Week 16 12/16/19 DOGs be crazy out here in CDMX 12/16/19

Ya so, a Saint Bernard bit me. We were just contacting on a chill quite street and a super calm and tranquilo Saint Bernard came up to us. I love chill big dogs so me being a dummy, I gave him the classic noggin scratch and then out of nowhere the devil sprung out of him and he snapped at me. Lucky the lord is on my side and I have lightning fast reflexes and he didn't break any skin. Great adrenaline rush though. 

Also same area, we were contacting and knocking doors last night. There was a lil Chihuahua that was trying be tough and barking at us. I being the dummy again and (not learning my lesson) stepped at it to scare it cause they usually just run away.  (Something you gotta know about street dogs. They often got homies. And at night they are much more aggressive).The thing I didn't realize was this Lil guy had 3 other bigger dogs a lil bit behind it and they saw me being a jerk to their friend so they just darted at me!  I got down low acting like I was picking up a rock (which usually scares me) but these ones kept running at me. Me and my comp just started running. But wait I'm a representative of jesucristo so I stood my ground and gave a good ol howler "OOYY!!" and they stopped and ran off. The lord was definitely there protecting me both those times.

My comp finally got better this week so we've just been working super hard everyday. Really cool experiences though this week with being guided by the spirit. We prayed Wednesday morning for where we should contact specifically. We felt to go to the street where the dog bit me and one more. While contacting we found a couple really ready people. then it was almost  time to go to comida so we prayed to be guided to one last house where someone would be ready to hear us. We just started walking and one house where a guy was working was calling my name. We started talking to the guy working and then a young man came out the house and started talking to us. He invited us in and we taught a lil about the restoration and he seems super interested. I know we were guided by the spirit to the house and that we can be guided like that always when we live worthy and seek for its voice. I'm so happy to continue to learn how this voice talks to me. 

Love y'all and hope ya'lls week before Christmas is good. I pray we can all remember the true purpose of this time. 

This video is awesome. It's for Easter but it makes me feel the spirit so strong Every time so invite ya'll to watch it. 

https://youtu.be/_S3TI4bYerU

Week 15 12/9/19 MCSTRAW DAY

We had the Mexico general authority visit and tell us a few things. He told us to work with members and also to set inspired goals. It's was spiritual and also very confusing at times cause he only spoke Spanish.  I was a bit lost at times. Good stuff though. Spanish is coming along great. :)missions are just peachy

We had CORBETT day a couple weeks ago when I got super sick but now it's my comps turn.  He ate a bunch of  Burger King for his birthday.  He then started getting tummy problems and then just was totally wrecked the rest of the week. (Lesson: don't eat state food in Mexico). Then at the start of the week I was getting terrible migraines. So the whole week one of was some kind of sick. We still had some awesome Milagros. We have started teaching a familia flores of like 12 and they approached us to be taught. I feel they're going to progress pretty nicely. Then their neighbors are even more ready. Family Colin Noranjo(?). They are just gold. They ask all the questions we usually have to fight for people to do or ask. They've asked for a book of Mormon and promised to read. They asked where church was and then showed up!!!! But also with a vecina (neighbor) it's CRAZY! They have so much love for God and just love in general. I can't wait to see their progress this week. 

We also got to eat with a member that's husband is pure American. He doesn't know really Spanish so it was just a great meal filled with the latest movies that have come out and just inside info on the states. I don't really care I was missing stuff until he said the new Mandalorian series of star wars is to die for. So now I'm just dyeing inside waiting for that. Hahaha

On a more spiritual note though...

In Matthew 22: 37-40 Jesus explains the two greatest commandments. 1) LOVE your God with all thy heart, soul, mind and 2)LOVE his children as you LOVE yourself. Verse 40 says though that all other laws/commandments hang on these two. 

Wow. I thought about those 4 verses a lot this week. I sometimes feel it hard to experience the great joy of sharing the gospel talked about all over in the scriptures and general conference. I started thinking though... Why am I sharing this gospel !?  I think my motive has been a lot of  obligation and to feel like I'm doing the right thing cause a book I know is true with all my heart said so. But if I'm doing these things not out of a place of love of course I'm not going to enjoy it. Once I realized I've had some awesome experiences of just feeling pure joy and love for the people here. I just love this gospel so much and all the joy and hope it can bring into people's lives. 

