Ola!!
YOU GUYS I LEAVE FOR THE FIELD IN 5 DAYS. Am I ready? LOLS NO. But I dont
think anyone is ever really ready. Its like when you just throw your 3 year old
in the pool and say "swim!! And do it with the spirit too!!" Ok not actually,
but it kind of feels like that.
There is still SO much i have to learn, sometimes when i flip through the
dictionary i get overwhelmed by all the words i dont know in this language. But
it's a coming!
OK HEY MOM, I thought it would entertain you to know that I still
"scream-sneeze" and it still scares the pants off of everyone around me. I did
it after a devotional in front of the whole CTM and it was freaking funny, but
its okay, at this point im used to getting those "wait that was you???" looks
after I sneeze.
Inside look into mine and Sister Mcknight's relationship: the other night
we were in the bathroom getting ready for bed, and she was all finished, so i
asked her if she could brush my teeth for me while i finished scrubbing my face.
And she did. It was a beautiful moment of companionship service :-)
We also came up with the best ice breaker question ever: if you were to
film a music video taking place in a public restroom, what song would it be to?
My choices were "grandma got runover by a reindeer" (classic) and "partition" by
beyonce. Other answers included: love the way you lie, cheerleader, the star
spangled banner, and so on. SO if you want email me your answers!!! hahaha or
not...........
HERES THE THING: My district is a freaking hoot. We have so much fun
together its ridiculous. It makes it difficult to "Jejum ingles" (english
fast=no speaking english) when were all together because we just tell so many
stories and have such a ball.
There's a whole district of brazilians going to Santa Maria with me!!
everytime the elders see me we all just yell "SANTA MARIA!" and it's a good
time. I also have this district of elders that likes me because they think it's
cool that im from california, so every time they see me they say "hang loose"
and we do that hand signal back and forth to eachother. It's funny because
mcknight is always like "HEY IM HERE TOO" and she calls them my "posse".
OK so in one of our devotionals, the speaker shared this really amazing
quote and that i want to share with y'all too:
"The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance
there is to our souls. We become more significant individuals as we serve
others. We become more substantive individuals as we serve others-indeed it is
easier to "find" ourselves because there is so much more of us to find" -
President Spencer W. Kimball
I love that! I definitely do not want to be the same person when I come
home as I was when i left. I want that substance, that pure love of Christ to
guide my life and my actions. Being a missionary is so amazing because i have 18
months to focus on the needs of others, not myself. So that is my message for
this week. Serve and love everyone and Christ would, and you will find that when
you fill your heart with Christlike love, something wonderful happens in your
heart and in your life.
Bouta jejum ingles for 17 months,
Sister Lipps
PS I don't think ill have another pday until next next monday, so ill talk
to y'all in 12 days!
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