First Week!!!!!!

Hey everyone!!!! I survived my first week at the MTC hahaha so thankful. Its so crazy that I only got here a week ago because it feels like its been soooo long. I kinda feel like this is the only life I have ever lived and my life from a week ago just seems like a weird dream I had. But at the same time I miss everyone so much! Dude getting dropped off at the mtc is seriously like ripping off a band aid. you like have to run away from them and carry your bag up a bunch of stairs its awesome but felt so crazy!! So before I came to the mtc everyone told me I would either love it or hate it and I guess I have only been here for a week but I definitely. Honestly the most stressful part is trying to use my mission phone and email right now hahah I can not figure anything out about how to use technology. But the MTC is an awesome place and I am so happy to be here and be a missionary!!! there really is a special spirit here and I love that I have the chance to meet to many awesome people :)

Wednesday

-met my awesome district and teachers!!! So my district is mostly filled with elders going to salt lake south  and west and then there are two going to sacramento california!! and our teachers are so nice and there are two other sisters in our district and they are so awesome too and they are going to salt lake south. My companion is named Sister Ripley and my goal this week was to get her to smile at me and she didn't. She doesn't like to smile. and shes from Ontorio Canada and she sewed all of her own clothes for the mission and she is super smart and memorized the white handbook hahah. Gotta love her.

-since we had the dots on our tags everyone said "welcome to the MTC" and I loved it so much it made my day, my companion did not love it very much

-the other two girls in our district are seriously the sweetest people I have ever met in my whole life I love them so much!!! They are so loving and so funny and positive and I could not do it without them!!! Sister Banks and Sister Heldt are some of the greatest people ever.

-I got sick hahahha but its ok because its been getting so much better so fast I feel so blessed man

-On monday when people asked my name I kept accidentally saying Hannah by accident and then I would hurry and say sister butterfield it was so funny.

-i  love that i can go up and talk to pretty much everyone here and everyone is so nice!! Its literally like my dream come true because i have gotten to meet so many people

Thursday

-Had class and some workshops it was fun and I learned a ton!! I forgot my journal so I totally forgot most the stuff that happened this week but I will try my best to remember my journal next week

-i bought chocolate covered cinnamon bears it was so good

-our teachers both know spanish and so sometimes they teach us random phrases

-probably the best part of this day was studying the book of mormon with my district. the spirit was so strong and I really felt like it brought us closer together.

Friday

-Wow friday was awesome because I got to meet our district president!! He is the nicest guy ever and I am so thankful for him. Also him and his wife raised their kids in murray!! harper if ya read this is kinda by where you live they sold their house to the hortons I think. But they are awesome and I feel so blessed that President Redding is my district leader.

-I was super sick and had a sore throat on this day and was coughing so much in class and my teacher told me to go to the health clinic becuase I was not doing too hot but I went and i don't have strep or bronchitous like everyone thought so thats awesome hahhaha

-I had only been here for three days at this point but I am seeing so many miracles in my life because God has answered so many of my prayers and blessed me more than I could even imagine while I am here

-our teacher pranked us and told us that the missionary comitte was going to review our teaching ability and i totally believed it it was crazy!!!

-i got to play soccer with some sisters and it was soooooo much fun :)

-i saw one of my old rommates from spring semester and it was so awesome shes a cutie

-we got to meet the person we are going ti be teaching in the mtc and her name is annika, shes awesome i love her already

Sunday

-i accidentally combined Saturday and friday hahaha

-church was so awesome and I loved to see all of the missionaries at church together, the spirit was so strong

-there is this custodian from Peru and he is so friendly and his name is ronald i love him

-there is a cat and his name is harris and he is so soft and fluffy so beautiful he brings me so much joy

-said goodbye to the zone leaders bc they are headed to Australia

-i had the best lemon poppyseed muffin for breakfast

-i love president redding and sister Redding so much! They have such amazing testimonies and love all the missionaries i feel so lucky that I know them :)

-my companions spirit animal is a house cat i decided

-and one of the zone leaders is a golden retriever and i havent decided other peoples yet hahah im working on it

-we had devotional and it was awesome we got to hear a little bit of what we get to participate in for light the world!!!

-watched character of christ wow that was good but elder Bednar was so intense in that it was awesome

Monday

-i wore sister banks shoes all day and we got to start teaching

-teaching is hard but i love being able to share my testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ!!!!

Well I will try to remember more stuff next week and get better at journaling what happens haha because i can barley remember!! This church is true and I am so grateful that I can be a missionary!!! I love the Book of Mormon and our savior jesus christ!!!! :) hope everyone is doing amazing and has a great week. Love you all so much!!! And i can read emails everyday so if ya have anything or just wanna say hi or send me a pic i would adore that so much

Photos, these probably won't follow the order haha

I found NINA!!!!! I love her so much what a cutie and light here in the mtc.

NINA and I and a map

Sister Banks and I with a wall with a cool picture on it

I forgot shower sandals so I got these sick ones from the mtc store

Selfie hahahah

Um Jansen I am sorry but the zone leader really looks like harry potter with my glasses on and the scar thats drawn on with an expo marker so you are no longer harry potter anymore in my heart.