In last week's episode of 24--starring the beautiful yet daring Agent Winfield-- Sister Winfield was undercover as a Mormon missionary and was enjoying her fun, predictable life. Little did she know everything was about to change.......
Hello everyone! This last week and a half has been super crazy because:
1. I ripped my nylons. Yes, I was upset, and yes I have ripped three more pairs since that first bad experience.
2. I was called as the Coordinating Sister for my zone (aka Relief Society Pres). But on the bright side, I don't have that calling anymore because.....
3. I moved zones, hence no emailing last Friday. My new p-day is on Tuesdays. Sorry Mom for the long wait! Last Wednesday someone came into my classroom and had me go with them to another building and talk to this native speaker in Spanish. Was I confused? yes. Did I think I might be killed? Only slightly. Afterwards, instead of being shot, I was told that they were moving me to an intermediate class (didn't even know that existed). So I had to leave right then and take everything with me......and become a SOLO SISTER! Ah! It feels super weird to not have a companion but sometimes it's fun to have my own time. The Elders in my district are super nice and helpful. Now don't go thinking I'm smart or anything because I'm pretty sure im the stupidest one in my class considering most are fluent. We speak only spanish in class and pretty much all day and it's super hard but I know the Lord wants me to do it so i haven't run back to my old district quite yet. The roommates I have now.......2 are natives and the other 2 are fluent. It's been super interesting :) This district is also a LOT stricter than my old district so apparently the Lord thinks I was slacking off lol. Apparently almost all classes at the MTC are beginning and they have a few intermediate and advanced. Advanced is for natives only.
4. I met 2 missionairies going to Kennewick so if they tell you they know me then feed them well Mom :)
5. I have crazy dreams every night. Cada noche no joke. They're creepy and I wish they would stop. Also if everyone would please start saying "hota-ka" I would greatly appreciate it. It's how you say j and k in espanol aka jk. Me encanta.
6. We had mission president conference this last week and everyone was shaking apostoles hands all week. Unfortunately the universe hates me and I did not meet a single apostle. BUT Elder Oaks did speak to us on Friday night and 8 other apostoles were there so that was muy bien.
7. I LOVE the planning period I get everyday because it get to plan out every minute of my day........that was not sarcastic and I really hope all my companions share my love for planning.
8. After devotional on Sunday we were the first to see The District 2. What is it you may ask? Only the best missionary show ever. It's kinda a big deal. The District 1 might be on the internet.....you should try to find it.....I'm not sure if they release it to the public or not. It's like a reality tv show about missionary work and we get a little addicted. We laugh, we cry, we're on the edge of our seats. The 2 fluent speakers in my room are serving in the mission in Cali where it's filmed and their goal is to be in the District 3.
9. I HATE writing. I've learned that about myself as a missionary so if you get a letter from me, please know it took multiple prayers for me to get through it. I just don't like it, I don't know why. But just as much as I hate writing I LOVE getting letters so keep em coming. Mom, I would like a dear elder letter every day im in the mtc--gracias.
10. Because of the crazy turn of events with the Lord pushing me to a new standard, my personal mission theme kind of chose me and it's now "God my strength will be, press forward!" Of course I still hold Love the mish be the mish close to my heart but the first is now what i say to myself cada dia.
11. Special bonus point for this week. One of the hermanas in my room today said "its a good thing im not going to cut my hair the whole 18 months because then it will be long when I go home and get married asap". No she doesn't have a bf and she was joking (about marriage, not the hair) but I agree with her 100%. Being solo after having a companion made me realize I want to get married as SOON as I get home. Of course, after I find one :)
I LOVE you all and thanks so much for writing---la iglesia es verdadera!
Love the mish, be the mish
Hermana Winfield
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
I made it to the MTC!
Hola familia!
Can I get a woot woot!?!
Top 10 Reasons The MTC ROCKS:
1. People are super duper helpful. The fam already knows this story but I have been requested to retell it so I will do so briefly. Long story short my plane was cancelled, then rescheduled, then delayed for 5 hours. Then on the plane a man hit on me and I had to awkwardly explain that I couldn't date. Then we couldn't get clearence to land so we had to cricle around in the air for an extra 45 minutes. Of course, right next to the guy that has a deep and unmoving love for me, I puked up not one but three times as we were making our desent. Embarrassing? Si. Awkward? Si. I guess I was so disgusting that it was disturbing others because they were all handing me their barf bags. Wow. And then my lost love just smiled and said "feeling better?". Good thing I couldn't date him anyway. Then I got off the plane and waited an hour to realize they had lost my luggage. Of course, I was on a new missionary high so I kept my cool until I finally left the airport empty handed to meet Aunt Janene. Being the awesome aunt that she is, I immediately started bawling. I was hours late to the MTC but thankfully an hermana let me borrow some clothes the next day until my luggage came and mi companera let me borrow her makeup etc.
2. The food is amazing. Amen. The church is true. Just to make you jealous, I've been having fresh fruit and bagels or oatmeal every morning, wraps, salads etc for lunch, and salmon, potatoes and all goodness for dinner. And those are just the healthy things.....lets just say los elderes in my district are having the time of their life with the food.
3. Gym time = heaven. I got into a really competitive game of 4 square yesterday at gym (which we get 50 minutes of 5 days a week Mom fyi :) I also played volleyball and I'm not gonna lie, I kicked bum....that's the most vulgar way I can say it from now on lol (grandma, laugh out loud now).
4. Manners. The Elders have them. It's amazing. They randomly started clearing our trays for us at every meal and I can honestly say I've never loved a 19 year old boy more. We thank them by complimenting their Spanish and telling them their girlfriends might actually wait for them (lies but it must be done).
