Sunday, March 4, 2012

A Spoonful of Me llamo Hermana Cappuccio: Guatemala Mission: Week 1- Jan 28th 2012

Soy de Arizona. Hay 5 hermanos y hermanas en mi familia. I'd need more hands in order to count the number of times I've had to use these 3 phrases in the last 3 days. Everybody has a fun time with my last name, so I'll have to remember to thank my Italian ancestors when I meet them someday. So the MTC...I wish I could say the Spirit warms our physical bodies as much as it does our souls, but it's still incredibly cold outside.
I'm loving Spanish, maybe not as much as French, but my feelings of animosity towards Spanish really just stem from my unfamiliarity with it and I remember feeling the same way about French once upon a time. But seriously, since when is it okay to not say the subject of the sentence?
I love my district. We have 5 sisters and 5 elders which is probably one of the only districts with such even proportions. All the sisters are going to the CCM (MTC) in Guatemala and all the elders are staying. I'm one of the lucky ones that has 2 companions, Hmas Henderson y Schroeder. Hma Schroeder is from here in Orem and is going to my same mission and Hma Henderson is from Bakersfield, CA and going to Nicaragua.
Oh, so I have a quote to share. "The best preparation for a mission is learning how to change." -yours truly.  I feel like all the classes I took, books I read, people I talked to mean very little next to my willingness and ability to change who I am to be a better missionary. It takes a lot of humility, which I've discovered is quite painful in large doses. But I'm finding myself wanting to be a better companion, a better example, and a better disciple because that's what it takes to be the best missionary and I didn't come here for anything less than that.
I want to thank every and all of you that have helped me get to this point, you might not know what it is you've done to make an impression on me, but I promise you all have, and good ones. I pray God is watching over all of you and that each day you are getting to know him better. And if you have time, think of your favorite missionary and find time to write them a letter! (I can acccept if that favorite isn't me, but letters make every missionary happy--and that's a fact.)
With lots of love,
Hermana Cappuccio

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