Semana 26: The Life of a Missionary (in Mexico)
Act 1: Day of Hermana Nefertari's Baptism (daily planning session)
Me: (Sits down wearing a full suit coat, nice tie, and cleanly shaved)
My comp: (Sits down wearing a stained short sleeved shirt and no tie)
Me: What are you wearing?
My comp: What are YOU wearing?
Me: We have a baptism today we need to dress nicely
My comp: *nods head* Ah
*30 second awkward stare*
Me: So?
My comp: Now?
Me: Yes please
Hermana Nefertari
Act 2: The Stewy Call
Scene 1
Elder Rivera: Do you know how dance?
Me: No, I know how to twerk (obviously joking)
Elder Rivera: AH trabajar!! (To work)
Scene 2
Elder Rivera: Your American girl friends are so beautiful I want one.
Me: Okay?
Elder Rivera: I want to marry una chica gringa (white American girl). Yes, I want that green card.
Me: *crying laughing*
Elder Rivera: Will you find one for me?
Me: Yes I will try
Elder Rivera: Tell her that your district leader is so berry funny.
I bet you can't guess where I was immediately after eating this
Act 3: Sleepy Time
*prayer ends*
Me: Goodnight Elder
Elder Gregorio: Goodnight
*5 minutes pass*
Me(under my breath): I never really knew that she could dance like this
Elder Gregorio: She makes a man wanna speak Spanish
*realizing we just had a moment*
Both: COMO SE LLAMA!
Me: SI
Elder Gregorio: BONITA
Me:SI
Elder Gregorio: Shakira Shakira
*Karaoke night for 10 minutes featuring Shakira, Queen, and Enrique Iglesias*
Yert
*finishes my prayer* (yes I pray before I get the shower because I absolutely despise cold showers)
So I start showering and a couple minutes later I felt something fall on my shoulder and I'm like "huh I wonder what just landed on my shoulder". IT WAS A FREAKING MASSIVE SLUG THAT WAS ON THE CEILING. I slapped that thing to the side of the wall and I was like heck nah and I dipped out of the shower without washing my hair. There are too many bugs in this apartment, I then started brushing my teeth not noticing that there were like 20 ants on my toothbrush. Good times.
Who said my Comp was a human
Another life lesson by Elder Scown, be sure to practice your Spanish before getting a haircut because if you don't, you'll get a haircut like the one I just got. I look like a complete and utter doofus.
Comp unity= when you and your companion fall into a pothole at the same time because neither of you were paying attention
In Mexico they eat tortillas with literally EVERYTHING!
Chicken? Tortilla
Carne Asada? Tortilla
Beans? Tortilla
Spaghetti? Tortilla
Tortilla? Tortilla
Yeah I witnessed my old companion put a literal salad made of lettuce and mandarin oranges in a tortilla and eat it. I looked at him with the most disappointed face ever and said, "What on earth did you just do" and then the members dropped to the floor dying laughing.
My apartment in Martinez de La Torre
I had my first baptism this week! It was such an amazing experience. However, we had some technical difficulties with the font. The water wouldn't drain after we drenched the thing with soap and bleach to clean it out the day before the baptism. We filled it up and it looked like a literal bubble bath. So of course they pawn off the job to the white guy and his companion to clean out every. single. individual. bubble. from the font. But there was still a problem, there was still loads of bleach mixed into the water... let's just say that I am grateful we wear all white and that I wasn't the one baptizing her hahah! Hermana Nefertari's baptism was very special because she got married literally minutes before her baptism. But I wasn't allowed to go because I am "American" >:( It just goes to show how important this day was for her. She's the best!
I learned some pretty incredible life lessons this week about faith in the Lord and allowing his Spirit to take over. Yesterday, I was asked 10 minutes before church started to give a talk. Obviously when I heard the news I was like "ahhh this is going to be a mess" but I decided I was gonna send it up to Heavenly Father and speak from the heart. So I walked up to the pulpit not knowing what I was going to say. I shared a scripture and talked about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and how it has the power to change lives. It was the best Spanish I had ever spoken in my entire life. Eight minutes or so of perfect fluency, I was hitting every verb tense on point, and I didn't have to pause once to try and translate in my head. The words just came to me. It was a miracle and I was on top of the world. Several of the members told me that they only recalled one very noticeable mistake but besides that it was perfect. After Sacrament meeting, we went over to a members house and her sister was there. She isn't a member. We were asked if we could give her a blessing of health, and I was super nervous. I've never sealed the anointing in English let alone in Spanish. So I started to give the blessing and let me tell you, it was the worst Spanish I have ever spoken in my life. For the first minute I was stumbling over my sentences and didn't know what to say. After a few deep breaths I was able to get everything under control and finish the blessing strong. I was so disappointed in myself, I thought I blew it with a new potential family to teach. Luckily, the lady was grateful for it and they want to continue meeting with us. I went home, cried (hahah), and prayed to God why he gave me such a marvelous gift of tongues experience at church followed by the boofiest blessing on earth. The answer was pretty clear the second the words came out of my mouth... I was fighting the Spirit. I was so focused on the things I tried to memorize before the blessing rather than just letting the Spirit take over. There will be times where fear will block the beautiful promptings of the Holy Spirit, don't allow that to happen. Trust in the Lord and everything will be okay.
Love you all! Shoot me an email or Message on Messenger! Have a fantastic week!
Elder Nose Job
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