Change

Here it is! Another email. I've been thinking the past week about how I can improve these things... they are so boring. I know it because when I write them I'm bored. So don't even try to be nice about it and tell me I'm wrong. They are lame. I came up with a new pattern for emails and I think it'll be a lot more fun! But first, a little intro:

BECAUSE

I have changed. 

For a long time now I have been unsure of what to write here. I want to tell certain stories or special experiences and I shy off because I don't know who exactly is reading! Are you a member pf the church? Did you also serve a mission? Do you know anything about the church or what I am doing outside of these emails? If I say certain things like "priesthood" I wonder if you'll know what I'm talking about. Or if I throw out that we taught "an investigator" will you know who that is? Will my emails actually make sense... but more importantly, will they send the message that I want to send?

I have changed. 

Pretty much immediately when I started my mission I became a different person. I'm still super hilarious, don't worry! But I'm different. The fear of writing the same mundane email every week pushed me to throw in random tidbits that the old Emily would have said when in reality I have changed. Not completely, but hopefully in every way possible, I am changing for the better. I'm different, and my intentions are different, and my jokes are pretty much the same :p and I struggled with the transition here on the blog. I didn't want to one day sound different. So I sit down at the computer and I begin to type - and I delete - and I write again - and I delete. Well pretty soon my time is up and I've wasted my chance to share things with you! And I REALLY want to share them with you! So here it is people! I'm still mad crazy insane and super funny and I trip once a day and I love love laughing... but pretty much everything I do and think about centers around one thing now a days. My Savior. And in very serious way, I never want this to change. I've learned that I can still be uniquely me while standing as a witness of Jesus Christ.

I have changed. And I invite you to follow along for the last 9 months of my mission as I continue to change! But I don't want you to track what I'm doing like a baby's first year book. I want you to feel inspired, and I want you to know that you can change, too! If you know what I'm doing here, then I invite you to start doing it yourself wherever you may be! And if you don't, if you're not a member, or if you're having a rough time right now, and you don't exactly know what this is all about, I invite you to find out! Get online! Go to LDS.org, go to MORMON.org, go to REALLIFEANSWERS.net or just go find some missionaries! We aren't blood-thirsty baptizing fiends. We are friends. The people that I teach go on a list in my journal literally titled "Friends" and I loved and still every one of them. And guess what? Not one of them has been baptized. Don't be afraid of asking questions. Hoping all goes well, you'll find a new friend that will absolutely love to sit down with you and talk, as a friend that cares, to help answer your questions. You don't have to do a single thing you don't want to. But I can promise you that the closer you come to them, the closer you will come to Christ, and the more you do that the happier you'll be, and that happiness will lead you to make changes in your life that YOU will chose because YOU will want them. Because I have changed, I am going to change the way I do my emails. You back home are mighty important to me; that, my friends, will never change.

HERE'S THE NEW FORMAT!!!

A FUNNY

emily's terrible horrible no good very bad day
And just like the book, it's a pretty funny story. Let's see, it started off when I woke up at 6:30. I wish I were kidding. I went to the window to see that the blinker on the car was flashing. I left the emergency lights on which aparently continues to flash even after the car is off (convenient as far as "emergency" lights go). So we had to ask our landlord to jump start the car. Then we went to an appointment in Chelsea which is a strange mix of town/neighborhood. I parked in the neighborhood but I guess we were a taaaaad to close to the town-part because there was a parking meter. Definitely didn't see it, and I got a parking ticket. The rest of the day was probably not mistake-free but I can't remember any specifics... don't worry though, there's more. We got home and started making dinner. I took out some rice we made last week and it was even worse tasting then the day we made it. Trash day isn't till Wednesday and so I decided to dump it down the disposal. All 10 cups of it. The poor disposal didn't stand a chance and it got backed up immediately. If I liked yellow-spicy horchata I could have made a bucket load with how much ground up mushy foamy rice was spewing out of the sink. I cleared it out best I could but ended up calling the landlord AGAIN to come rescue me AGAIN. He did! Super quickly, too. However when he opened the pipe it about exploded in the cabinet shooting rice to every corner. I cleaned that up. And it was super cool. As if that wasn't enough I decided to share some stories with my companions from my past and they were rolling in laughter. I've done some really really dumb stuff in my life! Anyway, I own it. I'm really really non-observant sometimes. You can be sure that I laughed through the entire day. Honestly, funniest day all week! What's the point in throwing a fit? I clearly deserved the repercussions from every action... hahaha and now my companions know exactly what they can expect for the next 6 weeks :)

A GOOD STORY

We had an idea of passing a "Missionary Backpack" around ok you won't believe this but I'm out of time. Oh man, I am so so sorry, I didn't even get to finish the good story! And it's really a good one!! The next section is  A LESSON LEARNED and then the last is GOALS. I'll have to finish up next time. Geez I'm bad at this. Hahaha I'm so sorry. Ok I love you all I think you're fabulous and I love this gospel and I love this mission! Here's a picture of me and the lobster I killed. I played him "Under the sea" first. And this is the coolest Honduran Hammock ever. And I love you ok bye!