Holy cow y'all. This week has been seriously the best, but also it's totally been kicking my butt. So I made it to the MTC (which is actually CCM in Spanish, so only a little bit confusing) on Tuesday afternoon and this place is seriously gorgeous. There are so many palm trees and flowers and grass are so green and you can hear music all the time from the city and I love it!
My companion is from Utah and she's seriously the greatest. Like I really couldn't have been paired with a better person because we're both exactly what we need! Her name is Hermana Day and we're both going to Anaheim and we're both sooo dang excited:) There are 11 people in our district, and we pretty much spend the entire day with them but they're all so awesome so it's all good:) We've gotten so close already though it's crazy, and even though I've been here for just over a week, it feels like it's been an eternity but also like time is flying by. One of the girls in my district is from South Carolina too and it's literally so nice having another southern girl to relate to when we're putting chicken on our waffles in the morning and talking about how much we miss Waffle House.
My classes and teachers are all super great, but Spanish is so hard (haha) and we have to memorize a bunch of things too but esta bien because I know I'll get the hang of it eventually. Also, we've had some super amazing devotionals with some incredible messages, and one thing that stood out to me the most was when the CCM President said that this isn't our time anymore, we're on the Lord's time. When I first heard that I was seriously terrified, but after have some long talks with my wonderful Hermana Day, she told me "look, it's game time. You have the rest of your life to do whatever it is that you want, but for these next 18 months you chose to be here so you have to be here with your whole heart and mind." I'm seriously so grateful for this opportunity to be here and to be able to grow closer to my Heavenly Father than I ever have before and to be pushed to my limit in ways I never thought possible.
But on a more lighthearted note, these people I'm here with are the best and they make me laugh so much every day. One Elder in my district has never taken any Spanish and he's so funny about it. He just will say any Spanish word he can think of at the most random times, like el país (country) and sé bautizara (will you be baptized) and honestly it's the comedic relief we all need. 😁
Okay y'all, seriously feel free to email me whenever!! Thursdays (except next week is Friday) are my P-Days so I can read them and get back to everyone then!! Love y'all so much and I can't thank y'all enough for all the support!!
Oh and I'll drop some pictures from this week so y'all can check them out:)) (the first one is the gorgeous sunrise from my room, second is cutie Hermana Day and me, third is all the Hermanas is my district~ Hermana Bailey, Hermana Clark (from SC!), Hermana Gordon, Hermana Trythall, Hermana Rice, and then me and Hermana Day~ fourth is my whole district with Elders Hu'akao, Giuliani, Vance, and Danner, fifth is us trying to be cool and run at 6:30 this morning, sixth is our service project in the kitchen yesterday, and the last one was my first day pic. 😉
So much love,
Hermana Braytondere
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