She'd Def Slap that Missionary too

Alright, everyone shut up and sit down because I'm going to teach you about the first vision. Just kidding, but that is a direct quote from my teacher this week about what NOT to say to investigators. And I almost feel like I'm going to get so nervous in my first lesson that I will say exactly that, but whatever.

As I'm sure many of you know, ya girl is kind of a shopaholic. So literally any free time I have I BEG my mom to take me to a store, any store. So this week, my mom and I went to TjMaxx to get some presents for my cute missionary cousin Olivia. While we were there, we overheard a mom yelling at her young daughter, "a spa is NOT a jungle gym. It's a place where women go to RELAX and be PAMPERED". Important life lessons at TjMaxx.

This week was awesome because we learned so much about how to be a better teacher! There were so many things that I had never even thought of to do/say, but were super helpful. Preach My Gospel (a manual that helps missionaries teach) is a lifesaver. We practiced these skills by teaching an "interested person", aka my teacher with a new Zoom background and an adopted persona. The actual Spanish is a little rough, but it's so cool that we can still have a connection and feel the Spirit. Everytime we have a lesson I get even more excited to actually go out and teach! The three weeks we have left still feels like a million years away, but it also feels like I've only been in the CCM for 5 days hahaha.

I've said it before and I'll probably never stop saying it, but I LOVE my district!! They're all so funny yet have really good spiritual insights and are going to be amazing missionaries. Sometimes we're a little too hilarious for my teachers that they disable our chat though....whoops.

This week, we had to do an hour of gym class with our district. Hermana Cannon and I thought it would be hilarious to get the Elders to do pilates with us. They were skeptical at first, but were red-faced and exhausted after only a 15 minute workout hahaha.

On Sunday, some of the people in my district went up to an Elder's house and we had dinner together!! I'm not sure if games of lying and deceit are missionary appropriate, but it's fine because I totally SMOKED everyone in Secret Hitler.

A few times a week, we do a big Zoom call with about 300 missionaries on it. These meetings are one of the most boring things in my entire life, but not this week. We watched some scenarios of "bad" missionary behaviors and then analyzed them. One of the Elders in my district dared me to respond to one of the teacher's questions in a Southern accent. Mama ain't raise no sissy, so I did it. And IMMEDIATELY everyone in the Zoom chat freaked out about my accent. One person even said, "oh you can tell she'd def slap that missionary too". 
Which brings me to my point that Southern accents are apparently aggressive in Utah?! I was talking with my companion and said I did it to have angry people be on my side at work, but she goes, "oh I can totally see why, that's so intimidating!". So note to self: no Southern accents on my mission.

If you made it this far, congratulations!! Your reward is my everlasting love and affection.

1. cool kids get their chat disabled

2. a "discouraged" district gathering

3. my take on what judgement day looks like 




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