I cannot believe it is already time to email my family! I love you all SO SO much. and I LOVE being a missionary. i feel so blessed.
So I have so many thoughts and things i want to share! my hands are shaking so bad right not , this is so surreal. aaaanyway, ill start at the beginning. SO my flight was good, i was alone on the first flight to LAX, and i expect to see other missionaries once i got to my gate to leave for Mexico City...but there wasnt haha. So i just said a little prayer and got on the plane. Flying over mexico was super cool. Brooke told me to look out the window and look over the country that you will be serving in, so i did & i was in tears. I was overwhelmed with the spirit, on a little plane flying into mexico city. I know that i am supposed to be here. So once i got to the airport i was certain that i would find other missionaries..but again i was the only one. I made it through customs and everything totally fine! But after that i had no idea where to go haha but after just standing there for like 5 minutes, i saw the smallest mexican man running towards me, yelling "Hermana! Hermana!" so i was all good. Driving in mexico city is INSANE. the lord must protect his missionaries, because idk how we go to the CCM alive, but we did. Turns out i was the last missionary to arrive! So when i got there, around 7 it was already devortional time. So that was an awesome start!
The CCM is sooooo beautiful, it reminds me of BYU hawaii. it is heavenly and the spirit is so string here. I would seriously think i was in heaven if it werent for constant cannon, gunshots, fireworks, siren and everything beyond "the wall". hahah seriously mexican love to party. apparently there are so many saint in the catholic church, there is a birthday everyday! haha mexicans love to find something to celebrate. The cannons or fireworks (not sure what they really are) scare me everytime.
We taught our fist investigator on the 2nd day! her name is Nora (shes actually just our teacher) but her story is awesome and i love teacher her. The spirit is so so string when we teach. but i have noticed the difference, as we have taught her throughout these 2 weeks, that it makes when you are not prepares or dont have the spirit with you. So i am trying to always stay focused to be able to feel of el espiritu santo.
My companion! hermana cooper is from Spanish Fork utah & she is awesome. Super focused and always keeps me on track. our differences really help eachother, because if i had someone who likes to talk as much as i do, we would never get anything done. doesnt surprise me that no one could find her on social media, she isnt that type. which i actually really like. she is awesome and I feel so blessed to have her as my companion! My district is AWESOME. i seriously love them. we are a family...we argue and are not focused sometimes, but i have felt the spirit so strongly during our nightly testimony meetings. Every singlee person has a place and makes a difference in how our district goes. 9 of us are going to veracruz and 1 is going to jalapa! So we will all be together for our whole missions :) I love them!! one of the eldersm elder kaye..is literally Sam Cagle is a darker, shorter version. so we get along really well. we are always laughing (and working)
The food here is okay! not like aaaamazing, but i love it. I kinda get teary eyed when there isnt rice and beans hahah i loveeee them, but dont always like the effects of eating so many beans..lol welcome to mexico herana farrow. So on sunday, Hermana Cooper and I got called as the sister traning leaders over our zone! that was awesome and i am happy that i feel like i have responsiblity, it keeps me in line. kinda awkward cause some of the girls in our zone have been here for 3-4 weeks and it was our first week..but its okay! I get to tech reliefe society next sunday so that will be awesome. i hope haha
you guys. this church is SO TRUE. God is our loving heavenly father and has given us this gospel so we can return to him! The gospel is simple and wonderful. I love getting to feel of the spirit everyday, almost all day. These 2 weeks have been difficult at times..BUT every single time i feel like quitting, giving up, thinking negitevly or whatever the case...i am ALWAYS blessed with peace. Peace that God is aware, Jesucristo is my Savior and knows perfectlty how i feel and that the spirit is my constant companion. I have felt the love of my Heavenly father SO much. I have NOT CRIED ONCE CAUSE I WAS SAD. which is HUGE FOR ME. and that is a serious answer to prayers. i cry all the time because i feel the spirit so strong but thats a happy thing. Spanish is coming along, El don de lenguas is real! (gift of tongues) I have seen in work through my companion many times as we teach. Sometimes im just staring at her wondering what the crap she is saying cause we didnt learn any of it!! hahah is awesome. I am working really hard and i know that as i am diligent, i will be blessed.
I AM SO SO SO HAPPY. i have never ever felt this kind of happpiness. It has been only 10 days, but i am so happy to be a missionary and that the lord trusts me to shared his gospel. We are going to the temple today at 12 and i know that that will be a huge blessing for me. I love this gospel and i love my savior. OH also THE BOOK OF MORMON IS SO EPIC. who knew ;) hehe seriously i read it alllllll day.
There is no time for me to really think about life at home and my family , but when i do..i feel SO BLESSED! thinking of my family and friends is a HUGE motivation. it keeps me pressing foward. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO WROTE ME!! especially through dear elder. if you dont know how to do it, ASK MY MOM. it is seriosuly the best thing ever getting letters printed out and handed to you during random times of the day. its like christmas! SO please continue. I have gotten all of them and they have helped me SO much!
I LOVE MY FAMILY SO MUCH!!!!! i am SO SO thankful for every sinlge word of advice and every sinlge prayer. I feel them. I am already so changed. The atonment is working through me and i am changing into the person and the missionary that god needs me to be. I love you all so much. Thank you for every letter, prayer, thought, advice, and help that you have showed me! TE AMO MUCHO!! I will write next friday!
HAPPY BIRHTDAY to Brittany and grandma moon!!!! i hope you guys had the best day. Besos from mexico!
-hermana farrow
