Hey, mom and dad and everybody!!
I'm going to try to do something different this week and type this weekly update FIRST, before I read any of the emails that I'm staring at right now and SO wanting to open!! I want to get this out so I can have as much time as possible to respond to those emails. :) So this past week has been a great week in the CCM! We've been here for over three weeks now (which is CRAZY) and by now we're so used to our routine that we feel like the seasoned guys haha. The only other remaining district in our zone and branch left early Monday morning (there were two before us), and until yesterday our district (the nine of us) was the only one in the zone! BUT yesterday we received eight brand new missionaries as the newest district in our zone!! We have been super excited for that! It's so funny how excited you are when new missionaries get here hahaha. There are a few traditions that we're going to carry on from the districts that left before us -- namely, P-Day Eve and kickball on P-Day! We met most of the new elders and sisters last night and this morning, but tonight we're going to get together with them and play a get to know you game of some sort. Coming with the building up of the zone came new leadership! Elder Pugh and Elder Russell have been promoted to zone leaders (Elder Pugh was our former district leader), and I have been called as the new district leader!! I love leadership opportunities and I'm really grateful. :) District leaders have a lot of responsibility here and every week I'll have to have interviews with everyone in my district. It's going to be neat and I'll get to help everyone in my district as best as I can. I should be the district leader for these last three weeks!! Ok, ok, so what else has happened in the last week... On Friday, Elder Pugh and I auditioned to sing a duet of "Oracion de un Niño," or "A Child's Prayer," and it went so well and came out so nice that we are going to get to sing it for our very last Sunday night devotional here for the entire CCM!! I'm so excited for that! It's a beautiful song and, just like it, I know Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers. :) Sunday was our third Sunday in the CCM (also CRAZY) and we had Fast Sunday a week early since General Conference is this weekend! We had a fast and testimony meeting and although I wanted to bear my testimony, I wanted to give the district who was leaving as much time as possible to leave us with theirs. Our entire district sang "Oracion de un Niño" for them as a special musical number, and it turned out really nice. :) This week has been busy in class and we are learning more in every class. Some days have left me exhausted and I know that's because we are literally learning, speaking, and doing so much! Tuesday was a bit different. It was Elder Archibald's birthday! Since he's one of my companions, I wanted to try to make it special for him and I think he had a really awesome day. I got the other elders in my district up a little bit early and we sang a very loud happy birthday to him before he got out of bed haha. I got him some cookies and the other elders and sisters had, too, and we all signed a card for him. AND our teacher Hermano Salvador brought a cake for him! Even if it wasn't at home, I think it was a pretty awesome birthday for Elder Archibald! I'm going to get to celebrate mine in Chile! It won't be long!! Today I got to do one of the greatest things that I get to do during my time in the CCM and before I leave for Chile -- break outside the walls of the CCM and go to temple! Our district and a few others (41 of us) all crammed onto one of the CCM buses and traveled through Mexico City to the Mexico City, Mexico Temple! It's a beautiful temple and although it is closed for renovation, we had the opportunity to see it up close and tour through the brand new visitor's center! I took a lot of pictures and I'll send along a few today. Words can't describe it as well as the pictures can! I had an awesome time and you'll see how beautiful it is.
Ok, I must get going on to sending these pictures and reading these other emails! There's never enough time on P-Day!
I love you, my parents, and all of family and friends back home. I think about you all the time and you are always in my prayers -- and as a missionary, I pray a lot. :)
Mucho amor,
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