| Thu 9/05/13 3:21 AM | |
SO much has happened that i dont know where to start! haha so this email
might be super random bu thats okay!
Hey there family!!!! what it do?! Let me just start by saying, None of you
heard from me when i got to the airport becasue apparently im too dumb to use a
payphone. haha reeeeetard. oh well! anyways, the airport experience
was awesome!!!! i did everything right! i met up with hermana buss first and
then like ten minutes later a whole army of missionaries going to argentina
marched up. SO COOL. it was so comforting too. the elders took charge and
helped so much.
so the mtc is great! I have never laughed so much in my life. my companions
think im HILARIOUS and so does every one in my district. haha they are
constantly laughing at my jokes and i love it. im definately the funniest
missionary here. im tired 24/7. All we do is sit in a classroom all day except
during physical activity. during physical activity we play ultimate frisbee with
our district. i love it. ive wanted to punch our district leader right in the
face when we play because he gets super angry. haha the food here is great.
except tuesday night.. barf. i dont even know what it was. I did NOT eat it. i
guess im screwed for paraguay because ive heard they eat alot worse. haha i bet
ill like tomatoes by the time my mission is over.
Hardly anyone here at the mtc besides the other missionaries speak english
so i just say "si" to everything. and nod my head. i imagine its kind of how
grandpa marion feels when he cant hear us. hahaha ah man.. i crack myself
up. When i talk to the latinos i use ALOT of hand motions. haha when i first got
here we had to have an interview with our mtc president and the first question
he asked me was, how much spanish do you know? and i responded by saying, "the
only spanish i know is a few lines from shakira songs" and then he DIDNT
laugh... i know weird. and said, your gonna be a handful. hahahaha he loves me
now though! and thought it was awesome that i worked in the temple!
i love my companions! like i said we laugh ALL the time! Im in a trio! with
hermana buss and hermana dolan. they are god sent. i would die if i didnt have
them! they always tell me that if they are so happy i make them laugh becasue
this mtc experiecne can be stressful. hermana buss is going to the same mission
as me and dolan is going to uruguay. They are both progressing well in the
language. alot faster than me.. so they help me a lot. my whole distict helps me.
haha im TERRIBLE at spanish... im having such a hard time with it. the elders in
my district are pretty cool. we've got alot of weirdies.. but none the less they
are all great. there is one elder.. elder dye who is super good at spanish and
he always helps me and encourages me. i love him! haha
there is an elder in my district who looks ExACTLY like zac efron. We all
know what that means. hahaha :)
so i basically we dont have hardly any time to get ready so i look hardcore
sister missionary everyday of my life. hahaha its funny. good thing i dont even
care.
i would tell you all about argentina but im trapped inside these gates so i
dont know too much. what i do know is its cold right now. im sitting right
by the window we are like 100 yards from the temple and the background is a
bright pink sunrise. its beautiful. we all just had an email break to check it
out.We all get to attend the temple today and i am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!! the
temple feels like home to me. My mind is going 100 miles an hour constantly. im
either worrying or thinking about how to say something in spanish.. so it will
be SOOOO great to feel peace in my mind for a few hours. ah, it makes me want to
cry. There is a special spirit here in the mtc. everyone is here fighting to
know the laguage. i know im fighting. its very difficult because i have so much
to say. and i know how to say it and i want to say it so bad but i cant. i do
have good teachers and there spirit it SO strong. They are nice and patient.
(Most the time) our evening teacher is hermano abad. he speaks very little
english and is alot more quiet than me. He puts up with me. i dont think he knew
at first how to take me becasue im so sarcastic but i think now we are starting
to be on the same page. the other night we were about to watch a video about
this investigator, jynx. and he was like, do you guys know jynx? and i was like
oh yaaaaa jynx is my main girl. and he took a long pause so i thought i was
gonna get in trouble because missionaries are supposed to act professional all
the time. but he was like, okay latisha. haha it was so funny to see another
side of him.
I am gonna close up because we are gonna go eat and get ready for the
temple. i just want to say that i miss you all. ah man... im crying. i miss you
all so much. when chet said i was going to get here and cry like a baby.. i
didnt. until last night in my prayer. I cried because i felt so sorry to my
heavenly father. I felt like since im not progressing as much as id like, im
failing him. I dont want to fail him. i dont want to fail you guys. Last night,
teaching an invesegator about the book of mormon in spanish and all i could say
was Yo se que El Libro de Mormon es verdadero. ( i know the book of mormon is
true.) Thats all i could come up with. and for a little bit i was down on my
self because thats all i could say, But i realize now, that thats okay because
it comes straight from my heart and I DO KNOW that the book of mormon is true.
With all my heart. It has changed my life. Family and friends, i know this might
be alot to ask.. and you all have done so much for me that its difficult for me
to ask. Please pray for me to learn the language. I have the biggest desire to
learn. i love you all and i cant wait to read all of your emails you sent! YOU
GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE send me letters.. like written ones! PLEASE
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! okay, i love you so much! toodle-loo!
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