Hi everyone! Another
week down here at the MTC! I've now past the half way mark and I leave here in
less than three weeks! Whoo hoo!!!
The food here is so bad. At least I have food though! I never
thought I would say this, but I am so sick of salads. I know that's a shock
because most people know I eat "rabbit food" a lot. Haha. One thing
that I have learned is that the only way to truly understand what a mission is
like is by going on one! So me and an Elder in my district both play
basketball, & word has been getting out that we play, so we had a group of
Elders come up to us and challenge us to a game. Whoever looses the game, that
team has to go clean the other teams apartment (6 guys to an apartment) for an
entire week, and take care of their dishes every meal for a week. I basically
told our team we are picking our prize =) We play this game tomorrow. Hopefully we win!
Every time we go to Main Campus or to the Temple, we ride on
city buses so they are playing Top 40 songs. It's funny because every time the
Elder's and Sisters ride on the buss, they all jam out to the music since we
don't really get to hear any music other than hymns! But I love hymns, they are
amazing! Haha today they were playing some Ed Sheeran and we all started
singing.
Crazy story: So yesterday, me and my companion were both
teaching our investigator named Alan. He is from Brooklyn NY and he is studying
here at BYU but has no idea what The Gospel is. We were teaching him yesterday
and we asked him how he was doing and he said he was doing horrible because
Robin Williams died!!! What? Is that true? Everyone here has been down because
of that! What a horrible way to start off a lesson! My district are all wearing
black tomorrow because we all love
him and want to pay our dues.
Companions can be very hard. Me and my companion get along
pretty well, but sometimes not so much. We have the complete opposite type's of
personalities. He's the type of guy who wants to sit inside all day, eat ice
cream and watch cartoons and read all the star wars series. He doesn't like
working when it comes to class or gym time. I'm the kind of person who has to
be outside, have fun, and I tend to get pretty competitive at times. He really
is a good kid, It's just been interesting figuring out how to make this work. I
was telling him last night how I think it's interesting how God put us both
with the opposite of who we are as people. He agreed. Haha. He's great though.
He talks forever too. He talks me to sleep every night. One thing he doesn't
know though is that every time I get in bed, I put earplugs in so I can't hear
him so I can fall asleep. Haha. It's alright though. He like's to draw so I've
found some things for him to draw to show people in the lessons. All is well. I
just think it's quite interesting how God gives us things we need to work on so
we can improve as people.
On Saturday I was studying next to a room that has a piano
in it, and an Elder came up and said hello to me and asked me if I could play a
piano song. I looked at it and it looked really hard so I told him I would need
some time to learn it. About 5 minutes later, I heard a voice of an angel, and
I looked up and realized it was the same guy. Turns out he is an opera singer
(the best I've ever heard in my life), and he sang me the Lord's Prayer. It was
UNREAL. Elder Pierce and I played our duets for him and he sang for us, and we
are great friends now! We are defiantly going to work together on music when we
get back. He has a whole list of scholarship offers for his voice. He's
amazing. Such power music can bring. I LOVE music so much!
So this Hermana (sister in spanish) in my district, was able to
trace her family history all the way back to Adam and Eve. I wouldn't have
believed it unless I saw it myself. Crazy! It took us a long time but we were
able to do it! Whoever did her family history work is a genius!
I was made district leader this week and it's pretty cool
because two Elders in our district our now the Zone leaders and a sister in our
district is in charge of the sisters here. It's nice because our district is in
charge of a lot of people here so we all plan the days according to our liking!
Haha.
I want to share with you a scripture of the day (Alma
37:36-37). "Yea, and cry unto God for all they support; yea, let all they doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever. Counsel with the Lord in all they doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day."
Being cut off from the world has truly made me realize what is
important in life, and has made me more in tune with God. I can feel clearly,
think clearly, and nothing is distracting me other than myself. That's one
thing I love about the mission and it's something I will take with me forever.
I've realized after I applied this scripture in my life, I started to see
miracles happening every day! But It wasn't until I applied it and tried it out
until I started to see those miracles - something to keep in mind when you read
it.
I watched these two video's this week and they truly inspired
me. One is about a woman who lost her husband in Iraq, and the other is about
an Olympic athlete who has less than 10% of his vision who has 4 gold metals.
Truly after seeing these two people achieve such greatness, temporally,
physically and spiritually, It's made me realize that we can truly do ANYTHING
if we want it bad enough. What are we willing to give up to gain what it is we
want? That's the question I have been asking myself this week. Ask yourself the
same and ponder on it. Check them out.
I love you all. Have a fantastic WEEK!!!
From heaven,
- Elder Celaya
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