August 14, 2013 - Week One - CCM

August 14, 2013

I'm SO HAPPY to hear about the kids!!!! I miss them!!!! We sang If The Savior Stood Beside Me in Relief Society on Sunday and it made me feel so close to home, since we've been singing that song every Sunday in Primary with the kids!!!!!

I eat at 5:00 too!!!!!!! AWESOME!!!! SO COOL!!!! And I loved the way you told about the boys liking it or not! It sounded like a kid story and I could just see the whole conversation at the table in my head!!!! I LOVE YA'LL- reading your letters is just making me beam!!!!!!!

So the food normally would not be what I'd be able to eat, but I remembered the Setting Apart Blessing said that I'd be able to adjust to the food here, so I put my Faith in God after the first few days had been giving me trouble and now I'm adjusted and it's all delicious and I'm LOVING it!!!! Although it's not like eating at Cafe Rio every night, we have tons of American and pasta dishes too!!!! And they give us GIANT portions!!! So glad for work out time!!! The exercise makes me feel good!!!! I miss walking up the Canyon with you though!!!

I've been seeing the clock at 17 A LOT!!!! And every time call it out!!! Mi Districto thinks I'm crazy, but fun and they all love me anyway!!! A good substitute if I can't have you guys right here!!!! Wish I could!!! MISS YOU LOVE YOU!!!! Think of you as often as I can!!!!!!!!!!! All the time!!!!!!!! Everything reminds me of you!!!!! We're so busy and it's good, The Lord is helping me SO MUCH to learn to focus better!!!!!!!!!! He is teaching the language to my Heart and I am SO GRATEFUL!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE The Lord!!!! Thank you for raising me so well to be able to Serve Him so diligently with all my Heart, Might, Mind and Strength!!!!!!! I'M SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR ABOSLUTELY EVERYTHING, MORE THAN WORDS EVEN ME AS A WRITER COULD PHRASE JUSTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Richard last night at the MTC devotional (we watched live) pronounced a blessing upon all Missionaries Called to learn a language to be able to receive the Gift of Tongues according to their Fe (Faith) and acting on that Faith!!!! So just practice, speak with people, don't worry about feeling stupid or anything, they'll be happy you're trying to learn!!!!! It brings me close to you to know you're learning Español too!!!! even when I'm far!!!! Honestly it doesn't seem too far!!!!! I miss you, but it hasn't caused a problem at all!!!! I know I'm where I need to be, and all though I'd LOVE nothing more to be at home with you and ya'll I'm being completely sustained by The Lord and I am doing GREAT!!!!! I couldn't ask for more, although I'm sure I will be when I pray tonight, because well that's just what happens when you pray, you end up asking for lots of Blessings!!! Haha!!!!

My towels work great!!! I'm adjusting well! The water is not nearly as good as Canyon, but it's clean by Central American standards, so that is GREAT!!!!!

HERMANA TARAH RAY SHERROD!!!!!

OH! AND I GET TO GO TO THE TEMPLE IN A FEW HOURS!!!!!! SO EXCITED!!!! WE'LL BE GOING ON WEDNESDAYS I BELIEVE, THAT'S MY PDAY!!!

Just so you know, vendors come and I bought some awesome leather scripture cases!!!!!! So cool!!!! I'll send you pics sometime if I can!!!! I'll be able to do more once I'm out of the CCM I think!!! Anyway, ALL IS WELL!!!!! Oh and Come, Come Ye Saints, is TOTALLY Himno numero 17, by the way!!!!!!! Isn't The Lord perfecto y merciful!!!!!! Holy cow, the Church is TRUE!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!