Feliz ano nuevo!! Week 2

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone was safe and had fun, the Latinos know how to party every day of the year and especially on New Year's Eve, it was so loud that night. One thing I have learned in the MTC is that every day is basically the same: we wake up at the same time every day, breakfast is at the same time, class is at the same time, and so on. But the biggest thing that separates one day from the next is the spirit. Some cool things that happened this week. 

Bradyn and Elder Black with Elders from their zone.

We have an Elder in our district who has been very homesick, it's really bad, and so we decided one night that we were going to do a district fast for him and pray for him, that he would be able to feel peace and love from his family, us, and Heavenly Father. And so as we fasted we kept him in our hearts, the next day after the fast he looked so good, we asked him how he felt and he said he was still homesick but nothing like it had been the last week. So amazing what fasting and prayer can do. 

Sunday, me and Elder Black got asked by the zone leaders if we would teach the priesthood lesson, need I remind you that this is only my second week, and of course, you can't say no. Lessons are not bad at all unless they are in Spanish. I spent so long praying and thinking of how I wanted to take the lesson. We got our lesson finished and on Sunday we presented it and it went really well! We didn't know a lot but the spirit definitely taught most all of that lesson. 

Bradyn and Elder Black

Our teachers are our investigators right now and so Elder Black and I were teaching one of our teachers just the first meeting, not even the first lesson, and it was so good. We went into it not knowing how she was going to introduce herself, as we started teaching the lesson it just rolled and was so smooth. I don't remember all of what we were talking about but by the end, our teacher was crying and so guess what I started doing.... crying, it was such a great lesson and all in Spanish. I love my teachers and am super thankful for them. 

First haircut at the CCM.

Last night we had a devotional and it was sooooo good. Our Mission President talked about a phrase. "Do it the Lord's way", keep that thought in your mind throughout the week and you'll find that it makes it easier to make the right decision. He also challenged us to read through our Patriarcle Blessing again, read it one day and when you read it that one day get a paper and at the top of it write "I Am's", look for everything in it that God tells you that you are and be that! Then a couple days later, read through it again and on a separate paper look for the "To Do's". As he talked about Patriarcle blessings he called them our Doctrine and Covenants 139. Because our Patriarcle blessings are like scripture but specifically to you! I hope that made a little sense. 

Gracias por todos las oraciones, el amor, y el apoyo. Te amo mucho!

Elder Black and Bradyn.

Bradyn and his district having breakfast.