Transfer 1, week 3: No blisters!

I'm pretty much recovered from my cold. It was pretty bad the first week I was here but nowhere near as bad as what mom had. I tried to play it down with my companions so that it wouldn't prevent us from learning and doing the work. They told me this week that they didn't even realize I had a cold. I used a lot of Kleenex and my saline bottle was a huge blessing. I also took a lot of Mucinex. After the blessing I received from my Elders the Monday we were here it all turned around. I still cough sometimes but nowhere near as badly.

I exercise every day. They have exercise bikes, ellipticals, medicine balls and weights. We play volleyball a lot. I'm learning how to shoot baskets for basketball. I play soccer sometimes with Elder Mitchell and Elder Wride but it's mostly just passing the ball around and trying to do cool tricks. I rode almost 8 miles earlier this week on one of the exercise bikes. I felt so good afterwards.

I have an amazing thing to tell you! I have seen a miracle. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY BLISTERS THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE! Even wearing the shoes that gave me blisters the day before I left on my mission I know that it's all because of the blessing you gave me the day I left on my mission. You blessed me that my feet would be strong and they have. My feet have cramped up three times twice during gym time and once in my casa but that's the extent of my feet issues.

The food is pretty decent. I will say I have been craving some Cafe Rio and Taco bell. For lunch today I had Chicken in molé sauce and they serve hot corn tortillas with almost every meal so I have perfected the art of making lots of little street tacos. Andrew would probably love it. Before I came on my mission, I hated corn tortillas, now though I eat them every day. I will say that they're not very good at removing fat from meat and that is something that you would hate. I think the food at the Provo MTC might be better but I can't really complain. I have probably gained weight here but not very much. I eat a salad with almost every meal and I drink a lot of water. When I say a lot of water it means I try to drink at least 3 or 4 of my insulated water bottles a day. I had one day when I'm pretty sure I drank 8 or 9.

My Spanish is coming along pretty well. I still can't communicate everything that I want to but I know that that will come with time.

My daily self assessment is ok. I don't do it every day and I don't write in my journal every day because we don't get back to our apartment until 9:40 or 45 every night and then we sit and talk about how we can improve and how the day has gone and funny things that have happened and then we read for 20 minutes in Spanish as a companionship and then we get ready for bed and say companionship prayer and then maybe sneak in 5 minutes for journal writing. Nights are pretty crazy for us.

I'm trying to email you the some of my journal pages.

Susan played piano for Elder Cook's devotional at the Mexico City MTC this week

Susan played the piano for a devotional by Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles today in the CCM!  One of her two companions, Sister Asplund, conducted the music.

We'll have to wait until next Thursday, on her P-day, to find out how it went.

Go Susan!

Transfer 1, week 2: Hermana Yungfleisch gave her first Sacrament meeting talk in Spanish

¡Hola familia y amigos!

This week has been great!

I gave my first talk in Spanish on Sunday. It was pretty nerve wracking for all of us because none of us got a lot of time to prepare our talks and we didn't know which of us would actually be called on to speak. But I did it (and it didn't go as badly as I thought it would.) I should probably explain, every week, we are asked to prepare a five minute talk in Spanish on the chance that we are invited to speak in Church. Because my district was my zone this past week. We all expected to be called on to speak. Surprisingly only 4 of us were called on to speak. The rest of the time was filled by our Branch President, President Romero and one of his counselors. We all spoke on the Fall. It was a great Sunday.

This week, we also began teaching two new investigators, Ivan and Iliana. They're just our teachers posing as investigators to give us practice. My companions and I have grown so much in the few weeks we've been here. We have become so much better at planning for lessons. We now go into lessons\appointments with a very simple and brief outline of the things we feel would be the most beneficial to them and then we just focus on listening to our investigators as they ask us questions and answer the questions we ask them. We also make sure that we follow the promptings we receive from the spirit.

