Breaking News April 20th 2009

Breaking news everyone! There has been a change of plans. I got my VISA late last week and I will be heading to Spain as scheduled. Tomorrow! I know this is kind of late notice mom but sorry, I couldn't tell you until today. I leave the MTC tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. I will leave from the Salt Lake airport at 8:35 am to the New York Kennedy airport. I will arrive there at 3:25 est time. I will leave the New York airport at 5:45 pm est. From there I will be flying to Paris! Crazy huh?! I will arrive in Paris at 7:30 (Paris time). I will then leave Paris at 9:35 am (Paris time) to Madrid Spain. After all that traveling I will arrive in Madrid Spain at 11:40 am (Madrid time) on the 22 of April. Its insane! I'm so excited though! On Tuesday of last week I had another moment change my life. We have firesides every sunday and tuesday. We were all singing hymns to prepare for the fireside when Jeffrey R Holland walked in the room. The strongest spirit I have ever felt entered the room. I had to stop singing for a second. It was so amazing to see everybody stand up in his honor. I get the chills thinking about it!He spoke to us very plainly about our purpose as missionaries. He doesn't sugar coat anything and I am very thankful for that! He built my testimony up so much as to why I am serving this mission. This mission isn't for me. Its to serve the Lord and to bring His children back to Him. I was so thankful for his words. He doesn't speak the same to missionaries as he would in General Conference. You can tell he has a sense of urgency and that he knows how important this work is. I also forgot to tell everyone that I was able to give my first blessing about two weeks ago! A sister in my district was feeling sick for quite awhile and couldn't focus on her work. So she came to me and asked me to give her a blessing. It felt so awesome to be able to help someone and I'm glad I was ready. I was a little nervous but it went well and I know the spirit was felt and in control. I see so many of my friends all of the time. I talked for about an hour with Gimmie yesterday at the temple. It was nice to talk to a friend again. Also last Sunday he sat by my for a second at dinner and he bore his testimony in chinese and I bore mine in Spanish. Never thought I'd see the day! I'm so excited to bring this gospel to Spain! My testimony has grown so much and last night I couldn't stop smiling because I kept thinking about how I knew perfectly that this is the true church and I get to bring it in to other peoples lives. I have also realized this gospel is based on love. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ's love for us and our love for each other. It seems so simple. I wish and hope all of you could feel exactly as I do now. I'm so happy! I know with all my heart that this is the true church. I have changed so much and I love it. I love all of you and thank you for your support. You all mean so much to me. Spain MTC address 4a. PlantaCalle del Templo No. 2Madrid 28030Spain I might not get all of your mail for awhile if you just recently sent it. I'm sorry! And I also know I said to send me handwritten letters but I have changed my mind and would also like emails since I won't get mail very often. If you'd like you can respond to this email today and I will check it later. Thank you :)