Happy 20th To Meee

Gah! Check ittt, I even got a cake! Granted, that was over a week ago haha. But my pictures wouldn't work last week, and I was out of time to fix it. LAME. But oh well! I finally got them out there for y'all. :D

Anywho, California has been AWESOME. I'm really not thinking about Argentina a whole lot, but of course I'm still stoked to get there eventually. I'll admit it has been a BLAST, because there is a Spanish elder we work with (actually there are four), and he's from Argentina!! Well...Born there, but he's been in Southern Cali for a while. But he's still got his Argentine accent, and I WILL pick it up haha. He says that if I pick it up and don't have a gringo accent, I could definitely blend in once I get down there. Whichhh sounds like a blast. (: Eventually. But for now??

Something that our San Rafael Branch and mis compañeras have somehow started a "nickname" of sorts for me. Both Hermana Andrews and Hermana Zurita are 21, annnd I'm the young one of the branch. Sooo I'm Hermanita. At times I'm "Hermana Lee-bert" (few Latinos can pronounce our name right, which is perfectly okay with me haha), but typically they settle for Hermanita. (: I love it haha.

I don't know if I've mentioned this already, but I keep thinking it. The more I learn Spanish, the less English makes sense! Buuut I still really have to practice using Spanish throughout the day.

Alright, so what're my days like??

6:20-Wake up, say prayers, putting on the running clothes

6:30-Out the door, and out exercising for a half hour...Maybe stopping by the donut shop in the middle of our loop. (; Tee hee.

7:00-Get home, all 3 of us hermanas gotta get ready in an hour with one shower and then eat.

8:00-Personal Study: I like to read scriptures in English&Spanish and then study some Preach My Gospel stuff.

9:00-Companionship Study: Go over what we'll be teaching that day and practice a tad.

10:00-Twelve Weeks: Basically my training as a "newbie"

11:00-Language Study: SPANISHHH

12:00-Lunch! Yummm. (:

1:00 - 5:00-Out teaching and tracting and finding people!

5:00-Dinnerrrr: Our members are awesome about feeding us, and the food is always SO authentic and delicious!

6:00 - 9:00 (or 9:30 if in the middle of a lesson)-Teaching some more!

9:30-Planning for the next day and then journal writing and such

10:30-Lights out, and I'm OUT once my head hits the bed. (:

I'm not totally sure what else I wanna update y'all on, but I hope that's good! Haha. Maybe next time I can update y'all on a couple of our awesome investigators. (: They make me happyyyy. Anywho, but other than that, all is well for this hermana. Struggling a little bit with the Spanish, so keep praying for me! Annnd I've also been asked to speak in church on the 23rd of June! THEE DAY. I dno what's goin' down, but you guys have got to look this up! I'm so stoked: http://www.lds.org/church/events/the-work-of-salvation-missionary-broadcast?lang=eng

It's gonna be big!! Okay, love you all! Nos vemos pronto, mis amigos. (:

-Hermanita Lybbert (;

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A TEXT?!

En serio?! Hahaha. Who texted me??? We were sitting around and doing our weekly planning, and I had to get up and go to the restroom. I come out, and Hnas. Zurita and Andrews were all, "Uhhh Hermanitaaa...We just got a text...From a 509 number?"

Me: WHAT?!

Annnd then comes my minor freak outs haha. SO awesome, and I LOVE that my name is still representing in Quincy! (; Buuut you can't do that again haha. Really great, but noooo haha. But seriously...Who was that??

Other than that...I'm doing great! Loads of crying during lessons while bearing testimony annnd other good stuff haha. I'll have to get another letter sent out today (hopefully) about our AWESOME church tour with Lino and our GOLDEN investigator, Alex. (: LOVE IT!

Anywho, all's awesome! Again, I'm sorry about the address. :/ Did anyone try calling and seeing if they could get the stuff sent back? Becauuuse I'd REALLY love to get a package. :D I love you all!! Nos vemos pronto!

