Well here goes about my week. It was great as usual! Got some funny pictures of my companhera but I do not have permission to send them to you, unfortunately. Maybe after I leave to the field :D
Visas. Sister. Weatherford (my comp) got her flight plans. She is the only one with a visa and she is going to fly out on Monday. She goes from Salt Lake to Atlanta to Sao Paulo and then to Natal. Which will be really cool for her because she will get to see a little of southern Brazil? The other 8 of us are getting our reassignments tomorrow! I can't wait! We all made a bracket see where we would get reassigned to and I’ll send you a picture of mine! You will never guess where it said I would go! WASHINGTON! I know that is not where I am going, but it was still pretty cool! I actually met someone going to the Washington Federal Way mission. We played volleyball together. It was great. But I will let you know as soon as I get where I am going! Elder. Gines said one of us should go to Vegas because that is where he is from and I said I would take one for the team and go there ;) We have this thing, me and Sister. Thacker. She is going to get reassigned to the Tacoma Washington Mission and be stationed in the Lacey 5th ward where she will meet my "sassy" grandma (everyone here wants to meet you grandma!) and then convert CJ and convince him to move to Blue Bell Utah (LOOK IT UP! that is where Sister. Thacker is from and there is nothing there! It’s like a dream life there tho!) And then she said when I get home CJ will be Mormon and we will move to Blue Bell and all live a happy farm life! lol! Isn’t that a great plan? Well, the part about Blue Bell is! There are so many awesome stories I get from her about Blue Bell! I love it already!
The language is a lot better. I find myself talking to my companion more in Portuguese, but I am still far from fluent. It will come with time. Hopefully, I will be able to get down there soon so that I can learn it fast.
I found out all...ALL of the teachers in the Portuguese department are either married, engaged or getting ready to propose. 2 of my teachers have proposed since we have been here and the third, his girlfriend is coming home this week and they are getting married in June. So no luck for me or Ashley. Lol! In the Lords time my friends!
I got my package on Friday and with the persuasion of my district I opened it on Friday. And I am grateful I did because then I could eat all of the candy during conference and as soon as conference started I had NO TIME! Which is the story of my life! But that's okay! A wise grandma of mine told me "free time is overrated" which I guess is true on a mission because none of the time I have here is for myself. Which is a great eye opener? Thank you so much for the scripture Easter eggs. I got to do it with Sister. Thacker and Sister. Weatherford.
Funny things that happened this week:
In language study we were practicing extending commitments to people so to make it personal we were paired up with someone who told us one hardship they have had since they came to the MTC and we were to extend an invitation to them on how they can receive help. Sister. Weatherford and Elder. Gines were partnered together and Elder. Gines did not understand the WHOLE thing and looked at Sister. Weatherford with the straightest face and said "I chew tobacco". Sister. Weatherford asked him if we were serious and he kept his composure not knowing we were supposed to tell about a real struggle we have. Sister. Weatherford kind of freaked out! It was HILARIOUS!
Walking back from gym I hurt my knee and wrist trying not to dive for the volleyball and I was telling Sister. Weatherford "my wrist hurts, my knee hurts..." and this random Elder. walked up and asked in a super cheerful voice "you need a blessing of health?" It was so random we laughed all the way back to nossa residencia.
In class, we were talking about funny names in the bible that are translated into Portuguese. So Mark is Marcos. Which is alright? James is Tiago. Which is funky! And Ruth is pronounced "hoot chi" And Elder. Gines laughed and said "well it's a good thing there isn't a book of Ruth!" ... after a little we told him there was and he didn't believe us so he sang the song with all the books and when he got to Ruth he just stopped and put his head down in disbelief. It was great :P
Not much else has happened differently than all the other weeks. Last week we got to host and this week we get to be traffic hosts. We get walkie talkies which is really exciting because that is the closest thing I will have to a phone. Not for the phone sake but for the ability to communicate with the other companionship that are not next to me. It will be sweet! And we have infield orientation this week. So that will be something.....
General conference was AMAZING! I only fell asleep once in the first session. But we had to sit in the worst uncomfortable chairs for every session instead of watching it in the comfort of our classroom. But the talks were great! I cannot wait to get reassigned hopefully somewhere I can buy an Ensign with the whole conference in it! That would be great!
Depending on where I get me reassignment I am getting ready to send a box to yall! Because there are some things that I don't need. And the post office here said it won't be too much to send things home. Like all the Easter eggs that I don't know what to do with ;) The boondoggle is finished. I did it all in 2 days! But I gave away a couple and Elder. Gomez LOVES his :) and the rubrics cube was such a blessing! If only I could finish it! I can do every layer except the bottom one. I think I will have Elder. Gines teach me today and I’ll write it down so I can always remember!
I also have a lot of pictures and a video that I want to send you but the files are too big. I bore my testimony in Portuguese and can’t send it to you. So if you have any ideas let me know! I'll keep trying different things!
