Dear familia & friends.
I LOVE reading all your emails!!!!!!!!! Thank you so very much! Let's start off with this week's Moments-----
Most
Interesting----- We started playing fútbol
this week with the Latinas. They are so so so sweet! I have to say though, I
expected them to be much better....... But, while we were playing, I totally
took out one of the Latinas. Not really, she tripped all on her own......she
kind of did the splits and then landed on her knee. I felt so bad, mainly
because it looked like I had done something. The worst part, we were at dinner
that night and I apologized again.....and she was like, I don't even recognize
you! WHAT?!?!?!?
Language
Moment---- We had TALL (computer language
study) Assessments this week and our good friend Hermano Candia was our teacher
supervisor. He is HILARIOUS. I asked him to tell us some jokes that we could
say as missionaries to get the Mexicans to laugh (with us or at us....es lo
mismo :)). He didn't understand, so he just started telling us jokes in
English. The joke in English was SUPPOSED to go as follows: There was this man
who had a problem with over-exaggerating. One day he went to a Pharmacy to buy
some pills for his problem, and when he got there the pharmacist asked him how
many pills. The man said.....1 Million. (Even
in good English it's not that funny.) But, instead of telling us the man went
to a pharmacy, he told us the man went to a farm....to get peels (because they
pronounce there i´s as ee´s). IT WAS SO CONFUSING.....until we finally
understood what he was trying to say.
Spiritual
Moment----- In the Sunday devotional, the MTC Director (Sean Cates) spoke....it was awesome!!! He shared
some really cool stories but the overall message to me was STAY ON TARGET! He
applied it to missionaries, but it really applies to everyone! We need to keep
our eternal perspective....remember WHY we are here and WHAT the purpose of
this life is. It doesn't matter how hard it gets....you stick with it until it
sticks to you!!!!!!! If something in your life is hard, then this is an
opportunity to demonstrate our love and faith to Him. Remember that Faith is
always exercised in the PRESENT but always looks to the FUTURE! He also shared
this poem:
´´Come to the edge, he said. No! We
will fall!...Come to the edge. No! We will fall....Come to the edge and so we
came. He pushed us off....and we flew!
Remember that HE knows! He knows how
far to push us! He knows what He wants us to be!!!!!! He knows that in order
for us to grow....he needs to cut us down a little. Remember that HE is the
gardener here....not you or me or any of us. Put your life in HIS hands!!!!!!
That´s it. For everyone's info....I
leave tomorrow morning at 2:30 and our flight leaves at 6. We fly from here
to AZ and then on to Ontario. Woohoo!!!!! Thank you for all your prayers!
Wednesday--Started
playing soccer with the Latinas....it is so much fun and they are so so so
sweet! (This is the picture of all of us on our last Sunday. The Latinas all
left yesterday) We didn't get to teach in
TRC because there weren't enough volunteers. So instead Hermana Jackson and I
pretended to be investigators to another District in our Zone. It was fun!
Thursday--We had TALL assessments.
It's mostly speaking. The only problem is that you only get one shot to record
stuff, and so the funny story of the night was when Hermana Buttars introduced
herself in her recording as Hermana Bess. No big deal, but our President has
access to these so he can know how we are doing with our Spanish. :) hahaha
Friday--We started putting the
lessons to Disney songs....today´s was 'A Whole New World' and we sang about
the Plan of Salvation! It was awesome!!!! Today was the weird day where we had
meetings....literally all day!!!! But, the meetings made me so so so
excited!!!!
Saturday---- No Sé
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| Goodbye to the elders in 5B |
Sunday---the beginnings of the
goodbyes. The hardest part was saying goodbye to Elder Cardon and Castagna who
left today (Monday). We definitely sobbed
for a little bit! I love those guys!!!! In sacrament meeting I played the piano
for Elder Johnson (from 5C) while he sang Savior Redeemer. He did great....I
had only practiced it for a day, so it was a little rough....but it was still
great. I also played piano for the devotional....which was super fun. The piano
is on the stage but in a dark corner...so there is a lamp you turn on so you
can see. But for the closing him, the lamp shorted out, and I had to start the
song and could barely see. Thankfully a worker recognized my problem and fixed
it by the chorus. I guess that is sometimes like life.....the Lord expects us to
take one uncomfortable step into the darkness so that we can find the light and
peace we need and want.
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| Girls in our Casa |
Monday---It has been a really sad
day. We said goodbye to 6 girls from our casa already and then to our
teachers......AHHH I can't believe this is happening. I am a ball of
emotions!!!! But, tomorrow will be
great....and I can't wait to see what this next week will bring me!
Wish me luck!!!! I love all of
you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hermana Wright
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| Our District with Hermano Trejo, our instructor. |
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| I love Hermana Lira |
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| Our Fabulous District 5B |
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