-Hna. Lybbert

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #8

These last two are my glorious elders when I was a solo sister haha. They're the best, annnd I miss them a ton. (:

OKAY! I'm done! I hope this update has been wonderfully overwhelming haha. Love you all! See ya next week! :D

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #7

Saddest day of my life. Walking in the next morning and seeing all of mis hermanas gone. The only stuff in the room? Mine. ):

Yuuup. Munching on some homemade strawberry/peach jam and homemade bread. SO GOOD.

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #7

My new district! This is where I was the MTC Mama Missionary haha. I love them all to death. (:

THE Solo Sister Sticker. Que triste. But truly, it ended up being a blessing. Plus, it let everyone around me know that I had a classy group of elders protecting me wherever I went haha.

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #6

D y C 4--DONE. Memorized the whole chapter in Spanish. :D Winner! Sadly...Looking at the picture, I can already see a mistake in the first verse haha. So lame.

Representing the Argentina flag!

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #6

Okay, so this obviously isn't my whole district. Three had left early that morning for their reassignments. :D But we all had to get a picture with our favorite teachers. (: Hermano Miller is in the back, second from the right. And Hermano Staples just came in to help, but we LOVED him. He also ended up being my new teacher for the last week in the MTC. He's on the left. (:

This is what the room looks like when everyone else is packing except for me. (:

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #5

I found it!!! The ever-famous ironing boards! Sorry, not as cool of pictures than I've seen before, buuut I did what I could while finishing our service assignment haha.

Seriously, though, we ARE studious! Check out all those books of our's!...Those desks are impossible, truly. So small. Journal, notebook, Preach My Gospel book, several sets of scriptures, etc. RIDICULOUS.

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #5

Okay, Hermana Bishoff and I being SUPER studious, of course. (;

The Tie Exchange. Whaaat. Ties, ties, EVERYWHERE.

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #4

SAND VOLLEYBALL! Gahhh. Love ittt.

Annnd my awesome compañera y yo, getting ready for bed. (:

(I apologize if any of these pictures are not the right way up. ): Triste, but you'll be fine haha.)

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #4

Sooo I'm not totally sure which picture shows up first, but I hope y'all can figure it out haha. I think the first one is with my bomb teacher, Hermano Boaz. Served in Chile, and he's pretty fun. He had a tie exchange with our elders, and I had NEVER seen so many ties in one place at a time. You will see a picture soon. (:

Dene', my sister obviously, has asked that I take picture of EVERYTHING. So this is our "apartment"...Yup. Six gals in one tiny room. We were the bomb. :D

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #3

Yes, I'm imitating the first missionary ever. :D

It's a BAT! A bat somehow got into the building during the night, and girls were FREAKIN' OUT.

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #3

My district after the temple!

Mi compañera y yo. (: I love herrr! She's kickin' it in Boise, ID haha.

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #2

Mi distrito! At the temple. :D

Me and my awesommme elders. Come to find out, I'm related to Elder Cheney, the one second from the right!

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #2

Possibly my favorite picture haha. This is how my companion and I were. (: Hna. McBride. GAH. I miss her a ton. (: She's the best haha.

Las hermanas en mi distrito. (:

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #1

Me pointing  to Argentina! Typical picture of the MTC map. (:

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Fwd: Pictures-Take #1

Holaaa, mis amigos y mi familia! (: I have some pictures for you ALL! Yes, you should be stoked. (: I'm a little worried as to how many pictures I can load, so forgive me for the masses of blog posts I'm sending out haha.

My FIRST district and I all pointing to ARGENTINA, baby!

