August 25, 2014

You asked me about the 6.4 earthquake that happened yesterday in Chile.  I didn't even know there was one.  Valasapiro is south and I am up north.  

Transfers are this Wednesday.  Knowing President Kahnlein, I wouldn't be surprised if he did transfer my companion, but I don't mind.  I've got to learn the language quick and be able to rely on myself more with being a missionary.  So if he does get transferred, it will be hard but a good experience for me too.  Thanks for sending the package. It's ok if it's little.  I will just be so happy for the package. I am in Viña today because my companion has a doctor appointment. I really like Viña.  It is a lot different from Los Vilos. Los Vilos is pretty rough sometimes.  I saw Elder Horton here.  That was way cool.  i never realized how much we got a long in the CCM.  It was way cool to see him and talk with him.  He was struggling with the language too, so that is nice to know I am not the only one . The language is improving, but it depends who talks.  Some people I can understand a lot and others I can't understand at all. But it's all good.  

Yesterday i taught a pastor.  It was a women.  We tried to teach her about Joseph Smith, but she wouldn't really let us.  She wouldn't let me read a scripture in the Book of Mormon.  I think because she knows she would get proved wrong. Then she said, "Can I give you a blessing señor?  I want to ask her "Where do you get your authority?  The internet?" Anyone can do that and say things. i was frustrated, but i didn't say anything.

I wanted to ask dad a question. Is fasting for more then one thing bad? Because my district leader wanted to fast for several things this week and my companion said its not great to fast for a lot of things.  So he told me to fast for something else.  We were fasting for diligence.  Kinda ironic, huh?  Then he had a meeting. So we could have broken the fast without him knowing. The other two missionaries wanted to. They asked me what I thought and I said no.  I don't want to break it without my companion knowing.  It doesn't seem like a lot, but at the time it was.  I had those two have a lot more experience and pressuring you.  I was starving, but I held through and felt a lot better.  I have fasted every week but one since I have been down here.  That's kinda crazy.  Then the next day we are still fasting.  The sisters had a baptism.  We go in to get the water ready and it's ice cold.  The warm water won't work, which for other people is no big deal, but for this guy, he is 82 and doesn't have any oxygen. So it would have killed him. So we tried everything to get the water to work. Then after a while I remembered in Eric's homecoming talk when he talked about the water in his font not working, so they prayed and after the water came on so they could fill the font and have their baptism.  So I went in the corner by myself and prayed.  Then the others saw me praying, and they went and prayed too. After we had prayed, the fire started working and we filled the whole font in less them two hours for the baptism.  So thanks for the example Eric.  Other then that, I am not sure.  Not much is really happening.  Sounds like you guys are busy.  Yesterday I gave three more blessings.  I think by the end of tonight, I will be up to eight this week.  Have a good week.

Love,

Elder Gillies

1st Baptism

So I am in Mosiah in the scriptures reading in Spanish.  I  can understand the scriptures some, but other people is super hard because they talk so fast.  It is just crazy.  My town is one of the smallest I will be in in this mission. It is by the ocean so i think that has to do some with it being so cold.   However, I am adjusting better now with the cold.  I  think the six weeks in the Mexico summer messed me up with the winter here.  So next winter shouldn't be as bad. The lady we taught, Raquel is 71.  I have now given her two blessing and another blessing to a young kid who is a convert.  He comes teaching with us all the time. He is way cool.  So I go from never having given a blessing to three in a week. 

That is really sad about Ryan Martin coming home from his mission. You can't base your mission on three weeks. Like there are days that are dang hard. I  have already learned so much and grown so much.  I couldn't imagine that I would learn this much anywhere else, even with the crap my companion gives me.

Yesterday we baptized Raquel and guess who got to do it.  Yup, me.  I know, I was so excited! It was a great thing.  I was going to baptize her, then I wasn't because a member was.  Then Sunday I was again. It was super weird at first, because she steps in the water and says, "It's too hot!" So we cool it down and she like won't come in says it's too hot again when is wasn't.  The she said "Who doesn't want me to get baptized! Like someone was talking in her head. I realized I witnessed the power of Satan.  He is real and his power is strong, but we finally got her down in the water and she calmed down.  I baptized her and after the spirit was so strong.  She looked like she had so much peace.  It was so cool.  The power of Satan is no match for the power of God. I witnessed that yesterday.  It was incredible.

