My first week in Mexico has already sped by. Kinda wild if I'm being honest. I swear I just got called last week, up in Utah. Its a bit surreal but its been such a great experience. Even the plane ride was interesting. A bit stinky due to a sweaty Hispanic couple I was next to. But then the flight attendant said I could move to a row of my own...pretty slick.
When I finally got to Mexico I met my district for the first time, I didn't know anyone on my flight, there were a few elders though. But back to the part about meeting my district. 90% of them looked nothing like I expected, the height difference between me and my companion was way different. I'm a solid 5 inches taller then my comp. Thats a lot. But anyway it was cool finally getting to meet them after only seeing em on zoom for weeks.
Driving through the city was so fun, and when we finally got to the CCM it was weird. We drove through some gates and I haven't left since. It's like college...but only 90 acres to wander. Its a gorgeous campus though, there are some trees called Jacarandas and they're beautiful. Ill put a picture below.
Another plus is how nice everyone is! Everyone knows that your first week will be hard to adjust because its a lotta rushing around and not a whole lotta down time. But its so good. Easter Sunday was by far the best day. It was so spiritual the entirety of the day. The previous day at lunch, the whole CCM started a 24 hour fast. And it was worth every second. I couldn't feel my hunger as I normally would during a fast, because church was that good. We had a testimony meeting in church and that was amazing. We also had plenty of free time for personal study, district council, and studying a specified topic and discussing it as a district.
The Easter devotional was phenomenal. It couldn't have been a better end to the day. From start to finish the spirit was so strong in that room. A couple missionaries shared their testimonies followed by the president and his wife. The Easter videos and musical numbers were lovely. But the most spiritual part of the entire thing was the hymns at the end. There were a lotta districts leaving that day, so we all sang, "God be with you till we meet again". After that song the final week missionaries were in tears, the hermanas were saying bye to their elders, and all the elders stayed seated while the hermanas left.
Now for the good stuff, once the hermanas filed out, the president told all the elders to stand and to sing himno numero dos...El Espirity de Dios. Fire. So much intensity. It was the perfect end to the night.
Thats where ill leave off for this time, I'll add more later but for now I've got things to do and places to be. Nos vemos.
Also there was a fire 👍
Elder Blankebiller
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