<------- Here is Alex's Mailing Address She would love letters!!!
Hola Familia y Amigos!!!
?Como estan? I miss all of you SO much.....these last two
weeks have been the LONGEST and FASTEST weeks of my entire life! The last week
in the CCM went by so fast. Saying goodbye to everyone there was so hard. I am
so surprised at how much you can come to love someone in just 6 weeks....it is
absolutely amazing. I said goodbye to Hermana Childs at 3am on Monday
morning...hardest goodbye for me other than saying goodbye to all of you in
the airport. I love her so much.
I woke up at 2am on Tuesday and was on the plane at 6. A
Bishop from a local ward in Mexico sat by me in the airport and talked with
me.....he was a blessing from Heavenly Father.
Seeing Steph and Nicole, Matthew and Sam in Dallas was the best. I am so glad
they did that, I don't know what I would have done if they weren't there.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING!!!!!!
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| My Trainer Hermana Merrill |
So I got to Utah and stayed with a sister who's companion
went home that same day. The next day I met my trainer....Hermana Merrill, she is
from Houston. She is so wonderful. She is so obedient and her Espanol is
amazing. She has only been out for about 8 months and she is fluent.....the
Gift of Tongues is real, everyone! We live in a tiny apartment and two English
sisters live across the hall, Sister Porter and Sister Poleo ( She is from Tonga).
They are all great and Hermana Merrill helps me so much.
On my first day, we visited a family who have gone to church
two times but have never met with missionaries. So we visited them and gave them
the first lesson......Hermana Merrill asked me to invite them to be baptized. So I
asked them.....and guess what? THEY ACCEPTED!!!! They are all getting baptized
on March 29th....that is when their son turns 8. I was super happy....and it
was only my first day! So, including that family of 3, we have 4 other people
on date to be baptized. Laura and Pedro on March 1, Jaquline y Ernesto on March
8, and now Edwin, Janderry, and Peter on March 29! Our area is awesome. I am in the Murray Area and we
cover one Spanish ward but it is huge. The members of the ward are
so nice. Whenever you greet someone or say goodbye, you always do
the hug/kiss on the cheek thing. I love it because you just connect with
them and start to love them. I am beginning to love my investigators and the
members....the language gets in the way sometimes but I try to show my
love by being super grateful and happy.
So this week, I have had some hard mornings. I get
homesick and stuff sometimes. Saturday was really bad. During personal
study, I just went into the bathroom and just cried. I knelt down
and started praying for help......I really felt like I couldn't do it anymore,
this was harder than I thought it was gonna be, this wasn't like the CCM,
I was really tired....these were thoughts that were going through my head.
I prayed for a little bit and cried...it felt good to cry it out...I had
been holding it in all week. I felt better after that though......I haven't
felt too bad since then. Every morning, when I wake and feel
SUPER tired and want to go back to bed, I always pray that God will help
me to not think about myself, but about others....especially my investigators
and how I can help them. I do that during personal study and Comp. Study and
all day when I ride my bike EVERYWHERE!!!! (I will talk about that in a sec.) When
I think about my investigators and finding those people, I feel so much better
and the day goes by so much faster.
I love teaching.....my Spanish is not amazing and I struggle
sometimes speaking it, but sometimes I do amaze myself when I can say a whole
sentence or part of the lesson without messing up or having to think about how
to say it in Spanish. I have a REALLY hard time understanding people though, it
is super hard for me but I pray everyday for the gift of Interpretation of
Tongues.....I really need that one :) I use my Spanish all day though. I gave a
talk in Church on Sunday...it was super short but I wrote it by myself and
everyone in the ward was so impressed at how well I speak it......they don't
realize that I can't understand them though. It gets frustrating sometimes
but Hermana Merrill helps me a lot.
Ok, so I asked Pres. Moffat about the wedding......he is a
very rule-driven President so I am not allowed to go to the wedding because in
the handbook, it discourages seeing family while on the mission. So, I am sad, but I'll be blessed for being obedient. Those days will be hard for me knowing you
are all so close but Mother's day will be just around the corner so I will see (Skype) you all then.
So, about the bike, I am gonna buy a new bike next Tuesday, and I will take
it home with me when I am done with my mission. I need you to make sure I have
at least $550 in my account. We use our bikes everyday all day so I am gonna buy
a really good one that will last me a year and a half...and hopefully longer. I
also need some more skirts.......ones that are longer and work well with
biking.....mine are all wearing out or can't work with a bike. Also, in the next
package, if you could send me a photo album and thumb drive for my pictures,
that would be SWEET!!!!
I am so glad that everyone is doing well..... Dad, I can't believe
that lady you gave the BOM to is getting baptized, that's so awesome! I was so happy when I read that. I wish I could
see the girls play basketball, or see Jenna in the courtroom. I am so proud of all my
sisters :) I miss you and love you all so much but I truly love being here.......missionary
work is amazing.
Thank you for the Greenie package......I LOVED IT! I saved
it for Friday night.....as a reward for working hard :)
I miss you all and love you :) I pray for you every night. I
am sorry to everyone that I didn't reply to all your questions this week.......we only get an hour
and I had to write about the last 2 weeks instead of just one.
Write me letters and emails.....I love hearing from
everyone. Share the Gospel with your friends and give referrals to the
missionaries. Referrals are AMAZING!!
Have a great week and I will email next Tuesday.....I guess
Tuesday was always meant to be my day, huh?:) LOVE YOU!!
SLY!
Hermana Warren
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