Elder Kendall Mitchell Marrott: Rededication of Mexico City Temple and New Companion, Elder Spencer

Everyone,

Hey!

This week was really good. My last week with Elder Stumpf... It’s too bad that we only had 1 change together. He was super fun and we did some really good work together. There were a lot of people really sad when he said goodbye to everyone. I’ll see him still though at consejos. Definitely a buddy that I’m going to look up after the mission. Plus he’s from Rexburg so there’s that haha.

So the coolest thing this week was this weekend! This weekend they did the rededication of the Mexico City temple. I don’t think I had ever seen a dedication or rededication before and it was one of the coolest things of my life. So Saturday they did a cultural event. I hope it’s like recorded and we can watch it again someplace. It was like a play of the story of the book of Mormon and then how God planted seeds in the hearts of the people to come to Mexico and start the church here. It was super inspiring. Then on Sunday they did 3 sessions of the rededication. It was cool because it was broadcasted from INSIDE the temple. President Eyring was there and Holland as well. It was sooo coool. The three sessions were just different in the talks, the dedicatory prayer was the same in all of them. The only weird thing was... It was in English!!! I have no idea how they messed up on the transmission or we were connected to the wrong one or something but everyone who talked in Spanish was translated to English.. Then WE as the American missionaries and another member had to translate through a microphone. It was ridiculous but still really cool.

So my new comp is Elder Spencer. He’s from Eugene Oregon. He’s pretty cool. I never worked with him before but from the consejos that we go to for zone leaders I’ve met and talked to him. I’m excited because we have a ton of work to do here and we are going to be really busy! We have 2 baptisms pretty much confirmed for this weekend and then like 4 more that are pending. I’m super excited. It’s funny because Elder Spencer before took Elder Stumpfs place in his old area and now he’s doing it again! haha.

Anyways this week I think my testimony most grew about the fact that our leaders are guided by revelation. Its super key in the church and it made me think of how important it is for EVERY leader to pass on the revelation. If some bishop doesn’t do his job he’s cutting off the ward from modern day revelation that is what makes this the true church. The same goes for any position. It’s an interesting concept that I like. Makes me know that I’m in the true church. I love being a missionary!!!! I wouldn’t give it up for anything.

This week we should also be going to teach 2 families that live in some little towns outside of Chilpancingo. Should be fun!! I’ll send pics.

Love you all have a great week!!!

Love Elder Marrott