Laurel had her first taste of a mission in Buenos Aires while visiting her parents in May 2014. Sister Lyons made her a pretty authentic looking placard, and she was off--no MTC! She served with Hermana White 2 weeks while HW waited for her new companion to arrive. It gave Laurel a chance to use her Spanish and to put her feet on real terra firma. She served in Tigre, Argentina. Apparently we forgot to warn her not to touch the street dogs.
Hola mi familia!!! esta obra misional es muy deficil. nadie me dijo. haha chiste chist!!! pero en serio. Mi dia primero era un poco horrible. Chiste!!! pero enserio. haha. Hermana White es un buen hermana. ella y yo somos buenas amigas. ella es muy comica y me ayuda mucho. no me gusta mucho decir cosas con la palabra Usted, pero yo voy a get better at it. algunas veces puedo entender todo que las hermanas y otras personas dicen y algunas veces nunca. exactamente como el bendicion que Padre me dio. oh si, es verdadero sobre las pulgas. la razon que yo tengo pulgas.... porque yo me encantan Perritas tanto. haha en serio. yo se que es un mal idea subir las perritas.... pero necesito hacerlo!!!! es un gran problema. me gusta las miembras aqui. ellos hacen esta trabajo tan mejor. especialmente algunos de la youth. me encantan mucho. entonces.... que mas necesito decirles.... hmmm. yo estaba focar sobre el desio para trabajador, (gracias a Andrew para su advice, es MUY helpful) y las razones. senceramente.... algunas veces no entiendo las razones. yo pienso como.... porque necesito trabajador con personas que no les conozco? do people really change sus corazones solo porque some random hermanas say its a good idea? its been a roller coaster of emotions for me. (this letter is exactamente how my life is these days. i love speaking spanish and i want to do it for all my days, and then all of a sudden... i just get tired of it. ) every morning i wake up on the wrong side of the bed. en serio, and i hate this work- every study time in the morning i start to remember why i am here. I am lovng studying in the mornings. it is the best. truly. its one of my favorit thigns of the day. then every single day i go out i hit a wall. sometimes its because i am starving, (gotta love that no dinner life) and sometimes its because i don{t understand, and sometimes its because i dont wanna keep walkig anymore, or if i get one more mosquito bite i am gonna flip. (i have counted over 130 bites on my legs... its pretty impressive) and sometimes its because i havent had water all day but all the members give us is coke.
but every day, i think these moments become a little less importante para me and un poco mas corto of time. but hey. i am learning a crazy amount. haha truly though, its interstante. its really hard to focus though. i am discubriendo exactamente how deeply my A.D.D. goes. its pretty deep. especially when everyone is speaking a foreign language. sometimes i turn to find everyone looking at me and realize there was a question that i cant even fake to know what it is. but really, even though i am going to be REALLY happy to sleep in when i get back to una vida de vacacion, i think i am going to be much more prepared for the mission. oh btw, this is an awesome experience because even though i guess tigre is a tourist area, the work here is in una parte que es MAS pobre. i have a whole new idea of rich and poor. if people have more than one room in their house, and their walls are air proof and their roof are not tin, they are very rich indeed. its a little hard, because the more I grow to love this area, the more i feel like i am going to miss when i leave and go to a place verrrry different. same the more i learn spanish i wish more that i would speak it on my miission. pero esta bien. voy a amor mi mision bastante mas que esto. and there are times when i am grateful that i am going to alaska where it is much more... normal... haha
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| Laurel with Hermana White, Presidente and Hermana Ayre |
entonces. gracias por sus emails para mi. me encantan. i have figured out much (like the fact that i do NOT want to brin gthese dresses on my mission and need to go serious shopping) and i need to make a serious plan for how to excercise in the morngn (i need to lay off the carne... although no puedo do that... its my only food right now... and the bonbons.... i am losing my rock climbing arms already) and i look forward to returning to do those things.
i love you!!!! you are all awesome and if i am not totes dead by next ... whateve day you are going to come save me.... i will see you soon!!!
Hasta Luego,,
Hermana Galli
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