Hola everybody!
Thank you for the Dear Elder Letters! I got them :)
Well, luckily, today is my P-day. Every zone has different P-days because it's so crowded. We are going to the temple in 45 minutes as well, so I don't have too much time. I will make sure to use the alphasmart eventually. Maybe not until I get to the field because time is so busy here.
Well Wednesday, I got dropped off and went straight to get things settled. My host picked me up and she held my bags while I got my nametag id card, key etc. She took me to my apartment to drop off my stuff and then straight to my classroom to meet my teacher. My teacher es Hermono Whittiker. He ONLY speaks spanish to us. Therefore, he gets a lot of blank stares from us. Mostly me.
I wrote you a letter, but I'm sure you won't get it until tomorrow. Here's the big news....I have two companions. There are very few trios at the MTC, but I am in one. My two companions are Hermana Wilcox, and Hermana Stanford. Hermana Wilcox is from Layton Utah. She has been going to BYU for the past year and studying education and music! She actually really reminds me of Desma Lisonbee for some reason! Hermana Stanford is from Alberta Canada. She has never been outside of Alberta really. She had issues with getting her Visa so she came a few hours late. She is definitely somebody I know I will love, but it will be hard with all three of us. They are both fun girls.
My apartment is shared with two other hermanas goingto my mission. Hermana Trunnell, is one that I talked to on facebook before we came. They are all such sweet girls, and they take being a misisonary seriously. What a blessing to have them.
Thursday was a roller coaster ride. EVERYBODY keeps telling us that as soon as we get to Sunday, we will be fine. Yesterday, we have study time, and we have a long spanish lesson. The Spanish lesson overwhelmed me a lot. I know, and I have faith that I will get it and I will be completely fine, but yesterday I started freaking out. Both my companions know quite a bit of spanish so I feel a bit behind. We all are a little overwhelmed though. We are actually teaching a fake investoigator tonight IN SPANISH. Say a prayer for that one. I know that I will be fine, and things are looking brighter already, but this is going to be the hardest, yet most rewarding thing I have ever done.
I AM NOT in raintree. I am on campus. I guess they decided to have the elders and sisters that have been here for a few weeks to move to raintree.
Today me and mis hermanas went to the bookstore to get a few things, like a new clip for our nametags and such. Then we went to go work out, which was really good! We didn't know the rules on the time at the gym though, so a worker had to come tell us that we had to leave because it was another dictricts gym time then. I think we have figured it out now though.
We basically are going to be spending all of our time in the classroom. We leave all study materials there and we do daily planning sessions, personal study, companion study and spanish class in there.
Our district is of 5 sisters (mi companeros and the ones in my apartment) and 4 elders. 3 are going to Washington, Vancouver, and 1 is going to my mission.
I definitely do not know the story of Uncle Jim "moping", please do tell :)
Oh! Also, my branch got REALLY excited when they heard that I can play piano. I guess there are only like 2 people that can play, and they can onl play right hand. I already got asked to play on Sunday! You were right! I will play piano a lot on my mission!
I had a hard time saying goodbye to you guys, that was the hardest part, and still is. BUT I know that this is not about me. This is about the work and the people that need the gospel in their lives. I am going to be an instrument in the Lord's hands. It is my calling and it is WORK!
I miss you guys like crazy, but I know that you are well, and I am good too!
Much Love,
Hermana Spencer
PS. Mom, can you post on Facebook or something about dear elder?I can get those any day of the week and I'd LOVE to hear from evrybody and I can write tem back. My mailbox number is 328I think? Its my unit number I gave you.
PPS. I gforgot my SD card converter, so I wil send pictures next week!
