Ben's Mission to Nicaragua: Hola from Mexico...Week 5!

Dear Mamma!

So this was a very interesting week. Last Tuesday night, the night of my Pday after I emailed, we had a devotional as usual. But this one was not really a typical one. First, and really just kind of a side note, Elder Eric Mika (my favorite player on the BYU basketball team) gave the opening prayer for this devotional, because it was being streamed from Provo live. Second, and really the main focus point, the auditorium where devotionals are held here, flooded. Around 20 minutes into the devotional, the district leader from the other district in our zone got up and went over to talk to President Pratt. We happened to be sitting front row at this devotional, and I wondered what in the world could be so important that this elder needed to talk to President Pratt in the middle of a devotional, but then I look to the right and I see water literally gushing underneath the two doors in the front of the auditorium. This is really hard to describe without any kind of visual or anything, but water continued to gush in from underneath these doors for the rest of the 40 minutes that we had left of the devotional. The front 4 rows had to be moved to the back( that included me) to keep from being swept away in the rushing water in the front of the auditorium. Then a bunch of workers showed up and started brooming the water from where it was coming in to another exit on the other side of the building. If this didn't make sense, you should probably just ask me in 2 years when I get back cause there's no better way to describe it in person. Anyway, not only was the auditorium flooded, but literally all of the streets were flooded also. I think it might be more appropriate to refer to them as rivers at that particular moment... haha anyway, that was a really funny and actually really fun experience!

This week, we actually taught our first REAL investigator!! This doesn't normally happen, but our teacher, Hno. Silva had us all write letters to his cousin who lives here and she agreed to come and let us talk to her for a little bit on Saturday! It was honestly a super scary experience, because it was actually real. But we taught her all together as a district (all 7 of us) and it turned out to be really good! There were a lot of things that we were able to learn from it, but overall, I think that we did very good, and I know that the spirit was present and I know that she definitely felt something in that room! It would be really cool to hear if anything ever came from that!

That is really all of the noteworthy experiences I have had this week. Things are really just becoming a big routine here at the CCM, and I am becoming really really anxious to get out into Nicaragua and teach more REAL investigators! As always, Spanish is getting easier and easier, but it is hard to keep myself always speaking just Spanish because my whole district can speak perfect English, so naturally we speak English. Were working on it though! I just really hope that I have a trainer that only speaks Spanish. That is like the one thing I need that I think will finally make me completely comfortable with the language! I have my fingers crossed!

I hope that everything is going well around there! I guess I don't really have a whole lot to say, because I am just so anxious to get to Nicaragua! Good Luck! Te amo!

Love
Elder Moser

PS some informational things, I will be emailing on Monday next week because I leave early Tuesday morning. I haven't gotten all of my information yet, but I'll keep you guys updated as best I can! love you

PPS just feel as though I should proclaim to all the fathers out there, Happy Belated Fathers Day! Hope it was a good one!

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