Hola Familia!
I love you soooo much!! And I miss you and sometimes I catch myself thinking that I can't wait for class to end so I can go home and hang out with you guys...then I remember I'm in the CCM and that going home actually means going to the building next door. Not quite as exciting. Oh well. I can understand what Brady is saying about the CCM feeling like a prison, because I kind of feel the same way. I think it's especially hard becuase BYU is right here and all my friends are there and we can hear the bell tower ringing. I'll be really excited to finally get to DC. Which, by the way, will be so soon! Since I'm in the advanced class, we're only here for three weeks. My companera got her travel plans yesterday and she leaves on November 7th. I haven't gotten mine yet, but I imagine it will be the same. If so, it means we leave the CCM at 3:00 in the morning. Gross.
I resent Brady's comment about packing. I just have way more cute clothes to pack than him. Tell him that at least my letters are more than a paragraph! Anyway, last Saturday's letter was kind of an accident. We had half of a P-day to do laundry and we assumed we could email too, but we learned after the fact that we were actually supposed to wait until today. Oops. It's okay though, it all worked out. This week started out really nice. It was about 70 degrees and sunny so we went outside and played soccer on the fields. That was especially good. I even have some battle wounds that make me look tough. And then, all of a sudden, we woke up yesterday morning, and it was snowing!! I am definitely not ready for that yet. This morning when we went to the temple, there was a little bit of snow on the ground too. Hopefully it melts. The temple was really nice though and it was a really spiritual experience. We had to be there at 6:30, which means that we wake up earlier on our P-days than any other day. Kind of ironic if you ask me.
There are 11 people in my district, and I'm really starting to love them. It kind of makes me sad that in two weeks we will be leaving and going all over the world, because we've had so much fun and we've learned so much together. I wish everyone were coming to DC. I also ran into Alyse Nelson on Wednesday. She lives just around the corner from me on my floor. She seems to be doing really well, so you can tell her parents that she's still alive.
I have a funny story for you. So on Sunday when we were all sleeping peacefully in our beds, the fire alarm randomly went off in our building at about 6:00. Of course we all had to evacuate and we had no idea what was going on. So we were all there, waiting outside the building in our jammies, freezing, when we realized that every single sister had her nametag on. Some didn't even grab sweatshirts, but they all had their nametags. Those little black pieces of plastic have truly become out identity here. And it's really something special to have your name right next to that of JesuCristo.
I also wanted to tell you, Mom, that I've gotten so many compliments on the skirts that you've made. Like more on those two than on all of the rest of the clothes combined. And the wool skirt is so warm. And soooo cuuuuute! You're the best. And everybody wants to give me their measurements so that you can make them skirts too! I was wondering, if you had time, if you could find my gray striped maxi skirt and maybe hem it so it would hit me right below midcalf. I saw a girl wearing one almost identical to mine with boots and it was super cute. And I feel like I don't have enough skirts. I have waaaaaay too many shirts though, I'll probably be sending some home. Also, could you find out about replacing the soles on my tall brown boots? My gray boots fall down and hurt my feet. I'm hoping that will get better.
So I wanted to tell you a few things I've learned at the CCM. Probably most important, I've learned how to shower. Just kidding. But really, I think I've almost pefected the art of a quick shower. And also the body rinse when you don't want to get your hair wet. And as a side note, even the showers are spiritual here! Every time I'm in the shower it's like we have an official MTC shower choir! I also stepped out of my comfort zone and sang in teh chooir for devotional! Alto! Also, having a companion is hard work. It's hard to be together for every single second of the day, and it's also hard to make personality types and different views of life mesh. But I'm learning how to trust her and how to be a companion and I think it might be getting easier. I'll let you know next week. Everyone is singing hymns and harmonizing and it's kind of weird to be harmonizing with someone while you're in the shower, but whatever. You're only in the CCM once. But what I've really learned is how much we really need to depend on the Lord, He can make us so much better than we are by ourselves.
The food here is sub par. It kind of gives me a tummy-ache and you just cook so much better, mom. I miss all the yummies you make. And I try really hard not to eat dessert. It's not that hard, because it never looks that good. Except for ice cream night.
Well I'm out of time. I love you soooo much!!
xoxo
Hermana Simpson
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