My FIRST TRANSFER! So exciting!! We were all in the VC the night when they call you and tell you if you are getting transferred or not, so like all 20 of us in the VC were freeeaaaking out! We wanted the night to end so badly so we could finally find out where we were going. It was funny because our District Leaders had to stay up till 11 in order to call us and tell us what was going on. They are so nice :) HERE'S THE NEWS: I am GETTING TRANSFERRED! AND GUESS WHAT?! My new companion is from Malaga, Spain..no joke. I freaking love her!! She is only one transfer older than me haha So I hope she isn't freaking out too much that she is the senior companion. She is super excited to teach me real Spanish and prep me for Spain. There truly is a reason why I am here in Mesa. I am now a FULL FIELD SISTER!!! I am no longer in the VC AND we are on BIKES! YES!!!! I am actually super excited about that. I haven't exercised at all since I've been here because the VC is the most exhausting thing ever so we pretty much just sleep while doing "crunches" every morning. It is impossible. I cannot live on a college student sleep schedule as a missionary. Ain't gonna work. I am suuuuper sad to leave my comp, Hna Sordes :( We have had such a blast these last few weeks and have been great together. She has taught me so much and I love her to death. I am super excited to get out of the VC though haha I am going to miss the sisters there SO MUCH though. There are like 24 sisters there and I have become best friends with every one of them. I am so grateful that I was able to work there and make 24 new best friends :) They are so great.
News on our area: all baptisms fell through BUT our investigators are still pretty dang solid AND we found 2 new investigators who are so gonna get baptized in two seconds. They are awesome. We had 4 ish investigators at church yesterday...score! I am going to miss my branch so much. I love them. Even though I barely had conversations with them, I am going to miss all of them so much. They were so kind and gave me hugs and were super sad that I was leaving. That made me so happy :) My first area was super awesome now that I look back at all of it. I have learned SOOO MUCH is just 5 weeks. Crazy crazy.
News from VC fun: Sean Daly, guess what! I ran into a guy FROM POLAND! I was just dying and was wishing that you were there to speak Polish with him. He was SUPER COOL! I was just lovin him. He was like in his 50's and had the thickest accent ever haha I loved it! He has been in the U.S. for the past 15 years though so his English is pretty dang good. I was telling him all about you, Sean! He was a member and he read some of the Book of Mormon in Polish to me haha and I told him the only thing I could say was, "Gindobre"...however you spelled that. He was very impressed ;) ....not haha. He was funny because I asked him if he misses Poland at all...his answer, "Heck no!!" hahaha crazy old man. I can totally see that those Polish people are totally your people, bro :) I also ran into an 18yr old guy that was leaving this Wednesday for the MTC for Poland!! I continued to give him the best advice I could about Poland and I passed on him that he should learn funny jokes in Polish so that the people will like him. I tried to think what you would say to him, Sean. lol He was super cool and I can tell that he'll be an awesome missionary. So, there are some fun Polish stories for ya! I have ran into soooo many Europeans at the VC that barely speak English. I have seen people from Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Romania. All of them were like the coolest people I have ever met. I cannot wait to get to Europe. They are my favorite people!!
New from the Mansion :)...So, get this...the people we live with, The Bauden's, are like famous. I had no freakin idea...Mom, you may know him- Clyde Bauden. He is a freaking genius with the piano. Holy crap. He is number 4 on iTunes, says Sis. Bauden. His Christmas album is AMAZING! They gave us some of their songs that are mission appropriate...promise haha and I have been listening to them non-stop. Clyde Bauden performed at the VC with his two vocalists, Michelle Boyer and Freddy somethin...I think haha. They were outstanding. So there ya go, I live with freaking billionaires that are beating Justin Bieber on iTunes. He was just below Ceilo-Green. CRAZY! I finally got to see into their house last night when we went to congratulate them on being so awesome. Wow, I felt like I was walking into Bill Gates house or somethin haha so much fun.
I am sad to say goodbye to the mansion house and the Bauden's and Hna Sordes...and the VC (just the sisters lol). But, I am SO EXCITED to be on bike, being full field, WITH my fellow Malaga native :) She is freaking awesome- Hna Sanchez is her name. She is the funniest girl in the world and I love her Spanish so much. I can't wait to learn it :) No more of this Mexi Spanish ;)
What I learned this week: Be bold when teaching the Gospel. Don't whisper it or be hesitant, DECLARE IT! My fav scripture - 3 Ne 5:13...I hope...We are all desciples of Jesus Christ and that means we ALL have to declare his word...not just the missionaries :)
Only 8 more days till skyping!! I will email you more about that. THANK YOU for the Christmas letters, Uncle Bob, Kristen, and mom :) and lysh (if she did the shutterfly). I LOVED THEM! They made my life. Thank you so much. I love you all and miss you very very much! Serve others! Especially, during this Christmas time.
Love,
Hna Daly
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