He safely arrived. :)
Saturday, November 19, 2016
The Mexico MTC (CCM)
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| I like how the clouds look in the morning. |
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| A Nacho Libre bike :D |
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| This guy was very serious about the way he bounced that ball off of the wall. :D |
The Last Days (of the CCM)
Well, I´ll be leaving the CCM at 3 tomorrow morning. It´s very bitter sweet.
Yesterday I said goodbye to all the incredible friends I've made in these last 6 weeks. Peru and Uruguay are lucky to have those missionaries. I've been blessed to have wonderful teachers too. It´s crazy how they were able to teach me so much while never speaking English. The Gift of Tongues is real!
I also got to see Randy and Hayden this week which was really cool. I´m so pumped to start teaching the people of Washington D.C. :)
I´m not sure when my next P-day is but until then!!
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| Last pic with my District |
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| Hermano Medina (my teacher) |
Friday, November 11, 2016
¡Semana seeeeis!
This week has been so fun! I can´t believe I´m leaving in just a few days. But I think I´m ready :) My companions say I talk in Spanish in my sleep so that must be a good sign :D
This week it rained pretty hard. One night I was running through puddles trying to get to the classroom cuz I forgot my umbrella. I took a corner too hard, slipped and just bit it! :D Some Latino Sisters ran up to me and asked if I was okay. In shock and pain I tried to ask "Did you see me fall?" but all that came out was "¿Ver me?" Which translates to "See me?" :D Luckily they understood and said yes, then kindly asked if this was my first week. With what little pride I could muster, laying on the wet ground in my suit after falling straight onto my back, I said "¡¡Semana seeeeeeis!!" (week six) Haha I hope I´m more ready for the field than I seemed to those sisters :D
I've grown very close to my district and we´re constantly laughing and making jokes, it´ll be hard to leave them. But the next time I write I´ll be in the capitol! Till then!
AMOR, ELDER BRUNSDALE
This week it rained pretty hard. One night I was running through puddles trying to get to the classroom cuz I forgot my umbrella. I took a corner too hard, slipped and just bit it! :D Some Latino Sisters ran up to me and asked if I was okay. In shock and pain I tried to ask "Did you see me fall?" but all that came out was "¿Ver me?" Which translates to "See me?" :D Luckily they understood and said yes, then kindly asked if this was my first week. With what little pride I could muster, laying on the wet ground in my suit after falling straight onto my back, I said "¡¡Semana seeeeeeis!!" (week six) Haha I hope I´m more ready for the field than I seemed to those sisters :D
I've grown very close to my district and we´re constantly laughing and making jokes, it´ll be hard to leave them. But the next time I write I´ll be in the capitol! Till then!
AMOR, ELDER BRUNSDALE
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| Love these people :) |
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| My Squad :) |
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| Gucci Maine (Elder Gutierrez) Cutting the Mane :D |
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| Cutting the hair. She actually did a really good job, I might add :D |
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| Our house |
Friday, November 4, 2016
My First Investigator!!
¡Hola! This week was a great week to be a missionary just like the rest :)
There´s something here called TLC every Saturday where members come in from wards in the area and pretend to be investigators. They speak no English and we have to find their needs and teach them. This last Saturday was our first TLC and right before it started our teacher came into our little room and told our companionship (at least I think this is what he said cuz, Spanish :D) "I need a huge favor from you guys, one of the members brought a real investigator and I need you guys to teach him. I have a lot of confidence in you, you can do it!" and then he left.. I was thinking "bruh....DO YOU SEE HOW WHITE I AM? I DON'T HABLO ESPAÑOL!"
The investigator came in and we began to try to get to know him a little. He knew absolutely nothing about the church so we had to start with the basics but the spirit was so incredibly strong! I only understood a little of what he was saying but it was enough. I bore my testimony and it just flowed with phrases I had never used before. The gift of tongues is real!! We didn't have an extra Book of Mormon with us so we just gave him one of our leather triples :D
It was an amazing experience. Send me to D.C. right now, I´m so pumped! :D
We also got to hear from 3 of the apostles this week. Two in film and one live. Elder Holland yelled at us and made us feel the spirit like crazy somehow :D
Halloween was fun! We've gotten more candy than any of us hoped :D
But yeah, pretty much just an amazing week! I love all of you!! You´re amazing, don´t forget to pray always. And remember that true joy is found in seeking the happiness of others :)
CON AMOR,
ELDER BRUNSDALE
There´s something here called TLC every Saturday where members come in from wards in the area and pretend to be investigators. They speak no English and we have to find their needs and teach them. This last Saturday was our first TLC and right before it started our teacher came into our little room and told our companionship (at least I think this is what he said cuz, Spanish :D) "I need a huge favor from you guys, one of the members brought a real investigator and I need you guys to teach him. I have a lot of confidence in you, you can do it!" and then he left.. I was thinking "bruh....DO YOU SEE HOW WHITE I AM? I DON'T HABLO ESPAÑOL!"
