Braelyn's Mission -New York, New York North!: Week 4

Hello all! We are more or less healthy here in the CCM, definitely much better than last week! Thank you for the prayers. I[m getting pretty pumped to go into the field... 14 days! But who´s counting. I don't feel like I'm really on a mission yet. I feel like I'm in some bizarre missionary themed efy in mexico. Hna. Smith and I can now teach the complete first two lessons without using any notes! It feels so rewarding. Our teachers tell us we're getting much better at teaching. Hna. Smith also introduced me to manzanita sol, this fantastic mexican soda that is basically sparkling cider in a can. Can I just say that I have the best companion and the best district? I've been blessed with great people here. All the elders make me feel like I'm spending time with Conner and Cooper :) They're great guys.

Sunday was fantastic. Pretty much every Sunday is just delightful. It is so enriching and uplifting. In Relief Society Hna. Pratt shared a quote from Pres Eyring that said ´´Whoever you are and wherever you may be, you hold in your hands the happiness of more people than you can imagine.´´ It was about eternal families and how important it is to be a strong link and to leave a heritage of hope for your descendants. SUnday night we watched the Restoration movie. The feels. I can watch that movie a billion more times and I'd still cry in the same 4 parts and get the same overwhelming confirmation that the church is true and that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. I can't believe how hard it must have been for God to send another one of His children to suffer that much and die for this gospel. Watching that movie makes me think my life is waaaayyy too easy. Anyways, Sunday night our lovely Latinas were leaving at 3 in the morning so we stayed up with them til... well, past our bedtime (rebels). But it was awesome, we had a testimony meeting and cried adn talked and laughed and took a ton of pictures. I love them and will miss them.

Today my district got to go to the Mexico City temple! Freedom!!! Not that I don't love the CCM, but it was nice to get out and about. the temple is closed, which is sad, but we went to the visitor's center. It was so awesome! Mexico is insane. It made me very grateful to be going back to the states!

I feel bad, but there really isn't much else to say. I love you all! You're all in my prayers.

Hna. White