Wow I can't believe another week has come and gone! The days
are long here but the weeks fly by its crazy. Some really great things and some
really sad things have happened this week!
First off, all the Spanish speakers who are only here for
two weeks left, and along with them went District 6, which was the older group
of gringos. I am going to miss them so much they have been so nice and so
great! I'm especially going to miss my Latino roommates. Sure I can't
understand most of the things they say but they are so funny and I really do
love them! We got a new batch of gringos this last week and get this: its 11
hermanas and 2 Elders. That's even worse than my district! So now the entire CCM
is composed of 20 Hermanas and 4 Elders. Luckily we get some new Latino missionaries
in a few days so that will hopefully even things out a little more.
So the most amazing thing happened on Friday. Elder Bednar
was in Santiago to meet with stake presidents and have meeting and he was in
the building next to us but he didn't have time to come see us or anything so we
were all pretty sad. Most of us had never met a general authority and wanted to
so so bad and so we prayed that we would by some miracle have the chance to
just shake his hand or something. Hermana Hilburn wanted it most of all and she
was the one who said the prayer and everything. So then that night Hermana
Brady (our mission president's wife) ran into our class and said that Elder
Bednar would be driving by and that if we lined the drive way we would be able
to see him pass. We all sprinted outside and all the missionaries in the CCM
(there were a lot more than 24 of us back then before everyone left) lined the
road. As his car came towards us it slowed and then, to our surprise, it
stopped. Elder Bednar and his wife got out of the car and, even with their
super busy schedule, took the time to shake every single missionary's hand. It
was so amazing the spirit he had with him! You could just tell that he was a
man called by God, there was no doubt in any of our minds. And the best part
was that when he reached Hna Hilburn he randomly stopped and asked her
questions and just talked to her for two minutes. Guys God really does answer
prayers and wow are the General Authorities so in tune with the spirit!
Besides that its been a fairly normal week in the CCM. Lots
of Spanish, lots of teaching, and lots of learning. I really am so happy here
and I can feel the Spirit every day. Anyways I love you all and miss you tons
but there is nowhere else I would rather be than where I am. One month down see
you all in 17!
Love Hermana Wittwer
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