Pictures!

Mexican night! Real Mexicans doing real Mexican stuff.

Missionaries love maps.

 A complete picture of my district.

Hi everyone!

So I leave for Panama at 3:50 on Tuesday morning.  So I'm emailing today instead.  I might get on a little later... hint hint...

Our last week went by so fast!  It was crazy!  I'm so excited for Panama though!  I'm freaking out!

So I asked President Pratt (who is usually kinda tightly laced.  Is that an English expression?  I don't remember if I got it right)  if we could watch Prince of Egypt for our movie on Sunday.  He said no.  He said it has to be made by the church which I understand but Moses is important too!  its okay though.

I got the Dear Elders!  You guys are awesome.  So it said they were printed like August 28 but I didn't get them until Sep 11!  crazy!  they take forever so really, email is the best.  though I do LOVE getting mail so.. second hint hint...

SHOUT OUT TO HEATHER PITT!  Only the cutest person ever.  Seriously, thank you for the letter!  I miss you and love you too!  mail rocks you guys.

Oh! you guys wanna know how stupid Mexican beetles are?  they are super stupid.  they somehow flip themselves on their backs, can't get back up, and die of starvation like a day later.  Stupid!  we have like five in our house every day.  i insult them most of the time.

Mexican night was last night!  Mexicans are crazy.  c.r.a.z.y.  They really love their culture!  They had some dancers for us who were really awesome actually.  The Mexican missionaries were LOVING IT.  It almost made me a little jealous of their culture cause the U.S. doesn't really have anything like that.  We have fireworks and hot dogs but... that's about it kinda...

We have another party tonight!  Woo hoo!  so Mexicans celebrate by staying up til midnight and setting off fireworks like new years but also they go outside and shoot their guns in the air like a million times. its illegal of course cause the bullets come back down and... kill people... but people still do it i guess.  anyway, for our celebration we have like a special event thing starting at... wait for it... 10:30!!!!! WHAT!!!!  We won't get to bed til like 11 or later!!! Living on the edge peeps. 

Good quote from my teacher who is amazing: "The secret to this gospel is to love it".  So true!  This gospel is such a blessing and we all just really need to love it!  Once we love it, we are able to feel so much more love for other people and all our duties are not burdens, they are blessings!  So things that seem really difficult like tithing, or word of wisdom or something becomes such a blessing in our lives when we strive to love the gospel and also love others.  LOVE FIXES EVERYTHING.  It's cool.

I love you all!  Next time I email I might be in PANAMA!!!! 

-Hermana Smalley

Sup Peeps!

Your homework this week is to sing "Oh My Father" to the tune of "Come Thou Fount".

 

ONE MORE WEEK! We are so ready to get out there and preach the gospel.  Even though it's in a different language, I have learned so much in the MTC and now I want to put it to good use by teaching others of the love their Heavenly Father has for them!  This is going to be awesome you guys.

 

This week my teacher called me Hermana Flores.  What the what?  Sister flowers?  Come on people.

 

We heard that Bill Nye will be on dancing with the stars this year?  Um.. I don't even like that show but... will somebody PLEASE keep me updated on his cha cha and fox trot???  Science geeks can't dance but if anyone can, its Bill Nye.

 

There was a giant moth in the cafeteria the other day.  We though it was a bat.  THATS HOW BIG IT WAS.

 

This week our companionship taught Sunday school. HA!!!! It was a blast.

 

So we get to watch videos every Sunday and I'm really pushing for prince of Egypt next week.

 

Was there a hurricane near Mexico last Thursday?  We had crazy storms.

 

Also, there is a triplet companionship in another district and all three of them have twins.   I never realized before but.. I'm so twin deprived.  This is so unfair.

 

Okay this is a pathetic post but every day in the MTC is the same soo... there isn't much to tell.

 

Next week i will have much more to tell you all!  And it won't be all about me.  It will be about the people I am serving!  Or maybe it will be about me.  We'll see :)

 

Love you guys!  Say your prayers, read your scriptures, pay your tithing, love your neighbors, seriously love your neighbors.  Charity is the coolest thing in the world.

 

Jane

Pictures!

A silly picture of our district (: There is one kid missing, but other than that the gang's all here!

OKAY SO THIS MORNING THEY HAD PEANUTBUTTER AND NUTELLA. I GOT A SPOON OF EACH AND ATE IT ON THE WAY TO THE TEMPLE. That is what the celestical kingdom is really like. All we need are spoons.

Adventure Time on all the junk food here. SHOW. SAM.

Adventure Time junk food (: 

 Me and mi casa

Me in the rain (:

Me and my companera (:

This is the roommate who is HILARIOUS. And she loves Adventure Time too :D

Blondie is the sweetest girl ever. Becca Haynie's cousin.

Us on the bus to the temple.

The sky that day was gorgeous!

Sometimes we get to wear PANTS. It's like a hug on each leg. Oh sweet jeans.

Me on a head. Ha! A head!

Us at the front of the campus.

 FAT BIRDS