Hola, mi familia y mi amigos!
It was so great to hear from so many people! I loved hearing from you, but I can't write you all back. If I had the time, I would love to, but my time is severely restricted.
My days are so packed full of learning I don't know where to start. We have personal study every morning at 7:00, Breakfast at 7:30, Class from 8-11, Another hour of personal study, Lunch, an hour of language study, 3 more hours of class, dinner, and hour of gym, and hour in the TALL lab and planning time every night at 9. Of course not everyday is in that order. On Tuesdays we have gym time at 6:05 am, Workshops in the afternoon, Choir and the devotional in the evening, and only one block of class time. Today, our P-day, we have time for laundry and letters, and we get to go to the Temple in the Afternoon, but we have class again after dinner.
Class time might by my favorite because we have a teacher to teach us. The rest of the time is self-directed, which is fine for studying gospel topics but more difficult when trying to learn a language. We have learned tons of Spanish already. We can pray and bear testimony and have taught four lessons entirely in Spanish (very broken Spanish) to our 'investigator.' We teach him again tonight. By keeping our lessons really simple, we have been able to understand most of the things we are reading/the investigator is saying. We are still in awe of the missionaries who have been here at least 4 weeks and can say so much. Most of the time it doesn't feel like we will be like that anytime soon.
Yesterday we had a perfect moment where we were outside in the courtyard outside our classroom. The weather was perfect, we were studying, everyone around us was studying or teaching lessons. The sun was setting and pride rock was reflected in the window. It was amazing. However, most days are amazing, if you ever have the time to stop and think about it. I live in a place where everyone is using all their time and energy to come closer to Christ. There are so many people here and they are all so amazing. If everyone of us went out and brought just one person into the church, there would be thousands of more people who know the truth.
Elder Claudio Zivic was our devotional speaker this week (on Tuesday) and he gave an amazing talk that was full of advice for living a better life and being a better missionary. My favorite thing was when he said success in life comes from the work you put into it. Like an echo, you get what you put into life. If we put in our best effort, we will be rewarded.
I am so glad I am here. I miss all of you from my past life, but I wish you were all here with me now. Part of me wants to stay here forever. Part of me doesn't think I could handle the food that long.
Good luck to all of you, and remember to do and be your best self at all times.
P.S. Thank you Alan, Kristin, Beckie, Emma, Mom, Dad, Cheryl, Taylor, Troy, Sidney, Sarah, Lexi, Jill, Lisa, Sharon, Barbra, Terina, Jenny, Sean, Laura, and Melissa for participating in "Write Anna a Letter Day." I had no idea the event was happening, but I am very grateful to you all. Gracias!
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