So I've survived my first week!! yay!! it was hard, it really was. I haven't had a full melt down, but i have come close. You all know about wed, and richard, and how i almost missed my plane to Utah, so if you could dad, just post that story on my blog for me. Thanks!
My companion is soo awesome. Her name is Hermana Frost and shes from Mesa, AZ. Shes kinda a nerd, okay she really is a complete nerd. Shes really great with Spanish and we get along just fine. I just can't see us becoming best friends, ya know?
okay, i don't have any time at all to write this. I don't have anytime at all here to do anything, it kinda sucks, but i love the work.
The CCM is okay, i guess. I'll say I love it, but not with my whole heart... yet. It's only been a week and i still feel like i'm adjusting to it. Although i will say I love being on West Campus. I feel like there's a lot more "freedom" but maybe that's bc we have to walk outside to get to everywhere. We live in really nice apartments and have to walk across the st to get to our classrooms which are interestingly enough, more apartments. They just changed all of the apartments & bedrooms into classrooms with whiteboards. But the grounds of our classrooms, (so the complex) has a gorgeous creek running through it with lots of trees for shade and benches and lawn chairs. It's pretty perfect bc whenever mi companara y yo get stressed or we feel like we've been inside too long, we can just go for a walk and clear our heads. it's pretty nice :)
My first few days here were soo stressful. The second i got here and to my classroom, it was Spanish time. Not even kidding. No time is wasted here. When mi companara y yo finally got used to how to plan effectively, it's crazy how literally every min of your day is planned from 6:30 am-10:30 pm. And when you somehow find you have 15 mins extra, I feel like i have to be doing something, i can't just sit around and "take a break". I have to be kept busy or i might just break down.
There is so much of a change there is. I've only been here a week and i can already feel it. And my knowledge on literally EVERYTHING has either grown, shifted, or changed completely. But i go love it. I love the work i'm doing and the feeling of rightness i receive as i do it. This work isn't easy but it is so satisfying. And I've only been out for a week! i can't imagine how it'll feel when i'm in the mission field!
I have met Victoria and she's wonderful! Shes the cutest thing ever. We aren't in the same district or branch, but she does live right across from me and I see her all the time at meals and devotionals. All the sisters in her district are way cool and we (the girls in my district) have become good friends. It's just nice to know someone, ya know?
The language is going okay. I actually feel like I know quite a bit and when we teach "investigators" (they are hired by the MTC to role play someone they know in real life. it's weird bc i know they are members, but they do a crazy good job at acting their part) I feel like I can speak better than learning the grammar part of Espanol. Which is weird bc that's the total opposite of what it was for me in high school.
There was soo much adjusting to get used to! but even when you feel like you can't carry on, just pray. seriously, do it. i don't want to sound "preachy" but without my heavenly father and my savior and my ability to communicate to them, then this whole mission thing i would've failed. They are the ones who help me get up in the morning and who help me get through a full day and who help me fall asleep at night- all without having a melt down and freaking out.
okay, i'm sorry this email is really sporadic, but this is all the time i have to write to you guys. I love you all and can't wait to hear back from you next Wed.
other than that, i'm good.
love you all!
Hermana Perryman
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