The investigator came in and we began to try to get to know him a little. He knew absolutely nothing about the church so we had to start with the basics but the spirit was so incredibly strong! I only understood a little of what he was saying but it was enough. I bore my testimony and it just flowed with phrases I had never used before. The gift of tongues is real!! We didn't have an extra Book of Mormon with us so we just gave him one of our leather triples :D
It was an amazing experience. Send me to D.C. right now, I´m so pumped! :D
We also got to hear from 3 of the apostles this week. Two in film and one live. Elder Holland yelled at us and made us feel the spirit like crazy somehow :D
Halloween was fun! We've gotten more candy than any of us hoped :D
But yeah, pretty much just an amazing week! I love all of you!! You´re amazing, don´t forget to pray always. And remember that true joy is found in seeking the happiness of others :)
CON AMOR,
ELDER BRUNSDALE
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| Me and my companions Elder Robinson and Elder Gutierrez |
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| Chillin' |
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| Dinner time! Lots of rice and beans. |
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| Me with Elder Brady. It's been fun to have him in my District. We are both from Tooele, but from Rival High Schools as you can see by our T-shirts. :) |
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Semana 4????
Hola! I can´t believe it's week 4!
This week freaking rocked and just flew by!! Yesterday as a district we had an English fast. For every word you spoke in english you had to do 5 pushups.. I´m a little bit sore today :D But its incredible how much I'm able to speak after just under a month! The gift of tongues is real!!
On Tuesdays the service project we´re assigned is to greet the incoming missionaries and show them the ropes! It's much better then scrubbing the lunchroom down like some districts do. haha
Everyone's parents in our district figured out how to send us Krispy Kreme donuts from a Krispy Kreme here in Mexico! So we´ve been feasting on more than the Gospel :D Really though, our district of 11 people probably got 60 plus donuts :D ME GUSTA.
This place is amazing. Even when Im getting a soccer ball to the face and bleeding profusely I somehow have the spirit burning inside me. :D
I love all of you! Remember that you can pray always! God is just waiting to bless us :)
AMOR,
ELDER BRUNSDALE
This week freaking rocked and just flew by!! Yesterday as a district we had an English fast. For every word you spoke in english you had to do 5 pushups.. I´m a little bit sore today :D But its incredible how much I'm able to speak after just under a month! The gift of tongues is real!!
On Tuesdays the service project we´re assigned is to greet the incoming missionaries and show them the ropes! It's much better then scrubbing the lunchroom down like some districts do. haha
Everyone's parents in our district figured out how to send us Krispy Kreme donuts from a Krispy Kreme here in Mexico! So we´ve been feasting on more than the Gospel :D Really though, our district of 11 people probably got 60 plus donuts :D ME GUSTA.
This place is amazing. Even when Im getting a soccer ball to the face and bleeding profusely I somehow have the spirit burning inside me. :D
I love all of you! Remember that you can pray always! God is just waiting to bless us :)
AMOR,
ELDER BRUNSDALE
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Llegar a ser un Mexicano
I can't believe its been 3 weeks, its flown by but at the same time feels like I've lived here for months.
It's such a thrill to be here and to be serving the Lord 24-7. I've truly felt his love and so many prayers have been answered. Remember that wherever you are and no matter how you feel you can ALWAYS pray.
The weather down here is just incredible. A nice cool 72 all the time. Miraculously, I haven't been bit by a mosquito yet which is funny because I've seen about a trillion of them. haha
I got assigned two new companions again so I've had 5 companions in 2 weeks. Good thing I'm used to 3rd wheeling. haha
I love my district and I know that I was meant to come to the CCM at this time so that I could be with these wonderful people.
I think one of my favorite things here besides the enchiladas and the service, is the cage soccer. I've never been a fan of soccer but maybe Mexico has rubbed off on me. I'm basically a full blown Mexican now.
LOVE ALL OF YOU
Till next week,
Elder Brunsdale
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| Squad |
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| I love to see the Temple |
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