FFFAAAMMILLLYYYYY.
HI!
There are just too many things exploding in my mind to write them all, but I will do my very best to let you all know how my first week in the land of the sun has been.
First. We flew out Wednesday morning. When we got to the mission four of the Hermana's were assigned to stay at a senior couples house in San Antonio the first night. Before we went to bed we had a little adventure in the bathroom. I had noticed the toilet might not flush right in the guest bathroom and so I warned my companion not to use it, or at least proceed with caution. So she decided to check it out. The next thing I know she comes running out whispering/yelling "it's flooding! IT'S FLOODING!" and sure enough, the bathroom floor had become a 2 inch lake. It took a while to clean it all up, and I'm sure the senior couple had no idea what they were getting into when they said we could stay there. We didn't either.
We also got to go the the Almo on our first night, I'll have to tell you more about it in a hand written letter. It was cool. Texas pride is real. And big. And I will deffinetly be coming back with a bit. And the sun is GLORIOUS. It is still a little chilly though, weird, and so I get to wear my cardigns for just a little longer. WAHOO.
The next morning we had the transfer conference, and I ended up having to go to austin to actually meet my new companion. There had been rumors of one sister training two sisters, and having a lot of trios in our mission, and I was just lucky enough to be a part of that. So i have TWO companions, Sister Wright is traning both Sister Miller and I. We are serving in San Marcos, which is just a little ways outside of Austin, and we are actually in the YSA ward there. It's a bit interesting being around people my age and having them call me Sister Montgomery. It's also a English speaking part of the mission, so I'm not getting to use my Spanish and whole lot while teaching. But as a companionship we are trying to speak Spanish to each other as much as possible. So let me tell you a bit about my Companions.
Sister Wright: She is the same person as Sharlan. Really. With a little bit of Kaylee Brooks. The same kind of mannerisms and voice fluctuations, and hand motions and her sense or humor as Shar. Sometime I have to look up and rememeber that it's Sister Wright I'm talking to and not Shar, becuase, I'm not kidding, I sometimes think Shar is training me. I guess that's Gods way of making it up to me that I missed Shar's homecoming by a few months. Sister Wright is awesome and energetic and she is so good at teaching us and the investogators.
Sister Miller: She has a huge smile. It's what she is known for. She is so loving at caring, and just connects to everyone. She is also from Washington, up in Bellingham, and what do you know, also went to BYUI. Everyone asks us if we knew each other before we came. And then we have to explain that we are actually rather far part in Washington.
We each bring different aspects to the teaching, and I'm rather glad that I'm teaching the first couple weeks in English. But I do miss Spanish sometimes, and being called "Hermana Montgomery" instead of just Sister Montgomery.
OH. I haven't even told you about our investogators. Real quick.
We have three progressing investogators that came to church yesterday. They are so prepared. EVERYONE is. It's crazy how often we knock on doors and the people are like "It's interesting that you would show up today, I was just praying this morning..." On our first night, the second person that we knocked into, we shared the whole first lesson with and invited her to church and everything, and she was really excited about it. Sister Wright has to keep telling us that it's usually not like this, becuase so many people are just so ready for the message that we have to share.
Time is running out. Always. There is so much to do always, and so little time to do it in. I'm am so thankful for this opportunity to be serving in the Texas San Antonio Mission. I wish I could write you guys everything that I've experienced in just these few short days I've been here.
Life is good. Life is Great. The Gospel is true.
I know it. I live it. I LOVE it.
HERMANA Montgomery
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