The next day we ate breakfast and we were off!
I am OFFICIALLY in New York!! I arrived in the Rochester airport at 4:40 in the pre-evening on Monday June 17, 2013 :) :) :) My wonderful mission president Christianson and his beautiful wife met the very few of us at the airport and were there to greet us! I loved them instantly! We got our bags (mine were still alive!) haha and we were on our way to the mission home :) When we arrived at the mission home we had such a WONDERFUL meal.. oh my word I was so grateful! 7 weeks of MTC food was definitely a part of the MTC I don't miss :P We had Cafe Rio homemade and I was in heaven the whole meal! All 8 of us sisters were just talking about how happy it made us the whole time! We then went in the basement and had an orientation meeting. That was LONG and we were all just exhausted! When it finished we were able to bring our bags in or just what we needed for the night. Luckily I just needed my carry-on :) We all fit comfortably. There was only ONE elder! There were two others but they are visa waiters. They slept upstairs and the sisters slept in the basement. We had to fill out all of our driving paperwork and such and THEN the president interviewed us all. By the time we got to sleep it was almost midnight :/ boo... haha...
This was LITERALLY the best way to start off my mission in the field! We went straight to the Joseph Smith family farm!!! WOAH!!! The president and his wife took us on a little tour. We went upstairs in the log home where the angel Moroni appeared to Joseph and we had a testimony meeting.. :) the spirit was so strong and so beautiful :) How blessed I am. We then went into the Sacred Grove!! :) You already saw a picture from the mission president :) I have to tell you.. that was incredible. Everywhere you walked you could picture that 14 year old boy kneeling under a pillar of light... I was just in awe of the spirit in there. We got 15 minutes to ourselves to pray and ponder.. I can tell you right now. This gospel is so so so true! I can tell you that so strongly now. I have a long way to go but I know this gospel is the true gospel and I know Joseph Smith saw Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ in that grove of trees.. how blessed we are to have this truth in our lives now!
After the Grove, we went to Hill Cumorah!!! :D We didn't get to go up to the hill... (still haven't gotten to...) We had transfer meeting at the base of the hill :) I was so sad when The Christianson's gave their farewells.. they leave July 2nd. After the meeting, I GOT MY COMPANION!!! Ready for it?!?! Her name is Sister Astorga! SHE IS A NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKER!!! She is from Guatemala! (For those of you in my district, SHE IS HERMANO GALVEZ'S COUSIN!!) So basically, my companion is spectacular and I love her to death and we just have so so much fun together :) here's another crazy bit of info... I am the DRIVER! hahaha yeah crazy... since she's from Guatemala.. I need to drive. She is a great navigatrix though haha :) our apartment is 45 minutes from the sites :) So I drive lots and lots. Our area is Brighton- Spanish speaking. I have not yet been in our area yet.. so I haven't met any of our investigators yet.. No spanish. Yet.. haha Though I am pro at my English! :P
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