Now I have questions. Send me pictures in the package if you haven't sent it already. You didn't tell me what do everyone do with the old missionary agendas after the transfers.  Keep them or throw them away?  What about the backpack? If I bought one, would that be breaking a rule and being disobedient?  The shoulder bags look better, but they don't feel so good,  They screw with your back. So if it's breaking the rules, I will stick it out with the shoulder bag.  I just didn't know.  Have a good week!

Love

Elder Gillies

August 11, 2014

So    You asked me why I would rather do my laundry than have the Mamacita do it.  It would just be easier for me because then I wouldon’t have to haul clothes every few days and when she gets busy it is hard.  But she is always pretty good at getting our clothclothes to us as fast as she can.  The lady that emailed you was one of my teachers in the Mexico MTC.  She is way funny              She took vides of all of us.  It was way cool.  I am teaching some people.  The one that is progressing is Raquel. If she goes            to church next Sunday she can be baptized the following Sunday after church.  It would be way cool because the other                    elders, one has been here six months and just got his first baptism. So we are pretty lucky if we get one in my first month                here. I think she will get baptized.  She is a good lady, but has a lot of health problems. I think everyone has depression                  here, but she said when we are there to teach her she feels different.  So last night we gave her a blessing for her health.  I            have never given a blessing in English, let alone Spanish.  I was scared out of my mind, but i did my best and I know the  lord knows her needs.  After the blessing she sat down and closed her eyes and looked at peace.  It was way cool to see the                 power of the priesthood like when you are using it if that makes any sense. The members feed us a lot of chicken and rice.            They don’t have much variety, but I don’t have to pay for it so, it’s all good.  But when I get home, I will definitely have to go               back to food with more flavor.  Yesterday we ate at a member’s house and I swear I was the joke the whole time. By the                   end, I was super frustrated because when a native says he is trying to learn English it is like oh good for you.  But when I                 don’t understand, it’s like a whole different thing. So I was tired of it and I shared a scripture with them.  I shared Ether 12:               27 where they talk about how your weaknesses become your strengths. The look on their face said it all! I wanted to say,               yeah, let that sink in for a minute, but it was good after that. My companion….I don’t know.  I get super frustrated with him                 sometimes because it seems like the rules change with certain things.  Like with personal study, we have to be done at                   exactly 9:30.  Like he sat there today and I was reading and didn’t notice it was 9:30, so he made me set an alarm.  But like  with the language study, he doesn’t even care that much and I need that a ton.  So that’s super hard.  We taught a kid who                       doesn’t believe in God, but wants to learn more English.  So I told him President Hinckley’s promise so he will read the                   Book of Mormon.  I guess I didn’t say the words right or something, but everything has to be word perfect.  I felt bad after                 that one because I felt like I did the right thing and after my companion made me feel like I did a bad thing.  Yes, I am                       getting your pictures.  Thank you very much for everything.

       Love,

      Elder Gillies

  

August 4, 2014

To answer your question, I wanted you to send me  the underarmor bottoms, gloves and ear muffs for next year,  because I know by the time I get them it will be warm.  But for next winter,  I will use them everyday and if you haven't sent the package yet, could you throw in some pictures of the family.  Just like the latest ones and just a few if its not to much to ask.  Thanks a ton. Can you ask dad and the boys what they did with their old mission agendas.  Did they  keep them or throw them a way or what?  To answer your questions about the laundry, I have a momomita,  She does my laundry,  but I would rather just do it myself.  However, I don't have access to a machine .  No, I am not starving.  The culture down here is a huge lunch.  It's like two or three in the afternoon.  Then you are good to go.  I  buy snacks if i do get hungry. My apartment is fine. Nothing to fancy.  It is missing some windows, so when I shower it is cold.  Other then that, it is fine. That is cool about Alyssa getting her mission call to England,  It is crazy that out of all of us, only two of us have been called foreign.  England would be fun, but super hard too,  The walking depends on the day and depends how many lessons you have that day.  I did a change last Tuesday,  Every lesson fell through,  We walked all day, and the area has huge hills.  It was hard. Los Villos is pretty flat,  But some of the hills were steep.  It was like when we go hunting. 