And me and my companion pointing to Argentina! :D

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For Realzzz

Okay, so for now...This last week or so in the field has been AWESOME. A veces, I feel like we need to be working harder, but no worries...We're still working our butts off. (: But I have come to another realization...The more I learn and use Spanish, the less English makes sense! We have so many random, useless words that we just throw in everywhere. So lame. I love Spanish, and I've SO pleased with any compliment I receive on it haha. The main thing people say is my accent is great. I will thank my Heavenly Father and growing up in Quincy for  that. (; Second, is they're surprised at my ability to teach in Spanish for only having been in the actual field for...5-6 days haha. Love it. (:

Alright, so I gotta tell EVERYONE. If you don't know the song "As Sisters in Zion", go listen to it. I love it. (: And NEXT...Dang. I don't even know if the song is out, BUT. Janice Kapp Perry, the author to the song, RE-WROTE it for sister missionaries. "The Sister of Zion". WHOA. She spoke at my last Sunday devo last week, and we were the first ones to ever sing those three verses. I don't know how we sang at all, because I was crying the whole time. My favorite lines went something like: "We'll all go forth with Helaman's Army...Our numbers greater now than ever before." GAHHH. I tear up thinking about it. It was INCREDIBLE. See if y'all can find, because it's the best haha.

OKAY! So my last week in the MTC was full of...Tears and handshakes haha. It kind of kills me a little inside that I can't hug these elders. I'll try and get some pictures out of my THREE districts I had in the MTC haha. I really, really loved the elders who took me in as a solo sister. They were/are incredible men and will be BOMB down in Mexico. (: And when I do get a picture up...Yes, it is likely the picture where they're all being ridiculous. :D I love it haha. I certainly couldn't complain being escorted around by 10 elders! My safety was almost guaranteed haha. But truly, it was so hard saying good-bye to them. Monday night my new district and I was having a short testimony meeting, and they forced me to go last. So cruel. I was their "MTC Missionary Mama" haha. Oh man, yes, I cried haha. I shook the elders hands and headed out...

I began walking down the hall and saw a couple of my favorite zone leaders in the hall. Waterworks from the eyes. Again haha. They walked me to their classroom, and I had a last chance to sing with my elders again and say adios. Went back, finished packing up, and I headed out the next morning at 3 AM!

CALIFORNIAAA...YES. It's crazy, because it seems like California has this specific smell. Weird, right? Well every time we're in someone's house teaching, and we walk out...All the memories from last summer flood back; I love it. Buuut it also makes me miss Trista, Russ, and the kids a TON. Shout out to my sistahhh! :D

Okay, so a cool story for y'alllll...? Dang...Well I've LOVED teaching here, even though our appointments tend to fall through. It's just kind of the culture, methinks. Pretty laid back and not very specific schedules haha. But I love it. (: We've been teaching this woman, Ilse, and she is THE BEST. I've only met her once, but it was a great lesson. She's been taking the discussions and learning about the church for about a year and a half or so, and y'know what?? I had the opportunity to ask her to be baptized after we had been talking about baptism and the Holy Ghost...She is SO excited, and she said, "Ahhh, bueno. Sí, lo necesito! Lo quiero." Oh my heck, I LOVE her so much. As well as the rest of our awesome investigators! Annnnd what else? LOS MIEMBROS! Ellos son los mejores. (:

Anywho, I hope y'all enjoyed the many pictures! I don't have much more time, but...Just know that I love y'all. (: I'm still awaiting my visa, but I am LOVING California. Of course haha. Well...Mis compañeras, Hnas. Andrews (Trainer) and Zurita are the bomb, and we're loving the work. (: Take care! Nos Vemos pronto!

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Gah CRAP!

Sooo wanna hear some unfortunate news? The address given for my mission on Unocal? Not right. That's the old address. ): Sooo if Mom or someone could contact them ASAP and check out what happened (because methinks some people have sent letters there, too, sadly) and have them either send them to my NEW address or return them back to the sender...That'd be perfect. My new address isss...

1514 Hill Road #49

Novato, CA 94947

You can send stuff to me here up until...No sé. Another 5 weeks haha. So just probably not any time after the 20th of  June.

Anywho! This week has been awesome, and I've REALLY missed Cali. I'm getting the rest of my pictures loaded onto my blog soon, so yes! :D I'm stoked!

I'm sorry about the whole address thing, it makes me sad. ): But no worries, my birthday was great!! Had a cake and long day of weekly planning haha. Winner. Anywho, I've sent a letter out home and am working on other letters.

