27 January 2015

¿Como estàn? Yo espero que ustedes sean bien! I really love it here! I can`t even handle it. Gah. Mexico is amazing. oh P.S. this is probably gonna focus on mostly spiritual things. I hope that is cool, but how could it not be? :)

Can I just tell you something fantastic? Of course, I can. so I will! haha, anyway, I was teaching mi investigador and before I was just walking around looking at some pictures when I came across a picture of Christ in the Jardìn de Getsemanì. I wish I could send it to you all because it seriously just hits home that Christ, our older brother, suffered and died for all of us.  I got to use it for mi investigador and seriously the Spirit was so strong. The Atonement is real, and it is a daily thing. I know I can`t even come close to imagining everything He has gone through. I can only do my best to be His disciple for the rest of my life. I can`t wait to go and teach investigadores about our Savior and help bring them to the same joy and love for the Savior that I am developing more and more everyday.  

One thing that is cool is as I focus on this gospel and I work, I know that I don`t need to worry about things. As long as I am trying my best, the Lord will help me. He wants me to succeed and to bring people unto Him. He will not leave me comfortless. How amazing is that promise? and it is not just for me, but you too. When you are feeling down, He is there just waiting for you to ask for His help. 

There are so many good people in this world. I love getting to meet everyone and hearing their testimonies and seeing their wonderful examples.  It is the same with you guys! There are so many things that I have looked up to you for. You guys are seriously fantastic, and I love you all so much! ( oh fair warning, you know how I used to be weird with everything? well, I am pretty sure that is going to change. cuz you guys are just the best, and I love you lots!!) sorry that was random, but really. As I get closer and closer to the Spirit, my love for you, my family, and everyone else grows. Sometimes I feel like my heart is too full. I love the feeling. I never want to lose it.  

I can`t believe I have almost been out here for a month.  Time has gone by so fast. My goodness. It is cool how when you are working so hard (seriously studying for 16 hours a day) you don`t notice time. I think that will be good because before I know it, I will be back! Crazy, right? I have to admit though, I am exhausted! but a good exhausted. Mi compañera is super nice because she deals with me having issues getting up in the morning! It is such a struggle, but I am now in the habit, so it is a little better!! 

I hope you all are having a wonderful week and just a wonderful time! I know that you will be blessed and you can receive help if you need it! The gospel is for each individual. I just want to leave you with a quote: I absolutely love from Elder Holland:

missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are The Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him?

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!! NEVER GIVE UP ON ANYTHING, AND DON`T FORGET THAT i LOVE YOU ALL TO PIECES :)))

20 January 2015

Hola mi familia! Hoy estoy muy cansado...pero està bien porque amo el CCM! 

Okay, back to English.  Man, I am pretty tired, which is what I said in Spanish above this.  I am seriously always thinking and always working.  I just try to focus and make sure I am studying.  

So I have actually been meeting a lot of people! It is awesome!! one of the elders, Elder Crockett, who I met while making horchata, made me a drink and had me try it and then we talked for a while.  He was super nice, but he left for the mission field yesterday. Man, it was fun seeing him and talking to him, but he is going to do awesome! 

Then I met some other guys in the devotional and now every time they see me they wave and we talk if we`ve got a second.  The Elders are so nice here! I love it!! 

I have been teaching two investigators, well, sort of investigators. My teachers pretend to be them, so they can give us feedback, which is awesome because there is a lot I need to improve on!! we had a meeting with Hermano Pèrez, and he told me that he was extremely impressed with my Spanish! How nice of him! He and my other teacher Hermaña Arnaud have decided that I am going to have to help some companionships learn how to plan lessons and do well in them.  Crazy. I am not sure if I am good enough for that, but I will definitely try my best!

I will be attaching some pictures of my district, they are so funny! and crazy, like I mentioned before. Oh did I tell you I beat all the guys at ping pong? Well, I did. I hope I didn`t hurt their egos too much. Oops :) hahaha, 

The CCM is beautiful. I really love it! I really don`t know what else to say... my brain really is dead.  I need this P-Day. 

Well I think that is all. I don't have much to say, but ya know. that is ok. Adios mi familia! les amo mucho!! :)

Hermaña McMullin

13 January 2015

Hola mi familia! ¿Como estan? Estoy muy bien! Amo le CCM. Guess what!!! I have already given a lesson completely in Spanish without notes. Awesooooooome! I am not even joking. I somehow caught onto Spanish super fast. I feel really blessed. I am sure Heavenly Father is helping me with my languages right now! I do sometimes slip in some French words, but it`s close to Spanish so they understand. 

I also got the opportunity to speak in Church Sunday.  They pick random people each week to speak and I got chosen, One of the Counselors asked me if I had studied Spanish before, but nope! You want to know something cool about that? I knew that I was going to speak. I just had this feeling and I was right. The Holy Ghost was definitely telling me I was going to have to prepare a good talk! haha, very cool! I enjoyed it and I actually wanted to give a talk because the more I practice the better I am! 

I am working pretty hard. Seriously mi compañera and I finish meals fast and then go back and study. Spanish is pretty hard for her, so I am teaching her.  We go to class thirty minutes early and I teach her a concept. Then we stay thirty minutes later and I teach her another one every night. And then throughout the day, we just try to work on stuff.  I do work a lot though. Seriously 16 hours days. and I LOVE it!!! I get so excited to go study and learn and practice speaking Spanish.  

Oh guess what. I have decided I love Mexico.  The city is crazy and loud but so bright and colorful and happy. I just look outside mi casa and see it and I fall in love all over again! I may want to live here when I am older! I am not even joking though.  Although I may want to live more in the suburbs of Mexico not the craziness of Mexico city.  

