Week 3 in the CTM

Well it’s been another good week here at the CTM!

On the fourth of July the lunch ladies made some hamburgers and hot dogs and they had ice cream!! So I got some cake batter ice cream and it was so yummy!!!!

Sunday and Tuesday were super good days! They devotionals were amazing!! I’ve learned a lot about the atonement lately.  In our classroom, we watch this movie about the atonement and missionary work and it is amazing! President Eyring and elder Holland speak in it and it is so powerful! At one point elder Holland is talking about missionary work and he says something like why is it so hard? Why don't they accept the message? but we must remember we are not the first ones to ask these questions. They were once asked by someone much greater, in the garden of Gethsemane and upon the cross. As missionaries, if we want to be successful, we must walk part of the path Christ walked.

Another thing that really hit me this week was that Christ didn't just take on our sins, he took on every sickness, infirmity, affliction and sorrow. A quote I heard from an elder this week.

"The savior puts you at your lowest so he can raise you up, but while we are down there he is right by outside."

The savior knows each one of us personally. I love that. He will reach out to the one and tend to the one when they are in need. That is one thing i am going to try to apply here on my mission. D&C 112:14.

Wednesday we went proselyting and it was crazy! We went to the metro station and there were people everywhere!!! But we were able to give out 8 books of Mormons. Pretty sweet! It was a little scary at first but once we got going to was awesome! We got talking to this one couple and they had a lot of questions about the bible and why we only wear skirts. So we did our best to explain it all to her. But the both took a book and when we walked past her a couple of times she was reading it!! We were so excited!! Then some other ladies were so happy and took a picture with us and wanted to look us up and fb and everything. The people are just so nice down here and so willing to help us with the language. Most of the time i had no idea what they were saying but it was still really good! And we only got rejected once!!

Well that’s it for this week. Nothing other than that. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and stay safe!

Sister Steadman