Sometimes Love is Loud:)

Hola Familia!

WOW! I can't believe that it has already been a week since my last P-Day and already been 4 days since I talked to you guys on Mother's Day! That was such a cool experience and I'm so glad that I got to talk to you guys! The time went by WAY too fast but I'm glad I at least got to talk for half an hour! I loved hearing your voices! So right after a hung up I got up and I looked at Hermana Chatwin and I was like, "That was wierd, I feel like it was just a dream." So then we were walking back to our classroom and I was like it seriously feels like hours since I called my family, it doesn't even feel like I called them. The mission does weird thing to your brain.. things that actually happen seem like dreams and dreams seem like real life. It's some crazy stuff!

So, I'm pretty sure that our district as broken the record for most apostles seen in the MTC! This last Tuesday Devotional we had L. Tom Perry for our speaker! It was insane!! So that makes it 5 apostles in the 4 weeks I have been here. That is unheard of apparently! They like to spoil us! 

Tomorrow I will have been in the MTC for a whole month! WOW! I don't know if that feels like a realistic amount of time here or if it feels like I've been here longer or shorter.. Every day is different! But we should be getting our travel plans tomorrow!! I only have a week and a half left in the MTC and then I get to go on my mission :) I always talk about things that I'm going to do when I get on my mission (in Mexico). For example, "Guys, Can you imagine how much better it's going to be when we're actually on our missions?" and people always look at me weird and are like, "Hermana Huff, you know that you're on your mission right now, right?" But they don't understand. It doesn't feel like I'm actually on a mission at this point. I'm just in my Pre-mission learning stage where I learn how to teach and speak the language and then when I'm actually in Mexico (IN 2 WEEKS) that's when my mission actually begins even though I'll be a month and a half into my mission. CRAZY!!

But Hermana Madsen and I are becoming a stronger companionship! It is taking much longer than I want it to but she is starting to improve on her Spanish and we are actually teaching together! WOO HOO! I challenged her to stop using notes to teach her parts of the lesson and she actually did it! I was so proud! It's so much easier to follow the Spirit and feel the Spirit when you're not reading notes off a paper. Our lessons have improved so much since the beginning of this week! It's a miracle!
 

All 3 of our investigators have accepted baptismal dates so that was a huge confidence boost for Hermana Madsen! I was so grateful for that! So during our lesson with Samuel earlier this week we invited him to be baptized and Hermana Madsen was super nervous because I made her extend the invitation and so she finishes reading the question off the paper and he sits there and is like yes, I want that. And she gasps and starts laughing! It was fantastic, she was so happy haha! And so of course I start laughing because she was so surprised by his yes and I thought it was hilarious and Samuel is just sitting there with such a confused look on his face and he's like, "Are you Hermanas okay?" And I was like "YES! we're just super excited for you" and Hermana Madsen is just covering her mouth and nodding. It was fantastic. She had such a huge smile on her face for the rest of that day and her confidence definitely increased after that experience and she was more prepared for when the other two accepted baptism. There was no gasping on her part :) Heavenly Father knew what she needed, and what I needed too!

So Hermana Treanor loves Camp Rock and High School Musical and pretty much every cheesy musical that I love so there are sometimes in the day where we just break out into song and dance and put on a mini talent show for our district and sometimes even the cafeteria. Actually that is a funny story. So one day I'm coming back to my seat in the cafeteria getting salad and Hermana Treanor points at me and starts singing this me from Camp Rock and so of course I have to sing Joe Jonas's part and so then she gets up and starts dancing so I have to start dancing with her and we're in the middle of the cafeteria singing and dancing (you're not supposed to dance at the CCM) and everyone is looking at us like we're so strange and so we finish the song and sit down and one of the cafeteria workers comes over and is like "Hermanas, we like to keep it reverent in the cafeteria so please refrain from singing and dancing" so now we can't sing or dance in the cafeteria... It's a real shame. And sometimes I laugh really loud when people tell me funny things, you guys all ready know this, and they come over and are like quiet dignity Hermanas. I think we get that every single meal time.. It's a great time :) We're great at being quiet! Our district motto is "sometimes love is loud" and it totally fits us!

