My First Week! 9/9/2017

HELLO all of my beautiful friends and family!

Life is so great. We all have amazing opportunities on this fantastic little earth of ours. Make every day worth it.

First of all, life is very different here in the Missionary Training Center. Today is Saturday which is my Preparation Day and so today is the only day we have to do laundry, clean, run errands, and other stuff like that. One might think it would be relaxing, but oh boy is it not. There is so much we have to do every day and it's great because we stay busy but also not great because we are always tired.

Actually, I am not as tired as I thought I would be. We get enough sleep when we go to bed on time, so that's great. 

Everyone here is so dang nice. If you have a question you can ask anyone and they will tell you the answer with a smile on their face. It's so easy to feel the spirit here and we do so constantly. Our class instruction time is great because I love everyone in our district (all those we have class with) and learning Spanish is SO rewarding. I am already learning so much everyday and I can't wait to see how much I will know in a few weeks! 

We got to teach our first "investigator". There are members who volunteer to pretend to be be investigators and get taught by missionaries in training. Our second day here we taught Glen! We was from Argentina and had a very strong accent. He was very nice to us, despite all our mistakes. I think the lesson went well and it was all all in Spanish but we have a lot to learn before we teach real investigators of the church.

You meet all kinds of people here. Missionaries from all over the world going all over the world. It's very easy to see how the Lord is hastening his work. I am so eternally grateful that I am able to be apart of it! 

I have a few pictures to share and I am still learning how to use my camera and upload the pictures so those might be sent in a different email. 

Other than that there is not much to report yet, my friends! We study a lot, learn constantly, and get little tastes of missionary life out in the field every day. 

I love you all and I hope your lives are going well! STAY STRONG MY FRIENDS!

Here's my awesome district! I love these nerds!

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-Hermana Lara Richardson