Oh my goodness! This has been a crazy week. First things first. i am writing later today because we just got back from the temple. It was such a amazing place. it's just right off a crazy road just chilling. its was a wonderful experience.
I feel like the language is coming along; not as fast as i would like, but considering how long I've been here, it's kind of a miracle. On P-day, we have from 9 am to 6 pm away from language classes, but then we start again at night. We focus really hard, but we have free study time from 8 pm to 9 pm, and sometimes it is so hard to focus. Yesterday, one of the elders was looking up a word in the dictionary, and he couldn't find it, so he threw his dictionary and it went outside. ha ha
Apparently humor transfers to every language because every native I talk to laughs at me so hard. It seems I can be funny when they don't even know what I'm saying. Voice, tone, and body language are like 90 percent of communication anyway. Idomia is the Spanish word for language, and I like that better because I can actually consistently spell that. I can tell I'm getting better at Spanish cause I am getting worse at English.
I had to laugh when I heard you guys had four feet of snow piled up because today, coming back from the temple, I was sweating so much it wasn't even funny. Man, outside the CCM walls was quite the experience today. It was about an hour to the temple, and i saw just about everything. They have exercise equipment next to the roads so people can exercise. Someone was sitting on a curb, inches from cars, eating like the most casual sandwich in the world. It's interesting out there.
My district is good. I will really miss them when its time to go. Elder G is going to Orem, and he just told me he got an email saying he has tickets to the Provo City Center Temple dedication, and he wont stop rubbing it in. I'm so jealous. so you might see him. Hes the missionary that never smiles ever.
We had a really awesome Sunday School lesson this week from the MTC President on specific prayers. It was really amazing. The more specific the prayers, the more likely they are to be answered. I wish I had more time to tell stories, but no. See if you can find anything by President Octavio Tenorio. I love Sundays here.
Devotional on Tuesday was great too. I sung in the choir -- weird, right? We just found out that the Tueday before we leave Elder Dallin H Oaks is coming and giving the devotional. So I am definitely stoked.
Oh my goodness, I was counting my blessing yesterday because the girl I play basketball with cracked her front tooth in half and her companion had a filling that came out. So they had to go to the dentist out in the city. They both had to get dental work with no pain killers. One of them had to get drilled to the root with no novocaine. I almost died when i heard. My worst nightmare right there encapsulated.
It has been a really good week. I was sitting at dinner yesterday and all of the sudden a girl from Springville named Jezni Widdison walks up. She just came to the CCM. It's really grown. There are probably about 350 people including the 75 natives this week. It's crazy. Time has just been flying. The district older than us in our zone is leaving on Monday to Chile. It has really been a great week. I am loving it here and working hard! Oh, and I love getting your letters. My district is so jealous that I get so many letters!
Love you all.
Hermana Nielson
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