But I love you all!! I'm doing great! I've got the Lord to help me and the Holy Ghost to be my guide! I got a new bed so I'm sleeping better :) (I had to sweet talk the maintenance guys to switch my mattresses but it worked :)) I'm eating. I'm laughing. I'm smiling. It's a great life here but I can't wait to leave for my mission :) Hope everything is great at home!! Actually I know it is because you guys write me letters every day which I absolutely love!! Keep going! I'm the most loved missionary at the MTC. Actually in the Whole World! I love it :) And I love you guys!

Love,

Hermana Huff :)

Outside the temple :)

 

I found this weird tree bush thing

 

They let us walk to the BYU Sacred Gifts exhibit and it was my chance to escape :)

​I don't know what this is but we found it on one of our walks!

They are re roofing our classroom for the first picture and stuff always falls off the roof into my hair..

The first one it was so windy that a tree fell over!

And the second one I'm wearing Amy and my name tags :) So precious!

Spanish for missionaries! Different languages are hard :P

 

Tengo un SURPRISE para ustedes! (I have a surprise for you!)

Hola Familia!

 

So guess what! I won the prize for being the best missionary at the CCM and so now I get to call home on Mother's Day! Just kidding about the best missionary part BUT I do get to call home on Mother's Day!! This is the first time in the history of the world that missionaries at the MTC get to call home. I guess our group is pretty special or something... What am I saying, Of course we are special! We are the best group of missionaries in the history of the world, obviously! (No offense to all the other missionaries in the history of the world). But seriously, I don't know why they are letting all of us call home but Sunday I will be calling you guys at 2:30 pm! Mom, just Dear Elder me who to call. I'm so excited!!

 

This week went by SOO fast! I can't believe that it's already Thursday! WOW. It feels like yesterday was just Sunday. But I guess time flies when you're serving the Lord! But also time feels so slow when you're at the MTC! I have been here 3 weeks and a day and it feels like I never had a life before the MTC. A Mission is like the Plan of Salvation. The MTC life is like Earth Life and Pre-MTC life is like Pre-mortal life and life after the mission is like eternal life . I'm told I had a life before the MTC and I can read about it in my journal and I know I had a life before the MTC but sometimes it's hard to realize that I wasn't always a missionary. I wasn't born in the MTC, I was sent here to grow and to gain experience,  I have parents back home and if I do all the things that are required of me I can return to live with you guys again. I'm sorry for that analogy, I feel like a big nerd now :) But that's what a mission does to you I guess!

 

I am having fun! I started meeting new people every day and making friends and that is what gets me through the day! The language is coming along and I am still trying to help Hermana Madsen become confident in her teaching and language so I always am busy! Sometimes it is frustrating because she has a different life style than I do but I am definitely learning patience and that's what I asked for! Amy wasn't lying, when you ask Heavenly Father for something, he will give it to you. I just wish he would've just made me patient right away, instead of making me work for it, but it's called missionary work for a reason! 

 

So, prepare yourself to be extremely jealous. On Tuesday Jeffery R. Holland came and talked to us at our Evening Devotional! Oh my heavens it was SO incredible! He has this amazing way of making you feel so good about feeling so bad about yourself. The whole time I was sitting there listening thinking, "I don't know whether to feel scared that he is yelling at us or privileged." I decided to go with the privileged thought! He was so emotional and funny and serious and demanding and nice all at the same time and I don't know how he does it! He talked about how his mission meant EVERYTHING to him and how he would find us, come after us, and beat us up if he ever found out we weren't taking this work seriously. I don't know about anyone else but I wouldn't even be upset if Elder Hollland beat me up. I would feel honored, but also horrible about myself. Gosh, I don't know what to feel when I'm around him. But I decided that I would rather not have Elder Holland beat me up and I want my mission to mean EVERYTHING to me also. 

