November 21, 2009

Hola mi familia!
i'm sending this to mi madre because i can't remember papas and i left it in my room! lo siento:) well, it's been amazing so far!!! i'm not going to lie, it's incredibly busy! it's also chaotic, confusing, and the most wonderful spiritual experience! i haven't been hear very long but i already love it! i can't wait for our schedule to be a little more normal which will start next week! my p day will be on fri from here on out so thats when i'll be able to check emails and email you! yay!!!
my companion is wonderful! her name is Hermana Georgeson and I love her already:) she's kinda quirky and we get along great. also, my district is so good! we have 5 elders and 5 sisters which is awesome! 50% of my district is hermanas!we've really been bonding a lot and they all have such wonderful insights! i'm learning so much just from the other missionaries! One of the other hermanas, Hna Lyons, also has a boyfriend waiting for her so we were talking during Gym yesterday about it, and how we're just SO glad we followed what we feel God wants us to be doing right now. No offense to JD ;) but there is honestly no doubt in my mind that this is where I'm supposed to be. the spirit is so strong in every lesson and i've learned so much already. my teachers are hermano Richardson y hermano Burkholz and they are both really good. they offset eachother nicely. our lessons with Hno Richardson are more spiritually focused and way powerful, and Hno Burkholz teaches more of the language, and he talks SO fast!!!
i had an interesting experience. i prayed to be able to know my weaknesses so that i could work on them, but then i kinda forgot. so the next day i was getting so frustrated because i was having such a hard time organizing my time and studying effectively, also i realized that i'm not very good at spanish, nothing shocking there:) but that night when i was praying, it just came to me that God was answering my prayers by showing me a couple of my weaknesses... duh! and i was almost going to get mad at him:) silly me! i don't know if i explained that very well, but it helped me realize that God answers my prayers... and maybe i should be careful what i pray for!!! hehe jk it's good. i realized a couple things i forgot but nothing important! i'll write soon
... i love you all and i miss you! thank you for your love and support.
Love,
Hermana Jones