Holy Heck, I'm a Greenie!!

The title of this email comes from me writing in my journal and the thought came to my head so I like yelled it and my companion literally almost fell off her chair. 

This week was pretty weird not gonna lie. I got up at like 2 to say good-bye to the other Hermanas on Tuesday Morning and then just stayed up to get ready to go. I had to be at the travel office at 3:45 but I went 15 minutes early to see off my companion. Anyway the flight was good. I sat next to the travel leader slash the only other guy in my group. We got to San Diego. I kept looking and telling him that I felt like I was in some weird Mormon missionary film. Seriously in a dream and trance. That could have also been because I was so dang tired! Anyway we get to the Mission home after President and Sister Kendrick come pick us up with the AP's. And we have lunch! SO GOOD! anyway so we (28 of us new missionaries) go to training and all that and then go to a transfer meeting.

I have a new companion! She's nuts I love her though. Seriously. She was an RA in Wyview my freshman year. How weird is that!?! But Yeah we've had some good times already. She even knows my RA and one of my friends who was in TMF. and my trainer trained another one of my friends, so in the mission we are sisters! How weird slash cool is that!  I am in an English Ward but she is training me in Spanish. Its kinda weird. We teach in English but speak in Spanish and have companionship study in spanish. She used to be a spanish sister but a transfer ago they switched her. I went to the Spanish Sacrament meeting yesterday, we got permission from the APs, and I was like crying because I was so overwhelmed. I don't know anything. It got better though. My poor comp didn't know what to do to help. I kept thinking pull  yourself together woman. Keep it together! Anyway I love it here. I'm in Oceanside and its literally paradise. It feels sooooo good here. I'm getting spoiled. The members feed us like everynight and I love all of them! They are hilarious! 

God is funny. He definitely has a sense of HUMOR! EVERYONE here has a dog or a cat. It is all I can do to breath sometimes because it smells of Dog in some of the people's houses that we teach like ALL THE TIME. Its actually a little suffocating and I feel like I am constantly putting eye drops in my eye or putting on hand sanitizer. Gross. I hate animals. This just confirms to me that they are gross and I will NEVER have one.

We have a couple of investigators and 2, a couple, with a strong and set baptism date! I love the work. Teaching is difficult sometimes but then there are those moments when the spirit just hits you and the words flow and after you are just like, "What in the world did I just say?!?" Its amazing. I've never felt so much love for people that i've barely met. I can truly say that our Heavenly Father does love us individually because I have felt just a small part of that love that He has for us for our investigators. I can feel the spirit testify to me that God loves each of His children every time I teach....and I don't even teach. That is all the Spirit. Holy Heck! I love this work and I love this Gospel!

The Elder I traveled with is in my zone. He is in the Spanish ward. Literally that kid has become like a brother to me. He saved me on the way here when I was getting nervous. He's killing it in the Spanish ward too. Not gonna lie i'm a little jealous that he gets to be in the Spanish ward. I need to practice more obviously. When I do get to go to Argentina I don't want to be the odd one out not speaking it well and being on my mission for like 2 or 3 transfers. I just need to pray more for the gift of tongues! and I need to be practicing more. Sometimes it gets so easy to just slip into English with my trainer. I gotta be better about that. 

So mailing situation. Send letters and dear elders or however that works to this address. I get mail at like District and Zone Conference pretty much. 

Hermana Alexis Zendejas

451 W. Bobier Dr. 

Vista, Califonia 92083

My P-days are Mondays. Anyway I will be sending pictures shortly! Love you all!! Hope all is well! tell me what's going on!??! On Friday night I went to bed with this thought in my head: RUBEN IS A MISSIONARY NOW!!!! Let me know what's going on!!! Send me Ruben's lds email!

Love you lots!!

Hermana/Sister Zendejas