Agradecido (Grateful)

Hi,

Man, oh, man, I don't know where to begin.  To start out the week, it rained!!!  It was so pretty.  The weather is the same everyday, so it's nice when it's different.  On Tuesday, we came out to our car to find a wonderful parking ticket.  For no reason, we received a cute ticket. So now all of our money for groceries is going to pay for the ticket haha.  Anyway, Hermana Wall and I do not have a parking spot.  So we have to street park. If you know anything about LA, you would know there is no parking ever.  Last night we were driving around for 40 minutes and than finally found a parking spot that was 3/4 of a mile from our apartment haha. 

On Saturday, we did exchanges. I went with an English speaking sister and we went to her area, a very nice area. However, it also made me very grateful for teaching Latinos and not Americas.  Americans are so rude haha. We had some extra time before our next lesson so we thought we'd stop by this guys house named Kevin.  We knocked on the door and literally all we said was "Is Kevin home?" Then six different people came to the door yelling at us and told us never to come back and said Kevin was in jail and to never say that name again.  They called us freaks and slammed the door in our face. It was awesome!!!! Hope Kevin's doing alright.

We had a ward Thanksgiving dinner! It was so fun, the food was incredible. The ward is so sweet and super nice to us. I love these people so much!!!!!

We are still teaching Juan and he said he wants to get baptized! So we set a date and now we are teaching him the rest of the lessons! He's a great guy and is trying super hard to change his life. 

I'm so grateful for all y'all and for the love and the support you guys give me all the time. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! Love y'all!!! Stay safe!!!

Hermana Weenig <3

President and Sister Cordòn

With my trainer, Hermana Wall

Baking for the Holidays

Torta

Ralphs is the best, we love bread.

L.A. Baby

Hi Y'all,

I made it to LA!! It's been a crazy week. When I first got here,  I met my mission president and his wife (President Valeri V. & Glenda Cordon), they are the cutest people. They took us to the mission home and we had a home cooked meal!!!!!  Yes, real food!  It was super good.  The next day, I met my trainer, Hermana Wall.  She is from Virginia. She has spent her last six months in a different area so we are both new to the area and we are both pretty lost. We are white washing this area (which means that missionaries haven't been here for a while).  It's very hard haha, but we chilling. We live in Koreatown! It's pretty cool.

In California, you never know what's south or what's north. Sometimes when we are out running in the mornings, we get lost because we don't know the direction we came from. Haha It's so hard. Also, people say Utah drivers are bad? Well, I'm sorry, but people here are crazy. It's like they've never heard of a stop sign before. haha

We have been teaching a lot! It's been kinda hard to find people to teach though because we are so new to the area, but we have the best ward ever!! They are so so so excited to have hermanas in their ward. We are the first hermanas in this area for a long time.  Everyone is confused when they see sisters instead of elders. We have lessons with ward members all the time,  One lady, Hermana Contreras, is the sweetest. She can talk and talk and talk forever.  I never know what she is saying because she talks so fast  But it's okay, because I never need to respond because she's always talking. haha Love her.

We are teaching this guy named Juan! He really wants to change his life, but can't seem to give up drinking. So we're working on that.   He's a good guy! We are also teaching Jonny, we met him at a park. He also struggles with drinking. We try and teach him, but he's always drunk.  So send prayers for Jonny. 

I still haven't gone to In-N-Out, but its gonna happen soon. Today we are getting Korean BBQ, which I'm so excited for!!!

Anyway, life's good! I love these people!! Love you guys!! Stay safe!!! 

Love,

Hermana Weenig <3 

One of our MTC Teachers

Long Live the Tienda Squad

Some of our MTC District

MTC Roommates

My Australian <3

See you in TWO Elder Yandow

With my trainer, Hermana Wall (Virginia)

Hermana Wall

Last Week at the MTC

Hi Y'all,

It's been a great week!  We had our final devotional last night and the spirit was so strong.  Elder Booth and I had the opportunity to sing during it.

For p-day, we went one more time to the Mexico City Temple.  So beautiful!

Our Halloween was basic.  We ate candy and painted our nails. :)  Not a lot of Halloween fun at the MTC.

We received our flight plans a few days ago!! Yuhhh  I leave for California on Monday!  I can't wait.  It will be so sad to leave our district, we're like family.  But, we're all super pumped to leave the MTC.  I'm grateful for the friends I have made and for the experiences I have had here.

A short email, but a picture overload.  Thanks!

Love y'all.  Be safe!!!

Love, 

Hermana Weenig

Our District

Love my companions
(Sister Yensen and Sister Young)

Treats from some Elders we helped with translation.

MTC Friends

Best Roommates

"Holiness to the Lord"

Mexico skirts

Mexico City Temple with some of our District

Mexico City Temple Visitor's Center

Rain, Rain

Hi,

Okok so I'm back in a trio with Hermana Young and Hermana Yensen. We moved into a trio room, it's pretty small but we're like besties so we just party all the time. The other Hermana's in our apartment are Latinas, they don't speak any English so it's good practice for us.

