Family dearest,
What can I say? I love you more than anything.
So I just saw Rachel for 30 minutes, which were probably the quickest thirty minutes of my life, but it was so great! highlight of the world right now.
This week.. wwwooooeeee. It has been a good one, and a pretty crazy one. I’m having an awesome time for sure, but for some reason Saturday I was bumming out. I just felt like I wasn’t progressing, and that while everyone at home was expecting great things from me, everyone at the MTC was just waiting around to watch me fail. (which I know isn’t the case but it felt that way.) And then Sunday came and I guess Heavenly Father wanted to stretch me, so I became the Coordinating sister. I was literally in meetings all day long, and at the end of them I still had absolutely no idea what being a coordinating sister actually meant. So I did my runs going to the girls rooms and chatting with them a bit, and then lights out came. I was up on my top bunk praying, when Hermana Garcia starts crying out in pain and bawling. I jump down, noticing an anxiety attack when I see one and grab Hermana Williams to go run to the front office. We called the Elders and sprinted back to the room as soon as they got there. When we got there she was in worse shape than when we left, but Elder Hornberger was able to give her a beautiful blessing. she calmed down enough to get into bed, and I stayed up a good portion of the night waiting to hear her fall asleep. Needless to say I got to write extra emails to the president next morning and having extra meetings with her. She’s been going to a lot of doctors appointments, and is doing much better, I think she just needs to figure out all the medication/vitamin whatevers they gave her.
Yesterday we welcomed a new district with yes, four new sisters, our branch is officially 40% sisters. AAWW YA. Tonight we have all the welcoming meetings and tours, so I hope I actually have time to teach my investigator, because we for some reason haven’t been teaching nearly as much as we are supposed to, which is bad because that is one of the most useful things to do. Elder Lange (from salt lake going to Florida) and Elder Warner (from London going to New York) are my trio buddies when we welcome the new people, but it seems weird to be left alone with two elders. Next week we will probably be getting another district, because the MTC is filling to the max right about now.
My spanish is getting better, but I feel like it isn’t progressing as much as it needs to be. That’s one thing I’m trying to figure out is how I can get better without the help of teachers, and speaking to natives. I think my Spanish will take a leap (hopefully) when I get into the field and am with people who can actually speak the language. Although my district is learning a ton very fast, so not to belittle them, buuut we all have a ways to go. For example Elder Hornberger was doing a role play with Elder Lange and Warner when he told elder Lange that “por medio de la expiacion podemos vencer a Christo.” Haha and for James that means through the atonement we can conquer Christ. He meant venir, come to Christ. He also told an investigator that the god head was one. “Just keep working on that dutch elder.”
Man, I still have five minutes and I’m done… What is this madness?
On P-days we get to go to the temple which is basically the greatest thing known to man, however today I think I was snoozing a little bit from a very big lack of sleep this week. We had the Incident with Hermana Garcia followed by two sisters leaving the room and staying up late into the night packing and waking up at three, and then waking up at 5 am to take control of the laundry room situation. Needless to say, I’m exhausted. You know in Holes where Mr. Sir hands a coke to the guard, and Stanley reaches out to take it. And he says “You thirsty Stanley?” and he says “yes mr. Sir.” well you better get used to it, because you’re going to be thirsty for the next 18 months.” I feel like it’s the same situation for me, just substitute thirst with being tired. “well you better get used to it, because you’re going to be tired for the next 18 months.” spits a sunflower seed dramatically.
Well love you all more than I can describe.
~Hannah