There and Back Again: A Sister Missionary's Tale: Semana Seis

Hola everybody!

I can't believe I'm leaving the CCM tomorrow morning!!! I have to leave at like 3AM (Oh boy! 3AM!) and my flight is at 6:15. I am excited to be going, but honestly I'm going to miss everyone. We had 3 of our elders leave last Thursday, and 2 more left last night along with half the hermanas in our casa. I'm glad a couple of members in our district have the same mission as us. (Even though that means we can't write them) Hermana Porter y yo wrote them letters before they left. I still need to write the rest for the other Elders and my teachers before I leave.

I got a question from a couple of people asking exactly what type of food they've been serving here and I honestly cannot answer. I've been here for 6 weeks and there are still times when I'm wondering "what kind of sauce/meat/juice is this??" I can't even tell what's in it. No one can. "It's a flavor....." and that's about as far as I get. If it tastes ok I'll finish it. No questions asked. Though that method might not have been the best since I am sick right now. Not like throwing up or anything, but runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, plugged ears, fuzzy head, slightly unsettled stomach, but no fever. Your typical cold. But I've gone about my last day just fine. It was nice to put some of that medicine to good use.

I saw another guy I know from home: Elder (Trevor) Bird! I knew him from high school, but I had no idea about his mission call or anything! It was nice to see him after all this time.

Yesterday (Sunday) our branch president gave us our letters that we've had to write him every week (weekly report). I can really tell the progress I've made both spiritually, and with Spanish. (Though it still is pretty iffy, I can usually communicate what I want to more or less)

I really am going to miss this beautiful place. Mom, Dad, we should visit here some day. I'll miss my teachers, my district, my branch presidency, my companion. It's hard. We gave our last lesson to our investigators this past week and I cried both times. Just imagine how bad it'll be when I have to leave real investigators. Today though was the worst/best because we finally got Mario to commit to a baptismal date which he'd refused before. But you could really feel the spirit and love and graditude that he had for us and that we had for him. I also gave the closing prayer and I barely made it though that. I really don't like not being able to give guys hugs. I would have hugged the life out of Mario (so maybe it's a good thing I can't give hugs, haha).

ANYWAYS

So remember how I told you guys my district is crazy? More proof. We played spin the bottle. But with a missionary-fied set of rules. The person who spins the bottle gives whoever it lands on a "brief" handshake and then the person who the bottle lands on has to share one of their favorite scriptures. Yeah, we get creative. (Of course we only play this if we're all finished with our daily planning and there's time before we have to go back to our casas.)

I only get to do this 11 more times you guys! 72 weeks, 6 down and 66 more to go. And you know what, by the time I'm done with my 12 week training, I'll be just about 1/4 done with my mission! I don't like math. I really don't. Maybe I'll call home tomorrow. I do have a 3 hour layover in Seattle. I've never used a payphone though... we'll see how it goes.

Also, I almost forgot I memorized a scripture in Spanish. Mosiah 3:19. Our whole district memorized it and we got brownies for reciting it to President Pratt. (It's his favorite scripture) These ones had nuts. :)

I love you all! Know that I'll be in the air looking down on you all. ( It's like heaven, but with complimentary peanuts)

Let me know how you all are doing! Do you have my mission address? I also have goodies to send you all, so once I find a box to send them in I'll send it to you guys from WA.

Give yourselves a big BIG hug from me!

I love you all MUCHISIMO!!

Hermana Sarah Mohun

I sometimes stalk my teachers on P-days. So Hermano Silva is an "investigator" for another district too, and we saw him being taught and I had my camera and well... yeah, he's falling asleep. It's kind of his trademark as an investigator.