Well,  don't freak out, but this week we were doing service and I fell through the members roof.  I am fine,  I anded on my feet.  I just scraped up my arm and my face a little bit, but it could have been worse.  My testimony of garments grew a ton because where they were, there was not a scratch on me.  So the next day I had to call the President.  Not the idea i had for my first call with him, but I said my testimony grew and he said he had a testimony of wise decisions.  I couldn't tell if he was joking or not.  He is a pretty serious guy, but it wasn't my fault.  The stuff they use to build here is super sketchy.  Um, about my companion.  He is always on my back for something and these last few days I get super frustrated with him so fast.  But I am learning to be patient.  Today the Shrams took us to see a different part of the ocean.  It was super cool and way nice of them.  I am glad your staying busy.  Have a good week.

Love,

Elder Gillies

The ocean at Los Villos - August 4, 2014

First pictures we received from Tyson at the CCM

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July 21 - 1st week in Los Vilos

I will answer a lot of your questions. The nights are good.  I have enough blankets. In the days, the wind blows here like it does in Wyoming.  It is crazy. You don’t need to send me anything.  Really, I am good, but if you do have hand sanitizer it would be nice. Like in the little bottles. Send under armor bottoms, ear muffs and a little pair of gloves.  Also peach rings, peanut bars and peanuts. I have been craving them.  That would be nice.  Thanks so much. I have a question for you.  How is it being empty nesters?  Without me there, is it one big party? It sounds like you are super busy all the time.  That’s cool about grandpas fishing pole.

Chile is different. We had a conference in the north and that is like desert.  In Los Vilos where I am, you have the ocean.  At the conference there was a seventy here.  I had to read a scripture in Spanish in front of everyone.  That was a little scary.

It was Elder Tousely who got robbed and he took it off (as I am typing this for Tyson, I am not sure what he took off) to show the guy which he shouldn’t have done. Then the robber just grabbed it from him.   That is cool about the temple with Dillon. I wish i could lose five pounds like Travis, but right now I want to keep it on in a few months.  I can lose it in the summer.  The language is super hard right now.  I can understand a little more than I could just coming here, but it coming very slowly.  My apartment is small, but it’s fine.  We cleaned today cause it’s bad.  Next week I will have to clean the floor with my hands and a sponge because there is no mop, buts it’s good.  We get everywhere on a bus that is for the missionaries which is super nice because then you don’t have to pay.  We taught a lady this week with a ton of faith, and she wants to be baptized.  We just need her to come to church.  She believes so strong in the bible.  Hopefully she reads the Book of Mormon too.  Yes we eat breakfast by ourselves. The members feed us lunch everyday and then we don’t eat dinner. The plane ride here was good.  It was like eight hours from Mexico to here.  Then it was like a two hour bus ride to Vina. Then it was two more hours to Los Villos. I have had to rely on the lord in more ways than ever before.  Sometimes I get frustrated pretty bad, but then I calm done.  It’s super hard sometimes.  I met Elder Bush at the conference.  He was in the same position I was in four months ago.  He helped me a lot and that was nice.  I got to pray in English last night because a member wanted to see how hers was. It was super nice. Hope you have a good week. 

Love,

Elder Gillies

July 21 - Arrival in Chile

O.k. Well, it has been a crazy week. We made it to Vina for a day, and we had to do this thing where we got dropped off in the city and then were given an address to the mission home and a Book of Mormon and had to find a contact and find the mission home again. I was with Elder Henderson, and we got a few contacts and found the mission home eventually. But to start out the day, we see Elder Tousley and you could tell something was wrong. Well he got robbed the first day of the mission in like the first thirty minutes. What an experience! But he is doing ok. Everything is crazy down here and super hard to adjust too right now. The food is good, but they eat breakfast, then lunch, then that’s it. In the house, they don’t have heat, like no building has heat. And it’s the middle of winter, so it’s stinking cold in the house. When we study, I wear my coat a ton, but I don’t think I will ever use my boots. I am not in Vina. I am in Los Vilos for my first area. It is north of Vina and my companion is Elder Ramieriz. He is from Argentina so he speaks words in English so that is it. It’s hard sometimes because we don’t understand each other, but he is a good guy. He said the president much trust me for sending me up north my first transfer. I am like no, he just doesn’t want to see me. Then another girl said it was because of trust too. But I don’t know if that’s really true but if it is, that is super cool. Homesick--I get homesick every now and then. I was the first two days in the CCM and then I got in a routine and I am good now. I have to restart everything because no one speaks English. I get made fun of a lot because I don’t understand it and it makes me mad because they know like one sentence in English and then they think they can make fun of me in Spanish. I want to tell them what’s what and say go try to learn English, but I can’t. There are like 500 members here and in church there was like fifty. It was so empty you could have a row to yourself. We taught a few lessons, but a lot of times people don’t answer the door. You don’t knock down here. You shout hello at the door, and they will come answer sometimes. It’s very different from America. I don’t know about the mountains. I am right by the ocean right now. Elder Ramieriz thinks he is getting transferred this next time so that would leave me hosed. It’s hard to see all those missionaries with so much time out here and it seems like you will never get there and not understanding Spanish. I have a feeling these next six months are probably going to be the hardest in my life, but I fastest Saturday so I hope that will help. Thanks for everything, When I get back I will be so much more grateful for everything. 

