Happy Mothers day!

Hello mom! Hopefully we will be able to call today, if not tomorrow! Have you downloaded whatsapp? HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!🤩🩷🌸🎉 I woke up thinking about you today and am so grateful to have such a gem of a mom like you.💎 You truly are my best friend and my biggest example. I miss you every day! I loved when you would pick me up from school to get lunch, especially for my birthday- that was always so fun. How lucky I am to know my mom would do anything for me, like sew a whole dress just so i could be abigail adams for halloween!!😆 You are so fun to be around. I love talking with you and making you laugh, driving around looking at houses together, going on walks, working out together, even just running errands on occasion (i do miss costco dearly). I miss watching documentaries together!! You are so important to me! Thank you for all of your support- sitting at all those HOT soccer games, encouraging me through the ups and downs of high school, supporting my dreams of travel, and all your fasting and prayers as i serve a mission. I don't know what I would do without you!! Thank you for being my friend and confidant! This week was a bit rough for me. Spanish is really really hard, not knowing what people are saying is EXHAUSTING and then trying to talk and no one understanding you is SO humbling. I got called a mute by one guy this week😐 Im trying really hard but its a struggle feeling like you arent progressing. At times its daunting to think I still have 16 more months, but i know it will get easier as i get the hang of things. Ive heard the first few months of the mission is the "refining fire". I feel im being refined😅 On wednesday night we had an 8 hour overnight bus to Montevideo for zone conference. I started not feeling good right before we left. The bus was FREEZING and by the time we made it to Montevideo, i had a fever, chills, nausea, and bathroom problems (if you know what i mean) on top of not eating, sleeping, or water for close to 18 hours at that point. I was also called up on the spot to say the prayer in spanish in front of everyone (including colton) and then had to sit through the entire conference on the verge of death. Not a good first impression for meeting all the missionaries and President Santiago in person for the first time dang it🥲 after we had a 8 hour bus back to Rivera which also broke down in the rain!! Could it get any worse am i right?!😭 I think I had my first taste of home sickness. We finally got home at midnight and i threw up. It was a long week, and i couldnt help but want my mom. Anyway sad experience but moral of the story- i miss you dearly and you are truly the best mom i could ever ask for. I want to be EXACTLY like you. I love you mom!! Your Hannah Bear