Thrasher, Evelyn T

Que pasa, y'all??     This is the last email y'all will be getting from the at home MTC since I officially only have 7 days left until I fly out! That means it's party time for sure. I have loved my time in the MTC and words can't express how much I love my district, but I am so excited to jump right into the real work. Don't get me wrong, it is also shaking-in-my-boots terrifying; I just found out my mom can't come with me so I don't know who is gonna rub my back after a long day... Anyways, yeah it is scary, but we had an amazing meeting with the president of the MTC that put a lot of my anxieties to rest, too! I know the people in Eugene ain't ready for this Texas girl to rock their world ;))     A lot more has happened this week with classes and workshops, it is getting REAL! Plus we learned what the subjunctive is in Spanish. Honestly, I never understood it even in high school. They have a whole set of conjugations for a tense that isn't even a ...

Buenas días mis amigos!     This week has been jam packed and went by pretty quick, but I'll try and put only the very best things that happened this week. First of all I just have to talk about my teachers. They are truly incredible; I don't know how they haven't gone absolutely insane planning lessons, teaching lessons, trying to understand our Spanglish, and everything else. Plus, Hermana Gonzalez always has such an energetic, encouraging attitude along with the sweetest smile. I will never get tired of hearing her say "I think you can do it, you are so smart" and "ah, super mega bien". Thanks everybody for your prayers, our district is doing so much better in the language (especially my companion who has recently turned into the ultimate memorization machine).      I'm getting pretty tired of sitting in front of the screen all day every single day, but I have some ideas on how I can spice up my day and make it more exciting. One of my friends act...

Welcome to the halfway email!      Really it's just half way through the MTC, but good enough. I never thought I'd say it, but this week honestly flew by. We really got into the good stuff, the heart and soul of missionary work, the life force behind the name tags: the lessons. Ok I'm exaggerating a lot, but it has been really cool to apply the Spanish we've been learning to help teach the good news of the gospel. Practicing teaching with my companion and district gets me pumped to go out and do it in real life, but then I teach a lesson to actual Spanish speakers and realize I still have a long way to go. So yeah, pray for me (especially because we are starting the no english rule pretty soon here, gulp).     My absolute favorite thing that happened all week was last Thursday. We were talking about holidays and all the Spanish vocab for them. My teacher was describing how her favorite holiday is Thanksgiving because of the food when she said, "I love the turkey...