 

He also talked about how we are inviting people to come unto Christ but we can't do that unless we are there with Christ. The Verb is Come which means I have to already be converted unto Christ before I try to convert others. I can't say Go unto Christ. I want to be there with Christ and also, Go unto Christ just sounds lame. He talked about how Preach My Gospel was created to convert the Missionaries. That is the purpose of that book. It converts the missionaries and shows them the What and we have to figure out the How. 

 

So Hermana Traenor started doing this thing where she tries to scare me all the time and I must say it is hilarious, but she does this freaky voice and comes up behind me and strokes the back of my arm and I freak out every time. I can't help it! Last Night I was in my room, with the door closed (or so I thought) and I was getting ready for bed, I was facing the wall and about to put my pajamas on when I feel this stroke and hear this voice. I screamed, jumped on my bed and rolled into this ball and I just laughed for like 5 minutes. I also cried but that was from laughing so much. She is so funny! I love all the Hermanas in my district, I couldn't survive without them!

 

I love being here! I love being on a spiritual high all the time! I love this gospel and I love bringing joy to other people's lives. I can't imagine coming home. Even though I'm not out in the field, yet, I already love my mission, and I'm sure I'm going to love being in the field more and I can't wait! 2 and a half more weeks and then I'm in Mexico! WOO HOO! I love my Savior and Heavenly Father. I KNOW this church is true and I KNOW that the only way we can gain eternal life is through Christ and his Atonement. I KNOW Christ lives and that he knows me and knows how to help me. I'm so grateful for the Holy Ghost. I never realized it before but we can have a member of the Godhead with us at all times if we live worthily. I think sometimes we take the Holy Ghost for granted but he is a member of the Godhead and I love having him as my constant companion. 

 

I love you and I'm glad you guys are doing so well!! I love you and miss you but not enough to come home :)

 

Like Nehemiah said while he was building the wall, I cannot stop for I am doing a great work.

Talk to you Sunday! Oh by the way, I only have an hour!

 

Love,

Hermana Huff :) 

 

Okay! Picture Time!!

​​I don't know if I have sent these pictures yet, but yeah! If I have just ignore them but don't really because I'm your daughter and you shouldn't ignore anything about me. LOVE YOU ALL



Mirror Selfies...



This is how we look at night... Aren't we so attractive?!



This is how Hermana Chatwin and I sit every night while we write in our Journals. I'm so grateful for her!



Hermana Traenor said she never went to prom so my bear asked her and we made her a corsage out of a butter packet. She had a great time :) They danced all night and looked into each other's eyes. They'll probably get married.



They changed the doorknob on the bathroom door so I don't get stuck anymore!!



It's raining again... Utah is SO bipolar. No me gusta! Do you like my frowning attempt?



It's supposed to be getting hotter not colder! It feels like winter here!

 

First P-day letter! Count the Little Victories

Hola familia!

   Thank you so much for the letters! They seriously make me feel so much better about myself while I read them! And a huge shout out to Emily and mom for writing me almost every day and also eric and kenzie for multiple letters and A PACKAGE! I feel so loved :) I have survived a whole week in the MTC!! It feels like I have been in this place forever! Life back home feels like a dream and it also feels like I will never leave this place! Pero, I am enjoying myself! I have 6 girls in my district and we have gotten so close it's nuts! We laugh so much together and we help each other through the rough days. We get told all the time to not laugh so loud in the cafeteria but sometimes we can't help it!

   I almost killed off my first companion this week which was exciting but they called in the big guns and the district president convinced her to stay. She doesn't really talk to me at all so I had no idea that she was having such a rough time! But I have tried to serve her in ever way that I can and be patient with her and learn to love her! I think I'm doing pretty good! 

