Week (not) One

Lol HEY everyone!!


I’ve only been out for 3 days so I don’t even have a full week under my belt but so far I’ve been having a GREAT time. The Provo MTC is so crazy cause everyone’s from so many places and they’re headed so many places, like I’ll hold the door open for a big crowd of missionaries and all the thank yous will be in every language from Icelandic to Italian to Vietnamese.

Funny thing, I was standing in line right after I got my nametag and a lady said "Oh are you two cousins?? Thats so fun!" and I said "wat" but then I looked at the guy next to me and he was Elder Tolman and he's also going Spanish speaking! Turns out, he's my second cousin! And he introduced me to his first cousin (also my second cousin), Elder Lovell! 


My companion is Hermana Rollins and I LOVE her. She’s from Florida and she’s super thrifty and enthusiastic in a fun soccer-mom-kind-of-way. Funny story, I actually stalked her on Facebook way back in like, October, but I didn’t really think much of it. It’s really funny to figure things out with her cause she’s just as new as I am. I also LOVE my district and instructors so far and I can tell we’re all going to be close by the time we leave for the field.


The first day I kept forgetting I was wearing a nametag so I was shocked at how everyone knew my name. It’s taken me a hot minute to stop introducing myself as Anne but I’m starting to get the hang of
it.

What else do I have to say... OH! There’s a CAT that lives really close to the MTC and she just wanders around on the campus and lets all the missionaries pet her. Her name is Luna I think. Right before I left to go to the MTC I took a picture with my cat Tux where I was shaking his hand goodbye (cause for some stupid reason I thought people say goodbye by shaking hands but now that I’m thinking about it
that’s really not a thing..) Anyways the first time I saw Luna she held out her paw to me as if to shake my hand and I saw “wow THIS is poetic”.  But I didn’t get a cute matching picture of it cause I forgot so 🤷🏻‍♀️ whoops.


Oh I got a water bottle from the little store they have here but it sounds like a sippy cup so I don’t like drinking from it cause it makes me feel like a BABY so I guess I’ll just be dehydrated. Just kidding. It’s actually very appropriate for me to be drinking from a sippy cup cause I’m a little baby at speaking Spanish and being a missionary. It’s crazy cause our sister training leaders seem SOO much older than us but they’re our same age, they’ve just been here for like 5 weeks instead of 3 days. Everything is a lot less micromanaged than I expected and I like it.


I had an interview with my Branch President and it was crazy cause I expected him to ask me questions in the beginning but instead we just sat down and he started talking to me and giving me counsel as if I’d known him forever and we’d only met like 5 minutes prior. It’s crazy how the Spirit can work like that. Anyways that’s all for this email 

I love you all! God lives!

First P-day Temple Trip!

Family Reunion at the MTC!
These are my second cousins, Elders Tolman and Lovell. They are first cousins to each other. 

Goodbye Tux!

Hello Luna!