HOLA!,
Week one down in the CCM and only 5 more to go! this week was seriously
amazing! I love the people, the meals, the teachers, the classes, and everything
else! We are pretty much always in classes or at a meal so it gets long
sometimes and i am very tired by the end of the day but I have been learning a
lot! Its beautiful here in Guatemala! the landscape flying over was gorgeous!
its like a sea of green with tons of big crater looking areas with houses packed
on top of them! all the way to the edge before the drop offs! the mtc is super
nice, i like it a lot! When I got here i didn't have the right immunization forms
so I had to get a shot and that wasn't fun haha i have to get tetanus on Thursday
as well cause its only valid for 5 years here. Not looking forward to that haha!
On the first day the let us nap after we interviewed with the president and then
we jumped right into Spanish! it has been really hard but as i work even harder
i have seen the lords hand in helping me learn the language! I have the
missionary purpose, the invitation to be baptized, descent prayers, and my
testimony down! I can teach the basics of the doctrine of Christ, repentance,
baptism, etc and I can talk a little bit about the b.o.m. pretty well! ( story
to come soon about that) We have to sit with the Latinos here that stay for 2
weeks at all the meals and we arent aloud to speak English so that has been
pretty fun}! i got to know a few elders pretty well but they all just left this
morning! we get new ones tomorrow, about 80 of them!! We play sports from 7-8 in
the mornings and its pretty fun, volleyball and basketball! there's also a pretty
nice gym! I saw my friend from college here and it was pretty funny! It was nice
to see a familiar face! she isn't in my district but we spend a lot of time with
them on Sundays so I have had a chance to talk to her a little. I love my
companion and my entire district Q the guys are awesome and my companion is Elder
Brooks! he is from Washington! hes really cool, we get along well! Every week we
have to have a talk and a lesson prepared for church! i didnt have to speak
though so i was relieved haha! and i didn't have to teach in the district meeting
either! i will this week though! I am getting better at the language every day
and I cant wait to see what I will be doing at the end of the 6 weeks! My comp
and I had to teach a progressing investigator twice this week and the first
lesson went really well.. the second one though was really bad haha it was embarrassing! luckily it isn't a real investigator. the days of the week are all
pretty similar, wake up get ready eat and study, ALL DAY! but Sunday and today
were really nice! Sunday I didn't understand a whole lot but could feel that the
spirit was strong! it was nice to listen and try to understand what pwople were
saying but not have to worry about replying! Today was really really awesome! we
woke up earlier than normal and went to the temple! the temple in Guatemala is
beautiful! then we came back had breakfast and prepared for our city tour! that
was really fu! we got to see the city and walk around the marketplace and buy
stuff if we wanted, but i didn't buy anything but a cool pen! then, and heres
where my story comes in.. We had to go in the plaza and give out book of Mormons!! We are the only district to ever do that in the first week of being
here! it was really crazy! My companion and I handed out three, and got two
peoples phone number and addresses! We sat down next to them and told them we
were missionaries and asked if we could share with them a message about Jesus
Christ! and they all said sure! it was awesome! then we talked about the book
and testified to them that WE knew it was a true book and it was the word of
god! oh yea and all of this is in Spanish!! After one week I am able to talk
with people and teach a simple lesson about the book of Mormon and the
principles of the gospel! I had a really great experience doing some real
missionary work and I couldn't believe how well I was speaking the language! we
walked away from our first lesson and I told my companion, ¨wow the spirit just
taught a good lesson because I definitely do not know that much Spanish!! The
gift of tongues is seriously real! I have seen sooo much help from the lord in
my efforts and I am happy! I am out of time but that is pretty much all that
happened this week! the highlight was definitely teaching the lessons to the
people!
Thanks for reading!
Yo se qué la iglesia de Jesucristo de los santos de los ultimos dias es
verdadera! Yo se qué El Libro de Mormon es vaerdadero y es la palabra de Dios!
Se qué la iglesia y el libro de Mormon pidiendo traer muchos bendiciones para
nosotros! Se qué Thomás S. Monson es una profeta de Dios! Yo estoy agradecido
por la oportunidad a servir mi misión!
I love my mission and I can not wait to get out of the CCM and teach people
for real like I was able to today!!
Adiós! thanks for reading!
Love,
Elder Beck
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