Love, Elder Gillies

July 14, 2014 - Leaving the CCM and Flying to Chile

Ok.  I get like five minutes to write.  I leave tonight at eight and my flight is at twelve tonight.  I  should arrive in Chile about nine thirty am in the morning, July 15.  It has been crazy and hopefully i will get to write you when i get down there, but  I don't know yet.

 

Love,

Elder gillies 

July 8, 2014 - 5th Letter at CCM

My drivers license number is ----------- and the AP test one should be on that little paper that I brought home on the end of the year.  That is so good that Tate came and I am glad he is doing well and that Molly likes him. Sorry you got sick Dad, but I know how you feel. I think the food was some of the reason with up setting my stomach, but I got a stomach virus which was not fun to have.  I am getting over that. I think once I get out of here, my immune system won't take so much of a beating.  That is good to hear about the garden.  It would grow well while I am gone, but thats ok.  I leave next week, Monday night at 12 at night.  I should get there Tuesday morning, so I don't know about the email next week.  If i can, I will send you one. but if you don't get one I will email you the next week.  My Fourth of July sounded a lot better then yours.  The only thing we were missing was the fireworks.  The kiction staff made us American food all day.  We sang at lunch and they were wishing us a Happy Fourth.  It was way cool of them. Everyone wore red, white, and blue. It was crazy. Our opening hymn was The Star Spangled Banner and our teacher had pictures of the flag and Statue of Liberty and all that. It was so cool. Then for PE, we played baseball with three people on each team. It was way fun, but kinda hard with just 3 on a team. I will send you some pictures of that today. I got a hair cut. I was super nervous because it was the first time someone else cut it, but she did a pretty good job. I needed it because my hair was pretty curly. We ran today along the whole perimiter of the CCM. It wasn't too bad, but I am out of shape really, really bad.  It was good.   My companion knows a girl that is cousins with Hadley Haycock so that was crazy. He is like, "I  didn't know anyone from Wyoming. Now I have all these people coming in my life." it was pretty funny. It's weird being the old kids here now, but I am glad because there are so many missionaries. I am ready to get out of here. It will be way different form anything I have done, but it will be good. That's funny about Alyssa. I wonder what Jared said to her. That's worse then anything I did last year. The thing is it was on main street so I bet a lot of people found out. Not much else has happened. It's just a lot of studying and class.  I will try to email you next week if i can. If not, the next week.

Love

Elder Gillies

July 2, 2014 - 4th Week at CCM

This week was kinda hard.  I got discouraged for some of it, but I am doing better now.  The first couple days I got homesick pretty bad, but now I am good to go. I think of home sometimes, but in a very good way.  That's crazy the car got hit.  I don't know what's up with that but at least it didn't cost as much as mine.  I will try to send you a picture today on Travis's little thing.  Hopefully that will work out.  Sister Jones is so nice. She is my favorite lady out of all the mission people.  She is so nice.  We did a service project with her this week, and she is like, "Now if you guys get tired, we can take a break and just chat.  She is super cool with the discouraged part.  Some of it is the language. I think I get a tutor this week for the rest of the time so I don't know how that will go, but hopefully it will help me some.  I don't understand a lot with our lessons of what they are saying, so it's hard to say stuff.  Like I know what I want to say, but I just can't communicate that.  So that makes me kinda upset, but it is also good motivation.  This week we had a devotional by David Bednar. It was one of the best talks I have ever heard.  It like answered questions that I had. It was pretty cool and he talked about the character of Christ and the all that and one part of his talk was the Brother of Jared and the stones how that was a trial of his faith.  It is exactly what I needed at the time, so I know H.F. is looking after me.  That is cool about Travis.  I wish I could have been there, but I will be home for his home oming so that will be nice.  It kinda cracked me up that we went through the same temple. 

