Okay let's just start off by saying this has been my most spiritual week here I feel like. First let me tell a story that's not so spiritual. my companion came out of the bathroom two nights ago and was like where's all our tee pee? I go in and I realized there's a phat broma(prank,joke) going on here! I barge in to the room over from us that's part of our district and start point fingers and accusing people left and right.(there's much to do here at night) my companion comes in and picks up a chair and start threatening if they didn't give it back. Then someone said "we don't got tee pee either". Come to find out all the teepee in all 5 rooms was gone. none in the supply closest. it all disappeared. we started threatening the other room that's notoriously loud at night. We ended up finding 30 rolls of tee pee under a blanket in the closet. no one confess so I don't trust anyone in my house anymore.
On to more spiritual stuff. Last day of pro mix was Saturday and that was really special. my companion annoyed me a ton but when I heard him bear his testimony during a lesson I teared up a Lil. I didn't even understand very much but the spirit was so strong and testify that whatever he was saying was true. It was a really special experience. Sunday we listened to a old deco given by Bedpan to the Provo MTC. He started off by saying the natural man is like the cookie monster. "give me cookie now, or give me baptism now" then he basically slapped everyone of us in the face "who cares what you want!" it hurt for a second but it was such a good wake up call. I am not here for what I want. I need stop complaining about stupid things and just get over it. The rest of it talked about conversion, and the only way were going to be converted is if we forget about being converted and serve people and love them as Christ would. I was a really spiritual video. I was also just coming off a fast and it answered every single part of my question was answered. I realized what it truly means to put off the natural man. it's by first stopping the bad things and then start replacing them with good better best things. Really strengthen my testimony on fasting.
Also our last day of class was yesterday. My morning teacher hermano 8a (ochoa) gave a really good little presentation on the people he was acting as for our "investigator" when we practiced teaching him. they were all people he baptized while on his mission. He then said something I'll never forget. "if you truly love the people you teach and truly understand what they need from the gospel. you won't have a lot of baptisms. The people you do baptize though will be true converts." Missionary work I've realized is more to do with being a true example of Christ then is does with getting people baptized.
I feel like everything has just come together my last few day here. I'm so excited to hit the field. I'm going to get a phat punch in the first few weeks there but I'm so ready for it all. back home it didn't feel real I was actually serving a mission. I joked it wouldn't hit until the plane ride over. then I got here and it didn't even feel real. now it's real. I'm ready to serve these people of Mexico city west mission with all my heart might, mind, and strength.
con amor,
Elder Corbett
for mom and dad.
Thank you so much for your letters. really special. for me. I can't receive them any more though cause I m leaving but regular cards are welcomed.
I have been forgetting to tell you but I need my partriiacal blessing.
For my mp3 thing if you ever do that for my birthday. I'd love the sound track from movies such as Les miss, pirates, phantom of the opera, interstellar, you know just good ones. also some really good Christian country would be awesome. also a album with the whole book of Mormon in Spanish.
Also would love some dope actually good pens that won't run out of ink fast and that writes small. I'll be on latter with all the pic so don't send it out yet but love you as always and thanks for helping with my emails. means a lot.
Pic one- the number one suspect for these heinous crimes.
pic two- a kind soul I met on the way back from a devo that was leaving the next day and said he had a tone of soda he needed to get rid. of course I am helped him with pleasure.
pic three- my night teacher caught at the wrong moment hahahapic
four- the picture I look at when I'm feeling down. it always reminds me I'm in Mexico and I have no right to be sad.
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