#yoloswag

Hi All-

We went proselyting in Bogota on Saturday!!  It was awesome. Me and Hermana Davenport talked and taught so many people. I had my stickers and I saw a little girl about 5 years old swinging with her dad. I just ran up to her and told her to pick one. I told her she was a daughter of God and that she was a princess (my Spanish is limited.. haha) I told her that she could live with her Dad forever. I gave them a book of Mormon and The Dad said he would love to know more. Umm perfect. It was the best.

OKAY. So the other day I was talking to one of my teachers during lunch about how much I wish I could buy the Bunuelos I always see in the shops on the sides of the street. And she yells over to the cooks ''Esta Hermanita quire Bunuelos!!!'' and the cooks were like... alright. SO WE HAD THEM FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. AHHHHHHH!!!   Dad... the best.   Mom... don’t cry.

 Wall Ball on P-day!  Don't be jealous and don't judge!

Grandma and Grandpa are the sweetest!!! Tell them I said thank you so much for the Christmas money!

I MISS YOU ALL SO MUCH!!  AH I NEED TO COME HOME FOR THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.   Send me a turkey!

Also... seriously  mom. I LOVE YOU. I always tell everyone about my family, I wish you all knew how much I talked about you. You are all sooo special to me and I wish you were here to see the things I see. It’s unbelievable. Everything reminds me of you! When teachers tell me ''Suave, Hermana Cedeño!'', I think of mom. If anyone asks me where I’m from, I talk about Dad  and then I end up talking about Dad for like 20 minutes.  I say ''come at me’’... Which is another line of mine that my district took over.   Our theme is ''come at me'' ah. Or I  say ''because #yoloswag'' a lot because of Ashley.   And  Elder Pacheco... IS JONATHAN.   Elder Pacheco always says things that totally make me  think of Jonathan ha-ha

MY SPANISH IS NOT SO BUENO. But it’s fine. Just a side note haha anyway

PLEASE TELL THE YOUNG WOMEN IN THE WARD I THINK OF THEM OFTEN AND THAT I LOVE THEM.  TELL THEM ALL TO PREPARE FOR MISSIONS!!  THEY WILL LOVE IT AND THEY WILL BE SO BLESSED!

AND TELL THEM I SAID THANKS FOR WRITING ME.... NOT. hahahahha 

 Colombian Soda is the best.  I love the Hermanas!!  

The Elders....  I don't even know what to say....

I don’t know what else to say. haha I JUST really love you, okay?? Please know I think of you all often. I am so excited to open my thanksgiving letter haha I wish I could buy souvenirs and send them!! I saw a way pretty bracelet that I wanted to get Ashley today but I didn’t... because it’s like impossible to send. AH!!! 

I REALLY REALLY REALLY LOVE YOU SO MUCH.  HOW WAS HALLOWEEN???   

MUAH MUAH MUAH

read chapter 31 in 2nephi. its my favorite. I absolutely love it. 

I LOVE YOU GUYS.  I JUST LOVE YOU.

DAD. Colombia... just everything reminds me of you.  EVERYTHING. I wish you knew how much I talked about you. I talk about you all the dang time. I just miss you a lot! Your emails make me laugh so hard I just can’t... ugh.  

PLEASE TELL MONICA I SAID HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK AND THAT I LOVE HER DEARLY.

I LOVE YOU ALL I think P-day next week is Wednesday :)

-Hermana Cedeño

Big Hair, Don't Care

OH MY GOODNESS.

If this hasn't been the craziest 2 weeks of my life.. i don't know what has. 

Let me just start with the fact that JUST LEAVING PROVO was the most stressful thing that I have ever done in my whole life. So we all get on a bus, head to a train and are on our way to the SLC Airport. On the train I get super distracted... ANYWAY. We switch trains and as we are driving away I realize..

I LEFT MY PASSPORT ON THE OTHER TRAIN.

K. Seriously. Who does that. 

So I get to the Airport, I'm on the phone with Mission Travel Services and I find out that my District is leaving.. and I am going back to Provo.

Hardest goodbye ever? Basically.

The ride back to the Provo MTC was MISERABLE. I was suuuuper upset. 

When I get to the Provo MTC, everyone is finding me a new schedule and a new companion that I would need until I left for Colombia. BUT, thank the heavens above, they found me a flight to Colombia that was leaving in an hour. I've never cried so many happy and sad tears before 9:00 A.M. before. It was great.

So I hit up the plane and I get to Atlanta and I find like 6 other Elders. I was so HAPPY. So happy to have other missionaries to ride with. We arrived in COLOMBIA about 5 hours later and I realized, to my pleasant surprise, I had gotten to Colombia before my District who had left about 4 hours before me. ROCK ON.

As soon as I saw the Elders in my District.. I can't describe my happiness. It was to the max. That's all.

We got picked up by 2 Hermanos. We all piled into their giant white vans without hesitation.

WITHOUT HESITATION. Seriously, I didn't even think to question it until we were driving full speed down the highway. Like.. who are these guys?

Luckily.. life was good. Made it to The CCM alive and well. SÚPER BIEN!

The CCM is dang small. I absolutely looove it. 8 girls in one room is actually the bomb.com. We have fun.

The food is SOOO much better than in Provo. Now I just gotta watch out for Obesity. (carbs on carbs on carbs on carbs....). Not to mention the fact that exercise here is IMPOSSIBLE. I felt like I could run for days in Provo. The Elevation here makes me wanna die after one lap around the CCM. And the CCM is tiny. So its awesome.

Can I just say that the humidity here is CRAY CRAY. My hair is gigantic. Its kind of great.

The Español is RIDICULOUS. I have the hardest times with it some days. Its so hard. But I'm learning. SLOOWLY. But surely :) Its definitely coming. 

Last week was AWESOME. We got to go to the actual city (FREEDOM. The CCM is like a prison. No bueno.) And we went proselyting with our compañeros. It was so fun. Hermana Davenport y yo managed to give away a couple pamphlets and a Libro de Mormon. It was super frustrating at the beginning, but we said ourselves a little prayer and things went really smooth after that. I wish you could see the city of Bogota. IT IS INCREDIBLE. Just insane.

 

We went to the Bogota Temple on Tuesday and I thought we were gonna run over like 36 people on the way there. Way scary haha!

The Temple was ABSOLUTLEY GORGEOUS. Such an amazing experience. I cant wait for our temple trip next week :)

I am soooo happy here. I feel the spirit all the time. It get so hard, and I get discouraged so easily. But prayer has been my best friend lately. I KNOOOW Heavenly Father hears us. I am SO grateful for that. I love it here. I love it here. I love it here.

Thank you for all of your support and prayers. It means soo much. I LOVE YOU ALL!