It's A Piece of Brownie, part 2

My lovely District!

FIRST P-DAY, part 2!

(Sister Maddy's first letter home was just so awesome, it deserved two posts!)

So... I have never been so tired, or thought so much, or been more nervous for anything in my life, yet I have never been so happy. It’s scary how great it is here, and I don't really have anything to complain about! It's just amazing. Everyone is always happy and there is just a spirit of goodness here!

My district loves to laugh. And honestly I was really worried we wouldn't have fun here... So its awesome. The best part is its 100% appropriate, clean, happy humor. I wish I was always surrounded by this. 

I am working on being more faithful and trusting God, because BOY Spanish is HARD. So so hard. But i would not have it ANY other way. I feel myself stretching and growing in ways I didn't think possible, and its only been SIX days!!!! I'm scared, I am not very good, and I am realizing how very little I know about the gospel, pero, I think that is exactly why I am here. To learn to trust GOD. To learn that I am not enough on my own, but with God I can DO IT!!! I am learning to lean heavily on Him and to really, really pray. I don't think I have ever done that until I came here. also, praying in Spanish es muy dificil! Pero, I am learning :) I am happy. Don't be worried about me. I have an amazing district, an amazing companion, and I am surrounded by God's love.

Today we went to the Lima temple and that was SO cool. Everything was in Spanish of course, and saying the words was pretty hard, pero it was a very special feeling and I am excited to go again next Tuesday! We also went to the market today and had Inca Cola!! THAT IS DELICIOUS. And desert here is SO good when it has dulce de leche, like the churros, y the cookies. Also, sometimes we get helado which is straight from heaven :) Oh!!! Riding the bus here is super fun!!! its EXTREMELY packed and its probably the only time we are allowed to be close to the Elders ;) but it was so much fun, you get pushed everywhere and fall over A LOT. I was cracking up!

Okay, so a random story: my companion was looking at my watch during personal study time yesterday then randomly she says, "Your watch makes me feel bad about myself...No, I mean, I worry about you! I just get really stressed out that you only have the number 12. I bet that's hard for you" haha. (idk if that's even funny, but it was muy hilarious to me!) 

Oh!!! Letters take 4-10 days to get here so SEND SOME EVERYONE NOW! If you'd like to of course! I don't have anyone's address except mi familia, so I cant write you until you write me first :)  

Okay... I think that is all I have for now. I know as soon as I send this, I will think of tons of things, pero I am almost out of time and I need to respond to all of you LOVELY humans who emailed me!!!

Sorry this is soooo random!! Also, sorry there are so many mistakes. I am typing so fast and the keyboard es muy diferente. :) Alright, I guess I will end with a tiny testimony:

Yo se que Jesu Cristo es mi redentor y usted redentor. Yo se que el espiritu santo es real. yo se que Dios es muy buenismo. I am so grateful for the chance I have to serve a mission. I am in love with everything about it so far. I know that I am called of God and that any power I have is only through Him. I testify that la iglesia de jesucristo de las santos de los ultimas dias es VERDAD. I know the Book of Mormon truly is another testiment of Cristo. En el nombre de Jesu Cristo, amen.

I LOVE YOU GUYS.

love love love, 

Hermana Whitlock