Week 5

what a week, so first of all i don''t have very much time to email because of craziness, basically my email freaked out and we were running late because my companion had to shower and so it wasted a bunch of my time on the timer and i had to go to IT to get it fixed cuz it wouldn't let me email but it was still using all my time..... so if i don't fit everything in this email i will write you a letter. I can not believe that I only have 3 and a half more weeks at the MTC that is so crazy to me the days are super long but the weeks just fly by. This week Spalka, Harrison, Erikson and Lowder, they are from my zone, got called to the travel office and got told that they had 3 hours to get their stuff ready and they flew to Idaho and will leave to Mexico from there. We are now the oldest district it is just amazing, Okay so the story about my glasses, I was in gym and i got hit in the head really hard by a basketball and was like super dizzy and felt sick to my stomach and i couldn't really see out of one of my eyes and my head hurt.... so they told me that i might have a concussion so i went to the clinic and they lady was really nice but basically was like its pretty impossible to get a concussion from a basketball no matter how hard it hit you, but lets check your eyes, and then she was like holy moley you are blind you should have glasses and i was like oh blah blah i do and then she was like well you should be wearing them at all times, so I was like word i can do that but my prescription is old and i like to take my glasses off when i read and so then i leave them places.... so she suggested contacts.... when i fly to houston, i get to call you when i''m at the airport so as soon as i get my travel plans i''ll let you know when i''ll be calling. also i talked to the director of operations  so like 4 weeks ago and he said that i''m the only missionary flying to houston that day... ask me if i''m exctied to have some alone time cuz i am and the food here makes me sick so i''m amped to have some different food!!!!! teeheeeeeee....

Will you get Amy Coles address for me pretty please.

MOM AND DAD thank  you SO MUCH for reading the book of mormon with me when i was younger and telling us book of mormon stories i can not tell you how big of a blessing that has been for me on my mission so far, please keep doing that, take the time to go over those stories and how they apply to the kids in their lives because that has been the most helpful thing for me when teaching investigators and members.

Starting tomorrow I have a goal of only speaking spanish, and its going to be hard but i know that i can do it and need to be putting my faith in the lord.

I really wanted to share with you what a day in the life of an mtc missionary is but i don''t have time here i''ll write it in the letter

Tell the kids I love them!!!

thanks for getting that book and my card

Love you

-hermana mcomber

Week 4

YAY FOR P-DAY only 4 more pdays left until i go out until the field which is SUPER CRAZY anyway i have so much to tell you, first of all i didn't send my letters from last p-day until today, soooo you probably won't get the letters until monday, i wrote each of the kids individual letters but i probably won't continue to do that, also i sent my ballot in like 2 days after i got it, ummm.... tell felicia to feel free to come bug me, so what has happened in the last week? hmmmm well firstly sister dalton came and talked to us in relief society and you know what it was AWESOME!!!!! she talked about how by serving missions we are living the young women motto and that we are the gospel banner that is unfurled. she also told us that we are the gospel of christ as missionaries, she told us a story about how we should never turn around in the middle of a hill and that through Christ's atonement we can be helped up the remaining part of the hill. here are some quotes from her

Your weapon of war is your testimony

in the strength on the lord i can do all things

she advised us to make a list of personal scriptures and keep them in your scriptures, and constantly add to your list when a scripture touches your heart, remember to write it down because that scripture at that time is inspiration from the lord and as you take the time to remember those things that the lord gives you he will more abundantly bless you with similar inspiration.

Having a testimony is not enough, work on becoming converted, ACT upon what you know and on the testimony that you have

So basically i feel like i really want to finish the work for my young women's medallion, do you think you can send me a book, i'll have my companion sign the things off and then i'll send it back to you when i'm done!

so this week my favorite district left to georgia, i had to make new friends, which is okay cuz who doesn't love new friends? also george left, he got reassigned to long beach california, just until his visa for brazil comes in. um the food here is horrible, its geared toward 19 year old boys who are still growing, and we don't have nearly enough time to work out, but i've been playing basketball with another sister and some of the elders from my zone and its been really good!!!! I haven't been sleeping very well so i'm tired all the time but somehow i make it through everyday!!!! So tell the girls who are leaving to not buy skirts from downeast...i ripped 2 of mine, and you just simple do not have time to fix them and.... they rip in the built in slip part so you can't really fix it anyway.... so i bought a new skirt and i really love it, i might get the same one is gray its really plain but is goes past my knees and its just a good one, ummmm.......... i think that is about all i have for this part of my email, we have to go to the temple!!! also today i finally got my wax to work and it felt so great to get my eyebrows under control

Keep the faith,

love,

hermana mcomber