good:
•i got my visa.
i get to travel on
tuesday with elder e from my district.
i got to email about my
visa and travel plans yesterday, today is p day, and monday i get to send
emails again if i need.
i get to use a PHONE
tuesday at the airport.
the fact that i'm
leaving has shown everyone's true colors. i totally have my whole district
wrapped around my finger. i'm thinking monday i'm going to try and get the DL
to give me my letters early.
everyone should be so
proud of me- this week i played softball, basketball, and volleyball and i
didn't embarrass the family! and it was really fun!
our devotional speaker
on sunday served in the rapid city south dakota mission and talked about it the
entire time! (Vai Sikahema- byu football player, nfl player, news anchor, etc.
look him up he's legit!)
and you said i couldn't clean #certifiedpassonthecleaningcheck
bad:
•i got my visa.
elder e said if it
wasn't against the white handbook he would give me wet willies when i fall
asleep on the plane. (#18YOelderprobz)
when the district leader
asks "how do you think we did this past week?" and everyone starts laughing.
when our classroom is
like the 5th floor of the HBLL during personal study. (#byuinsidejoke)
hearing about SD a lot
on sunday made me a little homesick.
after getting my visa i
could not focus WHAT SO EVER.
awkward:
•i got my visa.
being chosen to speak in
sacrament meeting, in portuguese, minutes before i had to get up and talk. the
talk was prepared but the only think more awkward than my portuguese is the
hope that no one can listen to portuguese very well so they didn't know what i
was saying anyways.
we took a picture of all
the sister at the mtcs (both west and normal) and it was a panoramic so we had
to hold still. right as it was our part of the panoramic sister shumway sneezed
and everyone heard it and knew we messed up the picture.
during fireside via
sikahema showed a clip about how he slid the gospel and the church into a news
clip.. they were talking about how iowa was named the top party school in the
nation. then, of course today i wore my u of i tshirt without thinking
(#mtcscarletletter)
when we were walking
back from the devotional on tuesday at the marriott center it was education
week so everyone is around campus and in the parking lot and they’re taking
pictures of us.
#proofthattheyarecalling14yrolds
awesome:
•i got my visa.
the work WILL move
forward. from what i've, heard yesterday was a BIG day for visas.
singing called to serve
after fireside and improv everyone stands up.
sister a isn't just bon
qui qui, she also has a little of “that's so raven” in her.
making my district watch
my favorite mormon messages so they would focus. (if you need a pick me up
please search "what matters most mormon message in youtube". even if
you don't DO IT NOW!)
i love getting all of
your letters and dear elders. i hope i can still hear from you in brazil!
got to skip service aka
cleaning because of sister a's appointment (#beatingthesystem)
my friend elder m from
tonga is hilarious. i swear he learned english through learning pick up
lines. dad, i think you would
be proud to know i have made friends with LOTS of Polynesians :) they are so
kind. elder manu gave me a lava lava from tonga and a fuzzy lei thing and elder
haumanu gave me a shell lei because i am leaving. they are really funny because
of the pop culture things they know in english.
elder m quotes:
•as we are walking back from devotional tuesday he kept yelling
"SMELLS LIKE AMERICA!!" in his accent.
•when he found out i would be leaving he gave me a little pep talk
and then said "you invite others to come unto christ, then after your
mission, i will invite you to go to the temple." #whitehandbook
█you know you're in the mtc when... everyone's excited because a
holland talk is playing sunday night.
█overheard in our district "they asked me.. by by they i mean
i asked myself.." (then he chuckles to himself) -our district leader.
look who i found in the cafeteria #bridalshopcoworkers
so obviously the big
news of the week is… my visa. i've accepted it now and have started packing and
doing what i need to be ready for the big day. it doesn't help that one of the
elders keeps using "crusty"
as his adjective of choice when talking about the brazil mtc. how nasty of a word is that? overall this week
was good. i honestly think i was too comfortable here in provo and i
need more of a challenge, so bring it on! i still am really lost in class but our teacher talked to sister a
and i and said she was really impressed with our lessons, and specifically
told me she was so impressed with my portuguese. it meant a lot to have her say that. she is
more of a tough love kinda of teacher, but now that we've gotten to know her i
really love her. she's been so great, supportive, but she pushes us.
a new bestie sister Shumway
i'm really enjoying
studying the book of mormon every day. i totally challenge
you all to dedicate more time to it. i'm the most hypocritical person to say
this because now my schedule is a 360 from what it was before and i have so
much more time, but i don't know why we even waste our time with anything else! we are so lucky to have what we have- profeta,
o livro de mormon, oracao,
etc. these are ways god shows us he loves us and we need to show him we
appreciate them by using them!
shout out to jaxon & aunt jill for saving the day... shoes, wax, it's a long story. #beatingthesystem
but lets be real.. you
all are so great. you're already doing these things. i can feel your prayers
and support. i know (fortunately and unfortunately) that's why i got my visa.
clearly there is a nee for me in brazil and i am going to figure it out! i
can't wait.
i love you all. thank
you for getting me here. i'm so happy to be doing exacty what the lord wants me
to!
xoxo sister faldmo.
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