Yesterday i hit my 1 month mark?? i am SO confused at how time has gone so fast here. it is crazy. I have 1 week left here at the CCM. I havent gotten my flight plans yet, but i will probably early next week. Im so excited/terrified to enter the field. Part of me just wanta to hurry up and teach, but the other half is nervous to leave the comforts here at the CCM. This place feels like home. I havent realllllly gotten sick of it, but it does get repetive. I am trying to cherish every moment though. Last Sunday i was able to sing at the devotional, i sang "Grand Eres Tu" which is how great thou art. An elder from my zone, Elder Marspini played for me. he is like jacob clingo haha so it was awesome. The spirit was amazing and it felt so good to sing again. it was a good reminder that "bailey" is still somewhere in there haha.
before i forget to let you know: My p-day will be on WEDNESDAY next week, so make note of that!
okay SO this week seriously went by SO fast. All the days blur together and it is hard to remember everything. but it was still another amazing, inspiring week.
On tuesday, Bonnie Oscarson, the general young womens president of the church came here to Mexico City to speak to us! Her devotional was amazing. She talked about how to Lord lets us struggle, to let us grow! Which i felt applied perfectly to my experience here in the CCM. I have been challenged, but i always see growth after. its "after the trial of you faith" that you recieve the blessing. The spirit sister oscarson brought was amazing. She also talked about an experience she had, inattending how the general authorities assign mission calls. She got to witness Elder Holland search and receive revelation of where to serve. During this story i wasovercome by the spirit, telling me that my call is so inspired. Veracruz is where i am supposed to serve. I feel so so blessed to be able to be on a mission and soon have to opportunity to serve the people of Veracruz. overcome
This week i was able to recite the "first vision" in spanish, memoried, in a lesson. Other people could do it way before me, but i memorize things slow and it was amazing to feel the power of that experience and share it in a lesson. Even though our lessons are just with our "fake investiators" they feel real. I cry, feel the spirit and testify just as if they are real people looking for the truth. It is my favorite thing we do here at the CCM.
I wish i could put into words how grateful I am to be a missionary, to be a daughter of God and to have a loving Savior. I feel blessed to be so close to the spirit and receive answer through its power. It is real, when wepraywith true intent, our prayers will be answered. I testify of this, and i know it is the truth because i see it every single day. Anything is possible though the power of god and the savior.
Today it is a very cold day in Mexico City, and i love it! This is our first Normal pday, because we were either traveling to the temple or immigration. so it is a nice break to relax and prepare for the next week. I got to watercolor today and that made me so happy.
My spanish is coming along! it is challenging but is really fun to learn. We had a lesson yesterady with our investigator Suzette..we taught the plan of salvation and it was good, but after i felt like i wasnt able to speak as well as i wanted to. i just have so much to say bit so little spanish. BUT when i shared how i was feeling with my companion, she said "hermana farrow...you spoke the best i have ever heard you speak, you sounded fluent."
I shared this experience not to make myself sound good, but to testify of the power and reality of the gift of tongues! I didnt even notice or understand that I was not talking in the lesson, it was the spirit. I had no idea what i said but apparetnly it made sense. SO that was a tender mercy. Something i learn about the gift of tongues is that, we FIRST have to learn the material, so that the spirit can bring it to our rememberance. So i am trying to learn as much as i can and be focused on learning spanish.
Sorry if this letter is kinda crazy and all over the place! lots of thoughts in this brain of mine
but I am happy family. Thank you for every letter i love them and i love everysingle one of you. ALSO MOM THANK YOU FOR THE PACKAGE. heaven knows i was in DESPERATE need of some Dr. Pepper. anyway, wish me luck on my last week here. and remember that my P-day next week is on wednesday!! I love you all and i pray for you every day.
be good and read the scriptures
love,
Hermana Farrow
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