#4
Ok! Hello my wonderful family 🙂 It sounds like you guys are doing great! I AM DOING BETTER THAN EVER! I love it here so very much. I already feel like it’s home. I feel weird when I see white people…. Everyone here is black. Well like 95%. Ok so surprise! I am in a tripanionship. There is three of us! I like it! I’m with Sister T. and Sister C. and we are tearing it up!!! So after I spoke with you at the airport we flew into Trinidad. Can you say coulture shock? Yeah it is…. How do I put this lightly? “Sketch”. The people scared me oh so bad. But I’m used to them now. I’m DEFINETELY not in Utah anymore. We got to the mission home very late. I layed in a bed that the Apostles have layed in!! AH!!!!!! 🙂 It was awesome. Sister Mehr’s parentals are my senior couple 🙂 They are so nice! I love them already! OH!
Wednesday: I said goodbye to my MTC district. We went out with some of the sisters in Trinidad… EVERYONE hits on you here… All the guys try to sweet talk you. It’s cause I’m white. Not because I’m good looking or anything… Because lets face it, I look like poop here. Some guy told me I had an amazing, exquisite face? Hahaha weird. I know. I met both of my comps!!! They are adorable. I love them. We all get along fantastically! At first I was worried because they have known each other for a long time and I just came in and didn’t know anything. The first night was hard but it is much better. I feel like it’s home here already.
Thursday: We went out and taught a bunch.. And contacted! We have a “hard” area.. But I don’t think so. 🙂 We just work hard and we meet such awesome people. We found this guy named E. and he will be a tough one to get. But we enjoy teaching him. N. is awesome she is a progressive investigator 🙂
-Random note: It’s really hard to write everything that happens because there is so much. But I will do my best.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday: We met this way awesome Rasta guy! His name is M. and we have been teaching him. And C.! We inspiredly ran into him yesterday and taught him sooner. He said he wants to know if we are angels and he is very sweet! We went on exchange with a ward member so we divided and conquered! It was wonderful. We are working so hard. SO SO SO hard. I’m being obedient and I can feel the Lords hand in my life 🙂 Basically, my feet hurt, I’m so tired. I just want people to understand but I’m not kidding you when I say this. My heart is so happy. I feel a love for these people and I can’t contain it. I feel a love for this gospel and I must share it. I feel the spirit so strongly and I feel like it doesn’t fit inside me so I might burst! It feels great though!! Ah! There is so much to tell. We have been tracting a lot. And have SO many people to teach. Every day is filled.
We drive on the wrong side of the road here and wrong side of the car. And I’m going to have to learn how to drive soon I’m a little scared!!! People are CRAZY drivers here.
Mama: I love that jar analogy! Kris did a really neat thing for Sharing Time today. She was talking about how the Holy Ghost communicates with us, but we have to be listening. We also have to be choosing the right and doing the best we can. She brought a mason jar and put a penny in it. She shook it around and said, “Can you hear the penny?” Then she handed each of the children a cotton ball. They each took turns putting their cotton ball in the jar. Every so often she would have one of the teachers shake the jar. As more and more cotton balls were added the sound of the penny was quieter and quieter. Finally all of the cotton balls were in the jar with the penny. You could hardly hear it. She went on to tell all the kids that the penny represented the Holy Ghost and the cotton balls represented the sins we commit and the things we know we should do, like go to church, read our scriptures, etc. When we have issues with sinning and not being actively involved with living the gospel, we may not be as in tune with the spirit and what He is trying to teach us. I thought it was a great lesson. Maybe you could use it as a missionary. It is great here! I LOVE THE PEOPLE. It is beautiful. It is so HOT. Sometimes I think I’ll die of sweating and the heat. I literally am never dry. ever. But it all good 🙂 Yes please. (everyone here says yes please instead of yes. No matter what, even if it doesn’t make sense.) It is funny! It sounds like you guys are so busy just like me. Hang in there ok? You are in my prayers and in my heart always. You are the strongest lady I have ever met and I know that you can do hard things. And so can I. And I am. I will probs be training soon! Which is insane!!!! Also I may not be having to learn to speak a language, but I have to learn to understand one! They talk crazy! I hope you have a great week. I love you more than Peanut Butter Twixs and more than the extermemly humid air I breathe in everyday.
Daddy: Sounds like a lot of fun in Bear Lake 😉 not!!! Hahaha I remember when I would help you do that! Sounds like you are doing just so great! I love you so very much! Have a great week! Stay strong!
I know this is where I am supposed to be and I am so happy to be here. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else! I love all of you so much! I am doing great! Don’t worry about me. I’m being taken care of. Have a great week one and all! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Love, Sister Emily