Hermana Yensen's birthday was yesterday!! For her birthday we jammed out to music (Disney & Christmas) and ate a lot of candy. haha  It was way fun.

It rained all this last week and when it rains it pours, with thunder and lightning every few minutes. It's super pretty.

On Sunday in sacrament meeting, I gave the closing prayer in Spanish.  Scary, but super exciting.

We switch companions on Tuesday and Saturday every week with Latinas. It's super fun, but exhausting. The Latinas speak so fast haha.  I have the same companion every week. Her name is Hermana Crisostomno. She's the cutest. She always gives me these interesting Mexican candies. Haha She's the best.

One more full week here!! Then, I'm outta here!!! I'm getting super excited to leave, but I will miss my district a lot. Love them.

On Monday, I tried out to sing in a devotional for this next week with Elder Booth, we got in. We have to sing half the song in Spanish, I'm super excited. Elder Turner is playing the piano for us.

Anyway, all is good.

Love y'all!

Hermana Weenig

Hermana Crisostomno

The Latino District

 Everyday we get treats from the tienda and then we chill.  It's our little refresher for the day.
With Elder Brady and Elder Lorwald

With Hermana Richard, we flew over together from Salt Lake.

Da Trio

Look out California...

Llamamdome

Wazzzzz uppppp!

Yesterday, we switched companions with Latinas for the day. They did not speak any English. It was way fun.  It was hard to communicate with them because all I know are church words in Spanish, but it was so fun. My Latina companion's name was Hermana Crisostomno. She is so cute. I didn't get a picture with her, but I will next week. 

So Hermana Young went back with her old companion.  Now it's Hermana Yensen and I as a companionship. I freakin love Hermana Yensen, She's the best. We have an Australian roommate (Hermana Richard) and we make up raps to sing to her at night.  She says we are bad, but deep down we know she loves it. I'm also trying to master my Australian accent here. Hermana Richard's has been teaching me. I'm getting it down. 

I guess our district is ahead of everyone.  We memorized everything super fast and now we're just memorizing vocabulary. It's nice, but I'm like why did we make the first 3 weeks so stressful hahah.  It's still stressful, but more relaxed.

I'm half way done with my MTC experience!!! I'm so ready to go to California!!! Elder Loreward from our district and I leave the same day for California.  The first thing we are going to do is get some American fast food  -- I'm ready for some In-N-Out!!!

Anyway, everything's good here!  Hope y'all have a good week!  The church is true! God loves y'all.  Be safe. 

Hermana Weenig <3

Picture with some "random" Elders. 

Grateful to have clean water to drink.

Cleaning is so fun!

Just had to.

Temple Trip

HEY Y'ALL

So this week has been good!   Spanish, Spanish and more Spanish.  Today, we were able to go to the Mexico City temple.  It is so beautiful!  It was nice to leave the MTC for a while. My district is the best, we're getting super close.

Nothing super exciting happened this last week. Other than, one day I was telling my companions a story as we were walking outside and a parrot flew over me and dropped a "treat" on me -- that was fun! :(  Spanish is coming along, we've been giving lessons in Spanish which is awesome.

 

The spirit is so strong in the MTC, but the rules here are crazy strict. The other day we were taking group pictures and I got in trouble for standing by the elders in my district.  So we had to retake the pics hahaha. 

 

Hmmmmm the food is ..... good? It's not terrible, I'm grateful for it. The best is on Tuesdays -- we get Costco pizza.  

 

The gospel is true. 

Love y'all!!! Be safe!!! 

Hermana Weenig <3

Mexico City Temple
Hermana Yensen, Me and Hermana Young

Lovin' the Mexico rain

Matching with Hermana Young

District Selfie

First Group Shot

Retake of Group Shot :)

A New Language

This week was way fun, but very stressful.  Learning a new language is super hard, but its crazy how much I've already learned. I love my district, they're the best! We have a volleyball game later today and I'm pumped to destroy the elders. Hehe 

The hermana that speaks French is now in a French class because it was too hard for her to learn Spanish from a language she didn't understand. :(  So now we have a trio companionship:  Hermana Young, Hermana Yensen and I.  They're crazy smart and super cool.  My roommates are so freaking fun.  We have six hermanas per apartment and each companionship has their own room.  We all get along so well.  So it's a party every time we come back from class.

It's so pretty here, I love it, but it can get pretty cold. It will randomly just start to rain, but its dope.  Also, I'm so use to using my iPhone back at home and I have a Samsung phone for my mission it's kinda sad how bad I am at using it. hahahah.

Love y'all!! Be safe  byeeeee

Hermana Weenig

Hermana Young, Hermana Yensen and I

District Selfie

Me struggling with using my phone w/ Elder Yandow (friend from home)

Hermana Yensen and I posting up for the cold.

Our group that entered the MTC together