I'm Loving It Here!!

Hola mi Familia y amigos! This has been a really long week, the first two days here seemed like they would never end, but each day is becoming shorter and shorter. I don't know where to start with this email because so much has happened. I'm loving it here, I love learning Spanish and this amazing gospel. My district and companion are exactly what I need right now, everyone is so funny and spiritual in their own ways. My companion, Elder Nelson, is muy chistoso (funny), and we are so similar so it's made my first few weeks just such a treat. My roommates elder loftus and elder Koger (who looks like elvis) are the best, we goof around as hard as missionaries can in the night time before our 10:30pm light shut off. A stomach virus has been spreading in the CCM this week and so many people have it, I think I got it last night from elder Loftus so hopefully that doesn't carry on for too long. It's not the cafeteria food either, the cafeteria food is actually kinda bussing ngl, we had tamales for breakfast once so that was fun. Spanish is coming along slowly but I think I'm at a good pace thus far, as me and elder Nelson are learning how to create phrases. We have created silly 19 year old phrases that make us giggle. Our schedule is pretty full all the time so it's tiring but it is what it is. 

We have had like 4 devotionals this week and they have been great! Each one had its own spiritual takeaways and they were so spirit filled. The spirit in the CCM is like none other and I've loved it! The peace that comes through the spirit is something I haven't felt as strong in my life as I have now, and I never want to part with it, as it's such a guide in my life! I hope you all strive to keep the spirit in your lives. One scripture I really enjoyed from a devotional and felt prompted to share is Jeremiah 20:9, a backstory to this verse is that Jeremiah was thrown in jail, after he got out he was mad with God for having been thrown into jail. After that he went and sat by a tree to sulke after some time these words came to his mind, it reads, " Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.", I just love this verse so much because I feel like it applies to me so much! I know the words of God and I know the joy and peace that comes through it, and I know I can "not stay", I need to spread this message to those that God has prepared for me, I can "not stay". I love this gospel, I love Jesus Christ and his great atonement that can save all if we come unto him. Remember that Jesus loves you and he always will.

Elder Hill