MOM AND DAD and family!!!!!! wowww. so i thought that p day would be on a Monday but its on Thursday!
i was like ohh man my parents are going to be wondering why im not
writing and checking there emails every second. lol ok so i don't have
much time. anyway throughout my week i would think of things to write
about nd write it on a piece of paper so this email is going to be a
little bit scattered. first of all i can't believe i almost missed my
first flight to the mission! what the heck. when i got on the plane in
pg i felt like i didn't have time to cry because i was so worried about
getting my bags checked from Vancouver to Peru after landing in Vancouver. so i sat there and teared up and then teared up some more.
then as soon as i landed in Vancouver i RAN to get my bags because i was
scared of the little time i had. and let me tell you it was a great
idea to run. first of all it was SOO far and second of all i BARELY made
it to my next flight. i made it by just under 3 minutes. crazy... but
then when i got onto my flight to Texas i felt so much more at peace
because my bags were checked and i was on time. then i cried a little
more. haha i was telling everyone that i didn't get to give you all a
proper goodbye and i wouldn't see you all for a year and a half and they
were like wow that's so sad! hahaa and cried to one lady that worked in
the Texas airport after i told her and she was like "now now its gonna
be alright little girl" hahah in her southern accent. anyway it was
about 3 am
when i got to my dorm in the CCM (central capacitacion mission aka mtc)
and i got in and the girls were sleeping and i felt sad but then all of
a sudden like 4 or 5 other American girls walked in and i felt so much
better cause it wasn't so quiet. but everything is going to awesome now!
the food is so so so so so delicious! it totally reminds me of abuelas
and moms food! i get so excited for meals! seriously i cant even
describe how yummy it is.. im the fastest eater and always go for
seconds and the girls think i'm crazy. oh and get this.. i'm the FIRST one
to be ready in the morning, the latinas take so long! hahah
guess what i
felt an earthquake for the first time in my life! it was little but it
was a little freaky. haha apparently it happens lots here. man i'm so
glad i brought earplugs. latinas like to take their sweet time doing
things and i like to be in bed by 10 30 so i put my eye shutters on and
my earplugs in and go to sleep haha sooooo i'm only in the CCM till Tuesday
then i fly out to Iquitos! crazy eh! i got placed in the advanced
class. i'm the only white girl. its pretty sweet. oh ya and everyone
thinks its funny how i say HEY? at the end of my sentences. the Americans find it amusing. my Spanish is coming along. especially with
the gospel term words. i can see an improvement in myself everyday. we
teach fake investigators everyday and its sooo awesome and fun. i'm
getting the lessons down really good and i'm trying to always listen to
the spirit. oh ya and GUESS WHAT!! i can roll my R¨s!!! i can only roll
them if i'm incorporating it in with a word haha i was so proud when it
came out of my mouth. i was like woahhh what did my tongue just do? lol
man that's so awesome that Vicky is a good little soccer player. that
reminds me... for actividad fisica i went to play soccer with the elders
and they were like ya sure you can play and then i got the ball and was
one on one with this elder and he was like oh no please don't school me
pleaseeeeee don't.. and i dribbled around 3 players and scored! haha it
was a little bit of a fluke but it was awesome cause then everyone was
complimenting me and asking what team i played for. lol i'm surprised
that Americans aren't so good at soccer. the latinas don't play and there
are two latinos that play that are pretty good. well i only have half
hour to write then later will have another half hour so my time is
almost up. i was so happy to read your email. that's so much for all
those scriptures.. i will definitely write it down. i love you mom and
dad and Vicky and Ten and Bren. i will come on later to send some pics..
oh the CCM presidentes are super awesome and nice and i went to the
temple today and it was super awesome! LOVE U!! xoxoxooxoxox
I forgot to tell you about my companion. well first i was placed with an American cause they thought i would be in the beginner class for 6
weeks and then the CCM mission presidents came up to me and started to
talk to me in Spanish to see how much i knew and they said it wouldn't be
right for me to be in with the beginners with the amount of Spanish
that i knew so i got placed with the latinos in the advanced class for
two weeks and my companera se llame hermana Alducin. shes the one with
me in the pics where there is just two of us. shes super nice!! we get
along so well and we both have a sense of humour with eachother.
so
there is this elder named elder hunt and he always falls asleep and the
other elders are always like " so what revelation did you receive this
time!" lol and he just looks so out of it cause he had just woken up and
like all confused and everyone is laughing. haha and this one day me
and hermana Alducin were leaving the cafeteria and we see all the elders
gathered around so we walk over and there is this elder singing " in the
jungle the mighty jungle the lions sleep tonightttt".... and he wasn't
really singing. he was like... buzzing the tune. it was so weird and
when he was done everyone was clapping and laughing and i was like what
the heck... hahah silly americanos! and he always sings and he is
terrible but he loves to sing! its nice that he is so positive though!
hahah ps you can put this on my blog too. don't forget to update it! well i
hope i have answered all the questions you wanted to know about. don't
forget to do scripture study with the family EVERYDAY! and prayer. its
so important to strive to become like Christ. He should be the center of
our lives just like Christ is the center of the gospel. yo extrano a
todos y cada noche yo ora por usted y pide mi padre celestial que el
bendige a usted! haha i hope that made sense, i'm still trying to get the
words in the proper order. XOXOXO