This past week I´ve had the oportunity to listen to 3 great devotionals. Tomorrow will be the greatest devotional yet. Elder Cook, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, is coming to visit and will be giving a special devotional here at the CCM. I have been asked to play the prelude, opening, and closing hymns at it. My companions and I will be singing in the CCM choir as well. It will be a great spiritual experience. I am so excited.

I know this church is true. I'm so grateful to be here at the CCM, preparing to serve a mission. I love the Book of Mormon. I know that it is another testament of Jesus Christ and that it is the word of God. I would encourage all to read it because I know that my life has blessed by it.

Con mucho amor,

Hermana Yungfleisch

Here are the two photos that Susan sent home this week.  Notice in the first one that Susan straightened her hair!

2016-03-16:  Susan with Hermana Johnson, her roommate from last summer at BYU

2016-03-17:  Hermana Yungfleisch on P-day in the CCM

Transfer 1, week 1: Hermana Yungfleisch's first week in the CCM!

Hola family and friends,

I have had the most amazing week ever!

First of all, I have been blessed to serve in a trio here in the CCM. Hermana Asplund and Hermana Burger are amazing and we've learned and grown so much together in the last eight days. The best part is that we will all be serving in the Texas Houston South Mission together.

Secondly, my District/Zone is the best! The seven of us have so much fun together. I know for a fact that we were placed together in our district by divine inspiration, to learn from and support and love each other. I'm pretty sure none of the other Districts here at the CCM love each other as much as we do. The other missionaries in our Zone left earlier this week to report to their missions, so the seven of us in our district are also our entire zone. Which means we'll all most likely be speaking in church this Sunday. In Español! Elder Baxter and Elder Wride will be serving in the Salt Lake West Mission and Elder Littlefield (or as we call him Elder Campopaqueño) and Elder Mitchell will be serving in missions here in Mexico.

Before leaving on my mission I was very worried about learning Español because I have always struggled to learn other languages. But I have been so blessed these past few days. Speaking in Español is coming along slowly but better than I thought it would. It can be frustrating at times to not be able to say exactly what I want but I know that one day I will be able to. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for me and that he will provide a way for me to accomplish this, just as Nephi declared in 1 Nephi 3:7 - "I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded for...the Lord giveth no commandments...,save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." The Gift of Tongues will come as long as I believe in it, am worthy of it, seek it, work diligently, and love the people that I will serve. I have now taught four lessons in Español and I bore my testimony in Español this past Sunday in Sacrament meeting.

We went to the temple this morning. It was such a great experience. The México City Temple is gorgeous. We sang hymns on the way there which brought a special spirit to our time in the temple.

I love the CCM. The spirit is so amazing here and it is so beautiful. I wish that I could stay here forever.

I love you all!

As my District says, Amor y fist-bumps!

Hermana Yungfleisch

Hermana Burger (left), Hermana Susan Yungfleisch (center), and Hermana Asplund (right)

The fence around the CCM in Mexico City

Hermana Asplund (left), Hermana Burger (center), and Hermana Susan Yungfleisch (right)

Susan's mailing address

Susan's address at the Centro de Capacitacion Misional in Mexico City:

Sister Yungfleisch
April 12, 2016 15-B
Carretera Tenayuca-Chalmita #828
Colonia Zona Escolar, Gustavo A. Madero
07230 Mexico, Distrito Federal
Mexico

Susan's email address is Susan.Yungfleisch@myldsmail.net

Photo of Susan's district in the CCM

This photo was sent to Susan's email account yesterday from Sister Call, the wife of the second counselor in the CCM Presidency.
My first view of Susan's missionary name tag!  The first Hermana Yungfleisch in history.
Susan is in a threesome companionship w/ Sister Burger and Sister Asplund.

District 15B

I am a Missionary!

I have been set apart as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  For the next 18 months I will go by the name Hermana Yungfleisch.

I am the first Sister Yungfleisch in the history of the world.  It's cool that I was set apart as the first Sister Yungfleisch exactly 28 years after my dad was set apart as the first Elder Yungfleisch on 1 Mar 1988.