buzz cuts are funny, the sports are fun, and the people are awesome,
nothing compares to the feeling of the Spirit in the CCM! It's constant and I
love it! There are so many thoughts I would love to share but I'm going to
settle with one of my favorite thoughts of these past two weeks (that I feel is
appropriate to share over an email). In Alma 26 verse 12 it says "Yea, I
know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast
of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things;
yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we
will praise his name forever."! This chapter in the Book Of Mormon has
quickly become an Elder Bennion classic! I read this verse after feeling like
someone had taken credit for an idea I had. I was frustrated that I hadn't
received the praise of others and that I didn't get the recognition I thought I
deserved. After I read this verse it put everything into perspective for me. I
felt the Spirit testify to me that it all doesn't matter! Because guess what...
in all things is Christ! and although I may have felt I came up with the idea,
it was inevitably from Christ's promptings and blessings. It was a great
reminder that everything I have right now and everything I will have in the
future comes from Christ. I need to more often stop boasting about myself and
boast more about God. It didn't matter that someone else shared that idea, in
the end God's message was shared! And that is all that matters!
My
District got to visit and go inside the Mexico Mexico City temple today!
It is the biggest temple outside the US and it's BEAUTIFUL! It was such an
amazing and spiritually uplifting opportunity! Definitely look up some fun
facts about the temple because it has so many cool historical stories! I'll
share some more photos from the trip next week!
God
loves each and everyone of you on this email list! If you have made it this far
in this email, I applaud you and invite you to kneel down tonight and ask God
what he desires of you and what your purpose needs to be this week. Although I
wear a tag as a missionary, every single one of us is capable of being a
missionary of good! With the capability to share love and compassion! I know
with Christ he can magnify your strengths and use them to bless others lives.
Choose to share good things this week and to be kind to those you pass, that
stuff matters more than you will ever know!
Lastly,
quick shout out to my companion Elder Christofferson he's a homy and a giant of
a man spiritually and physically!
I miss
and love all of you! Have a great week and enjoy these photos! PLEASE WRITE ME!
I LOVE HEARING FROM YOU GUYS! Or text me on Facebook messenger! Those messages
mean so much to me! If I ever forget to respond, please know it was not on
purpose!
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