Most stressful time of the week!

Hola mis amores!!

Well as the subject states, I think e-mail is the most stressful time of the week! I have so much I want to say, but only 30 min to say it all!!! So I might actually send a snail mail letter just incase I forget stuff!! Also mom I wrote the sister missionaries a letter, that I'm sending to the house, if you could just give it to them on sunday that would be great, also if you could get their address, and adrian's address that would be great!! Also anyone else that would like me to write them, I need your addresses (the best way to get it to me is to write me a letter!!)

Letters have been good this week, Brian has earned the award for best letter I've ever recieved... it seriously made me cry when I read it! He was def inspired to write me the things he did! Everyone I recieve a letter from will get one back from me, but it will take a little longer since this will prob be the only e-mail I will send out! Trish I also enjoyed your letter, and I hope you have gotten your birthday card I sent you!!

Sounds like a lot of exciting things have been happening, crestwood got another stoplight, and LaGrange finally became a ward!! Also I hear Ben Phenix became the new YSA rep, along with Elaine French... I'm so excited she is the new rep because I think she is the best person for that job! Her and Ben work well together as well!! Also I heard a rumor from Bro neal that ashley and ben are looking at wedding dates!! Crazy! I love getting e-mails from everyone, I got one from my friend pablo, and wish I could e-mail him back... but I"m only allowed to e-mail family!

Lets see, I don't know if I've ever mentioned but the MTC is HARD!! This past week has been especially hard, I swear I knew spanish before I entered the MTC but now I feel like I know nothing! One of the speakers last week said there are 4 stages in life: Honeymoon, hostile, grin and bear it, and successful readjustment phase! Well last week I was def in the Hostile phase, but don't worry I"m pretty sure I"m in the grin and bear it phase! Its just that spanish is so hard for me to learn right now!! Especially because my comp pretty much knows it (in my opinion she should be in advanced) She already knows french and english so spanish is coming so easily for her!! I feel like i hold her back all the time! Some of you may roll your eyes at this, but I really feel like I should have done more before I left to prepare for a mission... I feel like I just wasted a lot of time!!

We had a lesson the other day in class about the story in Judges 7:2-8 I don't have time to recant it, but basically he had to widdle his army down to 300, and we talked about how we need to strive to be one of the 300 instead of the one the missionaries just watching the miracles happening to others, and I decided that I need to work harder and be better, because I want to be one of the 300 performing miracles!! Also a scripture that they keep throwing out there is D&C 11:21 it is amazing, and I'm trying so hard to follow it!! So the rumour going around the MTC is the devotional tonight is going to be Elder Bednar, I really hope it is!! Everyone is worried about getting seats, but I don't have to worry because yes I joined choir, so I have a gaurenteed seat!! So if the MTC choir sings at conferance look for me (but i have no idea if we are)

Wow I feel like i have so much more I need and want to say, but my mind always just draws a blank at e-mail time! mom i have sent you a letter that should get there soon with a list of things I need sent to me... oh and by the way it is freaking cold here!! I sorta wish I had packed just a couple of my long sleeved shirts... maybe you could send a couple of those too!! I don't know if Brandi has sent my stuff, I told her to send it right away, I also don't know how to get a hold of her... so I will try to look for her at breakfast tomorrow to talk to her (she works in the cafeteria at the MTC) which speaking of the food here... let me just say it is terrible!! HAHA, sorry to all of those who enjoyed the food, but I haven't liked very much of what I've eaten!! I usually get a wrap for lunch and dinner and just eat fruit for breakfast... it gets boring, when you think about how I will be eating that everyday for the next 8 weeks!!

Oh yeah my Bishop isn't the one helping out Paul and Andrea, he has never done any adoption work! But he is amazing, and so is our whole bishopric!!

My district is still amazing, I may send pics home soon! We got a new sister, so now there are 4 elders and 4 sisters, and so I'm no longer in a threesome, and the new sister is interesting... lets just say the Lord def don't put us as companions for a reason! She has cried herself to sleep everynight, because she doesn't feel included which is really sad and we do everything we can to make her feel included, but whenever we are all together she begs her comp to leave because she doesn't want to be around us!! The worst part though is we have quiet time at 10:15 and then lights out at 10:30 and we are supposed to be in the room from 10:15 on, well after prayer she always gets up to leave and then keeps coming in and out all night and she sleeps right above me so I can't fall asleep until she is in bed, so I haven't been getting much sleep (I think that contributed to the hostile phase last week) The bishopric found out and have talked to her about it, and it has gotten a bit better... but not much, the coordinating sister is one of our roommates and she will have to lay down the law soon if it doesn't stop though, she is hoping she won't have to thought because she is really sweet and hates having to tell people off!!

Well i have 5 min left, what else to tell you about? I'm afraid this letter may sound negative... I hope it doesn't, I'm actually having a great time... my comp and I read out loud from el Libro de mormon, and we take it verse by verse and she helps me figure out what I'm reading... and yesterday I read a few verses and was able to translate them into english without help... it was amazing! So perhaps I am learning, slowy but surely! Also I did a door aproach in spanish the other day with one of our teachers, and apparerntly I spoke a lot, but I don't remember it at all!! Hermana Johnson was like what are you talking about you can't speak spanish, but I seriously don't remember saying anything!! Weird huh?? Well I have to go because the e-mail thing is blinking at me!!!

But please please keep writting me letters, I can only check e-mail once a week but i can get letters everyday!!! I love you all and miss you all so much!! Also could someone send me pics of the fam? i don't have any to show off and my district wants to see you all!! But send acutally pics because I can't look at them on the comp! Oh and my elders don't think I'm from the south, but don't worry I set them straight immediatly!!

Ok love you and hope to hear from you all soon!!

Hermana Gosnell

P.S. it is weird to hear my first name already... crazy huh???