3-26-2014

3-26-2014

So apparently, tengo hombre means i have man...... tengo hambre means,
I am hungry. Whoops! That was my first of many Spanish mistakes. HOLY
COW I LOVE BEING A MISIONARY. The MTC is the best thing to ever happen 
to me. I love ever second here. We have like no time to email and I
 had 24 emails to read. THANK YOU EVERYONE! I feel your love and 
support and prayers! I have the greatest district in the world. I love my teachers!  
Free time? What is that?  We have Elders Williams & Wright they both have
 twins! There is Elders Handson & Borelace.  Fun fact,
Guate started The Happy Meal and McDonalds! I constantly feel Gods love. It is amazing and so special. SPANISH is hard but the gift of tongues is real. Maybe I
 shouldn’t have dropped out of Spanish so many times....... The first 
day was amazing. There are 62 people here at the MTC and 24 of us are
Nordes. (That’s what they call us) President Cox says we are the 
largest group of Nordes he has ever had. He and his wife are from 
California. I LOVE THEM. I know they love us. Sooo when we first go t
here they took are cameras away from us... I guess some of the Latinos 
like our cameras as ,much as we do... So you guys wont be getting any
 pictures for the next 5 weeks. Its been one week already????? Each 
day is long (16 hours of classes) and then I dream about being a 
missionary. I’m a 24 hour missionary and I love every second! They keep
 us busy and there are A LOT of rules. HAhahah remember my luggage
 tags? They misspelled Guatemala.... no worries I just think its funny.
WE HAVE A REAL INVESTIGATOR!!!! Her name is Katerin. I love her! We 
started teaching her on day one.... Remember how I didn't know any
 Spanish when I got here? I'm pretty much fluent..  LOL JK but the gif t
of tongues is so real. When we teach her, I suddenly turn into a 
fluent Spanish speaker. Craziest thing ever. A rule in the lunch room 
is that we can only speak Spanish haha, the first few days I was 
pretty quite. But now we talk ALL the time. We room with two Latinos, 
one is from Nicaragua and the other is from Bolivia. I love them!!
 Teaching the gospel can sometimes be a challenge... now try sharing it 
in a language you don’t know. Uhhh yeah its hard BUT SO REWARDING. Fun
 fact we are the only MTC in the world to have snack time at 7:45
 we all go down stairs and have a snack together. Sunday was the best
 Sunday I have ever had in my life. I only have a few minutes left 
on line so I'll write a letter! I love my teacher Hermano Menendez, he 
is the Guatemala David Archuleta.. jk but really they could be 
brothers. He is so nice! Wanna hear the most embarrassing moment of my 
life???? Okay long story short" we were doing an activity as a 
district where it required running... we were in skirts.... and church
 shoes... I tripped and fell in fount of my whole district... it was
 more like a James bond roll.. Pretty intense stuff. I love you guy’s so
 much! I am so sorry I didn't get to reply to any emails. Yo sé que el
Libro de Mormón y la iglesia es verdadero!!! Jesucristo es nuestro
salvador. Share your testimony! It will bring you happiness! I love you 
all!! Until next week, Hermana Crouch