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Week 3: July 22-28, 2021 Uhh, I don't think this is allowed.

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Hey Everyone,   This week definitely had its ups and downs, mostly ups though. This is my MTC halfway point! And that makes me so sad! I love the MTC and I love my district so much. And Hermana Skouson is just the best companion you could ask for. It will be such a hard day when we are done.  I was just really exhausted this week. I've been sick and then with the bad air quality and other things, I was just dead tired. One morning my alarm went off and thinking about getting out of bed made me snuggle deeper into my blankets. I started praying in my mind and just said, "I will not be able to get out of this bed. I need Your help." And then I just rolled out of bed. A lot of what I am doing I feel like I can't do. I sometimes feel like I am not good enough or not smart enough. All of that is Satan trying to get me. But I do know that with Christ I can do all things, even getting out of bed at 6:30 when I am exhausted. With Him, we all are magnified.  Each week, we meet...

Week 2: July 15-21, 2021 I like butts

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  Hola! It feels like so much has happened this week! If we measured time in experiences, this week was like twelve years long. But it was so amazing. And I wish I could share every single experience but you all would get pretty bored. And Home MTC sounded so boring before I started, and it has its moments, but it is SO AMAZING. I wrote in my journal that we spend half the time laughing, half the time learning so much about the gospel, and the whole time feeling the spirit so strongly. I really really love my district. And oh my! Hermana Skouson is really the best. I couldn’t have gotten a better companion.  My teachers are so great too. We all have made Hermano Gallegos (our afternoon teacher) our zoom profile picture and it’s the absolute best. It made Hermana Murua (our morning teacher) die laughing when she saw it. H. Gallegos will always say, “if you didn’t do this, I’m going to keel someone!” And it makes us laugh every time. Accents make life much more interesting. And ...

Week 1: Home MTC, July 7-14, 202, The Only Missionary in Guatemala City

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¡Hola! This week has been AMAZING!! I have loved my mission so much so far. Zoom Mtc es un poco extraño, but I love it so much. My district is great! Hermana Skouson is my companion from Iowa. She is so amazing. I learn something new from her everyday. And my favorite thing she’s taught me is that Iowans ask how the crops are doing and it’s adorable. We get along so great and it makes me a little sad we aren’t in the actual CCM together. We are also the only sister companionship in my district so that’s a little fun. Our first meeting together as a district I think we all immediately loved each other so much. And it’s been getting better and better since then.  Something I have felt so strongly this week is that God is aware of each of us and loves us all so much. I have been trying to meet any missionary going to Guatemala City central… with no luck. I had only really met like two missionaries even going to Guatemala. I was pretty sure I was going to be the only missionary in all ...

Emma's setting apart July 6, 2021

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