I want everyone back home to know I love them and that this gospel is a gospel of loving others. So this Christmas season go show it and share that love. 

Love, Elder CORBETT 

PS Elder CORBETT does in fact accept email from anyone and everyone so pls send email of anything cause (I) he would love to hear from ya'll. 

For fam-- I want an email from everyone of the testimony of Jesus Christ and, if they feel inclined,  How they received it.

Week 14 12/2/19 Miracle at Temple Christmas lights

Miracle at Temple Christmas lights  12/2/19

This week was awesome. I saw 3 litters of puppy's. (Maybe played with them a lil too) played pickle ball. Drunk guy peep his pants in front of us. Threw up in a bush in the street. Yesterday we went to the ciudad de México templo navidad luzes. (huge miracle there)

   All the people we invited fell through so we were standing outside the church inviting people from the street and we invited this random guy to come see a celebration of the savoir and some cool lights. He said ya sure. Just crazy. He took his whole night to come with us. He's also super excited to learn more about how to make covenants with the Lord and obtain a eternal family. I'm so happy for him. It was a much needed miracle. 

    We did a lot of work like always. Lots of small miracles that keep building on each other that lead to bigger finding opportunities to the Lord's chosen. We've just been grinding this week but crazy miracle have happened with our work. We've found a family of 7 that really wants to learn. I don't know, just my faith is being built up every week little by little and it's really cool how when we act in faith how our faith just grows. Alma got it right when he compared it to a seed. Our faith not only starts like a seed but it grows sometimes at the rate of a small seed. Little by little. I personally think I'm a perfectionist, so it's important to remember that good solid progress is slow and little by little. (Alma 32: 26-30)

Missions are awesome that's all I got to say. Love your favorite missionary

-ELDER CORBETT 

Week 13 11/25/19 Work work work... Vomit

Work work work... Vomit      11/25/19

This week has been awesome. I've learned so much. Me and my New comp are absolutely killing it out here in castorena 3. The beginning of the week we went on interchanges with the assistances to show us how it be out here. I was with Elder Caceres, lil short fella from Honduras that only speaks Spanish. I learned so many New and better way to teach so that people understand and feel of God's love from them. We've just been having a great week.

Me and Elder McStraw (new comp) have had to start from almost nothing. We've done a ton of knocking and talking to people on the Street. It's been super fun. I've talked to more drunk people this week then I have in my whole life. Cool story with that though- We were helping a lady carry a table into to her house. Then a guy was just sitting in a door way by her house so I just started talking to him. He's a wood worker too I think. And then he just kindly let us into his house where there was his wife a few of his kids(20-35) there was a few beer cans. The kids seemed fine but the wife and maybe the dad was a bit drunk but they said they wanted to hear god's word. I shared a scripture in the Book of Mormon and introduces it to them and invited them to read and pray and find out from themselves if it's true. The while family of 5 committed to do it and we have a new cita(lesson) with them too. But the son said some really interesting things while we're talking. He said he just wishes everyone was from the same church. It was just a really cool experience, its little hard to describe. I think we were guided to that house slowly by the spirit. Even if some where a ill drunk. I think we were there for a reason. We missed a cita with a testigo to talk and explain to them the gospel and I think that was all god's plan. 

Lots of cool experience like that this week. We've found 13 New people to teach and most are families and really want to progress I feel like. Also I found out today that the tienda investigators we had in my last area wants to be baptized this Saturday. How cool! Feel so much joy for him.

But ya today been ehh. Last night we planed our day perfectly and called it Corbett day cause I was in charge of planning this p day. We were all so hyped. We had book of Mormon videos planned and nap time and museum time. We had it all and then at 6:10 (20mins before the start of the day) I realized something wasn't right. I got up ran to the bathroom, hand over my mouth. And 1-3 steps before I was at the toilet it over filled and I blew over the ground, sopas and all.(that's what we ate yesterday). So I've been bed ridden basically all day. Vomiting here and there. I'm actually using the assistance's phones to write this cause I'm to scared to vomit at the cyber. It's been a day. But I feel really good about this week. We've worked so hard and I think it's really payed off. A lot a new people have now heard the beginning of the gospel and we have a lot of people that want to keep hearing more. I'm starting to feel the real joy of sharing the gospel. I know everyone can gain from the true knowledge of the atonement of Jesus and His church just as I have.

Love everyone back home. Especially my family

Love your favorite elder

Elder Corvette