MI FAMILIA Y AMIGAS!!!!
you
have no idea how happy i am to email you haha. we were literally like
screaming walking to the computer lab. anyways first things first. mail.
since im going to be in the mtc for 6 weeks and not two, please send
letters within the next four weeks to the mtc. also i found out that the
address i gave you for the mission isnt actually right. the mission
home has changed but i dont have the address for it. so until then i
think you can probably send it to the address you have and theyll
forward it but idk. as soon as i find out ill let you know. also, i love
all the emails but i dont have a ton of time and no printer so heres a
solution. dearelder.com. get on there
and you type a letter so its as easy as email but then they print it
and give it to me in letter form. i get them every thursday. that way
ill have time to read it and respond. also, if you send a package, DONT
put pictures of Jesus and Mary because now they will open those because
they suspect youre hiding something. just write my name kind of big so
they know its a missionary. the mtc address is still correct so you can
use that to write letters.
alright
so the mtc or ccm here is pretty awesome. its very small and right next
to the temple. we get to go later today!! yay!! the ccm is gated and
has cameras and security guards...kind of like a fun prison haha. the
driving here is insane. so glad i dont have a driving mission. i cant
say much about guatemala because i havent seen much of it. just what i
saw when i got off the airplane. we get to go on field trips every two
weeks so next week i get to go to walmart. i forgot or lost one of my
towels so i have to buy that haha but other than that, its just little
stuff like shampoo (dad asked which is why im saying this) so the food
here is serioulsy the most amazing thing ever. the only problem is how
much they give us really. we have to eat it all and sometimes i feel
sick because of how much but its delicious so oh well. and also so long
to the idea of losing weight...haha. the weather here is basically like
indianas only it rains a tad bit more. the rain hasnt been awful, it
will just randomly downpour.
were
called the nortes here because were the people who cant speak spanish
haha and whenever we have a meeting they give us little translator
headphones so we know whats going on. honestly its kind of distracting
because im trying to understand the spanish and then the english comes
in and they dont always translate completely accurately. my spanish is
alright. im able to get by but when the natives talk...its so fast and i
havent quite gotten used to the accent yet. my comp and i are trying to
speak it a ton more though. ill get it eventually.
we
actually have a real investigator(not just a teacher pretending) and he
is amazing. he works here and my entire district is teaching him. hes
started praying our way instead of the catholic prayer and says he feels
the spirit and feels closer to God now. he went to church on sunday and
is reading the book of mormon. my comp and i try to tlak to him in
spanish most of the time and he usually understands. i can usually know
what hes saying but sometimes its hard. i lvoe teaching though. the
spirit is so strong especially when we bear to him our testimonies. hes
got an incredible spirit and really wants to know God. he says he
believes what hes saying but wants some time to think about baptism.
whats sad is that when he does say yes to baptism, we have to give him
to the missionaries in his area. but hopefully we would get to go to his
baptism. oh also listening to him pray for the first time out loud with
us was so amazing. the spirit was there and i know he felt peace. i get
what theyre saying now about that first prayer. its incredible.
so
they took our cameras when we got here so there will be very few
pictures of anything in the ccm. its very sad, i know. my district is
really awesome. .there are 12 of us but only 4 of us are going to the
east mission, whcih is kind of sad. my schedule is basiclaly like this.
get up at 630 and study, eat and study, go to sports (super fun. we get
to work out and just relax which is nice), study, eat, study, eat.
sunday was amazing because we got to rest from all the studying. we
watched an awesome movie about the slc temple and had a couple
devotionals. its a major spiritual renewal. we all ahve to prepare a 5
minute talk and 10 minute sunday school lesson and then they randomly
call on people to give them.
so
despite the fact that im exhausted literally all day errday, im
enjoying myself so much. i love it here. my comp is really good (hna
windsor and i have already developed separation anxiety haha, if we dont
see eachother for a second we are like DONDE ESTA MI CUMPANERA) and i
feel the spirit so much. i pray more than i ever have in my entire life.
probably like 20 times a day and its so awesome. i feel so much closer
to my Savior. i feel like i can relate to Him more than before too. He
also left His family and friends to go with people He doesnt know to
preach the gospel. He suffered for the good of others and sacrificed for
them. now obvioulsy im not as selfess or suffering near as much but i
like seeing the connection because i want even more to be like Him. He
is the greatest example of the perfect missionary.
we
have one teacher hno mendez who is hilarious and really good. i dont
think this mtc is like provos...our classes tend to be a lot of us being
like where is our teacher and then being like okay well what do we want
to learn haha. flashcards have been a really good thing.
i love you all and i hope everything is going well. im doing great so dont worry about me.
love,
hna wilcoxen
