Jesus es mi Luz (Week 1y2)

 Hola everyone!!! ¿Cómo están?

It has been such a crazy first couple of weeks. And let me tell you.... I am loving it! It has been such an amazing adventure so far and I can't wait for what is to come! 

So where do I begin....Well let's see...I guess the best place would be the airport (Which seems like forever ago). So after I said goodbye to my family and friends, which was actually super hard to do, I walked into the airport completely alone, which was the weirdest and most terrifying thing I have ever had to do in my life. To leave my family for 2 full years, but I know that while I give up those 2 yrs others will be able to be with their family forever, which brings great peace to my soul and that fact has been one of the main things pushing me to become better and keeping me happy. Ok, so yeah the airport. I was alone for like the longest 45 minutes of my life when another missionary showed up!! Her name was Hermana Rogers from Houston and she's going to the same mission as Lehi!! So  at least I had someone to talk to as we made our way through Customs in Mexico City Airport. We were picked up by some Missionaries who it was their last day of their mission. We took a bus ride to el CCM which might have been the scariest ride of my life. People in Mexico City don't know how to drive...like at all. 

Ok, so we met our District (all gringos), which is 12 guys, 5 of us are going To Monterey Este!! There are 3 going to Puebla, 1 going to Guadalajara, 1 going to Washington state, and the last 2 are going to Mississippi Jackson!!! (thats where my grandparents live so look out for Elder Acton and Elder Isaacson both Spanish speaking). We have all been getting along really well and its pretty fun.

Some people are probably wondering about the food y water down here. Well the food is pretty good, we have had a bunch of meats for tacos and tamales which is all pretty decent. I don't know how it compares to what Alex is eating at Provo. And the water... Here at el CCM they tell us that the water IS safe but the highly highly recommend drinking from the dispensers that use Ciel water jugs.  

Alright so the first 48 hours in Mexcio had to have been the worst/hardest/scariest two days ever. But I know that my Heavenly Father knows me and was looking out for me. At breakfast I met three of the coolest guys ever. They are all Latinos and going to Mexico City Oeste. Elder Castro, Elder Rivera and Elder Portabanco. They are all just so happy and friendly and hepful....exactly what I needed in that exact moment. I know that Heavenly Father knows our needs and will help us when we ask. The most inspiring of the three and the one I am the most close to is Portobanco. He is 25, and the only member of the church in his family. He gave up everything to come out on a mission to serve Jesus Cristo.

Alright so the rest of my first couple weeks have been pretty busy. We have been trying to learn Español y es un poco dificil. Everyone in my district says i have the gift of ears because  i can understand just about everything being said. My Speaking is más o menos but I can slowly start to see improvements everyday. Spanish is such an awesome language and I love that I'm getting the opportunity to learn. The classes here are pretty fun and hard. The teachers only speak spanish to us which is kinda cool cause I can remember a lot from school which I thought I had forgotten. On our second day here we taught our first investigator....only using spanish, which is quite hard when you don't actually speak spanish lol. He ended up being our teacher and he was pretty funny ( Which is pretty common, all the teachers here are young returned missionaries and they are all super funny). So we taught him 6 lessons and now we are about to teach 2 new investigators.

So our first Sunday here was one of the coolest experiences ever. It was so spiritual and awesome. It was fast Sunday so we fasted for 2 meals but here in Mexico Lunch is the main meal so we fasted Saturday night and Sunday Morning which wasn't bad at all. In sacrament we had testimony meeting and there was a district with people heading to Texas on it and they all shared their testimony and it was pretty neat.     

The last thing I wanted to talk about was the weather here. It is the craziest thing ever. It is sunny/partly cloudy all day then every night it rains. On Tuesday we had just left our casa when it started downpouring. The streets were flooded up to our shins. Everyone got soaked. But like 10 minutes after that it was sunny again. It's just crazy. Oh, we also had an earthquake last night so that was pretty neat to experience.  

This whole experience has been new, crazy, exhausting, spiritual, and fun so far. I know that I am not alone on this journey. Our district loves to sing and our "theme song" if you will it is "Jesús  es mi Luz". It says " Jesús es mi Luz; El es mi poder y con Su amor podré yo vencer....Jesús es mi luz, mi gozo es y cancion y siempre jamás, me guía, sí, as Sión"

I love it because it says that Jesus is my light, he is my power, and with His love I can overcome. He is my light and joy and  I know that through him all things are possible. He can and will guide and help us. He loves us.

I miss and love all of y'all!

su amoroso amgio 

Elder McClellan

Ps. We cant take photos except on Pdays. So here are some of the beautiful view I see and mi casa I took today.   

Oh and mom saying of the week is como loco (like crazy). 

Necesitamos orar como loco. (We need to pray like crazy)

Escriptura favorita de esta semana: "y Jesús le digo 'Si puedes creer al que cree todo es posible'" Marcos 9:23 

We must have faith.