Eu Amo Voces muito!
Sister. Thomson
ST1
Visas. Sister. Weatherford (my comp) got her flight plans. She is the only one with a visa and she is going to fly out on Monday. She goes from Salt Lake to Atlanta to Sao Paulo and then to Natal. Which will be really cool for her because she will get to see a little of southern Brazil? The other 8 of us are getting our reassignments tomorrow! I can't wait! We all made a bracket see where we would get reassigned to and I’ll send you a picture of mine! You will never guess where it said I would go! WASHINGTON! I know that is not where I am going, but it was still pretty cool! I actually met someone going to the Washington Federal Way mission. We played volleyball together. It was great. But I will let you know as soon as I get where I am going! Elder. Gines said one of us should go to Vegas because that is where he is from and I said I would take one for the team and go there ;) We have this thing, me and Sister. Thacker. She is going to get reassigned to the Tacoma Washington Mission and be stationed in the Lacey 5th ward where she will meet my "sassy" grandma (everyone here wants to meet you grandma!) and then convert CJ and convince him to move to Blue Bell Utah (LOOK IT UP! that is where Sister. Thacker is from and there is nothing there! It’s like a dream life there tho!) And then she said when I get home CJ will be Mormon and we will move to Blue Bell and all live a happy farm life! lol! Isn’t that a great plan? Well, the part about Blue Bell is! There are so many awesome stories I get from her about Blue Bell! I love it already!
The language is a lot better. I find myself talking to my companion more in Portuguese, but I am still far from fluent. It will come with time. Hopefully, I will be able to get down there soon so that I can learn it fast.
I found out all...ALL of the teachers in the Portuguese department are either married, engaged or getting ready to propose. 2 of my teachers have proposed since we have been here and the third, his girlfriend is coming home this week and they are getting married in June. So no luck for me or Ashley. Lol! In the Lords time my friends!
I got my package on Friday and with the persuasion of my district I opened it on Friday. And I am grateful I did because then I could eat all of the candy during conference and as soon as conference started I had NO TIME! Which is the story of my life! But that's okay! A wise grandma of mine told me "free time is overrated" which I guess is true on a mission because none of the time I have here is for myself. Which is a great eye opener? Thank you so much for the scripture Easter eggs. I got to do it with Sister. Thacker and Sister. Weatherford.
Funny things that happened this week:
In language study we were practicing extending commitments to people so to make it personal we were paired up with someone who told us one hardship they have had since they came to the MTC and we were to extend an invitation to them on how they can receive help. Sister. Weatherford and Elder. Gines were partnered together and Elder. Gines did not understand the WHOLE thing and looked at Sister. Weatherford with the straightest face and said "I chew tobacco". Sister. Weatherford asked him if we were serious and he kept his composure not knowing we were supposed to tell about a real struggle we have. Sister. Weatherford kind of freaked out! It was HILARIOUS!
Walking back from gym I hurt my knee and wrist trying not to dive for the volleyball and I was telling Sister. Weatherford "my wrist hurts, my knee hurts..." and this random Elder. walked up and asked in a super cheerful voice "you need a blessing of health?" It was so random we laughed all the way back to nossa residencia.
In class, we were talking about funny names in the bible that are translated into Portuguese. So Mark is Marcos. Which is alright? James is Tiago. Which is funky! And Ruth is pronounced "hoot chi" And Elder. Gines laughed and said "well it's a good thing there isn't a book of Ruth!" ... after a little we told him there was and he didn't believe us so he sang the song with all the books and when he got to Ruth he just stopped and put his head down in disbelief. It was great :P
Not much else has happened differently than all the other weeks. Last week we got to host and this week we get to be traffic hosts. We get walkie talkies which is really exciting because that is the closest thing I will have to a phone. Not for the phone sake but for the ability to communicate with the other companionship that are not next to me. It will be sweet! And we have infield orientation this week. So that will be something.....
General conference was AMAZING! I only fell asleep once in the first session. But we had to sit in the worst uncomfortable chairs for every session instead of watching it in the comfort of our classroom. But the talks were great! I cannot wait to get reassigned hopefully somewhere I can buy an Ensign with the whole conference in it! That would be great!
Depending on where I get me reassignment I am getting ready to send a box to yall! Because there are some things that I don't need. And the post office here said it won't be too much to send things home. Like all the Easter eggs that I don't know what to do with ;) The boondoggle is finished. I did it all in 2 days! But I gave away a couple and Elder. Gomez LOVES his :) and the rubrics cube was such a blessing! If only I could finish it! I can do every layer except the bottom one. I think I will have Elder. Gines teach me today and I’ll write it down so I can always remember!
I also have a lot of pictures and a video that I want to send you but the files are too big. I bore my testimony in Portuguese and can’t send it to you. So if you have any ideas let me know! I'll keep trying different things!
Eu Amo Voces muito!
Sister. Thomson
ST1