MOM & DAD: The bikes...SO LEGIT. Love it! Everyone says y'all are hardcore. (: And if you could get the memory stick back to me, that'd be great. Other than that, I'm good. I'm able to load pictures here.

Okay! I'm outties. (: Amores!

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Check Ittt! Headin' to Cali! Otra Vez (:

So obviously I didn't get reassigned! I'm still here chillin' at the MTC, kickin' it as a solo sister. It's been a blast, the elders who have to escort me everywhere are the BEST. Love 'em all. This week has been legit. (: It was sad to see my beloved district leave for all over the U.S., but I know I've got work to do here! I'm joining a brand new district tomorrow until I leave, and I'm WAY excited. I'm training four sisters, and they're all joining me in my room. (:

 

SO! GAHHHH! I'm so stoked! I'm heading to the Santa Rosa, California  mission, and it's gonna be BOMB. Heavenly Father has now answered my prayers twice (well, MANY times, as we all know, but mission call-wise...TWICE)!! The elders yesterday, as I was anxiously checking my portal, asked, "So if you got to choose, where would you want to be reassigned to??"

 

Me: "CALIFORNIA. Ugh. Miss it so much."

 

**Sigh** Lovin' ittt. (: Okay, well that's really the only update haha. I don't have a ton of time left, sorry. But I wouldn't mind a favor or two (: First...I need some family history stories. I read several while waiting at home for 4 months, but I don't have any with me...Any chance I could get some sent to me either in a letter or email. I'd LOVE it. (: Second...I have an okay picture of our family, buuut...I wouldn't mind one, CLEAR one haha. Mine that I got printed was fuzzy and blurry. But I'd like one that I could take and get laminated. (:

 

Anywho, I love you all. A couple nights ago I had a moment where I just wanted to go through the pictures I brought with me. Ahhh (: I love it. Truly, I can NEVER hold back any tears when I'm teaching investigators about families and the importance and impact MINE has on ME...I love you all. (: Amores para vosotros! (: Nos vemos en...oy...Casí 16 meses? No sé. I lost count. (:

 

-Hermana Lybbert, Hija, and Amiga. (:

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Hola from Argentinaaa!

9:00 AM Wednesday Morning:

 

Bahaaa. Lo chiste, lo chiste. I joke, I joke. (; Pues, guess what! My departure date was May 6th, annnnd for some reason I'm still here in Provo, UT. Chillin' at the good ol' MTC haha. Wanna hear my story? Well of course ya do!

SO...Last week was insannnne. We had our typical P-day and everything, and that evening we were supposed to get online and do portal stuff. We weren't all sure what was going on with our travel info or anything, but we were getting pretty antsy to know. My companion, Hna. McBride, gets on her portal and just about has a PANIC attack. "Hermana Lybbert LOOOOKKK!!!" Whaaat?! On our portal, it shows what mission we're headed to, and her's had CHANGED. For her re-assignment!! (Obviously none of us have received our visas yet haha). I got so stoked, so I immediately checked mine, ANNND...Nada. No change. We got our entire district together and had to have EVERYONE check their portals. Out of us ten, only 3 had changed to: Boise, Idaho!! Hahaha I love it, and Hna. McBride is WAY stoked. We all continued checking our portals throughout the evening but nothing else. So we all go back to our apartments when the time came for bed and went about our typical nights, plus my companion freaking out and being super stoked. (:

Next Morning. We all get up, and once we realize that our portals could have changed again...DANG. Who knew girls could get ready so fast. (; We all book it to the computer lab, and before we even get there, we see one of our elders jumping and fist-pumping down the hall, yelling: "ORLANDO, FLORIDA, BABYYYY!" Hahaha yes. SO great. Everyone starts checking theirs! Boise, Orlando, California, Seattle, Arizona...I excitedly log on to mine: NADA. Still hadn't changed. I really wasn't bothered by it a whole lot; I was mostly just SUPER stoked for everyone else. It's like a second mission call! So intense. I decided to patiently wait until our travel info came later that day...

