Elder Daybell and his District. Max was recently called as the District Leader
I am here to report on
my 3rd week in the CCM.
Tuesday: My day of
culture shock. We actually went outside the CCM to the market which was
awesome! And we got Wendy's which was a bendicione (blessing)At the market I
bought a guatemala soccer jersey and some small knickknacks. The market was
more colorful than anything I have ever imagined. One interesting thing about
the guatemalans is they love Minions from despicable me! There are tons of
small toys and shirts with the minions on them. I may have to buy one in the
field. As we drove back from the market we passed the poorest spot in the city
and it was just a hillside of shacks stacked on top of each other, I was filled
with a lot of sadness when I saw that but I know that they may not have all the
things of the world, but they do have the full love of God as does each and
every one of us.
Wednesday: We hit the
books hard and got 2 new roommates. One of our roommates is from Bolivia and
the other from Salvador. They both have quite the backstory with one of them
being a gangster in the drug cartel and the other inactive for 6 of the 3 years
he was a member. They are an example to me of how anyone can change and God
will always love you the same. One of them said (in spanish and I understood it
by the way, the gift of tongues is real) That because of all Christ has done
for him he sees his mission as his debt owed to Christ because of His
Atonement. That roommate is 26 by the way. They are both great at helping us
with our Language practice and just laugh if we don't understand.
Thursday: We had a
great day of learning the language and working hard this day. We had our lesson
with our investigador Gilda. She's tough because she never does what we commit
her to do but the lesson went great!
Friday: We had a ton
of success with our investigador Gabriel this day. He always said no to taking
the book of Mormon or even praying the way we do, but we taught him about the
plan of salvation and how he could live with his Mom again and he gratefully
accepted and was eager to read this time and he almost said yes to baptism
after thinking about it for 2 minutes!
Saturday and Sunday:
Some of my favorite days so far because of the General conference. Conference
was amazing and all the talks I felt I could apply to me. Funny how amazing
these talks are filled with the spirit and you can apply to your life if you
stay awake :) My favorite talk was Elder Hollands talk because I have seen a
lot of poor here and am so excited to serve these people and give them all that
I have, which the best thing being the complete gospel of Jesus Christ on this
earth. Yo tengo un tesimonio que la iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos De Los
Ultimos Dias contanas la cumplir del evangelio de Jesucristo y que todos
personas pueden vivir con Dios y Cristo ultro ves.
Monday: We got right
back to work but it was a little longer because we were all a little anxious to
write our Families. I had a nice conversation in Spanish with a Latino named
Elder Santos and it was crazy to see how much I could communicate with someone
only 3 weeks after starting to learn the language. I know where he is from, his
mission his plans after his mission and the fact that he has a girlfriend
serving in the same country he will be serving in. I thought it was amazing
that I could say so much and understand so much only 3 weeks in! Its funny
hearing the Latinos try to copy our English but i'm sure that is how we sound
speaking Spanish! haha.
I love you all and I
miss you all too! But I know I have been called of a prophet of God to serve
these people and I already love the Guatemalans so much and I haven't even been
out of the CCM. I love you all and I testify that I know that God loves you all
more than I possibly could.
Love, Elder Daybell
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