Dear Fam and Friends,
The CCM (Say-say emay) is a neat
place. The weather is temperate and sunny in the morning and afternoons, and
then in the evenings, it pours and we have massive thunderstorms. 'Tis the
rainy season.
My Compañera is Hermana Ellis. She
is one fly servant of the Lord. I'm really lucky/blessed to have been paired
with her. God knew no one else would put up with my bizznizz all the time.
She's a cosmetologist and went to UVU. She lived in Carriage Cove, with is
right next to Branbury! Small world. She is super fun and we even get each
other's movie quotes.
Hermana Ellis and I are the only
Hermanas in our district. The other eight Elders are doofs. We have a lot of
fun and sometimes not a lot of studying on accident. :]
The first few days at the CCM were.
The. Worst. We were constantly late and always in the wrong spot and also none
of the workers here speak English because of Mexico. On the very first day,
some of the sisters in our casa said that this first day as missionaries was
better than Christmas. I was like," :| no." I had
the "Forget yourself and go to work" quote read to me over 600 times.
I also might die of old age here at the CCM because it feels like an eternity
or two has passed.
But that's okay because it's a fast
and VERY STEEP learning curve. Hermana Ellis and I taught our first
investigator on Thursday, and gave the lesson entirely in Spanish. His name is
Allen. Here are some lesson highlights from the past week:
Us: Hermano Allen, will you follow
the example of Jesus Christ and be baptised by someone who poses the proper
priesthood Authority from God?
Allen: Si
Us: We will be holding a baptismal
service September 12. Will you prepa-
Allen: Tres Semanas?? (Three weeks?)
No. I'm not ready that soon.
Us: Hermano Allen, we know you can
be ready in three weeks, but this is you baptism, and it's important for you to
be comfortable with your date. Will you pray to know what date is right for
you?
Allen: Si. June 30.
Us:......... Will you pray to know
what day is right for you?
Allen. Si. it is June 30
Us: :] okay Allen.
Allen: Can I have a party after my
baptism?
Us: Si, if you want, there can be a
little celebration.
Allen: Good, because I want there to
be music, and food, and my friends, and cerveza (beer)...
Us: ......... :|
Allen: Not in the church, of course
Hermanas. That wouldn't be appropriate.
Us: ..... We will talk about
preparing for your baptism in our next lesson.
What a bless-ed hermano.
The food here is muy terrible. It
has destroyed my insides. ....I have been betrayed by food... Also, I may have
a worm. Some lucky people get them here at the CCM. If I do, it's name is
Enchillada.
The work is hard, and sometimes
sweaty, but I have hope things can get better as we keep going.
I sure miss y'all and also pasta and
a little bit the internet and also Sweet, Sweet, Free Country USA, but this is
an altogether different kind of adventure, and it's probably gonna be good.
Thanks to everyone for the support
and for the letters, it makes our day when we get them.
See ya never.
-Hermana Baer
[I'm sending this letter without
pics but will send as soon as I can... sorry]
Thanks for all the letters!
I think. Our District Leaders say we
have them, but they never bring them to us because they forget them in their
rooms, so that's a wee bit frustrating.
They said they just had to read
through them real quick, and then they'd let us know which ones were worth
reading.
Just kidding.
probably.
I'll send more goodies soon.
-Hermana Baer
[responding to Mom’s letter]
Please note, i would send more
photos, but We can only use our cameras on P-days. :( Sorry. Also, maybe find
out what kind of cord the other black camera just like mine has, because
apparently it is different from the ones I brought and so I can't upload
photos. :] Sorry. I'm trying to borrow another Elder's, but you know how Elders
are.....
OH YEAH. I would love it if you
could send some photos of the family. Apparently, we needed them. oops.
We are on our way to the temple
today at noon, which should take the rest of the day. Prayin' for yall all the
time.
[later]
Okay, the elders left and I won't be
able to upload photos.
Just know that I look even more pale
and tired in mexico.
[responding
to Dad]
Thanks, Padre.
I love hearing familiar voices when
I read. I don't know that I need the slippers, but maybe I might need a camera
cord. This camera has a super tiny cord spot, and it doesn't match what I
aspected... sooooo I'm gonna be borrowing one of the Elder's until I can't.
heh.
Hermana Ellis, my Compañera es muy
great. We haven't had any problems yet, except that sometimes always and every
single time we are 15-30 minutes late. One time, I was really upset because we
were so late to a meal that everything had already been cleaned up, so we
foraged for some stuff, but then it still took 10 minutes to eat and then we
were exceptionally late to class and I was cheesed. I. HATE. BEING. LATE.
oops. I mashed my palms on the
keyboard in rage and sent without finishing.
Anyways, I hate being late, but I
love Hermana Ellis? I'm used to low maintenance living and making
personal decisions to skip or give things up in order to be on time, but
Hermana Ellis is not worried about that. She said in Highschool she was always
an hour or more late and I said. "I believe it." We are working
hard to set goals to be on time. But she really is really cool. Also
beautiful.
Thanks for your letter. It was good to hear from ya. I dig the SOS things.
Bye forever.
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