gracias amigos!
es un milagro...finalmente estoy mejorando con hablando espanol! so it's gotten to the point where i'm speaking spanish so much that i've started to think in spanish...it's the wierdest thing. i think i talked last time about how i feel like i'm living in spanglish - a mysterious place where my spanish isn't all that great, and my english is progressively getting worse too-it's kind of sad. i catch myself every once in a while as i'm talking in english and can't think of a word because the only one that comes to mind is spanish. super wierd. but good i think! although my grammar hasn't gotten all that much better in spanish, i've noticed that it's definitely a lot easier to talk to other people and i'm a lot less scared of making mistakes, which is a huge relief.
so my thanksgiving was VERY different than usual, but sooo good. in the morning we heard from russell m nelson, which was of course an amazing experience. we also had a little thanksgiving program with some music and a dorky little pilgrim/indian skit that was totally hilarious. after that we got to do a service project, where we (all of the missionaries in the mtc) made 8,000 first aid kits that will be sent to the sudan. it was a really great experience to participate in something that would affect so many people.
i've only got a minute left, but i wanted to share a quick thought from our devotional speaker on sunday, elder yamashita of the 70:
-first of all, his wife spoke in VERY broken english, but i still felt so much love and appreciation for her for even trying to speak in a language that she'd only been learning for the last 2 months. it helped me realize that even though i still won't be very good at spanish when i get to chile, i will have god's help, and the people i teach will be able to feel his love through me as long as i'm doing everything i can top be a good missionary.
i also really liked this quote from president hinckley: "yesterday was a good day in my life. every day is a good day in my life. i hope you will make every day a good day in your life." ah! so inspiring! it's MY responsibility to make every day a good one here, in the mission field, and when i get home!
uh oh, time's up.
i love you all. no joke.
hna. wright
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