So my P-days are on Wednesdays so that's when I'll be able to email you
back. For dear elder our unit number is 815 I believe, and the address for
sending letters or packages or whatever is:
Provo Missionary Training Center
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604
United States
I miss you all too! So M took me to temple
square for the first time the day before I came to the MTC and it was AMAZING!
its rreally pretty there and way huge! Ok I totally understand why people write
a novel in their weekly emails cause there's so much to say!!!!! Where to begin?
So I would LOVE to get dear elders from you and everyone else who would be
willing to cayuse they're kinda a big deal here. Like every day mi companera
will check the mail and ALWAYS there will be something for her in there. me and
this other hermana in my district are the only people who haven't gotten any
mail from home yet....:( but my companions mom is already sending me a package
haha so its ok.
MY COMPANION: Ok her name is Hermana W and I LOVE her!!! She is the cutest funniest girl ever and I'm so glad shes my companion!! The first day I met her I was a little skeptical cause she was like wayy too smiley and happy and I thought it would get annoying but I LOVE it! She's super optimistic and encouraging and has the same sense of humor as me. Just think of Hailey my cousin. Thats EXACTLY how she is. Seriously she reminds me so much of Hailey. But yeah we're pretty much best friends now, and she's my roommate, along with 2 other Hermanas that I love just as much! like the 4 of us just get along so well! The other two are Hermama D who is super great and funny and way sassy and sarcastic so her and I get along soo well, and Hermana S who is just super sweet.
So I never thought the CCM (MTC) would be this FUN! I just mostly thought it would be a lot of studying and praying and stuff, and it totally is, but I have never laughed so much in my life. Seriously, hermana w and I just laugh our heads off every single day and we already have so many funny stories that we've either experienced ourselves, or have heard from the older hermanas in our zone. oh and our zone is WAYY fun too!! Today our zone leaders and sister training leaders (They're all in the same district) all left today for Argentina and we had a testimony meeting for them last night and it was way cool! And even though we've only known them for a week it feels like we've known them for months!! Kinda like EFY. Actually the ccm reminds me so much of EFY. Its amazing how time works here, The days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days!! Like, the first week FLEW by and it feels like we JUST got here yesterday, but I can't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning cause it was so long ago!! Its weird.
MY COMPANION: Ok her name is Hermana W and I LOVE her!!! She is the cutest funniest girl ever and I'm so glad shes my companion!! The first day I met her I was a little skeptical cause she was like wayy too smiley and happy and I thought it would get annoying but I LOVE it! She's super optimistic and encouraging and has the same sense of humor as me. Just think of Hailey my cousin. Thats EXACTLY how she is. Seriously she reminds me so much of Hailey. But yeah we're pretty much best friends now, and she's my roommate, along with 2 other Hermanas that I love just as much! like the 4 of us just get along so well! The other two are Hermama D who is super great and funny and way sassy and sarcastic so her and I get along soo well, and Hermana S who is just super sweet.
So I never thought the CCM (MTC) would be this FUN! I just mostly thought it would be a lot of studying and praying and stuff, and it totally is, but I have never laughed so much in my life. Seriously, hermana w and I just laugh our heads off every single day and we already have so many funny stories that we've either experienced ourselves, or have heard from the older hermanas in our zone. oh and our zone is WAYY fun too!! Today our zone leaders and sister training leaders (They're all in the same district) all left today for Argentina and we had a testimony meeting for them last night and it was way cool! And even though we've only known them for a week it feels like we've known them for months!! Kinda like EFY. Actually the ccm reminds me so much of EFY. Its amazing how time works here, The days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days!! Like, the first week FLEW by and it feels like we JUST got here yesterday, but I can't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning cause it was so long ago!! Its weird.
