Thursday, July 18, 2019

Week 3: Chokis

Hola Familia y Amigos!!!

Hope all is well! Its been a short time since I emailed last but ya know thats how the Mexico MTC Be sometimes!! Anyways all is doing great here. We are just working hard, doing the same thing over and over again. Learning a ton of spanish. Elder Doman and I have been continuing to give lessons to our teachers and it has been awesome to see our growth. Gift of Tongues is real here people and its been so crazy to see how comfortable I have been able to get with the language. Still have a long looooong way to go but in just three short weeks I have been able to learn so much. Crazy stuff. 

At the tienda here in the Mexico CCM there are Mexican cookies called Chokis. They are like Chips a hoy on steroids and we are like addicted to them. Every week at the tienda Elders get 100 pesos to spend and hermanas get 120 (ridiculous I know) and we probably blow roughly 80-100% of it on Chokis. We've gotten to the point were we will bet each other a sleeve of Chokis if we can memorize a verse or speak in spanish for a whole day. Its been a good time. Get your hands on a sleeve of Chokis if you have the opportunity, it'll change your life. 

On a slightly more spiritual note, we watched a video about obedience in a devotional last sunday and they showed a talk which included a story about surfers who were upset about a barrier in the sea that was blocking them from surfing the bigger waves. However, after further examination of the barrier with binoculars they were able to see that the barrier was blocking hungry sharks from entering the beach and keeping everyone safe. The line that was impactful for me was when he said, "Don't be too critical of the barrier, its the only thing keeping from being devoured". Sometimes I look at some of these mission rules we have and think we are pointless or unimportant and sometimes we can look at the commandments the Lord has set and feel the same way. But I promise that these "barriers" are protecting us from far greater threats that we can't see with the naked eye.

I love you all, hope you're doing so great, continue to email me with pictures because I love seeing how your lives are doing!!

Hasta Miercoles!
Elder Anderson

1. Chokissssssssssss
 
2. Aloe Water Mexico Editionnnnnn
 
3. All of the Chokis we bought today
 
4. A mural in the Joseph Smith building that was cool
 
 

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