We had already had both our classes, eaten dinner, and we were in the middle of doing language study when the intercom suddenly went on in our building, which we had never heard it do in the 5 weeks we'd been here. It said, "Could we please have Sister Lybbert come to the Travel Office? Again, Sister Lybbert, come to the Travel Office."

My district went NUTS.

"YOU GOT YOUR VISAAA! YOU'RE GOING TO ARGENTINA!!" Hahaha as much as I wanted to believe them, I still kept in mind that it was possible that I was not reassigned, and I'd be spending another week here in the MTC...Hna. McBride and I both giddily speed-walk across campus to the Travel Office, come into the Travel Office, and an employee comes up to me, "Sister Lybbert! You haven't seen your reassignment yet, have you??" Me: "Uhhh nope." Worker: "Ah, yup, welll the missions here in the U.S. are getting pretty full, and so they were only able to reassign 140-160 of the missionaries here...Unfortunately, you weren't one of them..."

Yup. Called ittt. So the rest of my district all received their travel info and were scheduled to leave either Monday morning at 4 am or Tuesday morning at 4 am.
Sooo where am I? I finally get the chance to go to the scheduling services, and guess what! I am now a Solo Sister haha. I have pictures, no worries, family. (; It's just a matter of getting to a computer that'll let me load them haha. But now I've got the cool SOLO sticker on my badge and have to be escorted by at least 2 elders everywhere--to class, to gym, to meals, etc. Excepppt...All my elders left! So, lucky me, yesterday was my first day as a solo sister with a district of all elders in my zone. Fortunately, I knew them before, because they're in the class next to us, and we see them all the time. Either way, the elders are fanTAStic. No worries, family. They escort me and are kind of like my own personal bodyguards haha. So legit. They're all awesome, and I've been able to help them in their lessons, TRC, learning Spanish, etc.

Today is my second and final day of being a solo sister haha. It is my P-day, however, and the elders aren't allowed to take me to the temple and to work out and such. So I've been tagging along with a German-speaking group of gals! Haha. Annnd what else? It's their first week and first P-day, so they said they were feeling kind of clueless. I was able to go up and meet them again last night, plan out a bomb P-day, and show 'em the ropes a little bit. They're all wonderful sisters, and I've loved being able to give them some useful tips and advice. (: But it's only for today. We're getting a new district today with 4 hermanas, who will be moving into my empty, lonely room with me. Yayyy! (I can't sleep alone, either, so I've been bunkin' with another gal, going to my mission in Argentina, who also wasn't reassigned). The room truly is a tad depressing, though. The beds are stripped and empty except for mine. Que triste. :/

 

2:30 PM Wednesday Afternoon:

Okay, so I didn't use up all my email time this morning, because I was *hoping* to get my reassignment this afternoon! And y'know what??? California Santa Rosa Mission!!! Whooots! No joke, I was hoping for California haha. I REALLY have been missing it lately. But holy heck! I finally get to go! I don't receive my actual travel plans until tomorrow, but that's alright! I'm stoked! Like I mentioned earlier, I'm a solo sister and spending my P-day with a group of German-speaking gals, but it's entertaining. (: I'll be the first to admit that I REALLY miss my district. They're incredible, and it SUCKED that I could only shake the elders' hands! Gah. Ridiculous. Monday night was probably the hardest, though. It was our last time saying comp/apartment prayer all together, and then I was to take my sleeping stuff and go sleep in a different room. Of course, it was Hna. McBride's turn to say the last prayer...Midway through, it finally hit me. I loved these girls, especially McBride, and I was sad to see them go. Needless to say, when we all looked up at each other at the end of the prayer, it was initially only me crying. Buuut we all know that spreaded a bit. (; Either way, they're great, and I've no doubt they are doing an incredible job out in the field!!

 

So now...This could possibly be my last time emailing until I hit the roads of my glorious California. Whew! I'm SO stokeddd! :D Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Ganandooo. (: Nos vemos y amores!

