Almost Done!

Happy (Almost) Valentines day everybody!

Wish I had more to report this week, but this week has been quite routine at best.

To those who have known me for an extended period of time, know that I can get quite legendary end of January beginning of February colds. I thought I had escaped this year, only to just have it pushed back a couple of weeks. So that has been fun. But I do have to say, I am not sure what exactly they put in the medicine here in Mexico, but I do know, everything gets really fun about an hour after you take it! Haha

We did have the dedication on Sunday. It was absolutely amazing. I got to sing in the choir, which was an amazing experience. We had Bishop Davis from the presiding bishopric, President Christensen from the presidency of the seventy, and Elder Oaks. It was amazing to hear all they had to say, and it was one of those meetings that I just felt like everything was meant for me. I loved one thing from Elder Oaks in particular. He was talking about the purpose of a dedication, and how it is meant literally to set apart for a purpose. He then talked about how in a dedicatory prayer there are two purposes, to sanctify and consecrate, and to evoke blessings. To me it really made me think about if I am fully dedicating myself. I think we can all take the challenge to fully dedicate ourselves more in our lives, no matter what we are doing. (And cheesy missionary moment over. Thank you for indulging me.)

Other than that, distrito 10B left this week, making us the Father District in the zone. I don't feel like I have been here long enough for that, but I am starting to get all of my travel information for leaving, so it looks like whether I like it or not, they are kicking me out of here in about a week and a half. It is crazy how time flies!

Hermana Eyre and I started a new tradition this week. We call it "And on Wednesdays, we wear PINK!" Props to anyone who catches that movie reference. Of course we didn't think to document this in any way. Oh well! It was still a lot of fun! All of the girls from our zone were all decked out yesterday.

This week I learned that true joy lies in tamales for breakfast, and enchiladas for lunch. Especially when they had told you they ran out, and then about two minutes later, our favorite person in the whole world (Noé) comes out with two plates of them for Hermana Eyre and I. It made my day.

Probably the best dinner yet at the CCM. Curly fries. (Okay so there might have been other stuff, but our table just kept going back for more fries. It was like manna in the wilderness.)

You might be from Utah when.... You make your own fry sauce at the comedor. (However, props to the Elders for actually making some pretty decent fry sauce.)

I am currently accompanying some girls who are singing for next weeks devotional, so it has been really nice to be able to take some time every day to sit down and play the piano, even if it is just for a few minutes. I love the break from the routine, and love getting to just sit down and play. It is so much fun!

I wish I had a lot of pictures to make up for the lack of real news this week, but why would things be that easy? There are some from volleyball last P-Day, and the beauty here. Then some other just random shenanigans. Next week will be my last P-Day at the CCM, so hopefully there will be a whole lot more to report. 

Volleyball! The group

  Hermana Hill serving

Tingey just being Tingey

Love you all, and talk to you next week!

Casual. 10B girls modeling.

This is what we call a Castidad Slap. Elder Cook thought Elder Warburton was being too flirty, so he slapped him. (I wish I had more explanation, but I think trying to look into it any further would put far too much substance and validation to this picture.)

Dennett's "Sermon on the Mount" 

He talked for 36 minutes about hunting while we all just sat there and listened. I wish I could say this was a rare occasion.