WEEK 4 - Week 4 in el CCM: Earthquakes, Spiders, and Disease

This week was just splendid. Apparently last week we got a 5.1 earthquake that no one felt. Maybe Presidente Cox is just crazy, but he said there was one. And then we had a marvelous conversation with Hermano Morales about the spiders here. That are as big as hands. And are too fast to kill. And they jump. And if they touch you, you get a rash. Yay. And then last week, just about everyone got THE ICK. The ick consists of cramps, diarrhea, some puking, and stomach pains so bad most people couldn't get out of bed. Luckily, only one person in our district got it because we are amazing.

This week did have it's good parts though. WE ONLY HAVE TWO WEEKS LEFT UNTIL EL CAMPO. And the Latinos that come tomorrow are the ones that will leave with us. That is crazy. I also got to pass the sacrament on Sunday, which was an awesome experience. And we had a testimony meeting, which was very spiritual. Also on Sunday night, we got to watch Ephraim's Rescue, which was wonderful. And then after that, Hermana Hatch was having really bad flu-like symptoms, so she asked for a blessing. Elder Speth had the opportunity to give his first blessing and it was amazing. The spirit was so strong, and like the Spirit directed him to say, she was healed almost fully by the next morning. The priesthood is real, it is the power of God.

When we taught our less active on Saturday, we were kinda just talking about the importance of continually praying and reading the Book of Mormon, and she said she didn't have one. So Elder Speth had followed a prompting and brought an extra one, which we gave her. About ten minutes after we finished, our teacher brought it back, so we thought she didn't want it. But she wanted us to write our testimonies in it!

A couple other random things of this week. I did some surgery on one of my ties this week because it didn´t have the little back thing that you put this skinnier part through. So i took one of those from a tie that had two and sewed it to the other one. Grandma would be so proud. Right? :)

I love you all so so much! Miss you all!!
Elder Baller