So holy cow, I made it to Minnesota. It's been a crazy awesome week!
(Lo siento for the long letter)
It was awesome being able to talk to you guys at the airport. Thank you. When I arrived to Minnesota later that night, I was just so tired and ready to eat and meet President Barney and Sister Barney. When I was coming down the escalator, Sister Barney was right there with her arms straight out welcoming me. I hugged her, and just started to cry right there because I was so happy to finally be there and meet her. They are amazing people. I am so lucky! That night, they let me sleep in the room where they have the general authority stay when he comes to visit! It was way nice, and I had it all to myself :)
Thursday morning I got my companion/trainer... Hermana Winterton from Las Vegas! She is so sweet oh my goodness! She is 24, and she has already graduated from BYU. I am really grateful that she is my companion. We are going to get a lot of work done here.
So we are in the Twin Cities 1st Spanish Ward in Minneapolis! There are 7 missionaries in this ward, and we are each over different parts of the area. So Hermana Winterton and I are called the "North Minne Hermanas" and then the other missionaries cover the center and South parts of the area. And here is the thing... her and I are whitewashing! So I am brand new, and she is brand new to the area, so we both don't know exactly what we are doing, but we will get it all figured out. It's pretty exciting to just get in there and learn everything!The ward is only spanish. Some of the members know some english, but it really is mostly spanish here which is great. Her spanish is a lot better than mine but mine will just come in time. The members know I am brand new so they speak slower to me and they appreciate that I try to speak to them in spanish as much as I can.This ward is awesome at having get togethers and everything. They always have Family home Evening together at the church every Tuesday night, and right before that I got asked to teach a music class to all of them! So I start that tomorrow night. Friday nights we all go and play soccer together. It is awesome.
Fridays are our big service day... we go to a Veteran's Home and visit and play Bingo and sing songs with the Veterans... SO FUN.
Tuesday morning we go and teach an english class. Super cool!
The people here are really sweet. They all want to feed us and help us with anything, and they are awesome. My first night here, we had dinner at the Zempautecatl's house. I was a little nervous because I didn't know what to expect, but I just went for it and talked to them and taught! I was so proud of myself, and when we left, Hermana Winterton and I gave each other a huge hug. It was great.
Saturday afternoon, we went to an apartment complex that all the missionaries call "Mexico City". It's a completely locked building; like all the doors to each hallway are locked. We don't have keys, but the Relief Society President lives there, so we asked if she would let us in so we could go finding. We called and called, but she never answered. So we said a quick prayer and asked that if this is where we are supposed to be that there would be a way to get in. We said that we would wait 3 minutes. After we prayed, we waited in the cold for exactly 3 minutes, and right then a lady came up with keys and let us in! We were so so happy! I knocked my first door, and a lady named Susanna opened.
We shared a message about families, and she invited us to come back this next week. We are crossing our fingers that it will go well! We got quite a few return appointments that day, so that was awesome.
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| Super blurry picture, but Hermana Winterton and I got permission to go to St. Paul last night to see a girl named Tierra get baptized who she was teaching! |
Anyways, estoy muy emocionada ser aqui en Minneapolis. Hermana Winterton and I are gonna work hard and have lots of fun.
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| Thanks Aunt Ninnie!!! |
Love you guys! Have a great week!
Con Amor,
Hermana Nissinen
(Or as they say it here, nEEssEEnen) ha ha
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