Well I did it. I officially made it through the hardest 3 days of the MTC, or so i've been told! Haha but i have absolutely loved every minute! So i got here and felt like an ant for a little bit just walking through the ant hill picking up all this stuff i needed and then was shipped off to the West MTC. All the Spanish missionaries are over here and it's basically Spanish Happyville. Haha everyone is constantly speaking spanish and saying hola to everyone. At first i couldn't help but laugh, just picture a bunch of white people walking around saying "Hola" and trying to sound like they know what they are doing. Haha but now i'm just like everyone else constantly saying Hola :) haha
My companion's name is Hermana Larsen! She is from Texas and has wanted to go on a mission her whole life. She is super smart, and has taken 3 years of spanish before this, plus tested out of 9 credits of spanish in college. She has helped me a ton and is VERY patient with me. I love her :)
So right after i dropped off my luggage on the first day i went straight to my first class. In class our teacher only speaks spanish. No English at all.... Well i figured everyone would be just as confused as me, but everyone in my class (which is my district) has taken at least 2 years of Spanish. yaaaaa i'm a little behind... but i've learned very quickly to just laugh it off. To not worry about being the best as long as i am doing my best, right Tyler? ;) haha anyways so i've been trying to learn as quickly and as much as i can everyday. I now know how to pray, bear my testimony, carry on a very basic conversation and teach a lesson. Actually i don't know if i'd include the lesson... haha me and Hermana Larsen taught a lesson yesterday and lets just say i could see the investigator holding back laughter at my spanish. Especially when i couldn't remember the word for work and instead of trabajo, i said trelbono. so i asked him where he toleits. cool right? haha thank goodness Hermana Larsen was there to correct me and help me! she gave most of the lesson, but i did ask him some questions, say the prayer, and tried to teach him how to pray. Hermana Larsen keeps saying she's really impressed with how quick I'm learning and that when she was at my point in school, she had already finished a semester! So that made me feel good! And yesterday we made some personal goals with our teacher, Hermono Ream, and he told me that he's already seen a huge improvement in me, especially in my accent. So I know that if I keep working hard, I will be able to do what the Lord wants me to and teach the people of Costa Rica! Whenever it's hard, i try to remember that i just need to trust in the Lord and through him i can do ALL things. Even learn Spanish.
So i live at Y View and all my classes are at Raintree so that's where i spend most of my time! it really is great to come home to a real apartment at night and be able not have to be so squished. I lived with two other sisters besides my companion, Hermana Henrie and Hermana Van Overbeek. They are soooo funny and we all just laugh all day long. We have all being trying very hard to use corrects words here. We are supposed to call each other Hermanas, Heremonos and Elders and not guys which is a really hard habit to break, so we decided to do what they do on the best two years for the word flip. Haha so if any of us says "guys" or "crap" or anything that a missionary shouldn't be, we just hit each other :) haha don't worry we are all girls and can't punch very hard anyways to it's actually really helped. I've only been punched twice today ;) hahaha
i see people I know all the time here which is great! Me and Hermana Fowler aren't in the same zone or anything, but we bump into each other every so often which is always a very happy moment :) and i see all the little high school boys all the time, oh and i say Ashley Eyring today when i went to main campus for a bit and we both were just talking way fast and jumping up and down! it's always great to see a familiar face!
My camera isn't connecting to the computer so you'll all have to wait til next week for some pictures!
The church is true. I love it so much and am so grateful for the opportunity i have to serve my Heavenly Father. I know that he is looking out for me and is blessing me with the gift of tongues and with understanding. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family that i know i can be with for eternity. This gospel it truly incredible and I can't wait to get out and share this message of joy and happiness with people!
Thank you everyone for the support and love! i love receiving dear elders, and letters :) they make my day! :)
I love you all!!
Hermana Peters
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