It’s been a week! I feel like the days go by really super fast but the week went by slow.
Something I forgot to say last week is that I was sitting in a workshop and I saw a Sister sitting across the room that looked EXACTLY like me and it spooked me to the core. Like I thought I was staring into a mirror. I haven’t seen her since then though so maybe I was just hallucinating or something (or more likely than that, she just looked like me from the side and not straight on so I just haven’t recognized her).
They aren’t kidding when they tell you you’ll just jump right into it as a missionary- tomorrow my companion and I are singing in sacrament meeting, conducting the music, teaching gospel doctrine, and then we got asked to teach relief society too but then they heard we were teaching in gospel doctrine so they changed their minds and asked someone else.
Hermana Rollins and I usually pick up the Spanish really quick so we were kind of lax about our language study before class on Monday and then during class our instructor took everyone to the bottom of a stairwell and said “Ok every time you recite one of your phrases memorized you get to go up one step. I’ll meet you all on the 4th floor.” And let me tell you, after feeling the shame and frustration of being left behind on the first staircase, Hermana Rollins and I are EXTRA DILIGENT about our language study every day.
Also can I just say, I LOVE my district. I feel like I’ve known them all forever and we have such a fun dynamic. I wish I could write you all a bio about each of them.
Anyways I think that’s all, cause this Missionary lady needs to go eat food and study. I’ll leave you with a lil scripture from 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10 (Paul is talking about his “Thorn in the flesh” which a lot of people guess was blindness):
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
I love you all!
Hermana Tolman
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| There is a mural here that we like to pretend is Panama. |
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| It keeps snowing and then raining and melting all the snow and it’s created this huge slushy lake and it makes me laugh. |
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| "el campo blanco" / "the field is white" - get it? haha |
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| The MTC cat, Luna |
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| My District! Left to right it's Elder Bahme, Elder Turley, Hna McCormack, Hna Hopkin, Hna Rollins, me, Elder Bowen, Elder Meyers, Elder Richardson, and Elder Hunt |
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