UNO. December 20,2023

I am currently feasting upon peanut butter chocolate oreos as I send this email. Be jealous. It's the finer things in life we celebrate here at the Provo MTC. Anyways. GUYS I AM OFFICIALLY A MISSIONARY!! This is insane. It's been like the longest week and shortest week of my entire life. I don't even know how to begin, but seriously I do love it here. My district (which is like my group of missionaries I'm training with) is literally hilarious. I'm pretty sure we are all the same person? Just different fonts. The hermanas in my district are my new best friends. I got assigned to be the sister missionary in charge of leading along with my companion and we are literally so bad at it cuz we never go to sleep on time which is one of our responsibilities...I think I will have abs from laughing when I get out of the MTC. 


We've had some super awesome discussions in class that have grown my faith so so much. I seriously love the Lord and it has been totally a blessing to be thinking and talking about Jesus Christ all the time. The testimonies of everyone in my district are like rock solid so thats so cool. I've learned so much about Christ and I honestly can't even begin to tell you how much LOVE I havefor the savior. We went to the temple today and getting to see everyone in there all being missionaries was so beautiful. The temple is the big white building that I'll include a picture of it. We do different ceremonies and pondeirng in there. It's so peaceful. Recommend going and walking the grounds if you haven't in a while.

this week.....
The fire alarm went off. While we were getting ready for bed. Right before we got in the shower. Literally we all ran out in our pajamas and gym shorts it was awesome. So it was like at least 11 before we even made it into our rooms. 630 wakeup time was brutal that next mroning.

They were boutta make us go get covid tested so that was funny. I have the most insanely stuffed nose of my life so everyone makes me blow my nose outside the classroom. So annoying because then they just stare at me through the window. rip.

Espanol hurts my brain so mega sometimes. We do a little each day but I don't know how to do like anyting other than pray. And mostly those prayers just are thanking God for the missionaries. So if you need a prayer about that, I'm your girl.

I SANG IT THE MTC CHOIR AND IT WAS SO LOUD AND PRETTY. I loved it so much. Music is so so amazing and brings the spirit. 

The food is mid. Mostly I enjoy it because I can drink chocolate milk all the dang time and that is so joyous. It's not terrible but if anyone is feeling the insane power of the Spirit to send me Crumbl...you can do that and they wil deliver it to me directly. I'm just saying. 

I shall insert some images that are sure to give a chuckle. Most of them are of the tortilla cam we invented during dinner one night. I was the mastermind behind that devious plan but we seriously all laughed so hard it was kinda the first night I felt like we were all homies. 

The elders are currently trying to roll an orange as close as they can to their phones without hitting it so that is sorta distracting and I KNOW i had funnier things to say but it's the kind of stuff that would make you pee your pants if you were here but reading it youd probably be like "uhhh emma...not funny". 

So I'll leave it there. If you want to know more random jokes about any of the following, just tell me and I will give you the deats ha! 
(Hermano sessions, BLUE EYES, dead grandmas, hefty boys, husbands, elder roches ex)

Love you all tons and tons! Praying for all of you. This Christmas, remember the real reason. Jesus loves us infinetly and genuinly individually. If you EVER need a reminder of that please reach out. OR Go read moroni 10 in the book of mormon. That can remind you how to ask if he loves you:) In the words of my dear hermana "this place is so swag" and I'll talk to yall next week!

PHOTOS: 
1. Mi companera who is my best friend ever...shes from oregon and also named emma:) Hermana stanley is the best
2.us again after we did a practice lesson and i literally felt like i did awful...email me if you wanna know abt it
3. tortilla cams
next photo: Me and hermana barnard on our way to go get covid tested that they never ended up testing us 
next one: elder roche modeling THE SAME FANNY PACK MOM HAS ISNT THAT SILLY I LOVE YOU MOM
photo with the strange lad: strange lad with a shower cap that is attatched to his bag (elder bowman....aka elbow)
following this there is an imago of : group .5 at the first devo we went to !
THE HERMANAS!!!!! sis barny, sis felter, stan and ME!
28-D AKA BEST MISSIONARY DISTRICT OF ALL TIME (not the goat because, as my branch president said, the only real goat is jesus:)

<3 hermana barker 







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