Still alive and healthy down here in Mexico! This week was pretty darn great! So much has happened I dont even know where to start (sorry having a hard time finding the apostraphe again) First of all the temple was amazing!! The Mexico temple is super sweet. I will attach some pictures and one of the happiest I have ever been since I have been here came when I was in the temple. I felt so much peace and blessings and I learned a lot. If fact, we are actually going to the temple AGAIN today in just a few hours and I am pumped. The next week we will have our first normal p day though because the temple trip takes 6 hours. The bus ride there is kinda sketchy too haha it reminds me of when we were riding on the bus in Jamacia! On Sunday I bore my testimony in Spanish, which was cool not a lot of new people did, and I also found out Elder Marker and I are teaching this Sunday in priesthood meeting... I was a little scared at first but now that I have studied our topic I learned a lot and am excited to teach! Fasting went great too, I felt a lot of peace and blessings from it, thank you so much to everyone who included me in their fasts. Of course I have some hard times every once in a while and homesickness comes every now and then but each week I am learning how to better adapt and deal with it, and each week goes by faster and faster already. Some scriptures that helped me a lot lately are (Alma 26-27, D and C 100-1 and D and C 31-1-5) you guys should look them up. I know my family is in the hands of the Lord the best place they can be. This week we watched some videos of some pioneers (specifically John Tanner) and about Jesus Christ. After seeing what some people have sacrificed for this church i realize my sacrifice is nothing and that 2 years is so small in the eternal perspective. My roommates and I have shared a lot of laughs this week and my district is fun to talk to. We have talked a lot about Psych lol and pretty much all of them are obsessed with the office. Every single night I dream soo much it must be because I am tired i guess but it is always about being with my friends and family so it is kind of a dissapointment to wake up and have them not be there haha. It has rained a lot this week too and one night we didn't have our raincoats so we were running through puddles in the rain to the cafeteria. I don't know why but I felt just super happy and I knew life was such a great blessing. I am super thankful for my raincoat though and it isn't even rainy season! Also I have played basketball pretty much everyday too haha it is sooo awesome and it makes me happy and I can shoot just as good down here. I will miss gym time out in the field. Also Spanish is coming along greeat! I have seen my hard work pay off a lot, and I feel like I work harder than most of my district because my Spanish is really good and I have memorized so many more scriptures and stuff. My testimony has grown a lot too. Although, I thought this was a coincidence at first but our teacher ALWAYS pairs me up with a missionary in our district that doesn't really have a testimony and is not willing to work hard. I pray for him and try to help him but it is tough. Anyways we found out Donald Trump won here and there were protestors outside the CCM gates! Apparently someone let out the beans a bunch of white americans are in here. Also, I would love to get some letters from people!!! Also send me some of your guys adresses and I will try to send you some letters too! I know it takes a long time to send them but I will try my best. One kind of silly but aweseome experience I had this week was when I lost my watch and it didn't show up at lost and found for a couple days, but I prayed and had faith and when I went back a couple days later they had my watch! I was seriously so happy I yelled "The church is true!" Or "La iglesia is verdadera!" Anyways my testimony has grown a lot. When I was reading the Book of Mormon this week, I just felt an overwhelming feeling of happiness and I knew it was true. Thank you so much mom and dad for giving me the opportunity to serve a mission, I know these two years won't last forever and I will only be in the MTC once so I am trying to make the most of it! I am glad Lindsey is okay, that is kind of scary. Also super happy for Michael! That is awesome dude the gospel will be such a huge blessing in your life. Also happy Grandpa and Grandma Metcalf got to go see Grandma one more time, that is touching. Anyways love you guys, have a gooood week!!
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At the Mexico City Temple
(they are doing construction on the angel Moroni)
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| Tyler and his companion |
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