Hola, familia!!
Que tal? Thank you SO MUCH for the camera! I've sent pictures home today already! Eet's the best! I love eet! The MTC is still great pretty far. I really love playing soccer here! The other hermanas who I play with all speak Spanish, and whenever they see me on campus they yell, "oh, esta la jugardoa!" Apparenly, I'm REALLY good. Haha. News to me! I just love playing and my compañera de cuarto, Hermana Martino, plays too! She hasn´t played much before, but as with life in general, she is always determined to push herself to get better. She is a great example to me and I love her very much.
Ok. Time for funny stories with Hermana Anderson. On Tues., we had Ingles is Stupid Day. We had planned to go all day without speaking English, but we all kind of gave up after gym. I predicted our room would be VERY quiet. And I was right. Haha. So, when we were in clase, we were talking about ¨Los profetas antiguas en la biblia." Elder Ritchie was trying to get clarification on how to talk about them in a way to tie back in with the modern Gospel and he said, "Oh, si! Es el mismo de Noé y los diez manamientos!" (Oh, yeah! It's the same as Noah and the 10 commandments!!) Also, our maestra, Hermana Peñailillo, loves us, but thinks we are so strange. Elder Davidson was trying to ask her if her name meant "platypus" in Spanish, but just looked at her and said, "Hermana...........platypus?" And she looked confused and slightly concerned. And I laughed so hard I cried. So, from then on, every time she gives us that look or we give it to one another, we call it the "Hermana Platypus Look." (Platypus in Spanish is acutally "ornitovrinco," just in case anyone wondered...) One last funny story before I get down to brass tacks. One of the other teachers, Hermano Blazzard, told us a story from his mission about a greenie talking to investigators. This is what the greenie said, "Escalo los montagnes! Sin ropa! No tengo ropa! No ropa! Solo fuerte!" After a while, the companion took him outside and said, "Elder, you do know what 'ropa' means, don't you?" "Rope!!" "No, it means 'clothing.'" Needless to say, the greenie ran back inside and yelled, "Tengo ropas!! Tengo ropas!! Tengo MUCHAS ropas!! (The translation of the greenie's mistake: "I climb the mountains. Without clothes! I don't have clothes! Only strength!")
This week I have been reading in a few different places in the scriptures, but I want to share a couple with you that are near and dear to my heart. I esp. love Ether 12:27. It talks about weaknesses and how God gives them to us that we may be humble. This first stint at the MTC has been one continuous humbling for me. I know that without the help of the Lord and the Holy Ghost, I'd totally be sunk. When I teach in Spanish or bear my testimony, the words come so easily. Because the Lord is preparing me to teach His children who need me. And I am trying to be exactly obedient so that I can continue to enjoy the blessing of the Lord's aid. Another scripture I found this week that I LOVE is Alma
Tell Lauren, Noah, Jack, Bella, Addie, Terran and Will that I love them and to be good and eat their veggies!
Con muchas amor,
Hermana Anderson
P.S.So... Guess what. I can have my pink cardigan here.... Mommy? Would you mind washing it and sending it to me? And also, it think it has a small stain on it. :( On the right side. And I could also use a few more t-shirts (like 2...) and somemore socks. And, please send 4 of the Carenessa tops! So I can get rid of the GINORMOUS medium ones! (Which means Aunt Murn can have 1.) ;) And... can you send my purple DI shirt and my purple and grey skirt? Preease? Pretty Preease?
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