This
week was really great! I learned lots and my Spanish is skyrocketing!! I
love the language and am way excited cuz I finally have a personality
in Spanish. Like I can joke and laugh and understand much better. My
comp and I would always joke that I am a different person in Spanish but
its finally getting to where I can be myself which is nice :) I can
hold one on one conversations in Spanish and talk on the phone too. And I
got to speak yesterday in church and everyone told me they could
understand everything!! I talked about love and charity relating it to
missionary work. Although I'm sure they wouldn't say if they couldn't. We
have an awesome ward. All so kind.
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| My district |
This week was the Semana Santa here in Mexico.
So break from school for the kids and lots of people out of town on
vacation so it made it a little hard to schedule appointments but we
still stayed very busy :) They don't celebrate Easter like we do like
candy or the Easter bunny which is sad but my comp and I decorated
anyways! Thanks so much for the package! I shared lots of it with our
district. The chocolate covered coconut almonds didn't make it to Easter
Sunday..... :) But they were really good! 
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| Me being the Easter bunny Saturday night. We decorated the ironing board. |
I also got grandmas card in the mail! Thanks so
much! I would write back but I realized I don't have any international
stamps. I will try to find some. About food, we eat with members once a
day around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. For breakfast I either have an
omlete with oregano, avocado, lime, tomato and cactus flax seed corn
tortillas... or a protein shake with frozen bananas or spinach smoothies
or oatmeal. Then well have a snack around 11 or 12 after studying
before we head out to work. Usually a granola bar or apple or mango.
Then in the evening we might have a fruit or snack or not. Just depends.
But they food here is great! We eat good for sure.  |
My spinach smoothie. Green for my Easter breakfast.
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Our soymilk collection. We are obsessed and always have to stock up. we
thought it was funny there was so many tho. This brand is wayyyyy good.
lots of different flavors. you should see if they have it in the US
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Otro
picture is yesterday we ate at Diana Perez con su familia y had this
way good ice cream stuff in a pina.
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| This is so good! |
Since my companion is one of the Sister Training
Leaders for the mission we have divisions with other Hermanas 5 times
every transfer cycle. Since there aren't many Hermanas in this mission
and they just started coming in December, almost everyone is training
still or just finished training. When ever we do divisions I go to the
other area with that trainer and the other new missionary goes with my
comp. It's been way fun to see other areas and get to know other
Hermanas! They are all so amazing! Friday morning I was in an area about
an hour from mine and we had an earthquake! It was pretty sweet! It
wasn't that strong but it lasted quite a while. Well I thought it was
like 30 seconds but everyone I've asked says it was more like 2 mins. But
it was way cool! Everything was shaking and we pretended we were
surfing :) We've been told they have them a lot here and sometimes they
can be pretty bad... so well take more precaution next time... tehe :)  |
| All of our zone today. |
One day I was with Hermana Brasga and her area is a
little more sketchy and with two American Hermanas... we got so many
looks and calls but it was fun too! A group of little girls ran up to us
and were all excited and begging us to speak English for them. It was
really cute! :) Lots of people here will call me gueta which means
blondy.  |
| Candy from the zone activity |
Yesterday I started memorizing the Living Christ in
Spanish during my study. I hadn't gone through it in a while and was
grateful for the chance to reflect on my Savior and His life. It
reminded me of how much the Atonement has helped me in my life and how
it strengthens me everyday. I know that Christ lives! I know that He is
our Savior and King. He is guiding this Church and directing this work.
"He is the light, the life and the hope of the world. His was is the
path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world
to come. God be thanked for the matchless gift of His Divine Son."
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I met Tracey Porter who is a friend of James Olsen and his family at the Temple visitor Center. Last night they had a
thing at the visitors center where the hermanas there sang
and President
spoke. It was for investigators. So many missionaries from all of Mexico city were there! We brought Romina with us. It was way cool!
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I am so grateful for my calling and opportunity to
be a missionary! Hope you all have a great week! Oh! And Happy Birthday
to Padre this Sunday!!! Love you and hope your day is extra special!! I
will be sending a birthday gift package sometime within the next month.
So... your gift is coming really late but it will come :) I gotta find
something really cool and Mexico.. ish. I want to find a Mexico tie
because you always wear Miranda's Peru tie....But well see :) Love you
all lots!
Con mucho amor,
Hermana Rhoten 2
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