Here are some touching goodbye pictures:
She got some extra time to write today because they ended their class early, so here is her first letter:
Hola,
Just wanted to let you know that I made it safe and sound...and with all of my luggage! One of the girls had a big suitcase lost, so that stinks. Hannah and Olivia came to the LAX airport to visit me for a bit during my layover. It was so great, and Olivia is getting so big! She is adorable! So somehow I got a business class seat on both of my flights while the rest of the Elders and Sisters had economy seats, muahaha, it was the best! They were like so how was the royal treatment sister? haha. I still didnt get much sleep though. We went through a crazy storm and everyone was freaking out, and the flight attendants were trying to make it back to their seats. We got here at 6am and after going through customs and everything, took a school bus to the CCM (MTC) and met all of the other sisters. They are all so nice and helpful, it is great! They speak in Spanish pretty much the whole time so the added tiredness doesnt help me with understanding, but it is already coming back to me and they are all really patient and explain everything when we give them blank stares. I keep getting French and Spanish mixed up though. We had some breakfast and then had two hours to take a nap, which was much needed. Then we met the CCM president and wife and we are told that we are not allowed to drink the water from the tap AT ALL over the whole mission. We cant brush our teeth with it either. Anyways, President Cole told me that before I would get here its like im running on a treadmill on a 4, and then when I get here I would be running on a 7 trying to get my feet back under me. I think i will be able to get my feet back under me after a full 8 hours of sleep haha. Just kidding, I feel like I have already been here for a couple days though, and it hasnt even been 12 hours! My companion is Hermana Fitzgerald and its crazy because she was in my Pdbio class at BYU and she got her call in February and told our group where she was going, but I totally forgot that she was called to Guatemala too! She is the best, and we are really working to learn Spanish. We arent allowed to take pictures until our Pdays because there are problems with theft here and they also dont want us to be distracted. My pday next week will be Tuesday but it changes each week I think because of the new missionaries coming each week, so I will have to tell you again next week if it has changed.
I will have more time to write next week! Adios until then!
Love,
Hermana Bender
p.s. I cant figure out the apostrophe on this keyboard sooo please
excuse my horrible punctuation!
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