Thursday, February 1, 2018

The Piñata and My Mission Changed


Hey Everyone,

So there's this saying in the CCM that the days are long but the weeks are short. I completely agree! It's crazy for me to think that I have already been here for a month. I hope things are still going well in your lives!

So you know how in Singles Wards they somehow manage to relate everything to getting married? I thought that by coming on a mission that they would stop dropping the m word every 5 minutes since we are missionaries... yeah no. My comp and I started keeping track of how many times they mention marriage or ask about marriage this week. So far we are at 17 times this week. I'll keep you posted on that talley when we finally break out of these walls. 😂

This past Sunday my companion and I were called to be the Sister Training Leaders (STL) for Zone 13. So far it has been super fun to be able to get to know all of the girls in our Zone a little better and to be able to have the opportunity to be the "Zone Mom's" ahaha. Speaking of Hermanas, we are almost at a one to one ratio with the number of elders versus the number of Hermanas currently in the Mexico CCM. Talk about Hermana power! 💪

Like I mentioned last week, last p-day was super fun because it was Hermana Lykin's birthday! Hermana Lykins really wanted to have a good birthday and so she had been going around and asking our teachers, district leader, zone leaders, and even our sister training leaders where she could get a piñata for her birthday. About two weeks ago, Sister Lykins and I ran into the CCM Presidente on our way home from a fun sand volleyball game. In her very bestest spanish she asked Presidente her usual "where can I get a piñata?" Presidente looked at us for a second and just said "Don't worry about it, Presidente will take care of it. Just keep it on the DL." (No joke, he used "DL" instead of down low ahaha) The Tuesday before her birthday Sister Bennett (the president's wife) took us aside and said that "project secret" was underway. She took us back to her Casa and gave us this gigantic pinata and a ton of Mexican candy to put in it. Somehow we managed to hide this huge piñata from our roomies and the other girls in our district until Friday. Friday we took the piñata out to the soccer fields and had a District Fiesta!! Presidente Bennett and his wife are the absolute best. 

So I got some super exciting news this week. In July the New York New York North (my mission) and the New York New York South Mission will be combined into the same mission which means I will have the WHOLE city of New York!! I am super stoked about this change!! In my Zone there are actually 3 other missionaries headed to the South mission which means that now we will get to interact in the field too!! 

Fun fact, it has been just as cold here as it has been in Utah this past week. Weird, right?! Unfortunately I got a cold because of it. Then I got called as a STL, then we did the ProMix- Latina companion exchange (it was good but hard because they knew zero english), and basically I was just really frustrated with everything. Then during a devotional we watched a mormon message. The guy had been struggling with feeling up to meeting the challenges in his life. He said after trying pretty much everything else he finally resorted to getting down on his knees and said a prayer asking God for help. After he finished praying he heard a voice say, "Will you let me take this?" That line really stood out to me because I realized that I had been trying to handle everything on my own without His help. After humbling myself and asking for help, my cold went away, my STL responsibilities seemed easier, and spanish seemed more manageable. My advice this week would be to stop trying to do everything on your own without God's help. He is right there just asking you, "will you let me take this?"

I love you all and I hope you all have the best week.

Con Amor,
Hermana Taylor 

Ps
My Zone is headed to the temple today and I will tell you guys about it next week!


Basically the best looking district at the Mexico CCM haha:

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