HOW ARE YOU GUYS!?
Thursday...
Hardest day of my mission by far! Our teachers had an intervention with our class and told us that we are at a “Week 3 Level” with our Spanish. Ouch! It literally tore Hermana Tolman apart! She bawled for about 2 hours straight. I did my best to help her, but it wasn’t seeming to work. It wasn’t as hard for me to hear as her, because I knew that they were having the intervention for the Elders in our district. It didn’t work either because they were still 30 minutes late to everything and never studied! ha!
What really got me sad, though, was when it hit me that I wont be able to chat with you guys over email when I get to Baltimore. I guess mission rules are a little different for each mission, but this is one that is going to be sooooo hard for me. It killed to hear about it. What am I suppose to do when I have hard day? Email you about it and get a response a week later when it doesn’t matter anymore? I couldn’t take it and I broke down. I still feel sick to my stomach about it all. Mom... I dont’ know if I can do it, but I know that I need to. I don’t know if that makes sense,. I am not sure if I can handle it, I really don’t know. But, while I have been struggling with all of this throughout the week, the importance of keeping the mission rules has been stressed over and over and over. So, as much as I want to throw up thinking about it, I know that I need to do it.
Later that night my night teacher Isaac told me how good my Spanish is getting and that I am really starting to improve. Do I sound like I have only been here 3 weeks??? or am I good at spanish??? Which is it!?! It was a roller coaster of emotions on Thursday!
Friday...
In field orientation day! So fun and exciting. WE had meetings all day about goal setting, working with members etc.
Hermana Tolmans Mom bought her 2 dozen donuts! We shared one dozen with our district and kept the other for us! haha!
We found a baby kitten and the Elders name her Mittens! (I feel like every email I send you has some abandoned wildlife story in it!!) We played with her for a little bit and then someone told us to take her to reception. Later that day Hermana Tolman and I saw our district and they STILL had Mittens! The elders had a sleepover with her and then...2 DAYS later, they brought her to reception. So, what started out as something cute and sweet ended up being so dang annoying! ha!
Saturday...
Saying goodbye to Hermana Montoya and Hermana Zamudio was SO hard! Who would have thought that saying goodbye to my teachers at the CCM would be so hard! I love them sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!! It was hard saying bye to my district as well, but it was harder saying bye to my teachers! I am going to see my district again, we are planning a Disney Cruise, but I am not going to see my teachers again or maybe my branch president and wife either and they have changed my life! Hard stuff.
Sunday:
I have two funny stories and then on to the goodbyes:
Numero Uno: I was asked to bear my testimony in sacrament meeting because I am leaving tomorrow. I was so nervous. I was trying to say “muy” but what came out was MOO! No joke! I started to laugh so hard! When I tried again.. I MOOed again! SANTA VACA!!! Some people in my district started to call me Hermana Cow!
Numero dos: During our devotional one of the Elders fell asleep with a pen behind his ear. Being the pick pocketer that I am, I decided to try to get it. The elder behind me saw what I was trying to do and told me he would give me 20 pesos if I could get the pen without him waking up. Lets just say that I am 20 pesos richer and the proud owner of a new pen!
Saying goodbye was so hard. First, I had to say bye to Issy and Emily. It is going to be hard not having such close friends nearby! I loved being in the CCM with some of my greatest friends from home. Then we said adios to the Elders in our district. IT is weird spending every hour of everyday with someone for 6 weeks and then just shaking their hand! haha! Hermana Tolman, Powell and Ahlstron left at 2 this morning. They woke me up to say goodbye. The hardest one by far! I am so grateful to have met them! I know that we will always be such good friends! We had a little dance session, sang some cheetah girls and they were on their way! Now I am companions with Hermana Lewis until we leave.
I AM READY! Scared out of my mind, but ready! I have been looking forward to this moment my ENTIRE life and in a few hours, I will be heading out! I am constantly worried that I am not prepared enough, but, these scriptures were shared yesterday and I love them!
Omni 1:26
Offer your whole souls as an offering unto him
Helaman 15:6.
Striving with unwearied diligence that they may bring the remainder of their brethren to the knowledge of the truth.
I am going to offer my whole soul and have unwearied diligence! Mom, like you said, I have 1 purpose on my mission. Since my only purpose in Baltimore is to invite others to come unto Christ, I am going to give it my ALL, my whole soul and unwearied diligence! I love you guys so much! It is crazy to think that I, Lennon Jane Mangum... the most dependent person on planet earth, hasn’t really been homesick! I miss you, but I am not homesick.
Next time I talk to you I will be in Baltimore! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I love you more!
Talk to ya in 1 week!
Lou
p.s. A car out in the city was BLASTING music the other day and Macklemore came on!!! It was AWESOME!!!!!! Also, I will miss treats from Mexico and the crazy flowers here!!!
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