Week 5

Alright ya'll. So I was talking with one of mi maestros and he said that while on his mission his emails got really boring because he wrote the same things every week because out here, basically do the same things every day. So you're getting highlights. Besides being in class for 10 hours a day, this is what happened...

Miércoles: We taught Victor again. It's been really hard with him because he doesn't open up very much, even when we ask him questions and give him scripture stories and stuff that can be applied to him. But he's a sweet guy. We didn't get any new missionaries in our zone, so we're still a six hermana zone/district…

Jueves: Funny story in volleyball. We play with this awesome district, so our games are pretty legit. But we were in the middle of a play and someone hit the ball over to our side of the court and our setter ran over to bump it, but ran into another elder in the process. But the ball went back over and we continued to play. But even before those other two missionaries got off the ground, someone spiked the ball to our side and it landed right into Hermana Packer's stomach. We were all on the floor laughing our heads off! Out of all that chaos, it was the funniest thing I have seen since I got here :)

Viernes: We got out travel plans! Standing around the mailbox for those is like waiting for another mission call :) I'm the only one in my district leaving when I do and there are three other hermanas going to Oaxaca. Luckily I've met them all :) We leave at 4:30 in the morning and our flight is at 8:40am and we go from Salt Lake, to Denver, to Houston, then straight down to Oaxaca. I'm so excited :) And we found out we get a district of elders! Finally!! :)

Sábado: ¡Conferencia General! Oh my goodness! It was so good :) Watching it here at the CMM is so great because you actually listen. I got so much out of it :) My first session favorite was Elder Anderson's talk. It was the perfect talk for the youth, missionaries, and adults because it talked about standing in holy places now when the world is slipping away from truth and righteousness. Look up Helaman 5:12... My favorite :) My second session favorite was Russell M. Nelson's talk which talked a lot about faith and where we are going to put our faith. One thing that I loved that he said went like "Where is your faith? In a team? In a celebrity? Teams can fail and celebrities can fade, but one person will never go away and that is Christ." So beautiful :) That night I was also able to see the General Women's meeting. It was such a great meeting and said so many true things about being together as sisters and standing as one.

Domingo: ¡Más conferencia general! Again, such a great day :) I loved hearing from President Uchtdorf during the first session because I can directly use it as a message for a missionary. He talked about that no one is immune to feeling alone and that we can lose all hope, faith, and happiness. But as disciples of Christ, we must cry to God and thank him for everything we have. And he said something that went like this that I absolutely loved, "Why is it that we have a hard time with endings? It's because we are made from the stuff of eternity. Our trials though are not endings, merely interruptions of our long way to eternity.” I love that :) And I loved listening to L. Tom Perry's talk during the second session. Here is something I wrote from his talk: We are all children of God, each with a different pre-mortal and mortal story. Some are simpler and others are more complex. All are different personalities, but we can all serve the same God with the same purpose. It was such a great talk :) That night we had our Sunday devotional and had Vocal Point come and speak and sing for us. They were so good and had such a great message! :)

Lunes: So one of my teachers is called Hermano Toledo, or Edwin. And he is the biggest ball of crazy in the world! Last night... Oh my goodness! I haven't laughed that hard in class ever! He was humming music from movies and we had to guess... One of them we could not get and he was getting so frustrated. And then he showed us some pictures someone photo shopped for him. They took pictures of Mack Wilburg and Richard Elliot and put his head in to make it look like it was him. It was hilarious!! He's just a teacher that we can seriously joke with and it's so great. But our experiences are indescribable. If I could videotape class and send it to everyone, you would see why we love this guy :)

Hoy: We went to the temple today and as always I learned something new and it was a bonita morning :) We're spending this p-day getting ready for the hectic weekend awaiting for us and making sure everything is ready for us to go home. We should be going to dinner at Brigham's Landing tonight and hopefully Elder Holland is at the devotional TONIGHT! We have yet to hear from him. Hopefully today :)

Anyway, I'd love to hear from ya'll. I would probably start sending stuff to Mexico if you do. My address should be on facebook :)

Love always,

Hermana Walker