Mamacita!!
mamacita and friends and everyone i know and love!! what a crazy week!! i will try and explain it all on this french keyboard at the church in GUADELOUPE&!!!!!! yes im in guadeloupe!!!!
so first offsyies. the last 2 days in the MTC were a party with me and the district that i love from all over the world!! oh i love them! then our flight was monday morning at 330 am and it was just a long day of traveling! so we went to TRINIDAD for the first night; ive been to TRINIDAD! haha trinidad is great thats whre the mission home is which is where the mission president lives and the apès are and stuff. anyways so customs was crazy in trinidad but we all made it through and went right to bed; then the next day was orientation with the pres and he was awesome! it was super hot (my hair was already in a bun on top of my head) but it was great! and i know i joke about it a lot but i really was jet lag that day haha i was EXHAUSTED. but it was alll good and my president is so great. he loves us so much and i love him!
so then my flight to guadeloupe wasnt til thursday so i had all day wed to just do nothing! they didnt even tell us to go contact people or anything me and the other sister that got surprise called to speak french just hung out in trinidad, studying french i guess? then we went to the mission office and found some sisters so we went out with them to see the new area they were opening: so we got to see some of trinidad! trinidad is great! the people here rock! its weird being the minority as a white person haha
so then thursday we left for guadeloupe but because our first flight was late we missed our connecting flight and ended up staying the night in BARBADOS!! hahaha ive been to bardbados! all free! we got dinner and breakfast and everything; there were 4 other people with us so we all became friends that was cool but i woke up on valentines days in barbados!!
finally i made it to guadeloupe friday!! and we went straight to work! oh my goodness thankfully!! i was feeling so useless and pointless in my limbo in trindad and barbados haha but we went to work friday and saturday!!
oh my goodness so my life now!! my real life in guadeloupe!! it rocks. my area is called goyave and its so great. OH!!!! important part of the story!! my trainer is sister eyre!! who, yes, i like kinda know and is lizs friend!!! oh my goodness i was so excited when i found that out pres mehr told me right when i got in the car and i just about screamed! she rocks! shes the missionary i want to be and we are just going to work so hard together and this transfer there will be miracles i know it! we both know it! we are both so excited and pumped i cant wait!
but ya so my place is SO NICE we just like leave the doors and windoows open all day everyday oh i love it so much i could cry. and thats what everyone does here! doors are just always left open! something thats so cool is that if they have a gate you just stand in front of it and yell "tuh tuh tuh!!" and they'll come out. oh i love it! so its hot yes. i wear sunscreen and bugspray everyday but so far my wardrobe is great for the west indies and i love it!
my french. not too bad!! better than i thought itd be!! their accent is not that hard to understand. if the spirit is really strong in the lesson i can understand everything thats going on. sometimes i dont catch everything but mostly i get it! and speaking is still a little scary but i just try not to think about it because the lord really has prepared me and i know i'll learn QUICKLY with his help.
so fri and sat i was just kinda getting my bearings but we planned our week last night and i know most of our amis (we call investigators amis de l'eglise or friends of the church- so much better than the word investigator!!) and im so excited to work really hard this week! its still a little scary with the language but im just trying not to let that get in my head because i got this! im here to work and i know i can do this!
sorry this was so long but so much has happenned!! i love my mission and i love my life im really excited for this week and this transfer because miracles are coming. i know it.
Sister Tenney
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