Kicked in the face

February 02, 2013

 

Hola familia y amigos!

 

Hoy es el dia 3 aqui en la CCM (MTC) y estoy muy feliz! Estoy sueno.... siempre. Comi mas que todo mi vida. Ay yai yai. Mis companeras y los elderes en mi district son muy cool!

 

Anyway, enough of that crap. It's day three here at the good 'ol MTC and I'm very happy! I'm tired.... always. I eat more than I have my entire life. Oy! My companions and the elders in my district are so cool!  If you have served a mission that you know exactly how I'm feeling right now. And if you haven't, well, you probably won't truly understand unless you serve. People used to say this to me all the time and I always thought "Pffftt. I understand what it's like to be busy. I know what they're going through." But let me tell you, this morning I woke up at 6:30 and couldn't open my eyes. In my mind I reassured myself I could take a nap later and coaxed myself  saying that I can sleep in on saturday and then I realized that for the next 18 months I will be waking up at 6:30 every morning. No matter what. No exceptions. The best way I can describe it is "like trying to take a drink out of a fire hydrant". There is SO much to do and even though we spend all day every day studying there simply isn't enough time in the world to get everything done. It makes studying exciting, because I know that I have to do it and I WANT to do it all that I can. I want to take advantage of this time. I promise that this is not like me at all.... I had horrible study habits at school. I didn't even have study habits at school.

 

My first companion is Hermana Wake from Springville, UT. She's 19. My worst fear before serving my mission was serving with babies. And so it was perfectly fitting that I am blessed to have a companion 3 years younger than me right off the bat. She is fantastic, though. She thrives where I lack. We are a really good match as far as companionships go. There are four 18 year old elders and two 19 year old elders in our district and I am so impressed by them! I am blown away that they are here simply off of faith. I feel like I had to be twisted and tossed and hung upside down before getting to where I am today. Trial and error and trial and error and trial and error until finally I knew with all my heart that I want to serve the Lord with all my heart might mind and strength. But these elders, they are here because they know they should be. They've been told they should, and they are following in complete faith. That is a huge comitment to make simply off of trust, and I am so happy that they've each decided to serve missions. I love having them in the classroom and they're both an example and a comic relief.

 

Oh yeah. I laugh 80% of the time, still. So nothing new there!

Completely inappropriate? Probably.

 

Day 1 we were sitting in an assembly of all the new misionarios and the girl 2 down from me said "Do you know Mlksajfl Vaklsjflerg?" It caught me off gaurd and I was like *blank stare*... "Who?" "Mike Vanvalkenburg." Ohhhh man. This is Mikey's girlfriend! Hermana Tew is in my district. She is in my dorm, too. And we spend all day every day together. So for those of you that know Mike or Hermana Tew, it's true. Not only have I bumped into this girl that none of us believed exsisted, I'm with her 24/7. And Mike, I gotta tell ya, you picked a good one! You'd be a fool not to wait for her. She'll kick your butt in workouts and then tempt you to eat more ice cream for the rest of your life, but she is one awesome Hermana and I love having her in my district!

 

So that's all for now. HA! Not at all. There is so much more. But my brain is already focused on the next task so I'm gonna go now. Oh yeah, if you send me something on dearelder.com make sure that you tell me what your address is so I can respond! (this means you Jordan Dosch) I got a letter yesterday and it made me so happy but I can't respond to it!

 

I LOVE being here. I love this work. It beats the heck out of you and kicks you right in the face. I love it so much! I drank the Orange Juice and I'm still alive so I think it's gonna be a great 6 weeks!

 

Ciao!

 

Hermana Hileman

 

LIFE IS A MISSION :)