December 10, 2014
Well the end of the CCM is approaching; my spanish
is not where I want it but hey whatevs that is life. It will come if I
am diligent.
I am really going to miss my
district. I will especially miss the elders. The picture send was of all
the elders. Elder Secody is of the Navajo tribe. I love him to death.
We already have plans on doing a district reuninon after the mission at
lake powell and the Navajo reservation. He is going to the Arequipa
mission. His companion is elder Nelson. He is a quiet, yet very
intelligent young man. He was really fun to get to know. He is also
going to the Arequipa mission.
Then there are the two other
elders are heading off to Lima East which is basically where the CCM is.
There is Elder Gibson and Elder Shurtz. Elder Gibson has a people
personality and loves to learn new things. He is a MMA fighter and
before the mission he served in a Spanish branch for 2 years with his
dad in Alabama. He is cool but sometimes he is very annoying because he
likes attention.
Elder Shurtz on the other hand is so funny. He lives to make people laugh he thrives on happiness. He is from Arizona also.
Elder
Romrell is a nice guy. He is from Idaho and he played basketball for
his highschool team. He loves to exercise. It was funny because he went
for the behind the back pushup after doing over 150 pushups to show off.
And cracked his chin open. Today his got his stitches out and his is
good. Also yes he is going to Chiclayo.
So are the other 4 Hermanas in my district.
Personally I like all of my district. I tend to get along with people really well.
On
sunday I was able to bless the sacrament in spanish. That was really
nerve racking.. Trying to pronounce the prayer perfectly, but it was a
really great experience. Speaking of sundays I have found that I really
enjoy them. I cannot beleive how much I took them for granted while
being at home. I love all the classes. I feel like am learning so much
about the gospel.
I am also sang in the Christmas
choir for the CCMs annual christmas light ceremony. We sang silent
night. I was really cool because we actually sang in English this time.
There was a devotional with area general authorities and a lot of
mission presidents came. The talks were of course in Spanish, but I
really enjoyed it. They decorated the entire CCM with lights. After the
Devotional we mingled and drank hot chocolate.
Because my mission president was far away he didnt come. I am really excited to meet him though.
Well
thanks so much for the birthday wishes. It is weird not being woken up
to a birthday cake or icecream at home. Here you can give gifts and sing
when the MTC president isnt arround. I guess the dont like singing in
the comedor. But since it was P day my district sang right as we left
for the temple. I received 2 gifts from Latinos I just barely met. One
was a gospel art book which is actually going to be super useful, and
the other were some peruvian aji Lays chips. I am just happy to get to
write home and go to the temple though.
There was a new group of latinos and 8 of them are going to Chiclayo.
I am ready to get out into the field, but as you can guess I am a little nervous.
Love you a lot and miss you
Elder Joshua Leo Mecham
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