Hey all! It´s been a great week
at the CCM! In fact, it's my last week!!!!! :) YAY!!!!!!!!!
I'll start with last Thursday. I
got sick, again. This time is was worse. I went to Hermana Gonzalez (CCM
President´s wife) and she gave me these magic pills that really work! So that
was great. Funny story... so Hna. Tangren is one of the hnas in my district. She
is terrified of spiders. So in her lesson she of course has a spider crawling
on her shoulder... Her companion tries to brush it off and whispers
"spider". Hna Tangren THROWS her books up in the air screams and
starts jumping up and down. Somehow they calmed down and their investigator
said the closing prayer. Apparently, he asked Heavenly Father to bless the Hnas
with their spider problem. After her lesson she sprinted out of the house,
screaming and ran into the bathroom. We all heard and ran out of our classroom
to see what was going on. It was hilarious!
Friday: we taught our new
investigator, Yennifer. She's 15 and in high school. She’s awesome! We've only
had one lesson with her buts she's cool.
Saturday: We started our fast
and because we started our fast we didn't have dinner. So instead of dinner we
sat in our district room and watched Mormon Messages about addiction recovery. It
was really cool to hear those stories and learn about people's lives. :) Hna Rivera (worked at the Mexico CCM with
G&G Hicken) is getting married and we saw her wedding invites. That was
cool. She’s best friends with our teacher so she's in there a lot.
Sunday: Fast Sunday. Our whole
district bore our testimonies. I love Sundays in the CCM! It’s so spiritually
enlightening! That night we listened to Elder Ballard and Oaks speak. They were
so awesome. They both talked about loving your investigators and listening to
the spirit. After the Devos we had a district testimony meeting. We talked
about our conversion stories and that was cool!
Monday: Today we took district pictures, we learned grammar
and how to teach people not lessons and then we watched Elder Scott’s funeral.
Wow, it was beautiful! I really started to miss Utah again!! Oh well. I love
how Elder Christofferson said that he was a man who could look up to God with a
pure conscious. After that, it was a normal day and I learned that the gift of
tongues is real. It is so real!! :)
Tuesday: a normal day in the CCM. We watched
another Devo and Elder Oaks spoke again. He talked about how the Plan of
Salvation should be central in our lessons and that we can receive
the companionship of the Holy Ghost everyday by partaking of the Sacrament. That
was cool!
Today: I LOVE THE TEMPLE!!! So, cool experience... we
were sitting in the Celestial room and I looked over and this sister was
sobbing. I had the distinct impression to go over and talk to her, so I did. She
is Latina and knows NO English. I knelt down next to her and said in Spanish
"Hermana, I know I don't know Spanish well but I know that Heavenly Father
wants me to tell you that He loves you. He is so proud of you, and He is
listening to you" she smiled and said thank you. I received such an
overwhelming feeling of love for her and I know that was Heavenly Father. And, I
was able to say it in Spanish. I've been on cloud nine since!! :) I love you
all! I can't wait to get out to the field! Spanish is going well and I’m
learning more every day.. Except I despise Subjunctive.... that's just a
terrible tense to try to learn... :) love ya!
- Hermana Hicken
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| Our District |
Sister Hicken, I really needed these words today. Thank you!
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