Hola everyone! 

Another week gone by! I'm almost done with the MTC which is crazy because I got here a week ago. I'm kinda sad I'm only here for two weeks because it's really fun and I'm having a great time. I still love my district and companion and am so sad to be leaving them next week. Rip District 17-H. 

This week we were able to go to the temple twice as a district which was super cool. Last Saturday we went to the Timpanogos temple and did baptisms and initiatories. Baptisms were super cool because the Elders baptized us in Spanish which I've never done, and it was really neat because it really does show that this is a worldwide church and is for everyone. That was the highlight of my week for sure. 

Tuesday we were supposed to go to the Payson Temple for an endowment session, but we realized about halfway through the bus ride that we were heading the opposite direction and going to Timpanogos. Turns out the MTC didn't schedule a bus for Payson that day, but the Timpanogos temple workers were so nice and just let us in anyway so that was a miracle. 

On Tuesday we had a devotional from Elder and Sister Schmutz (or the Smooshes as Hna. Campi Jarab just called them) which was also so good. The devotional was about how we can build our testimonies and about the importance and calling of mission leaders. I feel more like I'm going to Vegas for a reason now and am excited to meet all of the people there!! 

Fun stuff of this week: I got to see Stacy (my Peru leader) and eat lunch with her twice!!!. It was so fun to see her and talk with someone from my non-mission life, but then I cried when she left because she was like my last connection to home and reminds me of my mom lol. But it was so worth it, even though it now feels 10 times more real that I'm leaving in like 4 days. 

I discovered a new talent this week, thanks to the trio of Elders, which is freestyle rapping. They'll give a word that we have to use in our spontaneous rap and Elder Silva will do his awful record scratch sound and then Elders Torres and Rodriguez will drop the beat. So if any of you need a gospel-oriented freestyle rap, feel free to hit me up cause I'm actually cracked at it. 

Also shoutout to my home ward that was at the MTC for a tour and didn't find me -- can't believe you guys. 

That's all for this week, I hope you're all doing well! 

Love, Hermana Pursglove 

Photographs Below :)

1. Timpanogos temple trip with my district (main photo above)

2. We served lunch for our service project

3. Temple with Hna. Campi!

4. Eating lunch with Stacy!

5. Doughnuts from Mom

6. Study journals done by Hna. Campi!

Hey everyone!!! I'm officially at the Provo MTC!! 

This week has actually been the most insane of my life and it feels like it's been ten years. I finished up home MTC on Monday and was not too sad about that. Tuesday was a day off to spend with our families so the Pursgloves absolutely partied! What I learned that day is don't get Cafe Rio when you're nervous because it will not stay down and you'll end up getting to taste it a second time. Wednesday was an experience for sure! 

I unfortunately had to say goodbye to my family for 18 months so that was slightly heartbreaking. However, the MTC has kept us so busy since then that it's hard to get too homesick, I just can't think about them too much or else I get sad. 

Wednesday was kind of a blur but I got to meet my amazing district and companion! Everyone is so nice and funny and like 75% of them are native Spanish speakers so I get to use my Spanish A LOT. Yesterday they just had a conversation about differences in the Spanish between countries and I just sit there smiling and nodding because a) they are talking so fast and b) I didn't know any of the obscure words they were saying. But that's okay! I'm learning a lot. 

Elder Gomez and Hna. Campi Jarab taught me how to say "Slay" in Mexican and Argentinean (apparently they're different) so here's my language lesson of the week. In Argentina, you say "Mortal" and in Mexico you say "Brutal" (putting the emphasis on the A for both of those.) I think they got sick of me saying slay, but now I just walk around saying mortal y brutal so they're probably sick of that too. 

Hna. Campi Jarab had to go to the dentist and get some immunizations yesterday which was the highlight of this week because the dentist and his wife were so sweet, but more importantly, we got stickers and suckers!!! So exciting. 

Today for our P-day our district had a group game of voleibol which my team absolutely rocked. We won the first round, but then the other team was embarrassed so they recruited more people and ended up winning. But that's okay, everyone needs a win sometimes. 

Honestly it's been really fun so far! Each day feels like it will never end but I love all the people I'm with and I'm learning so much that it makes up for it. It's been great so far, better than home MTC, and I can actually eat the food so it's pretty much got everything I could ask for!! Hope you're all doing well!

Con amor, 

Hermana Pursglove  

Photographs:

1. My cute district (Main photo above)

2. Family saying goodbye at the MTC

3. Character of Christ Devotional

4. Hna. Campi Jarab getting her immunizations

5. Matching stickers!!!

6. My slay sticker (someone please find me one that says mortal o brutal)

7. Me absolutely dominating voleibol

8. Fav pic of Jesus for the phone background

Week 1 of MTC is done and what a week it has been. Home MTC has been a bit of a challenge for me because I’m not sure a person is supposed to sit for 10 hours a day on Zoom or video calls, but one of the pros is that I’m even more excited to leave and get going now! Every day, I have about 8-9 hours of video calls for different classes, workshops, and studies, which feels even longer than it sounds. We have 10 minute breaks between some of the classes which is definitely not long enough, but that’s when I’ll go walk laps around our backyard or play a really quick game of croquet.

 

My teacher, district, and companion are all amazing, and I know the MTC was inspired when they put me with Hermana Campi Jarab. She is the cutest person ever, she’s from Argentina, so we’ve been able to help each other with Spanish and English, though I need a lot more help than she does. We taught our first lesson to an MTC actor today and that was exciting! I volunteered to say the prayer (in Spanish—I don’t know why I did that) and every time I’ve said a prayer with Hermana Campi Jarab this week, they’ve actually been decent. Then today when I had to say the prayer in the lesson, my mind went totally blank and it ended up being about four sentences long so that was unfortunate. 

 

That’s honestly about it for the week, not much has really happened, but hopefully next week’s letter will have more exciting stuff because I’LL BE AT THE PROVO MTC!!! WOOT WOOT!🥳🙌

 

Thanks all for your support — email me!!

 

Love, 

Hermana Pursglove

Photographs below :)

1. Daily setup

2. Cutie Hermana Campi Jarab

3. Me crushing Savannah at bumper pool

4. My mood after sitting for three hours in a row

5. Final temple trip