week 3

Third week at the CCM. It is getting pretty cool here. I am finally getting used to my schedule and these other people I am around. I haven't gained any weight but a kid in my district that comes to the gym with us has already gained eight pounds! We got three new districts in our zone, pretty cool. It is amazing to see them, and how little spanish they know, compared to how much I know now. Gift of tongues i guess. I have learned a ton here, and can now pray, bear my testimony, and teach the plan of salvation and restoration. We have a TRC investigator who is awesome. He's name is Jose, he is probably 55, and 5 foot 4. Him and his wife are from Honduras. My zone had a hand wrestle competition, and I came in third out of around forty kids, pretty fun. It was okay because our branch president started it. Nobody could beat him, but he didn't participate ibn the competition. To play you stand across from each other and then put your right feet next to each other. You then shake hands and try to make them move their feet while only touching that same hand. Super fun, since it is probably the only competition we have had here. Kim B Clark from the seventy spoke to us, he said lots of pretty cool things, and also gave us 4 things we have to do to be a mega-successful mss. They are 1 obedience, 2 work hard, 3 be worthy of the spirit, and 4, to love the people. The fourth is probably the most difficult for me. I am reading the BOM in spanish, very s l o w l y, but still reading it. WE watched Elder Holland give a cool talk on being worthy. He told us some pretty interesting things. he said Salvation is not a cheap thing, the road to heaven leads through getsemaní,and also why would missionary work be easy for us, and bringing salvation to others when nothing was ever easy for him. We must all suffer a fraction of his pain when bringing others to him. Nearer my God to thee, e'en though it be a cross that lifteth me.

Here is a picture of our district with Hermano Nielsson, he is super awesome, I don't know if you can see it or not, but the link works here. Good luck!

-Elder Winkel