Hola everyone! Greetings from the Sunny, humid, yet storming
Dominican Republic!
Today marks the end of my third week and beginning of my fourth
week in the MTC! I'm half way through! So crazy how time flies. But I love it!
Thank you for all the emails! It is like "manna to the soul" like my
good friend said once.I love all the personal messages. Although I don't have
time to reply to everyone, I still appreciate them!
This last week was so good. I LOVE Sundays and Thursdays.
Thursdays because obiviously it's P-day and I get to email you all. But I love
Thursdays because I get to go to the Temple and nap! Out in the field, the
missionaries only go to the temple every 6 months so I am taking advantage of
the time I get to go now. And I love Sundays becuase they are just full of
spiritual events. It is a day where I get to focus on my own personal growth
and feel the Spirit all day long. Which means I'm crying all day. Because
that's what I do when I feel the SPirit. I cry. I'm sure my companion is like, what's
wrong with this girl? Haha... it's great.
Okay so contacting at the university last week was a blast. I
could not speak well at all but the people were so nice! They were so patient
with us and willing to help us out as we delievered a little message. My comp
and I handed out 6 pamphlets and 2 BookS of Mormon. (Hope you all read that in
the voice of the Elder in the Best Two Years). Plus we got six phone numbers
and addresses. Boom. You know that's right. :) We're going again tomorrow and
then next week, we'll actually go on spilts with missionaries in the capital.
Now that, I'm excited for.
Everyday is pretty much the same here so I don't have a lot to
say.... I love our "gym" time now because I started playing
volleyball. We just have one net set up in the parking lot. But we all love
playing so we have a great time. It's not super competitive but enough that it
makes it fun and gets your heart beating and blood pumping. Oh wait, that's
just the humidity. Haha. I'm drenching sweat within minutes of playing. We all
are so it's okay.
I am making a lot of friends. That's the beauty of a small MTC.
There's 54 missionaries here and we all know each other. The "older"
group of missionaries are leaving next though. I'm pretty sad about that
because I have made some pretty great friends/ volleyball buddies whil they've
been here. But I'm so excited for the next step of their journeys. My group
will be the "older" missionaries next, it'll be weird. But that's how
the legacy gets passed on. Once the news come in, we'll pass on the secrets and
tips of the MTC that we've learned from the group before us. It'll be all too
quick when we're the ones leaving for good. I'm going to really miss this place
though. I love all my teachers and leaders here. But I guess that is life. We
get somewhere, settle in, love it, meet new people, then move on. But hopefully
the friends we make, will be our friends forever.
Anyhoo, it's time to go. Hope you all are doing well. I think of
you often and pray for you!
oh here's my address by the way. I know a lot of you have been
asking for it :) Im theSanto Domingo West mission. That's also my mission home
address. So i wont get anything from there till i leave the MTC. If you want to
reach me in the MTC before i leave, send it through Dear elder.
Siempre,
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