Hermana Wride in Panama

¡Buenas todos! ¿Cómo estás?  I was talking to an elder in my district the other day about how when talking about missions, everybody says to "just enjoy it" and "embrace the experience." And i have been trying to, but I have also learned that it's REALLY hard to enjoy something that REALLY sucks sometimes. And dont get me wrong, it has been amazing meeting people and seeing how they have been affected by accepting God in their lives- but its really hard! I mean who likes walking in the blistering heat all day while getting chased down by dogs and ignored, rejected and made fun of by the people we are trying to help?? And on top of that everyone treats you like you have a disability because you don't understand what they're saying? I would definitely much rather be safe at home with my family and watching The Office with a bowl of ice cream- but I'm not. I didn't only sign up for this, but i'm PAYING to be here. And mama didn't raise a qui...

Poco a poco means little by little and is our comp phrase aqui This week was good! It was actually pretty mid but i knew the mission wouldn't be easy so esta bien  Here's an average day in the life of Hermana Wride in panama: -Wake up 6:30 -stare at the ceiling -stretch -get ready -study for a long time but its never actually enough time  -go out and GATHER ISRAEL -lunch -additional study where I try not to fall asleep -go out and GATHER ISRAEL... AGAIN -its very important at this point in my schedule to get as many mosquito bites as possible -come home at 9 -eat dinner -journal and sleep This week was zone conference and we drove over to Panama City! And I got to see the canal! From a bus on a bridge but still i saw it. I love the city and the subway station lol. I got to see some more people from my CCM district! I love them and so it was nice to see them all A few things this week: -learned i don't know how to spell baptize, babtise just looks right  -had chicken and r...

Buenas!  I made it to Panama and it's awesome and super hot I didn't write an email last week because I decided to pack (take a nap) instead, but here it is! My time at the ccm was sooooo fun, lots of pickleball and card games. We also said goodbye to our maestros and said goodbye to all our friends there which was sad. I really miss hanging out with my district all day, but almost my entire district is serving in panama so we still see each other! Some things: I turned 19! our teacher let us have a whole 5 minutes of extra break to celebrate and my district got the entire cafeteria to sing happy birthday to me at dinner lol I also cut my hair the last night at the ccm! It's nice to have short hair in the panamanaian heat but it also poofs up a lot because of the humidity so I look like Lord Farquad half the time but I think its a fashion statement  We dropped off the one girl from my district not serving in panama at the busses at 1 am which was sad to say goodbye then w...

Hey yall p day is technically over and nothing happened this week but I thought it would give updates anyways 1. Watched some trees get cut down which was pretty fire 2. Taught relief society lesson  3. Cut my roommates hair!  4. Devo video from Elder Holland "feed my sheep" made my entire district cry and was so inspiring!  5. Visited the temple  6. Saw Elder Soares! And he gave a devo 7. I leave for Panama a week from today!  Thats pretty much all the highlights and I got to get ready for bed Love you all!  Hermana wride