A CHRISTMAS TREE, right in the lobby of the CCM!
Last night we had a little special Christmas thing, (instead of language class) we got to come out and listen to the couple missionaries sing some Christmas songs, then they turned on a song loud over speakers and turned on TONS of Christmas lights!!! its SO beautiful! then they gave us cookies, egg nog ( not really but it was delicious anyway!) hot cocoa, fruit and other sweets. We were permitted to take photos and mingle! I talked to a couple from the Area 70 who are from Phoenix for a long time! that was cool!! It was a nice event last night, and I LOVE Christmas lights. I realize I under appreciated them. They are great!
Sorry, but this week's letter is just a bunch of random happenings (siempre) sobre mi semana en el CCM!! So this week our district got changed around because some of our Elders (3) went to the Latino district! (if you already know Spanish well enough they can move you). So now we have 4 hermanas and 7 elders. I have a really great district. But, someone in our district went home. It was very sad. He was such a great guy, but he needed to fix some things. Make SURE if you are wanting to serve a mission, you have really prepared and repented if necessary. Its a sad thing for EVERYONE to see people leave!:(
2 songs I LOVE and would like to quote to you all are:
"You see that today holds something special, something holy not superficial, so here's to Jesus Christ who SAVED our lives." (Listen to that by tswift everyone)
And.... "We will fight, not out of spite, someone must always stand for the right, cuz where there's a man who has no voice, there i shall go singing.".. :) I LOVE that song. I think its actually one of my all- time favorite songs ever. Its a real faith building song for me. listen to them (and The Gift, and Breath of Heaven-- because those are all songs i have sung at Christmas in the past) and think of me, okay? ;)
2 days this week we had GREAT lunches. And I mean great.- we got SO excited about the food, some people (me maybe) almost cried with joy. We got noodles, churos, coleslaw, pasta salad one day, and Mexican food, ice cream and pasta another day. MEXICAN. Best day ever. Yes we love food alot in my district... haha
On Sunday my district sang a musical number (Noche de luz) and let me just say... we arent the most talented folks around (as in, we cant carry a tune) BUT!!! our Elders are so adamant about singing loud and proud, its so awesome!! We sounded terrible I am sure, but I loved it.
Every Sunday 2 elders y 2 hermanas are asked to give a talk (not told before hand) in Spanish during Sacrament meeting and guess who got picked!? this girl! so I had to give a 3-5 minute talk solo in espanol sobre enduring to the end. it was very scary, but actually i had written some thoughts out a week before (thinking i would be chosen that week) so at least i was somewhat prepared. I was also asked to pray at the devotional Sunday night the entire ccm, latinos y norte Americanos are there and President and everyone -- in Spanish! Can I say scary?? We sat on the stand, but it was nice. I can tell my Spanish is improving in prayers at least! in fact, i only pray in Spanish now! or, i will say my entire prayer in Spanish, then say another little one in English for the things i have no idea how to say in Espanol! its really great, its coming! slowly, poco a poco, but i think at least by the time i go home, i will know how to speak it ;)
And something that is so lovely here is that after my talk and my prayer, so many people told me how well you are doing or how "Latina" you sound (even when you know you don't) but it sure is uplifting!
In JSH 1:20 he says something like, " it seems as though the adversary was aware at a very early age that i would be a disturbor in the kingdom...." ( go read it) i LOVE it. I hope He thinks that way about me. Joseph smith was such a good example of this, of faith and action. What a guy.
So I probably cant email next week! I will be on my 8 hour BUS RIDE OF DEATH (or whatever, they call it a lot of things here haha) but i have heard from SO many that my mission president is the BEST! they all say hes SUPER super funny, really smart (an ob-gyn) and very loving. I am so excited to meet him!
Also, we got our church credit cards and huancayo mission only gets $14 US dollars a month...hahaha, what!? Is that even possible!? Other missions got 88 or 100 or so, which already sounds super little. I wonder if we just don't ever need to buy anything there? Well I guess that would be so nice!
So today out shopping at a huge grocery store called metreo there is a 4 story shopping place kind of like china's one but way more ghetto. Next dooor. we get our soccer jerseys there. Anyway, there is a tiny little booth there with Victoria's Secret perfumes (but only like only 7) and like 10 pairs of clothing from Forever 21. And then they have their labeled bags and everything. I thought it was so funny! My comp thinks they came to America, bought a few things, and then brought it back to sell. idk if that's true, but it was super fun to see!
I am at this stage of the mission where I cant really speak English or Spanish...its weird. its so hard to think in 2 languages haha. but it'll come someday I know! I am really nervous to leave because I know so little Spanish, but i know God will help me!!!
Sorry this email is so random and not very interesting. This whole week we have just been learning Spanish like crazy, and studying SIEMPRE. Not much outside of the usual study, work, study, teach, soccer, class class class class. :) ONE WEEK LEFT! its crazy, I am so not ready! But I am so stinkin' excited anyway. We shall see how it goes!!!! I love you allll!!!
:)
Your Favorite Hermana
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