Hola lovely familia!
I feel ridiculously peppy when I write emails, which is probably a good thing.
So, we met our new teacher, who(m?) we had already met, but not as our teacher. Can I just say how weird (and very humbling) it is to have people who are so young teach you? Hno. Crawley is about a week older than I am, and he's been back from his mission an even shorter time than Hno. Pitcher. We're the first district he's taught at the MTC. Anyway, when we were practicing the verb "gustar" (to please) which is how you say you like things en espanol, he told us that he likes to play the drums, which is "tocar la bateria" (sp?), which can also mean "touch batteries." I thought it was funny, so I wrote it down for your enjoyment. :)
Anyway, I don't have much time--we're meeting our district to head up to the temple in, like, ten minutes. This week has been great--a little less tough. We're getting into the routine of things. I'm sorry I don't have time to respond to al lthe emails (thanks, Mom, for the dearelder, and Jon for your letter. Also for Rachael's and Bro. Bless's letters. They were great.) It's really been impressed upon my mind the importance of having charity. Which is something I feel really strongly about anyway, but Hno. Pitcher has been telling us that what really matters as we practice and role play is that you feel a real love for your investigators. And I've been telling myself that my biggest problem is the language, and not being able to say what I want to say in a comprehensible manner--something I haven't had an issue with since I was about 2. :) But really, if you really want to know what your investigators needs are and you really want to be able to meet those needs, you will be able to convey that through your expression and through your spirit. And the Lord will help you do the rest. But, oh my goodness it requires a lot of humility and charity and more humilityx50billion.
Anyway, I HAVE to go. I love you! And I'll respond to your mail asap.
:)
buckets of love,
Hna. Jackson
