Hey Everyone!

I am on my day 8 in surviving the CCM! I am truly LOVING it here! Everybody says "Hola!"
here to everybody! "or !avor" "Gra"ias" and "#e Nada"! I mean you have to be $olite i! you
are a G%INGO and have no "lue &hat you are saying! 'e don(t "all it the M)C here but the
CCM! I !orget &hat it stands !or * * * OH 'ELL! +ut it is !un, hard, "ra-y and s$iritual! )he
.$anish language is really hard even a!ter ta/ing my !ive years o! .$anish0 ho&ever, the Lord is
ma/ing all the di!!eren"e* I had to memori-e &ithin 8 days ")he Missionary ur$ose",
"+a$tismal Invitation" and Moroni 1234! I honestly am ama-ed that I did it! )he goal is to learn
bet&een 42251222 vo"ab &ords in si6 &ee/s &hi"h is about 72 a day! I have not memori-ed that
many a day in my entire li!e! )hey are $ushing hard be"ause they have to but I li/e the
"hallenge! 8lso &e have given three lessons, in .$anish, to our "investigator" * * * the !irst one
&e don(t tal/ about, but the $ast t&o have been o/* I am starting to $ray in .$anish no& as mu"h
as I "an &ith * * * in short I am s$ea/ing !luent .$english but mostly english !or no&!
My "om$anion is Hermana 9o&ler !rom .outh Carolina! .he is 1: and I "ould not have as/ed
!or a better "om$anion &hile being here in the M)C! I am so +LE..E#! )here are 17
missionaries in my distri"t &ith si6 o! us going to the ;tah rovo Mission! In the $i"ture !rom
le!t to right3 Elder +anner, Elder Mur$hy, Elder ./inner, Elder Christensen, Elder ."hillen <#L=,
Elder .helton, Me, Hermana 9o&ler, Hermana %i"/s, Hermana 9illet, Hermana .auni, and
Hermana %a$o-a* I am rooming &ith Hermana %a$o-a and Hermana %i"/s along &ith my
"om$anion in our room, in a house* I have the +E.) #I.)%IC) too! )hey are all >ust so
8'E.OME! I LOVE )HE.E MI..ION8%IE.! Elder ./inner and Elder Christensen are going
to the ;tah rovo Mission along &ith Hermana 9o&ler, Hermana %i"/s, Hermana %a$o-a and
me! 9or those &ho have been in the 9indlay 'ard !or a long time, i! you remember the Evans,
&ell I arrived here at the same time &ith Hermana Moore is &ho is Emily Evans daughter! <she
is the Hermana &ith the $in/ shirt on in a sel!ie $i"ture &ith me= 'hat a "oin/5e5din/! Oh the
little "onne"tions! 8lso I am related to the CCM $resident be"ause he is related to arley * ratt!
8'E.OME!
In 8 days I have learned and gro&n so mu"h more than at any other 8 days in my li!e and I /no&
I have so many more to "ome! I am #E9INI)EL? not "oming out o! the CCM the same $erson I
&as "oming in! 9or sure! I &as able to listen to General Con!eren"e in english and I too/ about
@@ $ages o! notes in my small noteboo/! I /no&, I am %I#IC;LO;.! +ut here are some o! the
Auotes and other valuable advi"e I have ta/en to heart these $ast 8 days!
1= In order to be the best missionary I "an be I must be my !irst "onvert* 'hatever I as/ o! my
investigators, Heavenly 9ather &ants !or me* ra"ti"e &hat you $rea"h* 5Be!!rey %* Holland
7= +e humble, &or/ hard, and the Lord &ill ma/e 8LL the di!!eren"e*
C= Line u$on line, $re"e$t u$on $re"e$t * * * by small and sim$le things are great things brought
to $ass*
@= )he Lord &ants my &ea/nesses no& &hile I am in the CCM, not my strengths*
4= He &ants us to "hoose to rely on Him, and go to &or/ so He "an ma/e something o! us* 5#*
)odd Christo!!erson
D= I! you do your $art, light &ill "ome and it &ill be glorious! 5 #ieter 9* ;"htdor!
E= <he gave a story about ho& he met a sister missionary &ho &as hard on hersel!= He as/ed &hy
are you so hard on yoursel!F .he res$onded3 .o no one "an beat me to it* * * 8"/no&ledge and
!a"e your &ea/nesses, do not allo& them to immobili-e you! <this is &hat I needed be"ause I am
hard on mysel! and I &rote, .)O +E8)ING ?O;%.EL9 ;!= 5Borg Glingbat
8= Our &or/ is about love, not statisti"s* 5Be!!rey %* Holland
:= #uring His &al/, He e6$erien"ed &hat &e e6$erien"e, $aths o! disa$$ointment, tem$tation,
$ain * * * as His servants &e "annot e6$e"t anything less than &hat the .avior endured, &e may
endure sorro&, but &e "an have G%E8) BO?! 5)homas .* Monson
12= 'e &ant to give intuitively to others that &hi"h heals our $ain <a/a the gos$el= 5#avid 8*
+ednar
11= <)uesday CCM #evotional= )he only &ay you &ill /no& the di!!eren"e bet&een ins$iration,
revelation, or thoughts, is to 8C)! B;.) 8C)!
17= ?ou "an /no& the di!!eren"e bet&een good !eelings and the .$irit tal/ing to you is by
re"ogni-ing that the .$irit &ants you to "hange* 5Elder Christensen <in my distri"t=
1C= <this very last $ie"e o! advi"e goes out to my dad be"ause until no& I "ould have made u$ all
the e6"uses in the &orld as to &hy I am not learning my .$anish !ast or &ell enough instead I
thin/ o! &hat he has told me the $ast 71 years o! my li!e*= EHC;.E #OE. NO) %EL8CE
E%9O%M8NCE! I(m gonna ma/e you $roud #addy!
.orry I /no& that &as 8 LONG e5mail but totally ne"essary sin"e this is my !irst &ee/ and oh
&o& it has been !un! Heavenly 9ather is so 'ON#E%9;L! I LOVE )HI. GO.EL! +ring on
&ee/ t&o in the CCM! I LOVE ?O; 8LL! .tay strong and /ee$ the !aith!
Con 8mor,
Hermana %a"/ley