We were able to "Skype" Megan on Christmas Eve. Brayden was at work :(  Her camera and mic wouldn't work... So, She got to see us, our snow and our faces and hear our voices. She could type a response to what she saw and we could talk back. It was VERY frustrating. She has to go to an internet cafe and pay for the internet each week and they are all closed on Christmas Day. Since it was a change in the plan she got permission for us to also call on Christmas Day.  That was also frustrating... Basically, it was over 17 hours of trying to get a simple glance and hello. We managed! Her voice was wonderful to hear! She sounds so upbeat and positive. She is happy!!! And being VERY obedient!  We wish you all a wonderful New Year!

December 24, 2012

Hi family!

Good golly I miss you!! But all is well! It has been the best week yet I think.

Thank you EVERYONE for the Christmas gift! I’ve had the paper Christmas tree up all week and loved everyone’s letter (ornaments). Tell Glen the scripture he shared has gotten me through the week and Kara’s too. Tell San I love all her elf quotes. The ones from my grandparents are priceless. I am so grateful.

When I help people learn how to say my name, my companion says, it’s Workman, like Spiderman or superMAN. Then they always laugh and call me WorsMAN. they’re trying. chuckle.

I taught a lesson in 4 languages, ASL, SSL, Spanish, and English. It was so awesome! I was so nervous before going in. We got in the house and the spirit calmed my worries. I was able to teach the message of the restoration! And she accepted my invitation to be baptized! She seemed so receptive! Describing the first vision in ASL was awesome. I could’ve done a better job at explaining the term, Joseph Smith, was a name. oops. She got a little confused there. And it was hard to explain that God and Jesus did not come down with wings. I had never thought of that before. The gospel is being taught to every nation, kindred, tongue, people, and HANDS! haha. The Lord put her in my path. I’ve been given these talents for a reason. It felt soo good to be able to communicate! To really finally communicate! This scripture describes how I felt: “and I was lead by the spirit not knowing beforehand the things that I should do.” 1 Nephi 4:6

 There is a power found in fasting. I know that the only way I’m going to learn this language is with power from on high. I wanted Him to know I’m serious. I desperately want to communicate. It is my testimony that fasting works and I feel like my family must’ve been praying extra hard for me this week, for that I thank you. I REALLY could feel prayers all around me!

I went to San Jose! I got to see some of my MTC friends! It was so nice to recount our experiences, fears, worries, etc. Elder P and I just talked the whole time. He told me about his meltdown, and I told him about some of mine. haha turns out were all human! I like getting together with all the mishies. The president and his family, are also gringos, and are awesome. They put on a skit to “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” and I thought of Bray and “Home Alone” and how much I love and miss him. While I’m on the subject, Bray, this morning I had some granola. You know what I wanted to do in that moment? Watch “Turner and Hooch” with you. Man I miss you. President and his family gave us candy canes. Bray, I cannot eat one without thinking of you.

I was so excited to get out of the heat of Nicoya and return to the normal San Jose, but I got off the bus and was freeeeeeeeezing! Nicoya has changed me! haha turns out, this is the place for me! Ma and Pa I’m looking for some property for you. You are retiring here. This is where you belong! Especially mommy! I like Nicoya. What a blessing! (San Jose is ugly compared to Nicoya)

We went Christmas Caroling in 90+ degrees! For a minute there I felt like I was at home again.

While waiting in a pizza shop, the Simpsons came on in Spanish. It was so tempting. Anyway, it made me laugh! I don’t know why I wrote this one down...maybe because I got a slice of pizza and a slice of home? eh? eh? haha it was nice.

What are you going to do with the puppies? (btw, puppies will be available about the first week of February)

Cultural differences: My comp is very blunt. She told me that I shouldn’t eat bread for lunch because it’s not healthy. I laughed and thought, “Girl if I don’t eat this sammich imma die.” Please share this with Mitch. I told her about our Christmas traditions of pjs, which I miss, and she said that was the dumbest thing she has ever heard. Huh? Welll, as with all things in life that we don’t always agree with, “smile and wave boys, just smile and wave”. It’s a cultural thing.

I’ve never been more grateful for what I have in Utah. The other day we went to a sketchy area of town to pick up some investigators for church. We went to this house that was held together by what appeared to be push pins. Random slabs of wood. Sheets. Dirt floor, etc. They showered by filling up a bucket of water from a well - they had to drop a bucket into a well themselves. A well! I’ve only seen a real well in movies, Snow White I believe. I watched their son bathe in a sink, where laundry was being done. My companion is so Christ-like, she tried to lessen some of their burdens by sweeping. Here I was trying not to touch anything, (I think dads made me a germ-a-phobe after all) and she was scraping up stranger’s garbage and dirt WITH HER BARE HANDS! What a great example. I think I have the best comp out there. She rocks.

Please also send crystal lite packets. They save my life! Also, if you get your hands on a 2011 issue of the October Liahona, guard it with your life.

