Transfer 1, week 3: Elder Cook's devotional

This week has been so great!

Elder Cook came to visit. He taught us three things to do to be great missionaries.

1. Be Ward or Branch builders (As my mom always says, "leave a place better than you found it", this is the message that Elder Cook left with us.)

2. You are the message (as you walk down the street those you pass should feel something)

3. Focus spiritual power on teaching and planning and seek always to have the spirit with you

These are all such great points that I need to work on and focus on while I am serving my mission.

I had the opportunity to play the piano for an Apostle of the Lord. The closing hymn of the night was "We Thank Thee, Oh God, For a Prophet." As I sat playing this great hymn, the spirit bore witness to me that Elder Cook is an Apostle of the Lord and that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God and that God loves all of his children and shows his love for us by calling prophets and apostles to lead and guide us. It was such a powerful experience for me.

This week, we had an amazing lesson with our "investigator" Ivan. We answered questions about baptism that he had from our previous lesson that were holding him back from committing to baptism and then he expressed that he is addicted to alcohol and smoking cigarets but that he wants to change. We immediatly flipped the lesson around to Word of Wisdom (D&C 89) and overcoming weaknesses (Ether 12:27). We invited him again to be baptized and he immediatly accepted. It was such an amazing experience and I learned so much about teaching by the Spirit. Ivan was actually one of my favorite teachers here at the CCM, but sadly his schedule was changed and he will no longer be our teacher. I'm going to miss him so much.

I can hardly believe that I only have 2 more weeks here in the CCM. Time seems to have flown. I wish I could stay here forever but I also can't wait to enter the mission field officially. I know that my Spanish is not very good just yet and I will struggle to understand people and speak to those I meet, but I have faith that the Lord will bless me to be able to share my testimony.

The B on the hill behind the CCM stand for Baptism. I love this view.

Fun fact about Mexico, they have Dora the Explorer, but she teaches the children English instead of Spnaish.

I hope you all have a great week!

Lot's of love,

Hermana Yungfleisch

View from the Mexico City CCM