Brown, Siena

Hola hola a todos! Mis amigos! ¿Cómo están? I hope all of you are doing so so great!  Another month has gone by and my oh my i feel like a lot has happened in the past couple of weeks. So here's the run down  We had transfers beginning of this month, I'm staying with Hermana Lemley in Youngstown! Yay, I'm very happy about it and it's been so amazing. So we have Spanish elders with us in this area, and we saw that they got doubled out, which means 2 new Elders were coming in, but not just that, they were english and spanish work. So only one of them speaks Spanish and the other just English, and this is his first transfer too. So just a lot going on with them haha, but we did our best to help them adjust and get to know the branch and their friends. But fast forward a week, we're having our weekly missionary meeting, called district council, and they tell us that they are being ETed (emergency transfered) out of here, huhhh, I was shocked, then here's the bomb, t...

Hola a todos! Hola mis amigos!! ¿Cómo están? I hope everyone of you are doing so amazing! Another month has gone by and tomorrow I complete 7 months as a missionary! Time is flying way to fast, this transfer has flown. We still have one week left, but after that we'll get transfer news. We've got no idea if I'm staying or leaving Youngstown. It really could go either way! I'm really okay with either option, but I really don't want to leave my companion Hermana Lemley, she is just the absolute best. Training her has been one of my favorite experiences on my mission so far! I'm really gonna miss her if I'm leaving. But we'll see in a couple weeks what's gonna happen!  This transfer has been like no other, training a new missionary has pushed me in so many ways! Spanish has gotten a lot better everyday I'm learning more, but I'm happy to report I can understand mostly everything and I can say enough to say what I wanna say! Yay! It's been so...

¡Hola a todos! ¿Cómo están?  Sooo we've came to another month mark which means another email. So i just hit 6 months yesterday, which wowie thats crazy to say. Thats also a crazy landmark, that's 1/3 of the mish, like what? No way ive been out that longg???  Also i have a another crazy update for yall. Im training! Like a new missionary, a new hermana who doesnt speak spanish. Huhhhh?? Apparently i got to confidente with speaking bad spanish that president thought i could actually speak spanish. Im just jokkin yall, well not about the training, thats actually happening but spanish has been great latley! Ive been practicing a lot these past transfers and i can get by with the work pretty well! But yeah my trainee is named Hermana Lemley from spokan Washington, GO Washington, and shes the absolute best. Shes my new bestie, shes literally hilarious, we get along so good, and her spanish is coming along great and shes a wonderful missionary already!  Youngstown Ohio, still he...

Hola hola a todos!! Cómo están??? I hope you all are doing so so great!! First, I know it's been about like 2 months since my last email, IM SO SORRY!! I didn't expect to be soooo bad at these! So my apologies, I promise I will try to do better! Anywho!! So the things that have happened since my last email. Okay well, first I hit 5 months this upcoming week, isn't that crazy!!! Second, I'm pretty sure I had a whole transfer in between my last email and this one. Oopsies. But yeah I'm on my third transfer now, and I moved areas! I was in the Kirtland area and now I'm in Youngstown, I don't know if anyone will know where that is except my father who can't stop singing the Bruce Springsteen song about it. But it's basically this cutie rustbelt town! I'm in the absolute country of ohio right now! Soooo, there's definitely not a billion spanish speakers around here, but somehow there are some, and we are determined to find them haha Spanish I thin...

HOLA A TODOS!!! ¿Cómo están? I hope you all are doing so so amazing!! Sorry I haven't written in a while, I've learned quicky I suck at writing weeklys, so let's say monthly emails for now Anywho!! I've been on the mission for 3 months now!! WHAT? How crazy is that. I swore I left like 2 weeks ago! It really is flying by! Pues I still don't hablar español HAHA but were trying! I mean it's absolutely crazy to think about 3 months ago I knew hola, si, and uno, so this is a pretty big jump! I can keep up in every conversation and can respond when needed, like what! Truly with God all things are possible So this is basically Ohio everday right now, and I LOVE IT!! I love the snow and cold more than anything so I'm thriving in this weather! Ohios really making it up to me since it didn't snow on Christmas. (see pictures) JOSE GOT BAPTIZED!! Hes an incredible human being and its been so fun getting to know him! He loves God and the gospel so so much! And I...

¡HOLA A TODOS! FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!! I hope everyone single one of you are having a fantastic Christmas!! Christmas on the mission has been great!! Christmas eve and today really have felt like Christmas! We ate Christmas eve with some members and it was great! The members really are the best and they spoil the heck out of us! But there was a miscommunication for our Christmas dinner but me and my comp made the most of it! So everything is amazing! But there's one issue I got right now with ohio, I told everyone I knew I was gonna have a white christmas, and there's not a particle of it outside. It's been snowing alllll week then it rains the day before and washes it all out. So I apologize to everyone I bragged about having a white christmas, I was wrong. Anywho, christmas is the best time of year and I just hope every single one of you have so much joy and happiness right now!! As a missionary I get to have my life centered around the savior, everyday I get to teach and talk ...