We played kick ball today and i had a sweet catch, like diving and everything.  I have no idea how I did that, but it was pretty cool.  We also went on the roof of the Thomas S. Monson building and that was fun.  You can actully see stuff and it was like getting out with out leaving which I am ready to do. My stomach can't handle it here anymore.  I am ready to get down in Chile. We have four people in our room,  me, my companion Elder Horton, Elder Tousley and Elder Henderson.  It is a pretty small room, but we aren't in there much so it doesn't matter.  This week we got talking about mothers, and I talked about you.  They said you sounded like a cool lady and I was like she really is.  I should be smacked because I took my parents for granted sometimes, but I couldn't have done anything without you guys.  I am sorry for that, but that won't happen anymore.  I love you guys very much.  I will try to send a picture.  Talk to you next week.

Love,

Elder Gillies

P.S. How are the Red Sox doing?

June 24, 2014 - 3rd Week at CCM

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Family, To answer your questions, there is no air conditioning in the building, not even in the auditorium. It is so hot. I roast like a toasted cheezer all day. We only have to wear our suits on Sundays and Tuesdays at the devotionals. The Spanish, well....I am the slow kid in class which is super hard for me because I have always been right up there at the top so that is a hard thing for me. I know not to compare, but it is hard not too. I am glad the Spurs won, that way I won't get crap and the Heat won't three beat. It sounds like you are staying busy with things down there. That's crazy that you still got snow last week. Everything is so mild down here. It's like a 20 degree difference and the only time it drops is when it is raining. I did get to go out to the visitor center which I needed very much to get outside the walls and it was way cool to see the city. Driving down here is crazy and all the shops are so weird, but some places are nice. But for the most part, pretty ghetto. The picture...I don't known when Sister Jones will be taking it, so it should be there in the new few weeks. I have seen Levi some. Today when we were out, there were all these shacks with satellite dishes on them which is pretty funny. There were chickens on top of the roofs, but I don't think they used them for eggs. My guess would be chicken fights because there was a ton of them. They wouldn't let you go on the temple grounds with the remodeling, but I did take some pictures but not very many. Tell Saylem if you see him that he was supposed to tell me where he was going on his mission. That little punk. The other two have sent me emails, but not him. I think he may be afraid that I will give him crap about the Heat game. We found some new latino friends to play soccer with again so that will be fun when we get the chance. Do you know how I can send pictures from my camera on the mail because I have no idea how to do it. When is Travis' farewell. Is it this week? That will be crazy. We will be out in the field the same time and honestly I would take the grad school over this because at least you know what you are reading. I just stare and pray that something will make sense. Who was the MVP of the finals and how are Red Sox doing? Hopefully better than when I left. It seems the time is really going pretty fast. The beginning of the weeks fly by, but the end kinda drags a little, but not too bad. Today in the visitors center, this girl said her Grandpa was a Roger Gillies. Would we have any relation to him? I wasn't sure, but I thought I would ask. We teach our fake investigators and we taught two lessons and at first I didn't know where were going, but then by the end it set up perfectly for the third which was super cool to see how the Lord works. I don't know much other than that so have a good week and have fun. Love, Elder Gillies

June 17, 2014 - 2nd Week at CCM

This week has gone by a lot faster which is way good.  Tuesday night we had a devotional and the place where we were at flooded.  There was so much rain in this little hole thing .  There was probably four feet of water .  You could have baptized someone in it.  We were out playing in it.  The roads had about eight inches water.  We took some pictures but it was at night so I don't know how good they are.  I have taken some pictures.  My companion, Elder Horton is from Spokane, Washington so that is good.  That is too bad about Melissa and Patty, but they will make it through it.  I will be praying for them and try to send them some missionary blessings. The food is alright.  It depends the day. Some days it sends you running to the bathroom which is bad because of the one ply toilet paper! Some days it is pretty good. That is cool about Josh Taylor getting his mission call to Redlands, CA.  I see Chris Sorenson and Travis  Crook quite a bit so that is pretty cool.  Sister Jones said once Levi gets here she will take us a picture of us four and send it to you guys so you should get a picture in the next little bit.  She is a way cool lady and probably my favorite out of the presidency's wives.  I made it through another week of not speaking in Sacrament meeting but I don't know about the next week though.  They had a kid who had been here for a few days speak.  I felt so bad for him.  Our older district left this week which really stinks because they have helped me so much with everything and it was like the support I needed at the time from a person here. They  gave us this book about district 5. It was pretty funny and the girl who started it said she was eventually going to publish it so that would be way cool be apart of history.   My Spanish is rough.  I get nervous which I know I shouldn't do and then I forget everything I would say in English and Spanish so that leaves me in a problem.  But I have learned a lot.  The washing is going pretty good so far,  but I can't shrink anything because I think I have gained a little weight so I need to get going on the whole running thing.  The devotionals here are the things that keep me going. They are very uplifting and all that good stuff and through all those devotionals, you can really see our district come closer which is pretty cool. I heard the spurs won the finals. Is that true or not ? I really hope it is because I really don't want them to three beat um. I wanted to buy this Mexican jersey, but it wouldn't even fit me when I was Boston's age . This thing is tiny. Not much other things happened this week, just a lot of class.  I hope one of these days we will get to see the temple, because I want to see some of the city. So that it for me.

