May 5, 2012

Amigos y Familia,

The first few days have been good. It turns out I'm a solo Sister which means I don't have a companion. The reason for this is because there wasn't enough sisters who were at the intermediate level to be my companion so I'm alone. It's WAY nice. The only problem is I ALWAYS have to find an Elder companionship or a Sister companionship to tag along with when I'm not in my room (which is all the time). With that being said I'm the only Sister in my class (which is also our district). However, I live with 5 other sisters in our residence hall. One companionship is a trio and the other is just 2. They're all super nice but they aren't my real companions; because they are above me in spanish because they've been here longer. There are 4 other Elders in my district, they are all tiny little missionaries who seem scared straight when it comes to the MTC and Spanish, but they're slowly losening up and getting to have fun. For the most part I hang out with Elder Remington and Elder Jacobson. E. Remington is really good at Spanish and E. Jacobson is still learning a lot and I'm right in between them both.

Most of the time we are in the classroom either having class, doing personal study or doing language study. It's a lot of time there but I'm learning a lot about my self, Spanish, and these Elders and their companionships. We have gym time for about an hour. Yesterday I went with my Elders up to the fields and we ran and played bocce ball which was tons of fun and a cute little bonding experience. Also, yesterday we had our first investigator (he's not really an investigator, but an actor) but we still treated him like he was a real investigator. E. Remington, Jacobson, and I taught him together ALL IN SPANISH. E. Remington did most of the talking but I talked about the First Vision which was the part I prepared for. For the most part it went well and it was a great experience and we get to do it again today with a follow up lesson.

Phone

Here's our LA trip through my phone:

 Macarons at a savory restaurant

Mom, Grandma, and I went to the Los Angeles temple and participated in a session there

At the Farmers Market downtown there was an authentic Spanish restaurant where we enjoyed some Paella 

We all went to Disneyland for a couple of days.  It was Grandma's first time to California Adventure and her first time to Disneyland in 40 years.

At age 86, she even rode the Tower of Terror with us. (There we are on the bottom left)

Square

On average it costs about 325,000 dollars to advertise in Times Square

But it cost us nothing to get on this big screen in Times Square

Guilty

Have you seen this trailer?

Because right now it's my guilty pleasure.

Saw the movie for real and the little guy was cuter on the big screen :):)

Passed

I barely passed my Science 101 class with a B- my first semester.

I passed many trucks while driving home on Saturday.

I may have just passed gas, (but we'll just say it was the dog).

I passed my Mom in height many years ago.

And I always regret it when I've passed up a cookie, a cute pair of shoes, or that one skirt that was on sale.

But one thing I passed with a few flying colors, was the Praxis test.  

Until next time, here's a picture I made for the heck of it.

It's a tree if you couldn't tell...

Facts

Fact: I turned 21 two weeks ago.

Fact: General Conference was this weekend.

Fact:

Fact: It takes a long time to get the coals hot on a windy day, but eventually your hamburgers get cooked.

Fact: Our conference weekend was great, great food and great messages.

Test

This Saturday I'm taking the test of a lifetime, well at least of my lifetime which has currently only been 20 years.  To put it lightly, the Praxis test is the one that will determine whether or not I will become a teacher, well that's not that light but it's the truth...

This book has become my new best friend:

It may be on the thin side, but it's full of information.  All of which I have to continue to study and spit out on Saturday.

I'll let you all know how it goes.

Regreso

Mi amigo Corey returned from his Mission in Costa Rica.

While I was down in Utah this past weekend we caught up on life.

Check out his music.  Les va a gustar.

Temple

Went through the Temple with my mom this weekend.

Salt Lake City Utah Temple

Great experience in preparation for the Mission.

Off

Well I took off from the blogging world. And now I'm off from school for the day so I'll give the world an update or two.

Nothing new in the fact that my semester has kept me busy. But there is always time for fun with the roommates. Like movies and bonding and baking and bowling:

From the left: Kristin, Sharla, Me, Brooke, Diana and Lyndsey.

Kristin is a freshman from Montana.

Sharla has been with me forever.

Brooke is engaged, so we rarely ever see her and she's also from Montana.

Diana is my roomie and we've known each other since our first semester.

Lyndsey is from California and is studying Elementary Education like me.

I've missed posting. I'm still busy. But I would never forget to do the regular roommate post for the semester.