3/30/16--Almost Done

Well last week in the CCM. I have loved it here!! I have learned so much about myself and Spanish and the gospel and I love it!!! I have enjoyed every second of working and practicing. I love the language so much. Sometimes it is hard to speak it because I still have to translate and work the sentence out in my head. We have gotten better at speaking it. This week I am going to talk about some funny stories that keep us moving forward.

Sunday in the morning, because it was Easter, we watched a broadcast from Provo and had a devotional by Elder Ballard. He talked on the Savior and His role in our lives. Then, in the afternoon, we watched a prerecorded devotional from Provo from a couple years ago by Elder Scott. Now the funny part is his opening remarks were, "I think I died and went to Heaven". For those of you who may not know, he passed away at the end of last year. Now when he made this comment we didn't know if we should laugh or not. Finally one person laughed and then we all did. It was such an ironic comment and funny it was great. Then he went on to give a fantastic talk about the power of prayer.

Monday this week we went outside to work on some Spanish, We like to go outside to practice grammar stuff because we get sick of the classroom. Anyways, one of the Elders was trying to talk to bird. Then our teacher looked at him and told in Spanish that the bird doesn't speak English it is a Mexican bird. It was so funny!! We laughed for a good five minutes about it. He then tried yelling at it in Spanish.

My last funny story for the day has to do with me. So every Tuesday is devotional night. They try to get the people who are leaving the next week to lead the music, play the piano, or say a prayer. I offered to lead the music, something I am good at, right. Well, the closing song was "Onward Christian Soldiers" in Spanish. We started the song going well. We hit the chorus and the Latinos took off singing so fast!! It was crazy!! Like they were going too fast not holding out any of the longer notes. The pianist and I tried to slow them down but no one was listening or watching. It was so bad!! I was so embarrassed. Afterwards of the people in the CCM presidency came up to us and said that was crazy and that we did a great job. Then my district leader said jokingly that I was a disgrace and a dishonor to the district!! It was so funny!! I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard!! Anyways my companion said it was the funniest thing that happened this past 6 weeks because I didn't know what to do and everyone was singing to fast in a language I am still learning. Anyways, it was an adventure I will never forget!!

I hope you all have a good week and enjoy my funny moments!! I love you all!!


Love
Hermana Ashford