Oh yeah, Happy Father's Day Dad.  I think it was Sunday, I don't know.  I hope it was a good day for you. I guess I won't be winning son of the year award since I forgot, but that's ok.  Hope is was a good day for you.

Love,

Elder Gillies

June 10, 2014 - 1st Week at CCM

Hey,  

What's up? Being here at the CCM is crazy. You have no time to relax. I am so tired. I haven't slept very well.  The beds are super small and not very good. Mexico city is pretty noisy so its hard to get some sleep.  That 's cool about Landen Webb and Chris Sorenson.  My companion's name is Elder Horton. He is a pretty cool kid. He is from Washington. My district has eight, two hermanas and six elders. The language is really hard for me right now. I can't remember anything and it's kicking my butt, but it will come. The older district is leaving next week which sucks because they were super nice and helped and looked out for us a lot. The flight was pretty good. I talked to this old lady and slept the whole time. Tell Grandpa Showell Happy Birthday and Megan because I missed hers.  Sunday was way cool. It was one of the most spiritual times I have had in my life with all the talks. Thanks for the note in the suit case by the way. That was nice to read. The food is not to bad. They do have ranch dressing here, but it is kinda weird. I eat rice and beans a lot. I don't know if i can say this, but I will anyway.  Could you pray for me that the language will come, please. This has been a huge trial of faith, but i know it's building my testimony a lot. The washing machine is all weird so i might get my clothes washed today. There is a lot of class and the weather is nice. It doesn't get to hot, but I am still dying, but everyone else seems to enjoy it. Sorry this one is kinda short. Not much happened besides class. I will have more for you next week 

Love,  Elder Gillies

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​I had more time then I thought so I can add a few more things.  I'll probably just end up repeating myself. Everything down here is so green and like outside the CCM is pretty ghetto with graffiti and all that. I can kinda pray and testify a little in Spanish, but my understanding is not good so i just smile and stare and walk away. I know that is bad, but i have no idea what else to do. They have these weird things outside the CCM. They look like alien things. I was wondering if thats how i got here to this foreign planet!  Ha ha! We practice with a fake investigator. I try to throw some things in, but I don't know what he is saying 99 percent of the time. Sunday was way cool and very encouraging and very much needed. I never thought I would pray this much, but it seems that all i do this pray and study. Elder Henderson, the missionary from Richfield is in my district. He is kinda weird, but really funny. Yesterday he said a word and the Spanish teacher is like what? and she goes that's not a word. He was so convinced it was that he brought out his book and everything to prove to her it was. He was way off, but it cracked me up with him trying to prove to a person that speaks Spanish in the first week is pretty crazy.

Love, Elder Gillies 

June 4, 2014 - Arrival at the Mexico CCM

Hey, I made it to Mexico.  The flights were long, but they were good.  There was a ton of us going at at time.  Then more sisters and elders came after we got here.  The keys on the computer are weird and I don't know how to do anything, but I will learn.  I want to get out of this suit quick though and into a white shirt, because I am roasting already and I really want a shower .  Mexico...I don't even know where to start.  We are blessed!  I feel like a little country boy from podunk Wyoming.  My companion is Elder Horton. I haven't met him yet.  Hope he is really cool though.  Mexico is crazy.  They drive so close to each other and you could reach out and touch the other car.  Then they have these crazy guys who try to sell stuff in the middle of the road while cars are zooming by. They are nuts! Everywhere in the town is filled with graffiti and they have shacks for houses. I really haven't done much yet.  My next p-day is Tuesday so I hope to have more to say then.  

Love,

Elder Gillies

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