Elder Baxter's Primera Semana

Dear family and friends,

My first week has been great! I have very little time to write this email...I promise to do better next week! So much to tell and so little time.

On Wednesday I arrived at the CCM with a group of 21 other missionaries! I met two other elders at my connection in Atlanta...both of them are in my district. One of them is going to my mission and he is my companion, which is great. We get along pretty darn well and he really wants to be exactly obedient, which I am very grateful for! There are some companionships that struggle because of differences like that, so I'm happy that we're on the same page. After arriving we were processed through some new arrival stuff. We got name tags (perhaps one of the best parts of the day), had  medical checks, ate dinner and then went straight to our new dorms/casas to unpack and head to bed.

The rest of the week has been crazy! We have already started teaching an investigator....in Spanish ( our investigator is just one of the teachers here, thank goodness). That has been really hard. The first two lessons weren´t very good but since then my companion and I have been nailing them. 

Life here at the CCM is hard sometimes, but its a lot of fun, and I am loving it! I feel like my spanish is already a lot better and I am really enjoying the spiritual growth I am experiencing. All the people here are awesome and I'm really grateful to be here. I am out of time now but I will finish filling you guys in next week! 

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Baxter