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FIRST LETTER!!!
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Thu 5/02/13 4:14 PM
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hortma@msn.com
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Hola familia!
Don't get too excited,
but this is your first letter from your favorite daughter/sibling/person! I'm
sorry it took me so long to write you! My P days are on Thursdays so that is
when you will be getting emails from me! I'm guessing that will now be your
favorite day of the week!
First I just want to
say... I love this place!! If I would have known that it was going to be this
wonderful, I would have never been nervous! My companion is amazing! Her name
is Hermana Hiebert and she is from Canada. She is so nice and so funny! We get
along and work together very well! She is one of those people that I feel like
I was supposed to meet at one point or another in my life! And my district is
so wonderful! They are my family away from home. I feel so very blessed to have
such amazing people in my district. We have all been able to open up and
express our testimonies through tears (suprisingly mostly the Elders) and grow
so close in such a short week. I know that Heavenly Father was definitely
watching out for me on that one because He knew I would need it so I am feeling
so incredibly blessed. The other Hermanas in my district are so much fun! We
have lots of fun together and we are always looking out for each other and
lifting each other up.
The Spanish is very very
hard. But I am loving it because it is my dream language! We had to teach our
first fake investigator the first friday I was here in complete Spanish!! I
thought it was some sort of sick joke when they told us that. But alas, they
were being serious. We taught a man named Erasmo. He was very patient and
understanding through everyone's language struggles. My companion is a
linguistics major so she is learning the language very fast and is really good
at it! She has definitely been a big help to me, but I also wish that I could
be learning as fast as she is. But the fact that I could teach little Erasmo
anything is a miracle! The Lord is definitely by my side through this all. The
Spirit here in the MTC is like nothing else! It is so constant and such a
refreshing feeling.
In this short time that
I have been here I feel like I have learned so much! They just drill you day
after day with new information so it is going by so fast! But at the same time,
I can't believe I have only known these people for a week! Someone told me
something that is so true: "The days feel like weeks and the weeks feel
like days." That statement is truer than true! And I heard that quote from
the lovely Kayla Hansen! I was going through my first day looking all over for
her and I hadn't seen her but when we arrived at our residence she comes
running out of the bathroom and it was so fun to see her! And it was even
better when I found out that she is in the room right next to mine! It has been
so great! So we are able to have a nice talk every night and sometimes
throughout the day when we see each other. I also saw Melissa the first day and
we were able to have a nice chat. And we got a picture together at our temple
walk on Sunday, but I forgot to bring my camera to the computer lab so you will
recieve pictures next week. There are so many people here!! Everywhere! All the
time! I feel so blessed to be a part of this generation where there are so many
missionaries! We are all here for the same reason and it just is so powerful! I
have seen so many people here that I didn't even know were here! Kayla will be
leaving next Tuesday, but then Jordan and Bre's roommate will be coming in
Wednesday! I was so glad when I could finally tell someone about Bre's call! I
told the girl that helped me carry my suitcases because I was so eager to tell
someone! She wrote me and told me she is super excited! I am so happy for her!
I have met soo many people that are going to her mission! There is a district
in my zone that will be sending a group of Spanish speaking Hermanas to her
mission. I'm pretty sure that every other person I met the first days here were
going to Spokane so I told all of them about her. I can't believe that Garrett
has to wait 6 months!! Poor guy! That is so long! Tell him that I am very
excited for him!
Even though I am here
teaching fake investigators, we have already had a missionary experience! When
we were doing our Sunday temple walk and there was this couple walking around
that looked kind of out of place, so one of the other Hermanas decided to say
hi to them. We were able to find out that there were from Canada traveling in
their RV to different places. They asked us if it was a graduation because
there were so many missionaries everywhere. We found out that someone told them
that they had to see the temple while they were in Utah, so they went to Manti,
Provo, and next was Salt Lake. We were able to talk to them about temples and
about missionary work and it was so awesome! They were so nice and so
interested in our church, but they were kind of confused why they didn't open
up the temples to the public. First missionary experience! It was awesome!
I am so grateful to be
here! It is wonderful! The biggest things I have learned while I am here in 1.
Obedience brings blessings, but EXACT obedience brings miracles. Miracles are
definitely what I need right now if I'm going to learn this language in 6 weeks
so I am doing my best to be exactly obedient. 2. I need to put complete trust
and faith in the Lord. I have no idea how to speak this language and I have no
idea what Erasmo needs, but He does and I need to put trust in Him that He will
help me. That has been such a cool thing to experience. 3. Live in the moment!
Thinking about the future kind of stresses me out, but then I realize how happy
I am in that moment so I just love that happiness and stick with it. 4. Be
positive even through the bad! Its easy to get discouraged so I am just looking
for the positive in everything!
I miss you all so much!
Mom, thanks so much for the packages! They are delicious and always bring a
huge smile to my face! Keep 'em coming! Thanks to all for the advice and Dear
Elders you have been sending! Mail makes me so happy so keep 'em coming! I hope
all is well at home! Tell the chillins to draw me pictures or something! I love
you all!
Love,
Hermana Horton
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