Final Week in the CCM

Well, this is it for my CCM experience! It's been great, but I'm SOO glad it's almost done! I leave here on Tuesday, and I'll head like 5 miles to the mission office! On a sad note, P-days are on Mondays in the field, so you won't hear from me for 11 days, so don't worry if you don't hear from me! Then I'll officially start proselyting full-time! Speaking of which, last Friday, we went on splits with Elders from my mission, and it was awesome! I was with an Elder from Brazil so Portuguese was his first language (I told him about Sophia), Spanish was his second, and he was in the process of learning English as a third. So we mostly communicated in Spanish, which was hard, but kind of fun! I can hardly believe I can communicate in another language now! 

So, for the splits we left from a chapel nearby and got on the metro (Jarrett would be proud) and rode for a while, and then we left the metro station, walked under a bridge, and through some streets to our first appointment. Have I mentioned the roads here are crazy? There are so many motorcycles, and the cars are constantly honking, haha, it's awesome! So, the first appointment, the person wasn't there, so we waited a few minutes and left (I've heard that happens a lot here) but the second appointment, we went and taught at someone's house. Let me tell you, it was very humbling to see some of the houses here. It was also very humbling to see how fast Spanish can be. I said the opening prayer, and my companion asked me to explain what covenants were, and the rest of the time, I just sat and tried to understand what was being said. I can't wait to understand more fully! We rode back to the metro in a taxi, and the backseat has three seats, but there were six of us back there! It was a little cramped, but fun! Then we rode the metro back and got to the CCM at 8:00. It was a fun day! I can't wait to do it all the time!

Well, that's it for the week! The next time I write, hopefully I'll have a few more stories for you! Love you all! ¡Vida es bien, Dios es mejor!

-Elder Anderson