Kirby, James

6 more days until Costa Rica. We got to do endowments and a sealing session today at the temple, we were there for a while but it was super spiritual.  Last weeked was the celebration of independence for Mexico and it was a party all weekend. We had a mariachi band during dinner. They fill egg shells with sparkles and some with flower and you throw them, and they explode and make a bit of a mess, but it's still fun. There were lots of fireworks all night long throughout the city. One of the Elders in my house brought Janga, and after our nightly house devotionals, we have had some super intense games of Janga. For instance, one night, we had around 8 people, and we were so into it, we took 5 minutes each turn trying not to knock the stack over. Not a whole lot to go into on this email now but I'm sure my next email will be in Costa Rica and I will have lots more to talk about. It's hard to not count down the days until I'm out in the field.   The 3rd picture isn't f...

Yesterday was the one month celebratration of being set apart as a missionary. We have a lot of opportunities at the CCM to talk to other missionaries and the workers around the grounds and practice speaking Spanish. The workers name in the second picture is Brother Humbert. Me and him had an awesome conversation in Spanish, and he told me a lot about his family and what he did for work before working in the CCM. I'm so excited to be able to teach to the people of Costa Rica. Today, we got to do endowments and see the celestial room in the temple. It is so pretty. We have an activity called "Helping Others" tonight. We teach a lesson all in spanish to a member over Zoom or in person. It is probably the best way to see how your Spanish is for the field because I will be teaching the 20-30 minute lesson in all Spanish and no help from any teachers or Google translate. We've done a lot of tie trading and tie drafts with other people in the CCM. I've kept almost all o...