Teach the SHEEEPS

Aloooooha all you potatoes! 

This week was bomb cuz we had the spirit with us as we taught! It was nuuuuuuuuts. Me and my companeras have been having a really hard time teaching in unity and our Espanol is not so hot either - this week I have had a prayer every night and every morning that we can have a lesson where the spirit would be really strong. When we were teaching our TRC investigator, we taught a lesson about Families - we talked to her about the Family Proclamation. She is recently married, from Mexico, and was raised in a family with only her mom. She opened up in the lesson and talked to us about her family and how hard it was to have only her mom raise her - her dad had made some bad decisions. We bore some powerful as testimonies about families and how the Gospel blesses families. She then said she loves hearing our messages because the Mormon Church provides this way for families to live together forever and provides these specific ways for families to be happy together here on Earth! How freaking dope is that! It was one of the coolest things I've been a part of since I've been here at the CCM. We love her so much. It was crazy to see how God answers prayers so directly sometimes - pretty much a miracle. 

Valentines Day in the CCM was funner than you would think. Our district made valentines for everyone in our zone and for our teachers and it was grand. M. Russell Ballard also got to come talk to us that day and said some great things on how to be a positive missionary. 

Hermana Saari, one of the Hermanas in my district, has a story for every word. Not even a joke right here - you give her any word, she has a story about it, whether it's about camels or kids throwing up while taking the ACT. It is a bomb time with her let me tell you jajajaja we have trouble going to bed on time because she makes us all laugh so hard. We were in a zone meeting together (She is one of the Zone STL's and I'm a district STL) and one of our old haole leaders said "babysit" but he said it with a lisp so the "sit" part had a little "sh" sound to it and we just straight up DIED in our seats right there. The CCM is a place where you laugh at every little thing I swear. 

Here's some of my favorite quotes from this week:

"The spirit is like a burning in your bosom - that's why my pecs are so sore!" -Elder Morgan

"Ho ho ho...yo soy Santa Claus" -Elder Clarke

"Alright clothes, let's go shower!" -Hermana Saari

This week has been great. It's hard to be here, but once I find the time to just go nuts with my district we have tons of fun. Some of our leaders tell us still that this isn't about fun, but it for totes mcchickens is about fun. Teaching the gospel is fun and learning is way divertido and my goodness, the CCM is a place where if you get a song stuck in your head it stays there for DAYYYYYZZZZZ

Also, guess who I saw at the temple! SALA WITH ORANGES!!!!!

Hope everyone has a mean week! Stay happy! Lots of love,

Hermana Elkington