Hola Familia!!!!
Wow.
Everything is just wow. Thank you so much for all the emails ah I
opened mine and everyone saw and was like wow, you got a lot! Ha I have
lots of love and support coming my way and I really appreciate it.
I'll just start out with going through security so I
went through and the lady was like come here we need to have a talk, and
of course I had just said goodbye to you so I'm about to break down
again and she says that I can only have quart size bag of liquids and I
had a quart so right there I have to seprate all my things into what I
really need. As I'm doing this a guy came over and was like I'll take
here liquids, I don't have any. Tender mercy of the Lord right?! Well I
keep seperating and she says that I don't have to count my eye supplies
because it´s medical and what not, and in the end almost all of it fits
in the quart size (even though it wasn´t zipped) so she threw away like
one finer nail polish and 2 or 3 germ x's ah but from there it went
well. I went to where my flight was and right when I got there they
said if you have carry ons bring them over here so I did and it's like
they put it with my other suitcases cause they came all the way to
Argentina and I didn't have to worry about them! I met up with Elder
Webber and then I saw another Hermana and I asked her if she was going
to the MTC and she said yes! So we all just stuck together. I saw by
the Elder on the plane not near Hermana Lindsay and then we when we
landed in Dallas we went to our place and it was perfecft timing we only
had to wait maybe 20 minutes. At the airport we met up with 4 other
Elders. So on the flight, SO LONG, but it was fine. I sat by myself
really and they had a pillow and a blanket and good thing cause I was
freezing the whole time, I almost put on my coat. And we got dinner and
lunch on the plane. It was really hard to sleep on the plane but I
think I got about 5 hours? So pretty good. We all got off the plane and
went through customs, good thing I wrote the mission home address cause
they wanted that. And we got our luggae, and everything was there!!
Whew, a little nervous about that. And we walked out when through
security and there was a taxi guy waiting for us when we got out.
FIRST DAY: We got to the MTC and gave them our
immunizations got out TAGS!!!! Ah I love it. Hermana Louder ahhh... and
my companion is Hermana Lindsay! Our district (named Amulek) it pretty
much everyone we flew with and some others that wern't on our flight.
Had an interview with President Openshaw right when we got there and
shared how I decided to serve a mission, and of course, I cried.
President Openshaw says that we are an un usually strong group. The very
first day we had an investigator but in English and it was a really
cool experience.
Second day: We had classes today . I've got a lot of work to do, humble myself, come to Christ. He will help me.
Third
day: The days are going by faster. That day we taught our investigator
for the first time, Alejandor (he is our teacher). It was alright... We
are continuning to learn how to pray and bear testimony! It can be so
hard to remember everything. I gave the room pray in Spanish that night
and all the Latinas were like muy bien! Oh and I tried and alfajore
today and it was delicious!
Fourth day: Personal revelations was the topic for
Sacrament meeting. I already can't remember what I learned in the
meeting from Presidente y Hermana Openshaw but I know it was really
good! We need to have the Spirit, and we need personal revelation. I
need it so that I am able to teach investigators and to know what do do,
to follow the Spirit. We got our district leader and we each had an
interview with him, and he said the closing prayer and he truly is
called of God. In my morning prayers I had prayed that I could really
learn the language. And in the prayer he said "to be at peace,
learn Spanish, and be happy with the progress she is making" or
something like that. We had relief society with Hermana Openshaw and the
North Americans, it was so amazing. We started reading Mosiah 4, how we
should use prayer and not make it a habit to say the same things over
and over again but to be sincer. So we started reading the chapter and
in verse 2 and 3 I had the impression to share part of my farewell talk
about the Savior forgiving me with. HE IS ALWAYS THERE, always.
Waiting for us to come unto him. The sunday
classes were also very good, I learned that we need to prepare or we
won't be able to teach. Like trying to find someone follow the
scripture in D&C where you 1 study it out-think 2 make a decision
and 3 ask if it be right, bosom will burn, or wrong stupor of thought. Sunday nights and Wednesday
nights we also have firesides with President Openshaw and it is so
cool!! You literally ask any question, and he uses the scriptures to
answer.
Today we went to the temple and it was so amazing and I
did it all in Spanish and it was so amazing I miss going to the temple
so much.
The rest of the days I haven't written in
my journal yet..... I'm still working on writing every day, it is so
hard, and we have no time! So I´ll just write all the things that are
coming to my mind right now!:
Spanish: It is so hard! But it is coming along.
Everyone I talk to tells me my Spanish is really good for North
Americans and I catch on fast. Like in Argentina and Uruguay they have
an accent of sort when you say like yo your me llamo, it sounds like sho
or me shamo I like it haha. I have learned how to pray and testify,
and am learning how to teach. It's great.
Food: The portions are HUGE!! I have yet to finish a
meal. And in every meal I try to eat a fruit and or salad because there
is always potatoes and meat.
Things I might want: My scriputre book marks! From personal progress, I might want them....
Hermana Lindsay: We have a lot in common, and we both
kinda a like to be in charge, so it's a little hard but I love her! She
is teaching me a lot.
Las Hermanas: I love them
all!! All the north americans are great and we are always with them it
seems. And las latinas and the ones in our room!! I love them! and they
love me ;) They are really helping me to learn spanish and it is so
funny, because I am always acting for them. Ah it's great. I had a
random thought that they might now High School Muscial so I brought it
up and was signing and dancing for them and they were laughing so hard
and singing along with me! They love is. Just all the sisters and
people here are great.
Exercise: We exersice every day, which is nice, but it's in the middle of the day so that's not good.
Thank you for the emails! EVERYON, I cried when I read them. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!
Love,
Hermana Louder
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