This week was kinda like the first week at the MTC... a little slow but still super fun and I LOVE my companions we have so much fun the trio life is a good life until they both stare at me and want me to say something in spanish that i dont have the words for haha. pretty much everyone that lives in my area is bilingual though so we speak about 50/50 English and Spanish. we usually start the conversation in Spanish but I think some people feel weird talking to three white girls in espanol so they switch to English. every morning we wake up at 6:20 and run to the high school track that's like a half mile away and then workout there- Monday Wednesday Friday is all running and the other days we can do whatever but its nice to do it at the track after that we shower and eat and then have 4 hours of study because their training me so the study gets a little long sometime but its good. then we head out to visit people- were lucky and get the car the other sisters that live in our apartment complex have bikes which looks kinda fun too but the car is nice. last week we had a baptism haha i obviously wasnt the missionary that taught him all the lessons but it was cool cause i got to meet with him a couple times before the baptism and on friday night me and my companions went to olive garden with him and a member hahahah i laughed so hard looking around the table of olive garden on friday night with three sister missionaries and a 50 and 28 year old mexican men speaking spanglish and enjoying some breadsticks lol the other sisters are so used to stuff like that but i thought it was such a funny random thing- definately never had a friday night like that before but it was awesome.
On thursday night we got to teach a lesson on the Temple grounds which was so beautiful it was with one of the zone leaders investigators (elder swenson and elder conner) haha but the five of us taught her because she relates better to the sisters. it was a very powerful lesson and were hoping it will help her get baptized sooner- (she origninally wanted to wait til july).at the end of the lesson it was super cool she said "I love this army the lord has sent me" a member of the mission president and his wife were with us at the temple lesson and afterwards we went to in and out burger haha we were all getting back in the car when we finished eating and someone said "hey look at that mormon with all of his wifes" we thought that was funny.anyways the baptism was saturday and all went well he was so excited. he showed up at church sunday and said that he felt different when he woke up that morning. church was all in spanish so i had to concentrate super hard to know what was said haha and then in the third hour the missionaries had to teach about the new easter thing el vive or because he lives and i had to share a short testimony haha i apoligized for my spanish and then all the old ladies thought it was so cute and funny so they came up and hugged me after.
for pday i got to go to the mall and me and my companion played a tennis match against the zone leaders haha this mission is awesome- tennis and shopping what more could you need. dont worry though im working hard though and i love the lessons and teaching!!
I loved the womens conference this saturday we got to watch in it english so that was nice elder eyrings talk was awesome about compasion. I loved at the end when he said charity is the pure love of christ and his love never faileth. I hope we can all be looking around for someone who needs our strength and love.
I am praying for you all and hope that your having a wonderful spring break!! keep the faith
xoxo hermana koelliker
ps hahaha im sure mom will love this but our apartment complex is right next door to a mental hospital dont worry its totally safe we just hear a couple ambulences here and there
I LOVE YOU
On thursday night we got to teach a lesson on the Temple grounds which was so beautiful it was with one of the zone leaders investigators (elder swenson and elder conner) haha but the five of us taught her because she relates better to the sisters. it was a very powerful lesson and were hoping it will help her get baptized sooner- (she origninally wanted to wait til july).at the end of the lesson it was super cool she said "I love this army the lord has sent me" a member of the mission president and his wife were with us at the temple lesson and afterwards we went to in and out burger haha we were all getting back in the car when we finished eating and someone said "hey look at that mormon with all of his wifes" we thought that was funny.anyways the baptism was saturday and all went well he was so excited. he showed up at church sunday and said that he felt different when he woke up that morning. church was all in spanish so i had to concentrate super hard to know what was said haha and then in the third hour the missionaries had to teach about the new easter thing el vive or because he lives and i had to share a short testimony haha i apoligized for my spanish and then all the old ladies thought it was so cute and funny so they came up and hugged me after.
for pday i got to go to the mall and me and my companion played a tennis match against the zone leaders haha this mission is awesome- tennis and shopping what more could you need. dont worry though im working hard though and i love the lessons and teaching!!
I loved the womens conference this saturday we got to watch in it english so that was nice elder eyrings talk was awesome about compasion. I loved at the end when he said charity is the pure love of christ and his love never faileth. I hope we can all be looking around for someone who needs our strength and love.
I am praying for you all and hope that your having a wonderful spring break!! keep the faith
xoxo hermana koelliker
ps hahaha im sure mom will love this but our apartment complex is right next door to a mental hospital dont worry its totally safe we just hear a couple ambulences here and there
I LOVE YOU