5. Funny Companions. My companion is Hermana Call. She's from Highland, Utah, an English major at BYU and has a super cute fam as I've seen from pictures. (Girls, FYI you are pretty famous as the attractive siblings here). She also happens to be HILARIOUS. We tried to send pictures here but we can't so I'll mail some. Back to hermana. Yesterday I told her and the other 2 sisters in our district that El Salvador means the savior and said I never knew that. Sister Call responded with, "Oh is that in California or Texas?" HAHAHA Sister Schumacher (shoe-mocker) said "Uh, it's a country hermana." Wow that's just a glimpse.
6. Too much time. Apparently we were forgotten so yesterday we had no teachers for most of the day. What did that mean? 8 hours of personal study. If not for Hermana Call's back scratches, I wouldn't have made it.
7. Crazy outfits. Returned missionaries are lying. Girls dress CRAZY here and I could have gotten away with a lot more. Thankfully, I am not the ugliest dresser here but I am extremely conservative compared to a lot.
8. Layers. On the clothing topic, I feel like a little kid going out to play in the snow. Everytime I have to ir al bano it takes 20 minutes cause I wear so many layers. After my mission, I will wear sweats and jeans for 4 weeks straight, maybe 5. But I love my knee-highs :)
9. Schedule. I am not joking when I say we sleep, then study, then eat, then study, then eat, then study, then gym, then study, then eat, then study, then sleep. That is literally my schedule......I'm not kidding. I LOVE it!
10. La iglesia es verdadida! Even though my Spanish is still horrible, we pray and talk in Spanish and when those 19 year old boys pray in Spanish I feel the Spirit SO strong!
I LOVE being here! Yo se que mi salvador y Dios me aman y yo tengo gracias por my familia increible!
Love the mish. Be the mish.
Hermana Winfield
Can I get a woot woot!?!
Top 10 Reasons The MTC ROCKS:
1. People are super duper helpful. The fam already knows this story but I have been requested to retell it so I will do so briefly. Long story short my plane was cancelled, then rescheduled, then delayed for 5 hours. Then on the plane a man hit on me and I had to awkwardly explain that I couldn't date. Then we couldn't get clearence to land so we had to cricle around in the air for an extra 45 minutes. Of course, right next to the guy that has a deep and unmoving love for me, I puked up not one but three times as we were making our desent. Embarrassing? Si. Awkward? Si. I guess I was so disgusting that it was disturbing others because they were all handing me their barf bags. Wow. And then my lost love just smiled and said "feeling better?". Good thing I couldn't date him anyway. Then I got off the plane and waited an hour to realize they had lost my luggage. Of course, I was on a new missionary high so I kept my cool until I finally left the airport empty handed to meet Aunt Janene. Being the awesome aunt that she is, I immediately started bawling. I was hours late to the MTC but thankfully an hermana let me borrow some clothes the next day until my luggage came and mi companera let me borrow her makeup etc.
2. The food is amazing. Amen. The church is true. Just to make you jealous, I've been having fresh fruit and bagels or oatmeal every morning, wraps, salads etc for lunch, and salmon, potatoes and all goodness for dinner. And those are just the healthy things.....lets just say los elderes in my district are having the time of their life with the food.
3. Gym time = heaven. I got into a really competitive game of 4 square yesterday at gym (which we get 50 minutes of 5 days a week Mom fyi :) I also played volleyball and I'm not gonna lie, I kicked bum....that's the most vulgar way I can say it from now on lol (grandma, laugh out loud now).
4. Manners. The Elders have them. It's amazing. They randomly started clearing our trays for us at every meal and I can honestly say I've never loved a 19 year old boy more. We thank them by complimenting their Spanish and telling them their girlfriends might actually wait for them (lies but it must be done).
5. Funny Companions. My companion is Hermana Call. She's from Highland, Utah, an English major at BYU and has a super cute fam as I've seen from pictures. (Girls, FYI you are pretty famous as the attractive siblings here). She also happens to be HILARIOUS. We tried to send pictures here but we can't so I'll mail some. Back to hermana. Yesterday I told her and the other 2 sisters in our district that El Salvador means the savior and said I never knew that. Sister Call responded with, "Oh is that in California or Texas?" HAHAHA Sister Schumacher (shoe-mocker) said "Uh, it's a country hermana." Wow that's just a glimpse.
6. Too much time. Apparently we were forgotten so yesterday we had no teachers for most of the day. What did that mean? 8 hours of personal study. If not for Hermana Call's back scratches, I wouldn't have made it.
7. Crazy outfits. Returned missionaries are lying. Girls dress CRAZY here and I could have gotten away with a lot more. Thankfully, I am not the ugliest dresser here but I am extremely conservative compared to a lot.
8. Layers. On the clothing topic, I feel like a little kid going out to play in the snow. Everytime I have to ir al bano it takes 20 minutes cause I wear so many layers. After my mission, I will wear sweats and jeans for 4 weeks straight, maybe 5. But I love my knee-highs :)
9. Schedule. I am not joking when I say we sleep, then study, then eat, then study, then eat, then study, then gym, then study, then eat, then study, then sleep. That is literally my schedule......I'm not kidding. I LOVE it!
10. La iglesia es verdadida! Even though my Spanish is still horrible, we pray and talk in Spanish and when those 19 year old boys pray in Spanish I feel the Spirit SO strong!
I LOVE being here! Yo se que mi salvador y Dios me aman y yo tengo gracias por my familia increible!
Love the mish. Be the mish.
Hermana Winfield
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Leaving soon!
I'm leaving soon which means Mom is taking over the blog.....a scary thought :)
And.....here is me opening my call!
This entry is her on-the-job training but I'll show two pictures to make it somewhat worth reading.
Below is the fam's staged surprise face of when I opened my call.....great actors!
And.....here is me opening my call!
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