This might be the most difficult post for me to write just because my heart is so full and there is so much to say!
Also... whenever I start thinking about my mission my mind goes all crazy!!! {I started writing this post 15 minutes ago and got the first sentence out but then I started researching various missionary things and now this post is lost in a sea of seven tabs. Oops.} For the last few nights when I have laid my head to rest my brain has had other ideas than sleep. I stay awake for hours just imagining my mission, the people, and the journey of joy it will be. I really enjoy this thinking time!
Wanna hear where I am serving?
I am beyond delighted to announce that I have been called to serve in the Washington Spokane Mission speaking the beautiful language of Spanish! I will be leaving to the Mexico MTC July 31, 2013! :D
I write deeper about this specific night on my personal blog. Click here! E> Making Nerdy Oh So Classy
Well... At least I did until it didn't save. :( I'll write again tomorrow.
Well... At least I did until it didn't save. :( I'll write again tomorrow.
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about my mission!
- What were my first thoughts when I read my assigned mission? {Asked persistently by my parents.} Honestly the first thought I had was more of a feeling/thought thing... It is what I describe as a "click." It just seemed to click in my head as being right and being a fact, if that makes any sense. With the "click" during the first milliseconds, where my head had just barely comprehended the word Washington, I literally thought to myself, "Washington, Washington. Hey! I know where that is!" But I actually had no clue where Spokane was! {And for the first two hours after my call I could not spell it either... haha} Then I thought, "my cousins live near Washington in Portland", little did I know that I was on the opposite side of the state. This is weird but sometimes I feel like I have never heard of anything existing on the East side of Washington, kinda like how nothing seems to exists in Utah away from the Wasatch mountains, our security blanket. But their is a whole lot of wonderfulness there! Whoo!
- July 31st? That is so soon! Okay, this is more a half question half statement, but ah well! I actually love the date {and it holds a lot of significance! Harry Potter, BC temple ground breaking, Japaneses Exchange students, National Dance Day, Wizard of Oz, and being a 31st day itself makes it great!) Plus I do not feel that it is too soon. I was expecting the possibility of a sooner than normal assignment since my call was initially sent in over two and a half months ago. Some of my friends got their calls this week and the last week and they are not leaving until September. I am thankful to be leaving in July. It just feels right for me. I do realize that preparing for a mission takes a lot! So I know I really have to be on top of things now and everyday until then to avoid stress.
- Mexico MTC to go to somewhere in the states, what is up with that? {My mom called it weird... haha} Yes! I get a passport to go to Washington Spokane! I love this! On January 31, 2013 {hey that was six months exactly before my MTC report date! Awesome! There we go with the 31st day thing again!} the church announced that they would be converting a high school in Mexico City into a MTC to serve Spanish learners. The Church released this statement: "Church leaders announced today that the Church-owned high school Benemerito de las Americas near Mexico City will become a training center for missionaries who will serve in Mexico and other countries of North {that's me!!!}, Central and South America. Church leaders made the decision after considering every immediate alternative that could alleviate the demand at the Church’s other missionary training centers around the world, including the MTC in Provo, Utah." I will be among the very first missionaries to go to this new MTC! Read more about this new MTC in Mexico where I will be learning and loving Espanol, click here. >Mormon Newsroom: Mexico MTC
- Will you forget English? This is an adorable question I have been asked by a few of my sweet younger friends. I promised them I wouldn't forget English! I will still be in America and speaking English a lot! This question has myself asking how does this whole Spanish speaking mission work in America? I have asked parents and past Spanish missionaries serving in America about this and what they have told is awesome! It sounds so perfect how the Church makes these missions work so wonderfully for Spanish speaking missions in the good ol' US of A! I am excited. I did hear from one parent that her missionary said it was kind of like a bandaid. Full immersion speakers get their bandaid ripped off quick and easy. For those speaking Spanish in an English dominate country it is more like the painful slowly tear off approach. :S Good to know. Here is another reason I am excited for the Mexico MTC, I feel it will throw me in to the Spanish language. :D
Well, that is all for now! I shall go face my recent fear of riding bikes now.
Lots of Love,
Soon to be Sister Phipps
Sorry this post is so long!
Sorry this post is so long!
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