Letter from 8/6/2014

Wow! I am SO EXCITED that everything is working out how you wanted!! Well, maybe not EXACTLY, but YAY NORTH CAROLINA!!! I am so pumped. :) Well, I am also nervous because what do you mean, Texas isn´t home anymore?? Haha. Do I tell people that I´m from Texas still? I´m going to go with yes. Wow, I am so excited for you guys. I will be praying a lot a lot a lot for the house to sell and for everything to go smoothly, but obviously Heavenly Father is already blessing you with answers to your prayers, so I´m not too worried. :) I wish I had been there with all of the family last weekend, but I was off not teaching english because no one came to English class... :( We´ll have to announce it this Sunday.

Here´s something cool about last Wednesday, my first day in Tamboril- we went to a dinner with a BUNCH OF AMERICANS. Aww yeah. haha. There´s an organization called H.E.F.Y., or Humanitarian Experiences for Youth. They were there at a member´s house to eat some traditional Dominican food (espaghetis y pastelón) and learn how to play dominoes. :) It was fun, and the counselors were both RMs, so it was cool to talk to them.

I love my companion, Hermana Bates!! She is so much fun and I learn so much from her every day. Yesterday we had a zone conference with my old zone, so I got to see lots of friends. My old comp is doing great. :) President and Sister Douglas taught us some easy family home evening games in one part of the conference and did so by example. One word: hil.ar.i.ous. hahaha. Anyway, I am really enjoying Tamboril- lots of people gift us platanos and rulos and guayabas and aguacates. :) It actually reminds me of Texas in a weird way. I like it a lot. The people are super nice here as well. The other day we were coming home from a family home evening and Sister Bates and I started full-on RUNNING to make it to the door at 9:30 exactly. haha. We are having a lot of fun.

Anyway, I better go! It´s not a lot today, but that´s because lots of friends wrote, which is happy. :) I will get back to all of you soon, I promise! Sister Bates and I have an appointment with some mint chocolate chip ice cream. We plan to be punctual. haha. All my love!!

Hermana Harden