So pretty much what we do all day is wake up, get ready, go to our
classroom, PAUSE. Ok so we aren't on the main MTC campus, we're on the west
campus, which is about 10 minutes away from the main campus. All of the spanish
speaking misionaries are here which is cool cause every time you pass someone
you can be like "Hola, como esta?" and they'll be like "Muy bien, y tu?" and you
totally understand what they're saying whereas on the main campus where ALL the
other languages are, you could be like "Hello!" Or "hola!" or whatever, and
they'd be like ishdfgsoiudfngfckelsdkfh back and you're like...........si? Haha
and everyone says our food is way better and our rooms are way bigger and nicer
so that's fun! but what I'm getting at is that the west campus is just like some
housing units that were bought out by the mtc after like a zillion misionaries
put in there papers and they needed more room, so our classroom is like some
apartment room, and our cafeteria is like some portable mobile home thing, and
for gym, we just play 4 square or something outside our apartments. its like
recess. its fun. i'm getting really good at 4 square. PLAY. so we go to our
classroom/ apartment thing and study for like an hour, then its breakfast, then
usually just personal/companion study/ language study/ whatever with breaks for
lunch, gym, dinner, and district meetings or devotionals or whatever. needless
to say, we're pretty well acquainted with our classroom. and our district. and
our teacher, hermano cuadra. He's the coolest.
OH! funny story about hermano C, he was P N's companion for a while while he was on his mission! He told us this super cool story yesterday about this family in Chile that he was going to baptize, but then he got emergency transferred with PN, or Elder N I guess, to this mission in chile that has been closed for like 8 years or something, where he met this SAME FAMILY'S son who had gone off the deep end and taught him, but then he took off and he went his whole mission not knowing what happened to that guy, until the very last day or something, where he ran into the whole family at this temple and got to watch them being sealed with each other. it was so cool!! I wish I could tell you guys all the story's I've heard but this email would be entirely too long!!! And I don't know who all is reading this now, but mom you should forward it to the C's cause that might be cool for them to hear. OHMYLANTA! I need peoples emails! Or I need them to email me! and tell everyone to dear elder me pleasee!!!
OH! funny story about hermano C, he was P N's companion for a while while he was on his mission! He told us this super cool story yesterday about this family in Chile that he was going to baptize, but then he got emergency transferred with PN, or Elder N I guess, to this mission in chile that has been closed for like 8 years or something, where he met this SAME FAMILY'S son who had gone off the deep end and taught him, but then he took off and he went his whole mission not knowing what happened to that guy, until the very last day or something, where he ran into the whole family at this temple and got to watch them being sealed with each other. it was so cool!! I wish I could tell you guys all the story's I've heard but this email would be entirely too long!!! And I don't know who all is reading this now, but mom you should forward it to the C's cause that might be cool for them to hear. OHMYLANTA! I need peoples emails! Or I need them to email me! and tell everyone to dear elder me pleasee!!!
OK about my district, elders F, C, and Jensen are our elders,
along with me, and the other three hermanas. We party in class. not really, we
actually just study and try to learn Spanish, but sometimes it feels like a
party. And Spanish is coming along! I'm surprised how fast too! Well I guess not
fast, but I'll just realize that I can totally remember ALOT of what I've
learned, even after just hearing a word once or something! Like, in our first
investigator lesson (Which was on the SECOND DAY mind you) I would be able to
kinda sorta talk to her with words that I just heard her using, and I could
figure out what they mean... does that make sense? Anywho we have to teach her
again tonight and I'm WAYY nervous but Hermana W seems pretty chill. hopefully
it'll only get easier!
Anywho I dont know if you got my one letter I sent you, if the gov't is still on lockdown or whatever, that
would probably affect how fast letters get to you guys, but I sent one on my
second day in the ccm. and in case you didn't get it yet, I'll just tell you
again, I did NOT pack right. it's muy FRIO here and I have like one wimpy
raincoat... and no jeans. SOO that being said, I made a list of things that I was HOPING, if you loved me, you could send me? :D
SO today is pday, and we get to go to the temple today, and we did our
laundry this morning, andddd we go to brighams landing which is apparently
really fun, OH! and BYU is going to be so awesome. Hermana D went there and
we're already planning on hanging out together there when the mish is over. Ok
well there's so much more I need to tell you guys, but my hour is almost up and I haven't written anyone else yet!! let the record show that I spend all my time
emailing people who don't even bother to send me mail or dear elders or
ANYTHING... chiste chiste chiste!! I know you couldn't haha. Anywho, I love you
all!! Tell Miranda to send me an email from her account!! I'll try to send
pictures but i dont know if i can..... ok love you! Hasta Luego!