HOLA Amigos!
Wow.
My very first letter! This week has been one of the hardest and BEST weeks
of my life. I must say it started out a little rough. My little sister was
sick Monday night and I thought to myself "I'm going to the
MTC Wednesday, no way I'll get sick, the Lord is on my side." Boy
was I wrong. I ended up going to my setting apart with a ziplock bag hoping I
could make it through the whole time. It was a rough night. It was
decided that I would have to go a day late. I was devastated. But hey, it makes
for an interesting story. Satan is so creative with how he makes people doubt
themselves. He's a creative little bugger. I ended up entering the MTC on Thursday, the 17th around 4:30. It was a real scary moment in my
life walking into the MTC, all by myself, with absolutely no one around. But
somehow as I sat there in the Lobby and put on my name tag, I felt at peace. I
was excited.
They
took me to West Campus to meet my companion. My companion is Hermana Katelyn
Ellgen from Colorado. She is 21 and stellar at Spanish. She rocks; in fact she
almost moved to intermediate. She is a hard worker and has such a strong
testimony I am lucky to have her. I am very blessed.
When
I pulled up I was more than excited to see mi amiga Abbey Blair come running
towards me. I still can't believe we got the exact same mission call. What are
the odds of that? No, she's not my companion. But she IS in my apartment and
district. There are four other Hermanas going to Mendoza and they are in a
completely different district and we hardly ever see them. So it is still so
crazy and lucky that Hermana Blair is in my district. We are pretty much with
each other all day. So that's nice. Her companion is Hermana Mookie (Mckenzie)
Harris from Vernal Utah. She is also incredible. All four of us get along
great.
I am
on West Campus which is where all the Spanish Speakers are sent. It makes a unique
little community of a bunch of white people speaking Spanglish. I really do
love it here. My entire district is going to Mendoza, Argentina! So that's fun!
We have a fun time together! I love them all. I love everyone here!!! Pretty
much a day in the life of a missionary at the west campus can be summed up as
such: Wake up, Breakfast, Class, Gym time, Lunch, Class, Dinner, more Class, Bed. The
days are SO long, but like every missionary says, the days are long, the weeks
are short. Time is going to fly I know it.
I
have to say that Sunday was by far my favorite day at the MTC so far,
and I'm pretty sure it will be the case every week. Hermanas have relief
society in the morning and get to go listen to Music and the Spoken Word. It's
amazing. Then we have church with our zone, and our zone/branch is
amazing. Fun Fact: our branch president Brother and Sister Rogers just BARELY
got transferred from a Polynesian branch into a Spanish branch, and they just
happened to be Aimee's Branch President and Branch President's wife when she
was in the MTC. What a blessing. They are amazing. Church was such a good
experience, a little nerve racking because we don't know who is going to be
speaking. We just all have to prepare a talk in Spanish and pray we don't get
called on. Yikes. How's that for getting out of your comfort zone? Also, I
joined the Choir. What? Me? Choir? And I liked it! What? A mission is
already doing weird weird things to me.
Sunday night
devotionals are the best though. The spirit is SO strong. Being in a room with
THAT many missionaries is a unique experience. There's something about the
spirit in the room when there are that many people who are striving so hard to
serve the Lord and do what is right. It's like nothing else I've experienced
before. I have to say one of the best parts of devotional was walking in and
instantly seeing mi amiga Sister Morgan Robinson wave me down from across the
auditorium. She's just the best. I'm so glad I got to see her, because she left
for Hong Kong the next day! Good luck to Sister MoRob :) I also saw Hailey
Spackman from my ward in Logan who is going to Tahiti! Jennee Oaks Baker
(Dallin H. Oaks' daughter) gave the devotional. She's one talented person. She
played the violin with her whole family, it was such a good experience.
This
week has been crazy, I have learned so much, and been pushed so hard! We have
already taught four lessons in Spanish to our "investigator" Roberto!
It's craziness! They are usually filled with spanglish and lots of... "ummmm Lo
siento. No hablamos espanol." haha :) It's good for us.
One
of the coolest parts of being a missionary is the Tuesday Night
devotionals. We got to sing in the Choir which was incredible. Bonnie L.
Oscarson came and spoke, she is incredible. One of the best things I learned
was just how unique a mission experience really is. She said, "There
will never be a time in your life where you will be able to or encouraged to
dedicate every sing minute of every single day FOCUSED on serving the
Lord." It's so true. This is such a unique time in my life, and
I am so grateful to be here! What a blessing being a missionary is! Boy is it
hard, but I already love it.
This
gospel is amazing, and I love being a missionary. :)
Con Amor, Hermana Matheson
Ready to go to the MTC
Amazingly, we ran into Hermana Choe Johnson as we were taking a family picture before entering the MTC. She came to Guatemala with us and is headed to Argentina, Buenos Aires.
The girls in my apartment
Our district at the temple today. P-Days are the
best.
So lucky to have Hermana Blair in my district & apartment!
Hermana
Masoner! Amiga from colllege! Going to my mission!
Seour
Spackman! Love this girl! She's gonna kill it in Tahiti.
Hermana
Streadbeck, from school she's going to Mendoza too!!!
Sister Robinson, love this human SO much. Good
luck in Hong Kong to Sista MoRob
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