Hello all!
These past 9 days have been quite the adventure. Flying down here was a little stressful since I didn't see any other missionaries during both of my flights but it all worked out in the end. I arrived at the MTC late at night and missed dinner and the devotional which kind of sucks but it's all good. My first full day in the MTC consisted of a lot of tours and presentations about how things work around here. I have got to say, the Mexico MTC is AMAZING!! Lots of palm trees, green grass and birds and all kinds of places to play sports and study. I am definitely going to miss this place when I get into the field. Compared to what I've seen and heard about the missionary field the MTC feels like an all inclusive resort. The food here is actually pretty good. I have enjoyed it a lot; I am pretty sure a lot of the food is from Costco so I'm not complaining. The Mexico MTC is around 7,300 feet above sea level which is crazy! Mexico City is also huge. The current metro area population of Mexico City in 2022 is 22,085,000 which is absolute bonkers! Driving through the city on a bus was absolute craziness; people were just cutting each other off and people on motorcycles were driving in between traffic. It felt like controlled chaos.
Most of the days I am in class either learning how to be a missionary or learning more Spanish. The first few days I felt disorganized but it has gotten much better over time. Everyone I have talked to said that the first week is the worst and I can definitely say that it is true. Meeting my district in person was AWESOME! Everyone is amazing and I am glad to be here. I am having so many spiritual experiences and having so many fun experiences. It has been awesome!
The first day I arrived my companion, Elder Davies, lost his passport and we all just laughed, but the next few days we were not finding it and we all started praying for him to find it. Thursday morning he went to the airport to see if it ended up there but there was no luck. When he returned we went to reception, were people go to answer questions they have, to finalize anything that we needed to do and we ran into President Carlos. I'm not going to tell the whole story but at the end of President Carlos's story he said to Elder Davies, "Keep having faith and your miracle will come". Right after President Carlos left, and I am not even kidding about this... Literally 2 seconds later a man came into the building and handed Elder Davies his passport. It was a miracle.
All in all I am loving it here! I can't think of anything better I could be doing with my time at the moment! I cannot wait to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the people of Argentina.
Love Elder Burbank
Our District 5C (Elder Davies is the one with the blue suit next to me)
The many houses on the side of the mountain in Mexico City
A picture from the track looking at the B mountain.
My House
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