Que pasa familia!
It was really great to hear from
everyone this week! Dad I did get your letter last week it just came after I
sent my e-mail so there is no need to send duplicates unless you feel the need.
Mom I was so glad to finally hear from you! I'll be honest I like the letters
more than the packages and I think they are a bit cheaper to send! Also I'm not
getting any slimmer with these packages haha and neither are all the Elders I
share them with! Thanks though it's nice to know that you're thinking about me
that much. It sounds like everything is going great at home, keep up the good
work, I love hearing about it!
Well my spanish is really coming
along. I finally feel like I can understand just about everything that is being
said and I can communicate my feelings, and a lesson, a lot better now which in
turn makes me a lot less frustrated and things just generally go better. One of
our responsobilities in the zone is to take care of new elders when they arrive,
and we got some this last week. It was pretty great to see how overwhelmed they
were for the first couple of days and to think that that was me just a few weeks
ago! Time is really going by sooo fast. I'm starting to wish it would slow down
a little bit already. I had a close call where I thought I completely ripped by
pants up the butt in front of a bunch of sisters. One of the things we do is
slide down all the poles of the stairs to spice things up a little bit, and we
have this weird technique where you put one leg on each side of the pole, lean
back and squeeze your cheeks then slide down on your butt. It's a lot of fun but
I went down an especially sticky/dirty pole and about halfway down I came to the
conclusion that I had ripped my pants and when I got to the bottom all the
elders said I did cause there was a line of dirt on my bum that looked like I
tore the seam haha. So they all busted up (including the sisters) and I ran to
the bathroom but discovered it was dirt and not a tear. Don't know why I told
you this, just i think so you can know that we have a lot of fun and a lot of
laughs here as well as working hard. This is just one of many hillarious
stories. You might've had to be there though, idk.
I have really learned a lot this
week so I'll just share a few of the things I think are most important. Last
night for the devotional we watched Elder Bednar's address to the elders at the
MTC just a few months ago on Christmas day. It was probably the most incredible
talk I have ever heard. Do everything you can to get your hands on it, it is so
amazing! The talk was on the character of Christ and how the atonement would not
have even been possible if it weren't for the character of Christ. Elder Bednar
summed up the His character basically by saying that at times during Christ's
life when you and I would have turned inward and become self-centered and
selfish, Christ turned outward in love, compassion, and service. He then gave
several examples during Christ's life of how when Christ was at some of his
lowest points He was still serving and loving others. This went along perfectly
with another huge lesson that I learned this week which was that everything we
do comes down to how much we love the Lord. Hermano Salisbury gave us this one
and he said that anytime you are tempted, or want to make a bad decision, or be
disobedient, just ask yourself if you love doing that more than you love the
Lord. Hopefully we love the Lord more than we do the bad decisions. There is
nothing that I wouldn't do for the Lord, and I try to think of this anytime I
have a selfish thought or get bothered by another one of his servants. I'm
really tring hard just to completely forget about my old self and let Christ
shape, mold, and polish me into a completely new man. A representative of Jesus
Christ. I have to try and be as Christ would be, and I'll tell ya it's not
easy! I am trying my best though, and it is a life long process I'm just
starting to constantly be improving my character to become more of the person He
would want me to be. I'll hopefully never be the same. Studying OF Christ is
more important than studying ABOUT Him.
Lo siento if this is boring but I'm
just trying to tell you guys the most important things that I learn so we can
all try and improve. It really doesn't matter what else I'm doing, just know
that I'm fine and in the Lord's hands. I am learning so much from these great
teachers and Elders. The Elders are great, I really love all of them especially
my zone, district, roomates, and companion. By they way they all love your
mustache dad haha. We can't wait to get to Mexico and we're donig everything we
can to prepare for the people there. The restoration happened and the true
gospel is on the earth. Tell everyone you can.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
-Love, Elder Broadhead
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