Vegas Baby!

You'll never guess where I was!! Well you probably will because it's my subject but I was totally in Las Vegas yesterday!!!! (Dec 12) Not as cool as it sounds we just went down there to get our visa stuff sorted out at the Mexican consolate there and it was actually way boring. We had to meet there at 4:30 in the morning to drive out to the airport so that was rough. We flew there, sat in the most boring class of my life with a grumpy man for about 2 or 3 hours, then did our visa stuff for about half an hour, and then went back to the airport and hung out and did nothing until we got on our flight back home. But I mean, it's still pretty cool that I was in Vegas.
 We went with just random people I don't know how they choose who went but my companion is there today and I've been with the two other Hermanas in our zone in a trio for the past two days. We didn't even find out we were going to Vegas until Monday so it was pretty short notice, but hey, I'm not complaining.

Guess what I go to Mexico in 4 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!! So stoked, and yet scared, and yet excited, and hopefully one day I'll know Spanish haha! Thanks everyone who emails me and writes me you're the best! The other day in class we were talking about how we might have had a best friend up in heaven and when we came to earth they didn't have the gospel and maybe we're going to our specific mission to find them and when we find them, they'll know we're messengers from God sent to help them. I started getting teary, I just love the thought of having someone in Mexico that I can help! I want to become the best missionary I can for those people so that hopefully when I meet them I can help them as God intends for me! Aaaah I'm going to be teaching real lessons this time next week! Our district got our flight plans on Friday night and when they walked in with our papers we all just started cheering and clapping and freaking out we were so excited that we actually get to leave on Monday! I don't really know how fast mail is going to get there and what exactly is going to happen there so I'm sorry that all my stuff will probably slow down a lot.

Grandpa and grandma I got your package a couple of days ago and it was the best thing ever! You're so sweet! It's like you knew exactly what I needed. I've been using my gloves and tights and eating all the delicious goodies. So thank you so much! We watched the Joseph Smith movie on Sunday and I had forgotten how good that movie is! It was amazing it just convinces me even more how amazing Joseph Smith is and that he was a prophet of God. I would tell everyone to watch that again, it was awesome.

 We had another district that left this week and it was so sad saying goodbye. Elder Brush is like a little teddy bear and he started crying a little and it almost got me, I'm going to miss them so much. They are so funny. Oh boy saying goodbye to everyone this week is going to be rough! I LOVE everyone and it's going to be sad when they go to other missions but I'm glad I've gotten to know so many new people and I'll meet so many more next week. On Monday I don't know what was wrong with me, or what was in the water, but I could not stop laughing. People probably thought I was so weird but everything was just so hilarious and I was having laugh attacks all day and probably got a wicked sweet ab workout and my cheeks were definitely killing me like tour guide barbie says haha!  First of all to start the day off there's an Elder in my district who has this huge tarantula toy that is so freakin scary and nasty. He tied a string around it and attached it to his belt so when he walks it looks like there is a huge nasty spider walking around. He did it in our class room and Hermana Eye saw it first and thought it was a mouse and started screaming and pointing in my direction. so I see her pointing and I think there's something on me and I start screaming and swiping my lap and making any feeble attempts to kill what might be close to me and everyone else was just laughing and so confused because we were both having screaming freak outs haha! It was pretty funny. And someone took a picture of Hermana Eye in that moment and it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen I wish I had a copy of it because I was laughing all day just at the thought of it! Then my old district is just hilarious and everytime I see them at a meal I almost pee my pants because they make me laugh! Oh that was a good day! 

We were looking up the street view of Tijuana the other day. SO EXCITED!!! Not going to lie it looked pretty ghetto haha and that just made us all way more excited to go! When we were talking to people at the airport and telling them where we were all going, all the other missionaries would say a city and they were all happy and then when we told them Tijuana they all got that funny look on their face and got sketched out and scared for us haha! Good times! I love people's reactions. Mom and Dad I figured you would be confused about the picture that lady sent you from the airport yesterday but I didn't have a chance to tell you I was going to Vegas so no worries I'm back in good old Provo now and set to leave again on Monday! I think that's all I've got. I'll try and send some pictures I love you all so much!!!!!!!!!! You're the best family and friends a girl could ask for!!! Viva Mexico!!! Oh this picture is us at the airport. Could someone send the picture to Evan because the girl at the very left is Hermana Price, the girl he coached! She's a peach she was my buddy next to me on the plane on the way to Vegas she's so nice! Love you all!!