Brooke's Mission

  iHolaaaaa! Wowowow it has been the craziest week of my life. We finished out the CCM in the greatest way possible by getting up at 3 in the morning😴😆 then flew 9 hours to Buenos Aires. I was in a hotel there for a couple days before coming to my first area. And the toilets do indeed flush backwards. I lowkey thought that was a myth, but it is real and kinda weird. On Thursday we got told our areas and our companions...andddd DRUMROLL PLEASE🥁 It's called Rio Grande and it is FREEZING.🥶❄️ Mostly because of the wind, but wow it is cold. And my companion is Hermana Morales. I love her. She is so kind and literally goated at spanish.  I landed here at 4 in the morning friday and we got to work. It feels so surreal to be a missionary and to proselyte, but it is so cool. I would say someone pinch me, but I am already getting slapped in the face by the cold and by the spanish...🤔🤣GUYS the spanish is hard. At times I can understand, but finding my own words is tricky. Even thou...

  Yo yo yo what is up!?! It’s the homestretch of the CCM and ¡estoy muy emocionoso! In one week, I will be in Argentina teaching the gospel FULLY EN ESPAÑOL. Needless to say, I am quite nervous about that, but so so excited  (thus emocionoso=emocionado+nervioso).😨🥳 It has been a pretty good week. Kinda feels like the same day over and over lol. We get up, eat breakfast, have personal study (MY LITERAL FAVORITE TIME), class, gym/service, lunch, more class, workshops, dinner, study. Some days vary, but that’s truly what I’ve been living every single day. Yours truly is SO READY to teach real people. On thursday, our district did a compliment circle and yes it sounds corny (I know), but it was actually SO SO AMAZING. It was very needed because we all need to work on being kinder to each other. Everyone needs compliments in their life. It felt awesome to receive the compliments, but it felt 1000 times better to give someone a sincere, genuine compliment that brightens their face...

  Hola! It’s another P-day en la CCM. I swear time is not real here lol and all the days do be blending together. But here we are. This week has been good and FULL of español. Yesterday, we started solo español which means we have a punishment for speaking English in class. It’s pushups and your girl do not be wanting to do pushups, so YEAH solo solo solo español. As far as spanish goes, I have seen the hand of God in my life. There is absolutely no way I could do this on my own. The gift of tongues is real, but it is not something you can just sit around and wait for. You have to work for it as well. That’s how faith works. We trust God and his timing, but we continue to work and act in faith and do our best until that time comes. Alma 56:46 is about the story of the Stripling Warriors and I LOVE THIS STORY! Go read it. You will feel 100 thousand million times more motivated for anything. 💪   But in that verse, this phrase stood out to me: “behold our God is with us, and he ...