No profound intro this week, except that you keep Elder Graybill in your prayers. Thanks, and Enjoy.

 

Hey friends, just another week here in the CCM. This General Conference weekend was truly amazing. I would love to say I was able to stay awake for the whole time but I did fall asleep sitting in class a couple of times. My favorite talk had to be by Elder Cook in the Saturday afternoon session. The three points that stood out to me the most were, Don't sleep through this life (oops), not where you serve but how you serve, and church service takes humility. Those three things really stuck out to me. My mission here in Colombia is going to fly by. I have been out just under one month, so I need to make the most out of it as I can. Yes, Colombia is a cool place to be serving, but that does not matter. I could be in Montana, Brazil, California, Denmark, but the work is still the same. I am here to teach repentance and baptize converts. I need to give it my full effort all the time. And to tie the last point into my thought, HUMILITY. I need to humble myself before the Lord, and through him all things are possible. I will be able to learn the language, connect with the people and fulfill my call as a representative of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Presidente Hansen shared an interesting thought this past week. Me + Christ = More. I would like to challenge everybody this next week to try and come closer to our Savior. You can do this through prayer or even trying to be like Him. I promise that as you do this, your life will seem a little better than it did before.

Last Tuesday, we went to a Cathedral up on the mountain called Monseratte. It was built in the early 1600 and it is absolutely beautiful. The view of the city was astonishing, and the inside of it was pretty. Sadly I have been sick so I had to make a couple trips to the bathroom while I was up there which ended up costing me 1500 pesos. I bought a sweet Colombia national jersey and a cool Real Madrid jersey that is black and teal. I have two more weeks in the CCM and then I will be out in the real world. Which is scary because my Spanish is still trash. I can bear testimony, pray, and teach parts of lessons which will get me by for my first transfer or two. Anyways, I love all you guys keep up whatever you are doing in life because I bet it is something good. ​