 

-Hermana Lybbert

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Hola Familia!

Hola, how's it all going?? Just a quick note right from the start, I gotta mention something SUPER quick, which Dad had pointed out to me. I know many of y'all get my blog updates via email whenever they're sent out, but DON'T reply to them! I have it set up to where I have sort of an email address for my blog, and I can just email something to that email, and it gets posted. If anyone replies to those emails, however, it will be posted onto my blog.

OKAY! Sorry, that tidbit just stressed me out a bit. (: The only ones who could have this happen to them is anyone who I have set up to receive those emails, which is you all annnnd maybe grandma haha. So that's why I'm only mentioning it here. Anywho...To Mom and Dad...I have a package I'm sending out today, hopefully. I'm gonna try and get a letter written to put in there, as well, but it's really nothing special. Just my big Preach My Gospels, because I have smaller ones, which are easier to carry around. But I still want my big ones when I come home haha. Annnd a skirt, shirt, and a couple scarves that I haven't worn yet, so I'm sending them home to wear later or to have sent to me when I'm sick of my current clothing. (: So nothing too exciting, sorry. Not much to buy here at the MTC that would be fun to send home haha. But if you could just put the box like...I dno, maybe just in the top of that closet with my other clothing I left for later...That would be helpful. (:

TRISTA: I hope you've gotten my two letters I've sent you! I might just cry if those never got to you. ):

Christian and Audrey: I love the letterssss. (: Today is my day to catch up on letter-writing, so I'll do my best to get that written. (: However, since we don't know if we're being reassigned yet, I'm waiting to send all these letters out. We could be getting out reassignments today, tomorrow...We don't know haha. So I have a small stack of letters, awaiting to be sent with a new address and information. :D Eegads!

Dene': I...think you should have gotten my most recent letter, yeah? Because I thought I sent it out earlier...Haha my brain is dead and can't think momentarily. (: On the bright side, I mentioned you/your letter in one of our lessons the other day. We were teaching on the importance of going to church and how to receive revelation and help while attending church. I gave the brief example you had written in your last letter, how we don't typically go to church to learn some super cool new thing about the church...Sometimes it's just because someone says something in their talk or in a lesson that you REALLY needed to hear that day or it was something that just answered a question you had been looking for...Anywho. It was super cool. (:

West: WHERE ARE YOU?! Why has my big brother disappearedddd?! Joking. (; I know you're working hard, of course. I love and miss you, hermano! Estoy orando para tú y por la familia. Siempre. (:

Whew...Well, in my blog update I mentioned having a teacher come in who had just served in Mendoza, and truly...It was SO great. Told us so many great stories about dogs with "all bark and no bite", the great food and then some not so great and slgihtly sketchy food, bartering in the verdura y fruta marcados, street contacting, and having a bucket with a nozzle as a shower for his first area. (; Baha but I'm an hermana, so I'm likely to never have that. Plus, that was the only time he had that, so it's rare haha. Buuut who knows! We shall see. There's an hermana in our district who just kind of assumes that all things here in the US are going to be her lasts for 18 months: "But you guys! This could be my last cookie and ice cream for the next year and a half! THEY DON'T HAVE COOKIES AND ICE CREAM IN ARGENTINA!" Me: "Hermana...You're going to Argentina...Believe me, they have cookies, and they love ice cream. Chillll." Annnd then we all bust up laughing. (: She's a for-sure city girl and is having troubles imagining living in "poorer areas". Haha she's hilarious. (: Anywho! That was a random tangent...Sorry I'm emailing so early this morning. Our schedules are all changed, so that would be why.

Okie dokes! Wellll I'm out. (: Off to go get my hair cut and put on JEANS. :D Or sweats....Ooooh. I really can't decide. Both are lovely. (:

Nos vemos mi familia (: Envio mi amor para ustedes. (: Amores.

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Comin' Down The Stretch...

