10-1-13
I just printed off my
emails, and I will be getting back on in a few hours probably around 4 my time,
which is 5 your time. Just to let you know! I love you all!
Hermana Corbett
Dear Familia, 10-1-13
So to start off
congrats Abby and Logan on Amelia! So cute! Congrats Carson on the Engagement!
So exciting! Mariah, I hope your first date was awesome. Heidi, I am
excited that you got to go on a date with someone you liked. Austin I
hope you had fun kayaking. Craziest week of our lives!!
So this has definitely
been the hardest and longest week of my entire life!! I was fine the
first day, because it had not really set in and I was just exhausted from
traveling all day and moving in and helping everyone else move in. Then
on Thursday the 26th it was not that bad either, because we didn’t really do
much because it was just a lot of orientations, and everything was in English
still. Then Friday hit and it was probably one of the worst days of my
life and definitely the longest day of my life. We woke up early, (which
actually has been that pad for me so far, surprising right?) and then we had
breakfast and then went straight to a four hour class that felt like a whole
week in and of itself and they only spoke Spanish. Not a single word of English. I
was kind of lost the whole time but was actually able to understand more than I
thought I would. And then we had to study for teaching our first investigator
that afternoon in Espanola. And they only gave us an hour or so to make a
lesson and have to translate it as well. It was so hard and
stressful! I missed you guys so much that day and cried so often.
Okay well anyways let’s
get past the sappy sad parts because I have had some good times here as well.
So let’s start with
the CCM (Mexico MTC) in Spanish it is pronounced (ce ce eme or in English words
say M A) So here in Mexico fireworks are a big part of their culture, so
little cherry bomb fireworks go off all the time and they sound like
gunshots. We thought they were gunshots the first night. The food
is pretty good. It is all Mexican and mostly we have different types of
chicken with refried beans and they always have fruit out every meal. Os
I get lots of pineapple and watermelon. And for breakfast and dinner they
put out cereal, fruit loops being my favorite, and peanut butter, nutella and
bread. So I have a peanut butter sandwich here and there. And tonight we
have a devotional and PIZZA NIGHT! Awesome!
Everyday but Sundays
we get about an hour of gym time, so far me and mi companera have gone and
played beach volleyball every time. It is so fun and I have gotten to
know a lot of new people that way. So this is for you Mom, we sing
Spanish hymns a lot obviously, but think how hard it is to sing loud when you
really don't know the words or how to pronounce them. I am getting better
though.
My companion Hermana
Weller is from Portland and is 28. She is really nice and left the
church when she was 17 but came back to church 2 years ago. I will talk
more about that next week, but I am running out of time. And I want to
upload pictures.
So funny stories of
the week: There are a few of them because Spanish makes everything funny.
Numero Uno: On the
second day I was still carrying around my green info packet because I
didn't know everything I needed to yet. Well since I had that everyone knew I
was new. So everywhere I went people would say Bienvenidos to me. I
thought that was just a cool way of saying hello, so I would say it back to everyone.
This is how they really knew I was new, because bienvenidos means welcome, which
obviously is okay for them to say to me but not me back. I got a good
laugh out of that.
Numero Dos: So
on Saturday, me and my companera were practicing our testimonies to each other
in Spanish because it was testimony meeting on Sunday. So she was telling
me hers and I stopped her because I thought she said "Jesucristo vive en
el Salvador." Which means Jesus Christ lives in El Salvador. I
thought it was really funny that she said that but then she repeated it and I
realized she said "Jesucristo vive y es el Savador" which means
Jesus Christ lives and is the Savior. Yeah that makes much more
sense. We got a kick out of that. Plus it was like 9 at night and
so we get really loppy because we are so tired.
Numero Tres: Tie in Spanish
is Corbeta, so some people call me Sister Tie. It was not funny until I
remembered Elder Tye and thought about how if Heidi had married him, she would
not really be changing her name.
There is so much that
I didn't get to say or pictures that I didn't get to upload but I will try and
write faster next week!
Love you guys so much
and I miss you more than you know!!
With muchos Love,
Hermana Corbett
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