Week #2

I love my companion!

I have big news everyone!! Hermana Fowler and Hermana Markle have been assigned as the FACILITIES COORDINATORS. I know I know biiiig deal :) We even got to stand up in sacrament meeting when they announced it! Starting from the bottom but it’s only uphill from here. So let’s see… Pretty much this week was absolutely incredible. Nothing big or exciting happened but just over all a solid week. I seriously love my companion so much. I thank heavenly father every night for putting us together. She is amazing. I want her to be my sister-in-law ;) 

On Sunday we had a devotional and we were sitting pretty far back and this worker came up to me and Markle and asked if we wanted to sit front row. So obviously we said yes and we went and sat right next to the speaker’s family. But the best part is that we got to know the family and we are way tight now so when they showed the family on the screen we got on the HUGE TV. So yep we are famous. Happy, happy missionaries. 

In class

So this week we made a language plan with our teacher. And somehow Markle and I got convinced into this plan where we are only allowed to say 250 English words every day. So it’s pretty silent here at the MTC. No but we tried and pretty much gave up at the end of the day buuuut we are trying again tomorrow. Our teacher said, “How do you expect your investigators to keep their commitments if we don’t keep ours.” So that hit deep and now we are really going to try our best to do it. The Spanish is coming slowly. Everyone else is definitely 100 steps ahead of me but the good thing is I've only had a few discouraging moments. Heavenly Father is good :)

At our apartment I'm on the top bunk (so I won’t sleep walk) but the bad thing is I hit my head on the ceiling every morning since it’s like three feet away from the ceiling. So the other night the fire alarm went off in our apartment so I stood up way fast and got a pretty bad bruise on my head but it’s almost gone now :) The food has gotten a little better. Today we wanted to see if we have lost weight and I have but I’m sure it’ll come right back the first week I’m in Costa Rica. One of my teachers served in Costa Rica so he tells us stories all the time. I honestly can even explain how excited I am. But then at the same time I only have 4 weeks left. Ahhh it’s going by so fast. I’m already dreading saying goodbye to my companion.

This week we were playing a game in class where our teacher would write out a sentence in English and then we had to translate it into Spanish and if you mess up anything you get a strike. So obviously my companion and I struck out first. Our teacher said Los siento. (sorry) and my first reaction (typical me not thinking before I spoke) was to say, “no you’re not”.... hahaha luckily he just laughed. But this next week I’m going to work on having a filter :) Yesterday we had an incredible devotional and pretty much all I can say is I grew a huge desire to be better. I want to become the best I can be. I have sooo much to improve on but I truly want to be better. Heavenly Father has been so good to me (hence my amazing family and friends) and I feel like these 18 months are nothing. So every moment counts! :) Life is soooo good. I love every day and every second being a missionary. I have lots and lots and lots to learn but we all do. And we will always have room to improve. I love this gospel and I love teaching lessons even when it’s silent (because I don’t know Spanish) because the spirit is so strong. Thank you for all the emails and letters. Mail time is the best time. Send more if you have time. I’ll love anything.  Even like hi wassup.  I’m all about that :) THOMAS AND JAKE PLEASE EMAIL ME I MISS YOU. I love you all! You are in my prayers every night. Be happy :)

Love always,

Hermana Fowler <3