Of my last days in the MTC!...We think...Not totally sure yet haha. We don't know what's going to happen yet, but oh well! If I do get reassigned, I'll have the ability to email home/blog (teehee) and update y'all on where I'm headed, buuuut...I don't if I want to do that just yet. (: I'm thinking I may just cause my parents a little bit more stress by telling them once I'm at the airport. Muahaha. Evil daughter, I know. It's great. (: Anywho, I apologize if this update is a tad shorter than usual, but to be totally honest...I don't feel like updating. (: So 'twill be brief! But since our agendas got all rearranged this last week, I'm updating a couple days earlier. So less fun stuff has occurred thus far baha. BUT...Our district is somewhat (completely) crossing our fingers that we get our reassignments either today or tomorrow (EEGADS!), since none of us have our visas yet haha. But hopefully they're in the process. :/ So no, I don't know where I'll be sent yet, or if I'll even be sent elsewhere! I could end up just staying here at the MTC for another few weeks...But I'm slightly hoping that doesn't happen. The MTC is great, but I'm going a little stir crazy. I gotta get out there and TEACH haha. Or just do something.

 

Anywho, this last week really has been a great one! We're thinking we have one more lesson with our "investigators" (AKA our teachers) before we're outta here. So crazy. And a little saddening, because nuestros maestros are INCREDIBLE. We like all for different reasons, but I won't lie and say I don't have favorites haha. Because I definitely do. (: Anywho! This last week was way fun, because we had a "substitute" teacher come in and help us at times. But the real reason he came in to help? Because he found out our ENTIRE district is going to Argentina, and there are 3 of us hermanas going to Mendoza--the mission he JUST came back rfom about 4-5 months ago! SO GREAT. We had some extra time after planning, and he just kinda opened it up for talking, stories, questions...Whaaat?! So fun! And we all learned so much. He kinda comfirmed my assumptions on some things, but surprised me on others haha. He did say that people clap while walking up to doors aroudn Mendoza, so that made me chuckle. (: And he confirmed that it never snowed while he was down there haha. BUT we will be outside the majority of the time, street contacting and such. Money and such wasn't a big deal, it sounded like, so that's helpful. We aren't allowed to carry around any type of bag or backpack, because it makes us look like we have valuables. So Hno. Lounsbery said that all they did was they carried around their scriptures! That's it. (: So that'll be interesting haha. Lots of walking, though. Lots of buses and trolleys. No, of course we don't get a siesta in the middle of the day, we're still out trying to get work done and waking people up from their siestas. (; Baha. But either way, it just got us all SUPER pumped. He said that when we finish our missions and head back to Buenos Aires to fly out, we have the opportunity to go through the temple there, so that will be SO incredible. We will be in Buenos Aires temporarily, is sounds like, just while flying down. Fly into BsAs and then out to Mendoza...Whenever we finally get our visas. (:

 

OH! I thought I'd just apologize for not being able to have gotten pictures up just yet. ): I'm way bummed, because I want to share all this greatness with you all! I've sent my memory card home to see if my parents will be able to get the pictures downloaded and sent to me, but no luck so far. Hopefully soon. **Crossing Fingers**

 

Fun fact. Relief Society here is slightly insane, because ALL the sisters in the MTC meet together for a speaker right after watcing Music & the Spoken Word. But before the speaker got up, one of the presidency wives mentioned that here at the MTC right now (or, at least, right THEN) we had 1,258 sister missionaries. SO insane! And slightly overwhelming haha. But I love it. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm a bit grateful that my district of 10 has a majority of sisters. Our four elders have even mentioned how strange it was to see so many of us as part of their district, yet how much they appreciate it. They don't think they'd be able to handle more elders. (; Annnd I kind of agree with them. :D

 

Whellllp I have several more pictures of sand volleyball, night time moments, doing laundry, and much more, buuuut...Yeah. Stupid camera issues. So lame. I'll keep trying other things. But for now...I'm thinking I might go lay down and take a nap. (: Or just write more letters...We shall see haha.

 

Nos vemos pronto (: Tengo la fe.

 

-Hermana Lybbert

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