Hola from Elder, Kenny Chalk, Week 3

 Hola from the Mexico City Missionary Training Center!


Alright, so quick recap of what’s been up here: (This is so weird typing on a keyboard... I haven’t seen one of these in awhile- haha!)

Classes everyday to learn the gospel principles and Spanish, the latter is getting quite difficult - I must say.

Been performing duets with my Companion, Elder Hinton (Love the dude), every opportunity we have- at church sessions, at CCM-wide (MTC) devotionals, on breaks just messing around at the piano... always a blast!

I felt the Spirit to such a strong degree after our district gave a rendition of "More Holiness Give Me," absolutely blew me away... I was just in awe for a solid 5 minutes.

And the CCM food is EPIIIIC!

Other highlights:

- Getting more accustomed to the heat
- 2 temple trips so far; seems like Mexico Temple is 4x bigger than Houston temple!
- Sleeping great
- The bluetooth keyboard Mom & Dad sent speeds up typing- yay
- Glad to help out as House Leader
- President Hymas is great- he loved his Texas noodles, thanks Mom!
- Frozen crunch bar dessert… best things ever! Today I might have eaten 4…
- FaceTiming with Scout
- Speaking Spanish in a 
Facebook Reel with my awesome district
- Trips to the CCM/MTC store (mostly saving my allotted 100 pesos/wk)

Yeah, that’s all for me... Days are long but honestly they're short... so strange how that works...

´Til the next time I pop in!

~ Elder Chalk


“Come Thou Fount”: https://youtu.be/x0TKr4xlN_E

“Sweet Hour of Prayer”: https://youtu.be/1uBdSreZEWM







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