First week in MTC down!!

Dear Family and Friends,

I can't express how much I LOVE being a sister missionary and being here at the MTC in England. Flight over from newport news was rough. i flew all the way to manchester by myself. but when i landed i found myself with 3 other missionaries. 2 from canda, sister bevans and sister neilson! and one from yuganda, elder opiyo. oh yeah and elder sim the guy who does what mormons say on youtube he was there too but i didn't meet him until we got to the MTC. he's a pretty cool guy. so all of you who like his videos. yupp i know him. hahaha

My days are hard and full of being in the classroom. i am in the Lehi District and its quite nice. there are Elder Ehigamusoe, Elder Swarzkopf, Sister Holland, Sister Neilson, Elder Opiyo, Elder Meissner, and Sister Cabrejas. Sister Cabrejas is my companion. she is from northern spain and her english is good but not the very best. here at the mtc we teach investigators and my first lesson went horribly. but it turned out  i was just beating my self up because i wanted to be the perfect missionary. and ive learned that even though I have been called of by God to be a missionary and that I (missionaries) are the only ones who can teach the gospel, im not a perfect missionary and i will never be.

i now know why everyone who goes to the mtc says the food is so fattening but so delicious. i feel like ive gained so muc weight. hah. but the food is so good here.

i have a lot of pictures already but i dont have a chord to send any of them:( ill buy one hopefully later and send them all out. the friends i have made here at the mtc are amazing. i have learned so much from them as well.

the weather here in england is quite cloudy and rainy. but thats okay considering ive been in the mtc practically every moment ive been awake.

im learning so much here. i have learned to rely on the spirit when i prepare for a lesson and when i teach that lesson. i also learned how to teach with the scriptures and only the scriptures. i love hearing from you guys and can't wait to tell you more. keep the emails coming. i wouldn't send any handwritten letters until i get into the field only because i leave next week from the mtc. can you believe it i've already been gone for a whole week.

i love you all and can't wait to here from you.

with love

Sister Howard