HOLA MI FAMILIA!!
wow.. so its only my third day here at the MTC, but it honestly feels like my third week!!
okay.. okay.. a bit of an exaggeration. but real talk. i feel like i have been here for WAY longer than just 3 days. BUT... its been awesome!! the spirit is seriously SO strong here! i have honestly learned SO much in these past two days.. its a bit overwhelming honestly. i'm realizing how hard spanish really is. but mostly i'm realizing how hard just being a missionary is. not that i underestimated the hard work... but... i underestimated it. ha ha. but yeah. my companion is awesome!! she's from texas. went to school at byu for 3 years. and yeah. me and her have like the same humor! its awesome!! always cracking jokes and laughing. its great! she's 21 also... so, i'm not TOO much of a grandma. ha ha. i am the oldest in my district though. and the tallest. we had a 'cinnamon roll' hug the other night and i got wrapped in the middle and its was hilarious cuz literally i'm a head taller than EVERYONE!! no joke. good times though.
i'm down at the west mtc campus dorms, which is technically the old raintree apartments!! crazy huh!? its an all spanish campus! so everywhere we go: "HOLA! HOLA! HOLA HERMANAS!!" ha ha. its awesome!! definitely helps with the inclusion process of learning the language! :)
another cool thing about my district is its all girls!! its the first they have had on this campus! which is kinda rad. also my companion became district leader! which was rad too! cuz... girls aren't usually district leaders... but... in an all girl district they make some exceptions! :)
hmmm... what else. OH! guess who got senior companion!? yup!! this girl!! so its kinda funny, i'm senior companion to the district leaders... whatever that means. ha ha.
anyways... i'm kinda having a real hard time with the language. granted its only been a couple days. but still. with everyone around me speaking so well its kinda of discouraging! but then everyone tells me that once i get to argentina the dialect is so different that i'm gonna have to learn a whole new language pretty much! dang. that is kinda intimidating... but i got this. i know it will come... eventually. goodness! i've definitely had my ups and downs so far... like tomorrow me and my companion are suppose to teach our first lesson to an investigator... IN SPANISH. do you hear me!?! NO ENGLISH!!! ummmm... i just barely learned how to pray in spanish. and i can barely so it without the pamphlet to look at!! blah. anyways... so pray for me please. i'm kinda freaking out. but then i have nights like last night where the spirit was overwhelmingly strong and i just get reassured that the doubt that creeps into my mind isn't from my heavenly father. also... guess what!! L. Tom Perry comes next week i guess!! rad huh!? i'm super stoked!!
anyways... i love you all. and i miss you like crazy. but i want you to know that i know with my whole being that i am for sure suppose to be here right now. i know i have been called of god to preach his gospel. i know the lord needs me in argentina. and i know that my life will furthermore be blessed for this dedication.
hope you all have a blessed day!!
xoxoxo.
love your missionary,
Hermana Forte
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