Monday, December 13, 2010
I'm in Bolivia!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Oh, My Goodness!!!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
I feel like a ton of stuff has happened this last week. I have gone through so many changes. Our new Spanish teacher is a bit hard for me to be patient with because he seems to not have a filter or something. He comes off as harsh and unfeeling sometimes and he's said some things about sister missionaries that weren't very nice. But Heavenly Father helped me see that wasn't okay to focus on the things about him I didn't like because we are all learning and we're all so different. It was a sobering experience for me because I know I have so many things that I need to work on. Guess what is so great! I have calluses on my knees!!! Its evidence that I am praying all the time. Oh I had a dream that I was called to serve in
And we all have that opportunity, not just missionaries. I just want you to know that I know the Savior lives and through His atonement we can change and become who we really are. It’s happening to me little by little every day. There are Christmas decorations up in the bookstore here already. I am so excited for the holidays!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Week 4
Friday, October 29, 2010
A Look into the Near Future
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Week Number Two
So in my room there are two bunk beds. I sleep on the bottom bunk and no one is on the top so I stole the pillow because the pillows are super flat. So now my arms don't fall asleep anymore haha. On the other bunk bed Hermana Hernandez sleeps up top and Hermana Harman sleeps on the bottom. We have two closets for our clothes and two mirrors attatched. I'm not very good at explaining so I'll send a picture before I leave.
So I can get the dear elder letters every day if you were to write that many. But I only get to read e-mails on Wednesday. Okay the Elders in my zone are so funny they have to have the a.c. on all the time, even when its forty degrees outside. They all like to tease me because my coat never comes off. They are all so fun. I love that we get along so well. The most incredible thing happened to me in the last couple days. I've been really stressing about learning Spanish because so many of my district elders know it really well because they had two years of Spanish in high school before they came. not fair. I prayed and prayed I could understand things better and quicker somehow. So the next day we got a new Spanish teacher who grew up in Argentina. She is learning English right now in college so it is so helpful. I truly believe that she came here because I needed to have her teach me before I go to Peru. She is so full of the spirit and I can understand her so well. She really cares about us. Her dad was in the Quorum of the seventy, her name is sister Ortega. Then yesterday guess who came to our devotional? Elder Scott, the apostle. So we had two apostles back to back. That never happens usually. I feel so blessed. He also gave us apostalic blessings, one specific blessings to the sister missionaries was a protective shield. I felt so good and I honestly cried because I could feel his genuine love and appreciation for sister missionaries. He also blessed us with the gift of tongues. So after he was done speaking my doubts and fears were completely gone. I know I will learn the language and be able to say what's in my heart to the people in Bolivia. My mission is teaching me so much. I'm really getting a lesson in patience right now. That seems to be the theme of my life for some reason. But I am getting so much help.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
First Letter Home
We are so busy all the time. We got to hear Elder Russell M. Nelson speak yesterday. It was so amazing! I felt so blessed to get to hear him speak because not all missionaries get to hear apostles speak while they are here. The food here is so yummy! I love my companeras. They are both so much like me I know that it was inspired. I feel that way about my whole district. There are so many amazing people I'm surrounded by.
I found out too that I will probably be staying here instead of going to the Peru MTC. A lot of missionaries who are going to the same mission have told us that they just found out they have to stay here because the MTC is so full over there.