Wow my schedule is just crazy!! The thing is that
it will probably never be normal or relaxed because every six weeks we have to
redo the entire routine!! Man it is so much fun, so much work, and just super
crazy!! I feel like these last 3 weeks have just been a dream because of how
fast time is going by!!
So last Monday Elder Christofferson came to speak
to our mission and also the other mission here in Guadalajara. It was
super good!! We got to take a picture with him and the rest of our mission in
front of the temple. Later we all got to shake his hand and greet him.
He talked in spanish and it was incredible!! His
spanish is amazing!! He talked about being worthy and ready to receive all the
promptings that God has for us. He talked about having hardships and trials in
the mission and how we can overcome them and put ALL our trust and confidence
in the Lord. Then he asked if we had questions for him. After every question he
had a reference in the Book of Mormon and his answers were all just super simple
and all spot on. That was such an amazing experience that I will never forget!!
Then on Tuesday President Camarillo came and picked
us up and we went traveling around Michoacan all week to have interviews with
all the missionaries. We went to Uruapan on Wednesday, Morelia on Thursday,
Aeropuerto on Friday, and Zamora on Saturday. During all the interviews Elder
Morales and I had to check all their agendas and area books. We had 96 agendas
and 192 area books to look at!! After about the first couple hours I was done
with that hahaha!! But the rest of it was good!
Every day after interviews we would get
into the Presiden'st car and he would ask where we wanted to go eat.
Usually he just told us of a really good restaurant nearby and we drove to it.
President doesn't like driving so he makes us drive...the only bad thing is
that my license expired so he told me I can´t drive until I get it updated.
Every time we traveled, President just slept in the back and Elder Morales and
I just partied it up in the front hahaha!!
It was so fun to spend the whole week with
President. He told us a bunch of stories about his life and how be came to be a
mission president. He told us how he and his wife met and just a bunch of super
cool and also funny stories. We all got to know each other really well last
week haha!!
President doesn't like to travel alone so on
Saturday we finished all the interviews and then we traveled 4 hours to go back
to Guadalajara and then we had to take a bus 5 more hours to get back to
Morelia haha!! So pretty much all day Saturday we were traveling!!
This week we have zone leader councils in
Guadalajara and we will be traveling back on Thursday. Then we are going to
have divisions with a couple of the zone leaders from Thursday until Saturday
so I am thinking we will most likely get to write again on Saturday...but who
knows. As an assistant we are constantly changing plans so we never have any
firm plans which kinda stinks!!
But just know that I am doing great and loving
where I am at. Our schedule is crazy and I know that I don't get to write you
as much as we would all like but I know that sacrifices bring blessings and
there is no doubt that what I am doing out here will forever bless me and my
family. I wish I could write you guys every day but I just want you to know how
much I love you all and miss you like crazy!!!
Have an amazing week and I will talk to you soon.
Not quite sure when but I will try and let you know as soon as I can
haha!!
Love,
Elder Payne
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