Just about done with my last week in the CCM! Can’t wait to get into the mission field, so I can start serving the people of Saltillo Mexico.
The surgeon has been pretty busy this week. I have finally perfected the art of making ties skinner! When I performed my first surgery on Elder Atkin's tie a couple of weeks ago the front of the tie looked perfect, however, the back looked like it had been stitched up by a two-year-old…haha. My last couple of surgeries have gone perfect, and since I have managed to hide the stitching, so it is almost impossible to tell the ties have been altered.
The Latinos that arrive in Saltillo the same day as us have been in the CCM for just over two weeks. It's been great to get to know them, I hope I get to serve with them. They all have a goal to learn English while they serve. One of the Elders pretends like he doesn’t know English and he refers to himself as a gringo all day. Then he says he is from Provo Utah haha. One of the other elders has been trying to learn how to read, so when I got a letter from my brother this week about his football game... He read it aloud in English and had me translate the words for him!
My Latino Comp Elder Flores left the CCM this week! He is going to do great things in Santa Cruz. Can’t wait to chill with him when he comes and visits Utah!
This week Elder Atkin and I were a part of a little trio with Elder Thacker. He was in the same Latino district as Elder Flores, but they all left a day before him so he was supposed to have two missionaries come pick him up at reception at two in the morning after he dropped his old companion off to head to the airport. His new companions never came so he had to sleep on the reception floor haha. He told us about his little adventure when we were at breakfast, and since he was still companionless Elder Atkin and I adopted him. He taught himself Spanish as he worked in the fields in Oregon, he is basically fluent so I still find it hard to believe he isn’t a Latino lol.
Elder Atkin and I were able to talk to Tony (the Construction worker at the CCM) a couple of times this week. He said that he went over to the LDS chapel that is across the street from the CCM and watched conference with his uncle! The hardest part of leaving the CCM has got to be that I won’t be able to watch Tony progress anymore as he reads the Book of Mormon. However, we gave his phone number to some missionary outside the CCM so he should be able to receive all of the lessons soon!
I'm so glad we had the opportunity to hear from our General Authorities this last weekend! I got so much out of each and every talk. Today we get to go to the Mexico City Temple again. I had such a great experience that last time we went, I'm excited to go again this afternoon!
Hope everyone has a great week! Much love!
- Elder Ceb
With Elder Florez and Tyler the Creator
Adios Elder Flores! (That's the tie I made him last week)
With Elder Thacker
The first tie the surgeon operated on vs. one of the more recent ones
Birthday boy Elder Atkin!
Cebollero, Atkin & Taylor
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