Courtney's Week #2

Hola!

Well, this week has been pretty eventful. My whole district is trying to adjust to having companions, which is not an easy thing to do. My companions and I have had some hinderments this week as well. My problem was that I do not handle an abundance of other people's emotion very well. And one day this last week my companions both had lots of emotion and problems that they wanted to share. I kind of snapped after a whole day of it and told them to leave me out of their problems and go write in their journals about it. Needless to say, that did not make things better. So we had a few very long companionship inventories and things have been a lot better. But it is a constant struggle for me to be patient with their emotions. Two companions=double the emotion.

Anyways I ran out of time last week before I could tell you where everyone is going. Elders Walton, Matthews, Bond, and Holbrook are all going to the New York, New York South Mission. Elder Coromandel, from New Zealand and Austraila, is going to the Tuscon, Arizona Mission. Elder Wirth and Hermana Kimball are going to the Dallas, Texas Mission. And then Hermana Taggart and I are both going to Chile Santiago North Mission.

Spanish is coming pretty well, it only comes on days when I am doing well with my companions. Which is another testament that it is the Spirit who is actually teaching me Spanish not myself or my teachers. If the Spirit is not there, no Spanish.

So Walker leaves for Costa Rica next week, which is kind of super sad for me. Its like saying goodbye to him twice. It has been such a blessing and comfort to have him here. Oh I got to be there when he got his patriarchal blessing, that was super super cool. I told him to send the original home to you, then you should probably scan it and make an electronic copy like you did with mine.

I'm so excited whenever I get mail it is such a happy thing. The mail comes twice a day, and it is so happy when there is something for me. Just so everyone knows my address is:

Hermana Courtney Evans

MTC Mailbox #245

CHI-SATN 0606

Everyone should send me mail and Dear Elders. Mail is exciting! And I promise I will respond.

Oh we watched a little clip of a talk and everyone should see if they should find it because it was so amazing. It was an MTC Fireside by Elder Bednar, and I think it was called "The Spirit" but that may not actually be the title of the talk.

So as part of the pilot program they are trying all sorts of things to figure out the best program for the missionaries. So from now on we will be switching classrooms every week, which is kind of a big deal because you spend at least 12 hours a day in your classroom so it is more like your home then your bedroom. We started with a super awesome classroom with the light panels printed like clouds and trees--it was pretty awesome. It was also three times the size of most of the classrooms. Now we are in a super tiny room, because they want to observe how we respond to different media setups. Which is a little bewildering to me because it is just a computer with a big TV screen. Anyways, we'll see where us guinea pigs end up next week. It is kind of exciting to be able to be a part of such a huge change though.

So I actually still have 8 minutes left, so this would be the point where I would send you pictures, but I don't have an adapter quite yet. Oh, by the way Dad the converter sounds awesome I am excited to recieve it. I found out that there are several free MTC mail dropoff points for both letters and packages here in Provo. The one that I do know of is a UPS store on University Ave. So if you find yourself in Provo again, it may be cheaper to drop it off, than a flat rate box. And I would appreciate anything that you love me enough to send me.

The talks that we have to prepare each Sunday are a different topic every week. My companion actually got called on this week, so my nonexistent Spanish is apparently not a good enough excuse to not have to give the talk.

I can now say most of a prayer and most of a testimony in Spanish but it takes me a while to think of all the words, but I will make sure to bear my testimony to you guys next week, both in Spanish and English.

Out of time,

I love and miss you guys!!

Hermana Evans

2005 N 900 E

Provo, UT 84604-1793