So my first week in the CCM has been quite eventful.
The
first day was probably the craziest 9 hours of my life. So I show up
and am immediately introduced to my host and hug goodbye and walk toward
the main building. In the main building I am directed to a room where I
received my name badge and some miscellaneous items. I am then taken to
another building (the bookstore) and am given like 4000 pounds of books
in this bag that I am supposed to carry around. After i get my books I
go and drop off my luggage in my and am immediately taken to my class.
As
soon as I get into the class my teacher (Who I know know as hermanna
C.) Looks at me and starts speaking Spanish to me! What am I
supposed to do, I had no idea. the other guys just looked at me and said
follow her. So I was guided to a computer to watch some orientation
video. I then return to class and we begin our first lesson. I had no
idea what she was saying almost the entire time!
After
class my district is led to a big auditorium and we have our welcoming
devotional. After the devotional is over we have dinner. (If you can
call it food) And then we go back to our rooms and begin to unpack. At
about 5:30 we meet in rooms with the other newbies and are supposed to
have our first "lesson" with an investigator as a big group.
After
we are finished with these lessons we went to meet our Branch
President, President D. and his wife. They are so nice! Sister
D. reminds me a lot of Mom. She just doesn't seem to care about what
others think!
The rest of the week has been
good. Conference was absolutely amazing and I loved every minute of it,
other than the fact that the chairs were so uncomfortable. My Favorite
talk was by Elder Carlos A. Godoy. He spoke on the process of making
good decisions.
My companion is Elder J., from Murray/Taylorsville. He literally lives like 2 miles away
from where I do/did live. He is so much fun and we seem to get along
fairly well. He kind of reminds me of Andrew. Very similar
attitudes and views on life. It is starting to drive me nuts having to
be with someone 24/7. I look forward everyday to the time I have for
personal study because it gives me an opportunity to focus on myself and
just to clear my head.
So that is about all
for my first week of the mission. Looking back it went by so fast, but
seemed so slow all at the same time.
Love you all, and I am Absolutely loving serving the Lord!!!
Con Mas Amor,
Elder Mason Millar
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