Hola familia!
It's been so crazy here my first 5 days at the MTC, especially after having only a week and a half to prepare beforehand. Everyone here says that the first few days are always the craziest and hardest so I should get more into the swing of things this week. My P-days are on Monday and they should be the whole 9 weeks I'm here. Our schedule is very busy on a typical day if we aren't in class we are either studying, eating, or sleeping. Its been fun learning Spanish, but its also hard. I want to be able to speak it so bad but I just don't know the words haha. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way because everyone keeps making up their own words in spanish. I have two companions, Hermana Reyes from Las Vegas, and Hermana Maughan from Arizona. Hna. Reyes is also here 6 weeks early. They are both going to Chicago too! I've also met 2-3 other sisters going spanish speaking to Chicago and one elder. I wonder if they are rotating more sisters in or something because thats quite a lot! I've also heard of 9 english speaking missionaries going to Chicago who got here the same say. My district is really cool, we have two other sisters and 6 elders, which is a pretty unique experience for the elders because most districts don't have any sisters at all. Most of my district is going to Provo spanish speaking and 2 are going to Dallas.
I've seen Ben around almost every day I've been here but I usually don't have time to say more than "HI". He's going to be here the full 9 weeks too so I'll probably see him around some more and maybe get some pictures. Also, did you know that Spencer Hoffman is here too? He got here the same day I did. I've only seen him once though. It's pretty cool I've run into 5 or 6 other sisters that I know from BYU. It's always fun to see familiar faces. Oh so I figured out if you send a dearelder letter before around 4 I will get it the same day you right it (unless it's sunday) so thats cool.
Oh, so funny story; when I first got here and they gave me my name tag it had a typo on it! The lady asked me if my last name was spelled right and I was like "yeah, but isn't there supposed to be an 'a' at the end of Herman?". Haha so the rest of the day and the next morning I had to walk around with my name tag that said "Herman West" on it. After breakfast they called me up to the front desk and gave me a new one. I still have the old one though so I can cherish it forever =).
Yesterday for relief society (they have all the sisters together for relief society) they had Elaine S. Dalton, the YW General President talk to us. She is such an amazing speaker! Sunday was definitely more relaxing than the previous days which was also nice. There are so many awesome leaders here too, they have so many stories to share and are great at teaching. I have two teachers for learning spanish and the discussions and they're both really good. This week we have mostly focused on learning gospel words, learning how to pray, and to testify. I'm excited to learn more and go more in depth with spanish. My branch president and his wife are super nice. They brought the sisters a stash of food to make it easier on us. Overall the sister are trusted more which is nice.
It was funny to hear about Barry's journey to his first area. It makes me glad I'm going to Chicago where I wont have to risk my life getting on and off the bus and my apartment will most likely be nicer than his is. The spider story also freaked me out. Well I miss you all, but I'm doing great here! Better than my companions who are both overly stressed about learning spanish and everything else. I know that I'm doing the right thing, even though it's hard. Well I should go before I run out of time! Hope to hear from you soon!
Love,
Hermana Kristen West
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