Week 5: MTC (Last email from America!)

Best package!!! Thank you!!

Thanks mom and dad!!

Andie thank you for the letter!

Lyon and africa

crazy soeur russell

adie thank you for the package!! Bridger your letter was awesome!! i can't wait to go to the beach either!!

Haha can you believe it?! This is my last email from the US of A for the next 17 months! This time next Monday I will be on a plane heading to France!I can not express my gratitude and love for all of you! i have had so much love and support I am just so thankful! Your pakages, letters and prayers have been so AMAZING! Merci!!
We got our travel plans on Friday, Looks like Monday is that day! You can see where I'll be going form the flight plan pictures! It is so real. I am nervous of course, but at the same time I am so excited, through the roof!
This week has been a great week! The gift of tongues is real. I still don't know too much, but I sure do know alot more than I did 5 weeks ago and for that I am so grateful. And it is not about me anyways, even if i had perfect french it wouldn't be enough to convert people. I have thought about this a lot. You know i won't be able to just rattle of whatever come to my mind, but that isn't my goal, my goal is to let those people know that I love them, because i do love them. I already love them . My french may not be great, but I can smile and look them in the eye and do my best and allow the Lord to take care of the rest! 

I have thought a lot about becoming a missionary this week and what it means to me. Getting my call was great and was so exciting, but really being amissionary requires a choice every minute of everyday to do the Lords will. If you dont choose to be a missionary in all of you actions then you can be on a mission, but not really be a missionary, if that makes sense? I want to always choose to be a missionary! I think this applies to all of us as members of His church, we must always be mindful of who we are as His children!

I have gotten so close to all the Soeurs in my district! it feels like I have 5 companions haha, we have such an amazing time together, we work hard and there is so much unity between us I love it! I am going to miss them so much! This week we were trying to explain the Holocasut for some reason to Soeur Bounanotte and we said the word Jews, she got really quite, then a minute later said "Oh Jews, Like orange Juice", the topic reall isn't funny, but I could talk to her all day she kills me! She wants visitors in Italy when we all get home, so jot that down in your planner ;)haha ! Right now though I am thinking a lot about my trainer, Pray for her please, she is going to have her hands full with me haha... i love her already and will serve her anyway that I can!

Mom i culdn't send this email with out giving a big shout out to you! I will miss being there with you on Mothers day so much! I love you more than words can expresss. This will be the first Mothers Day in 20 years with out you?! What in the World, that is weird!! But  Mom Please know that I love you, ALWAYS know this. you have done, and continure to do so much for me. You don't know how many times i think of you throughout the day, youve been the perfect example of selflessness i could have ever hoped for! I am so excited to talk to you on Monday and wish you a Happy Late Mothers Day:) I love you! Happy Mothers day to all the moms that have been so good to me! i love you all! 

To all of you in America, i love you so much! Thank you for all of your support! This church is true. Heavenly Father knows and loves each of us individually. If the stress you are carrying is too much to handle, turn it over to our Savior Jesus Christ, He is waiting with open arms for you to seek Him. I know this is true. I'm not sure when I will get to email again maybe next week, maybe the next, until then you are in my prayers! I love you all!!