   The first day of the MTC was SO frustrating because the teachers talk only in Spanish and I had no idea what I was doing and I wasn't connecting with my companion but I was so glad that I was with my district because they made me laugh when I wanted to scream! I met some sisters in the airport in phoenix and they gave me such hope that I would have a companion that I connected to well with but it was almost the opposite! I do love my companion though! She is hard working and she tries really hard. She has a rough time with the Spanish! But she is improving! Our moto is to count the little victories! 

   We taught our first lesson on the 3rd day of the MTC which was so frustrating because I had so many things I wanted to say but I had no idea how to say them in Spanish! And also , I couldn't understand a lot of what our investagador said. Pero, fue bien! Hermana Madsen is super shy and is not confident in spanish so I taught pretty much the whole lesson which is good because I get a lot of practice but I had no help from her so I just wung it y el don de lenguas. The gift of tongues (I'm translating cause grandma can't speak spanish) is so incredible! In every lesson I have at least a couple questions that Daniela asks that I haven't prepared for and I ACTUALLY CAN ANSWER them! I love the gift of tongues, I would be a mess without it! 

   So we taught Daniela Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday. We were supposed to have a lesson on Tuesday also but Hermana Madsen wanted to call her parents so we had to cancel on Daniela. I just wanted to make Hermana Madsen happy so I pretty much did anything that she needed the first couple days.

   Hermana Madsen had a meeting with the district president yesterday and so we had to make the long trek to the Main campus but we got to eat lunch there and now I know why everyone gets fat in the MTC!! The main campus cafeteria is HUGE and there is so much food... I'm so glad that we are on the West campus! The west campus is for all the Spanish speakers so I'm surrounded by Spanish all day which I am grateful for! The west campus cafeteria is like 4X smaller than the Main campus and the food portions are smaller. Mom, I promise I eat every meal! Don't worry about me until I get to the mission field! :) 

   Every day is the same. We eat breakfast then we have class, then we eat lunch and go to gym, then we have class, then we eat dinner, and we have class then we go to bed. Which is another reason that people get fat in the MTC! We literally eat then sit for 4 hours every day. Thank goodness for gym time! We are in a classroom for 12 hours a day and then eating pretty much the rest of the time! I will not get fat though. You can quote me on that!

   I'm so proud of you all for doing the triathlon! Now you're ready for one like I did! Yes? Chiste! (joke) 

   On Sunday we got to listen to President Uchtdorf talk to us for our devotional!! It was sooooo good! You guys should all be insanely jealous! Also, he came to the west campus and came to the cafeteria to meet all the Spanish speakers and I got to shake his hand!! It was so soft. Sunday was the most tiring day because it was the most spiritual and having the spirit with you always is SO tiring! How would've thought! But I'm so glad that I was here for Easter, it was so special.

   On Tuesday we got to hear Elder Oaks talk to us for our devotional and that was so good also pero I didn't get to shake his hand. 

   But I'm so glad that I'm here and I know it is where Heavenly father wants me to be and He knows me so well! There are certain things that have happened that I think, "Oh Heavenly Father knows exactly what I need." I can feel my testimony growing every day and I have such a love for my Savior and this gospel. 

   I love you guys so much and thanks for the support and love and LETTERS!! Send me a lot of letters! 

Love,

Hermana Huff

PS: The reason I know Heavenly Father knows me so well is that my teacher Hermano Woodbury is so cute! I actually like going to class and learning because I know he will be there :P ( Don't tell dad!) I love you mom and you too dad!



These are the sisters I met at the airport!



My companion - Sister Madsen

My District - Sisters Barlow, Traenor, Haggard, Chatwin, Madsen, and HUFF!

Waiting for Elder Uchtdorf on Easter Sunday

No one sits by us because we're so weird and loud.

 

Sister Traenor reminds me of Eric!

Us working out. We use our scriptures as weights.. Emily aren't you proud?