Yesterday a random thing happened. Hermaña Whitehead and I were doing out service project when some guys started talking to us. they told us that Estaban (a guy who works in the kitchen) was going to teach them how to make legit Mexican Horchata.  and then they invited us to come! So we got to learn how to make it. It is delicious. So yummy. and now I have the recipe as well! bueno!! I can not wait to learn how to make other authentic Mexican dishes.  Yum!! 

Perhaps I should tell you about my district.  Okay so there are Elder Wells and Elder Benolerao, Elder Graham and Elder Thomas, and Elder Pennington and Elder Osborn.  I love them all.  Elder Wells taught mi compañera, Hermaña Whitehead, and me about the friendzone, how to attract guys, and just a lot of other random things. Probably one of the funniest lessons I have ever had.  I am constantly laughing around them.

Oooooo guess what!! I know I say guess what all the time, but there are so many things I want to tell you!!! That is why this email is forever long. I am sure you are still reading this and thinking wow, Kasey is weird. But that means she is still herself! haha. I am so funny. Anyway, so I was kind of sick this week and so my district got super worried about me because we weren`t there early. They came over to our casa to give me a blessing just in case I needed it.  How sweet!! They are awesome. 

Now a little more about mi compañera, Hermaña Whitehead.  She is fantastic. She is so sweet and easy to talk to and hard working.  It is crazy how we went to school together but weren`t really friends, and now we have the same mission call, and we are compañeras! We talk a lot about how God really wanted us to be friends :) I for real think that is true.  This may sound sappy, but she has already become one of my closest friends and I know we are going to keep in touch.  and we decided we are going to be compañeras in the field for forever. It will totally work out that way.  But really we better be compañeras in Texas!! Her abuela just passed away though.  She just found out about it.  I feel so sorry.    The only think I can do is be there for her and be a friend.  She is amazing. 

I truly am SO happy here. I walk out of my casa everyday smiling and loving life.  It is so pretty here and awesome. Sometimes it is hard, but I know everything will work out if I have a good attitude.  I just know if I do what I can and be happy everything will be wonderful! I seriously can`t stop smiling.  My companion was so sweet and just said I am always happy and it helps her out when she is feeling done.  That made my day.  I want to be able to help others and bring them the same happiness that I feel!

Random insert: I will be sending pictures in a separate email. (See Below)

The Spirit is so strong here. Sometimes it is hard for me to notice it because it really is always with me.  It is probably why I am so happy.  The closer I am to the gospel, the closer the Spirit can be with me. I never want to lose it.  Guys, the Spirit is REAL and Heavenly Father loves all of us so much.  While I was helping my companion, I just felt this overwhelming love for her, and I know that is only a portion of the love that our Heavenly Father has.  I already feel love for investigadores and everyone I come into contact with.  It is a huge blessing and it will bless my life immensely.  

Another thing I want to mention is service.  As I am helping mi compañera, I am so much happier. I am not focused on myself and I am able to accomplish more and be kinder.  I am definitely discovering a real love for serving and I am coming to love all whom I am serving.

I love you all so much!! You are amazing and wonderful. Miss you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6 January 2015

Hola todas mi familias! Estoy feliz a vos escriber! I don`t even know if i am saying that right... This keyboard is also different so my typing might be a little crazy.  and I`m too lazy and tired to fix it! It is definitely a new experience here. We are constantly working and learning and I seriously have like five minutes of "free" time, but I mostly use that for studying.  Spanish is going super well! I was able to teach an investigator with only looking once at my notes already! Crazy, huh! Not everyone is getting it as quickly as me, and I feel bad, but my brain is just weird.  

One super cool experience that happened was the first day I got here, we taught an investigator in English thankfully. She was awesome.  Her name was Hermaña Ingrid, and not gonna lie, but I think I did well! She asked me how she can feel Heavenly Father`s love and I explained to her about prayer, and then I asked her if she wanted to pray and she did! IT was awesome! She was crying and half the people in the room were crying (we had lots of people there because we were learning what to do, so about 20) and everyone said I did awesome! How nice! I felt pretty happy. I`m now teaching an investigator and his name is Carlos. He doesn`t speak any Spanish, so that can be rough, and since mi compañera doesn`t know or feel comfortable speaking Spanish, I seriously do all the talking. It is good though, it helps me out a lot and I know i am improving my Spanish.  

The MTC is kind of overwhelming.  It`s so structured, and I am always doing something. That`s what I want though. 

My district is pretty cool! They`re all so different with lots of different backgrounds, but they`re pretty wonderful. Mi compañera and I are the only girls in it. Weird! But I like it that way because girls can annoy me when they flirt with guys (which happens here...WHAT!) No bueno! But I shouldn`t judge because that`s not what you do on a mission.  

I got to go to the Mexico Temple today! It was so pretty, but sadly, it is being remodeled on the inside, so we couldn`t go in.  That`s okay. I did take some pictures, but I forgot my camera in mi casa, so I will send those to you next week! I have pictures with the temple and mi compañera and some girls in my zone! I really like them.

Oh we had an awesome FHE yesterday (did you know they do FHE here in the MTC?) 

Life is good here. Crazy but good.  It`s hard sometimes, but I know if I have a good attitude, I will love it!thanks for your emails! I`ll be replying to those soon! I miss you all a ton! thanks so much for everything! Love you :) 

Love,

Hermana McMullin

Safe and Sound

Just letting you know I got here safe and sound.  Everything is good! It`s different, but I`ll get used to everything. My P-Day is Tuesday, so I`ll be able to write you more then!  For letters you can send them to:

Hermaña McMullin 5-C

Carretera Tenayuca-Chalmita #828

Colonia Zona Escolar, Gustavo A. Madero

07230 Mexico, Distrito Federal

Mexico

For emails, my address is:

kasey.mcmullin@myldsmail.net