Living Large In the CCM

Week: 3

Date: February 17, 2024
Location: Mexico City, Mexico CCM
Email: leah.kimball@missionary.org
Companion: Hermana Duersch/ Pennsylvania, Hermana Strong/ Arizona

Here is my link to my mission blog! Sign up for updates! 
IF YOU WANNA SEE DAILY UPDATES JOIN MY PHOTO ALBUM:
 

Selfie at the Temple
Mexico City, Mexico
February 2024

Hiiii!!! week 3 MTC!!!

Guys I can not believe in 3 1/2 short weeks I'll be in St. Louis! Time fliessss. I'm not gonna lie the first week of the CCM felt incredibly long! Like years long! But this week zoomed by and it has everything to do with the amount of studying we are doing!
 We get a lot of good time to study our language and the good ol BOM (Book of Mormon)! Which has been so nice because it's self directed so I get to study what I really need. And you know what I really need.. I really need to master these conjugations!!!! Past, present, conditional, subjunctive, reflexive, future.. Spanish is so hard and so easy at the same time. It has so many rules but uses a whole lot of the same words as the English language. It's a joke between me and my companions that the Spanish language is really just English with an accent! 

Do you need to wash ur hair? Okay here's some "champu"
Want a sweet treat? Okay here's some "chocolawtay"
Want to flip your pancakes? Okay here's a "espatula" 

It's been pretty fun guessing what certain words are in Spanish because I just put a little Spanish accent flare onto the word and I'm usually right. Only once was I completely wrong when I said "I am embarrassed" in Spanish and guessed "estoy embarazzado" for those of you that don't know that means "I am pregnant"... definitely not what I meant to say. 

SISTRICT!!! 
Mexico City, Mexico
February 2024

Hermana Costley and I hard at work doing a service project!
Mexico City, Mexico
February 2024

Anyways... this week was awesome we had a whole lot of class, a whole lot of studying, and a whole lot of laughing. My sistrict thinks I'm pretty hilarious so it really boosts my self esteem. This week the president of the CCM ate lunch with us and I was cracking jokes left and right. He told me that he may need to put me in a class with kids who need to break out of their shell a bit more cause I seemed pretty shy. (He was being very sarcastic). Also I'm related to the presidents wife way far back in the lineage line through my Kimball side.. so I guess you could say I'm pretty tight with the president now! Pretty fire! (We also taught him how to use the slang "that's pretty fire" so he's been throwing that around the CCM). So I feel I'm really making a impact here. 

Okay sorry y'all, all jokes aside the CCM is pretty awesome! I'm so blessed to be here! I've been getting sunburnt every day (tanning!!) AND eating some pretty good meals! I'm kinda living large here! I really have been trying to soak in this opportunity of being surrounded by the Lord's missionaries! I just love everyone here they are amazing! This week was such a blessing! I tried to make it a goal to make more friends here at the CCM and I'm so happy! I totally branched out and now we have a pretty fire lunch table! I seriously love it here! The people are my biggest blessing and I'm having a blast! And we have been playing some pretty fun games of ultimate frisbee. They get pretty intense so I'm gonna be super in shape heading to St. Louis! Basically the CCM is GREAT!!! 

Mexico City Temple!!
Mexico City, Mexico
February 2024

Had a photo shoot in front of the the flags!
Mexico City, Mexico
February 2024

Also, last Saturday there was a earthquake which made life very exciting! The sirens were blaring and we had a emergency evacuation but it was kinda fun! Mixed up the routine a bit! Everyone was safe and it wasn't that big, so it was very harmless, but it really spiced things up! 

Today, we got to go to the temple!! And it was the purest most beautiful experience! I got to go to the temple with 80 other missionaries and the spirit was so strong! When I was there I just kept feeling reminded about strength. I don't know why it's a common theme in life right now but I am constantly reminded of the strength the Lord had for me and how I am being strong for him! I just love the temple and the Mexico City temple is the biggest and beautiful temple I have ever been inside! It was stunning! 

We love Mexico! 
Mexico City, Mexico
February 2024

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT! We had a whole lot of devotionals this week and Elder Bassett from the quorum of the seventy came! He talked all about sacrifice and that hit me pretty hard! I got to thinking about how Jesus Christ gave me the greatest sacrifice of all by dying on the cross! I'm blessed to give him just 18 months of my life to share his word!!! I just love Jesus and I'm feeling so blessed! In times when you feel like your life is hard, and it's hard to see Christ, remember that he died for you so you can be saved! BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU!!! ❤️ 

I love you all and I miss you like crazy! But this work is so good! Remember who you are what you stand for! GOD IS SOOO GOOD!! 
- Hermana Kimball

Dad: I miss you so much! Everyone loves that we moved to Honduras because you armor cars. Really upped my rep here! Jokes jokes
Mom: I love you! I've been praying for you and for strength that you don't miss me too much!
Colton: The comidor food isn't sitting too well anymore #help 
Caryn: You will not believe this! Your verse you sent me was me and my companions scripture of the week, and we had it sent to us or mentioned 3 separate times! I don't know what prompted you to send it but seriously it was sooo spiritually uplifting!
Taylor: I hope you guys got all moved in well! I'm planning a CCM party at your house in California ;)!
Bailey: I have a lot of friends going to Salt Lake City on their missions and I tell them it's for lovers ;)
Clay: Still waiting for some updates.
Lexi: Some Elder knew who we were from BYU. Guess Leahslifeonfilm made an impact.
Bella: Tell me about your dates??
Collins: I miss you! People LOVE your name! 
Capri: You looked so cute on FaceTime last week! My companions love you!!! 
Kash: I love your new Jordan vest!!!