Wow! These weeks are starting to fly by. Just over a week left here in the CCM before I finally get to hit the mission field and head off to Saltillo. I'm beyond excited to get out into the real world and see what I can do to help spread the Lord’s gospel to the people of Mexico!
Quick update from the surgeon real quick lol. It has been a pretty busy week, I made a bunch of ties skinnier, taught my companero how to do so, and then mastered the art of "knot switching" haha. So a little bit of background info before I explain what "knot switching" is... My main man from Tijuana Mexico, my Latino companero, Elder Florez, gave me a tie a couple of days ago! So I wanted to return the favor and hook my boy up with a sweet tie... but not just any tie! So I took a my pink floral tie and my blue floral tie, then I cut both of them about three fourths of the way up. Then I sewed the top of the blue tie to the bottom of the pink tie and the top of the pink to the blue. So now Elder Florez has a pink tie with a blue knot, and I've got the other half! Elder Florez was so excited when I showed him the tie, haha I wonder what project the surgeon will take on next, hmmm maybe a custom suit.
A little bit of gainz talk real quick haha because I've have already been talking about my Latino companero Elder Florez...anyways, Elder Florez loves to levintar pesas (lift weights) so he has been meeting Elder Taylor and I in the gym. We hit an arm workout a couple of days ago and he was so excited when I showed him a bunch of new workouts. When we were about done with our arm workout the other day he explained that he wanted to drink lots of protein and get really big. However, he said that protein is really expensive in Mexico so he never had the opportunity. Don't worry I pulled out my massive stash of protein bars and gave him some!
My lessons with all of my investigators right now have been going really good, however, none of them are real, except for Tony, the Construction worker here at the CCM that we gave a Book of Mormon to a couple of weeks ago. The last time that we talked with him last week he said that he had been reading it and that it was very good. When we talked with him this Monday we asked him if he had continued reading the Book of Mormon, and with a big smile on his face he explained that he had been reading the Book of Mormon and studying about Joseph Smith. We asked him if he had felt anything as he read and prayed about our message and the book of Mormon, and he had indeed felt the spirit! He had to get back to work. So we told him we would come find him again. We were able to talk with him again on Tuesday and since had said that he had been researching about Joseph Smith the last time that we talked, I knew that I need to share a brief message about Joseph Smith and the restoration. I asked Tony what he had read about Joseph Smith and he started to talk about the golden plates, so I started to give a little bit of back ground information about Joseph Smith. Then I felt prompted that I needed to recite the First Vision (good thing I memorized it last week). The Spirit was very powerful as I recited the first vision, and then my companero and I bore testimonies about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. After we left, we decided that we needed to talk to Tony at least one more time and see if he would like to have missionaries come to his house too continue teaching him. He just so happened to be working right in front of our house on Wednesday so we were able to talk with him again. We asked him if he would like to have the missionaries come and teach him and his family and he said yes with a big smile on his face! He gave us his phone number, and we are going to refer him to some missionaries in his area. This morning, Elder Atkin and I were walking back from breakfast, and we ran into Tony again. We started to talk to him, about the Book of Mormon and then I asked him what chapter he was in and to our surprise he stated that he was in Mosiah….which is pretty far considering that it has only been about two weeks since we gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon. The CCM is pretty big and there are different construction workers working all over different parts. I know for a fact, that it isn't a coincidence that we have ran into Tony a number of times over the past couple of weeks. I could truly see the light of Christ in Tony's eyes each and every time we have talked to him. Hopefully, we planted a seed, maybe even a root of a testimony, that other missionaries can nourish as Tony grows through and within the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Last week we had the opportunity to go through the Mexico City temple. The spirit was so strong, and I can’t wait to go again next week!
General conference is this week! Tuesday night, we watched a replay of a devotional that Elder Bednar gave a couple of years ago in the Provo MTC. Entitled "How To Watch General Conference." Elder Bednar talked about how he analyzes each talk from general conference so he can get the most out of each and every one of them. He explained that he breaks up each talk into three main parts: the doctrine, the invitation, and the promised blessings. I'm so excited for this Saturday and Sunday, I hear there is no better place to watch General Conference then in the MTC.
Much love,
Elder Ceb
My Latino Comp Elder Florez after the "knot switching" was complete!
Temple with Elder Brant!
Early Morning Gym Crew
District 13E after we played some volleyball with our Latino district.
The Latinos that report to Saltillo on the same day as us!
Elders Ceb, Florez, Taylor
My apprentice
Ceb and Atkin at Mexico City temple
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