DADDY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! (Yesterday). You’ve been on my mind all week (all 3 months really) but especially this week.

Chase happy birthday on the 28th and Jess happy birthday on the 26th.

I love you each of you so much. I’ve taken Christmas for granted. Never again! I’m so grateful for my Heavenly Father. He loves me so much! Just as He loves each of you. When I think of Christmas, I think of Mary and Joseph. What a scary adventure for them as well. I can’t even imagine the pressure. I know Christmas time can bring so much stress and pressure. But never forget that that is not what it’s all about; listen to Pres Monsons Christmas devotional talk. Jesus had some amazing earthly parents, just like me. I’m so grateful for their sacrifices, and my own earthly parents. I love being a missionary. I’m not just sharing information, I’m sharing salvation. This message is so important! I love Jeffrey r. Holland’s talk, “Peter do you love me?” This message is for our brothers and sisters. They need what we have. I love my heavenly father, truly love him. I’ve left all I know to FLOOD THE EARTH with the Book of Mormon. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t so flippin true. To those of you not yet of our faith, practice a particle of some desire to know more. I want everyone to know the power of the Book of Mormon and the power of our Heavenly Fathers love for all of his children so individually. I have a testimony that The Church of Jesus Christ has been restored through a prophet named Joseph Smith. I know he saw God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. I know that families can be together FOREVER. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, another testament of his son, Jesus Christ. I love this gospel.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY CANADIAN BOXING DAY! HAPPY CHRISTMAS HARRY. HAPPY CHRISTMAS RON. HAPPY NEW YEARS!

With every ounce of love,

Meg-Hermana Workman

December 17, 2012

Dear Family and Friends,

Thank you for the emails! I pay for every minute of internet that I use here, so my fingers are speeding along. I have tears in my eyes because I don’t think all of you realize how much I need these letters of motivation. Thank you.

Okay first off. Mom, your right about that bus. I actually laughed while I was on it because it reminded me of “Romancing the Stone”. I was the lady in a white dress and heels trudging through the jungle. My comp was...the dude - I can’t remember actors names... but esta bien! I left from San José where it is nice and cool. I was even wearing a jacket. Then I entered Jurassic Park and have not stopped sweating since. ha-ha Trying to carry three very heavy suitcases on pebble streets and dirt was a huge joke. Seriously laugh and laugh. My comp and I just laughed. Eventually I lost a wheel. I hope you weren’t too attached. It’s of no use to me now. The other three feel off shortly after. Any who it sure made me laugh and yeah. Romancing the Stone scenery here too, picture that. It’s so beautiful here. The most beautiful sun sets I have ever seen. It’s HOT, but beautiful! I feel like I am always camping because there’s always smoke in the air from someone’s cooking, etc. EVERYONE here has a motorcycle and drives like they’re at the sand dunes. It’s hot. (Did I mention that?) When we do personal, language, and companion study in our house, I feel like I’m sitting in a trailer with no air conditioning. ha-ha I promise I’m not complaining, I’m getting used to it.

Friday, everyone is going to San Jose which is six and a half hours away from me. I’m in an area called Nicoya. It’s the furthest place in the country. It is always 95 degrees with 89 percent humidity. Picture St. George, in the dead of summer, on crack! hahaha its so so so so hot. But I’m getting used to it. So, Friday, I’ll be with all of my MTC friends!!!!!!!!! I’m super excited! We’re going to have a Christmas dinner. But that means I don´t get a preparation day today. Bummer. I live for these things, but I do get to email home. ahh I love it! The Ticos speak one million miles an hour.

The people here can tell I love them, I hope. I am grateful for the kiddos - you don’t need language to communicate with them.

Connor, I’ve met many people your age and it tugs my heart a little. I feel like you are always around me. But, I miss you.

Ryley! I walked into the bathroom and my heart stopped. Right above me was a gecko, who I think I shall call Wanda. I was really scared at first, but then I thought of you and all the fun you’d have trying to catch her. Man I miss you. I too have not really felt the Christmas spirit. I have a hunch that it’s because I’m surrounded by palm trees and sunscreen, ha ha. hehehe. They have some different Christmas music here with children singing and tambourines and flutes. Plus I’m not with my family. That’s weird. But I’m representing our lord Jesus Christ. I wear his name right above my heart. My dedication is to completely being his servant, His hands, His tool.

Bren, man I miss you. Your day with Chad sounds awesome. Snow sounds awesome. A movie sounds awesome, you sound awesome. I’ve been reading a gen conf magazine from years past,

Daddio, your letter was so touching. I love and miss you so much.

It is REALLY hard. And there are seriously times when I think, “I want my mom! I want to snuggle! I need her shoulder” but no. I have to stay committed. A mission isn´t meant to be a selfish thing. It’s a small sacrifice for the Lord. Honestly, I, like Nephi, (many times) my pillow has been wet with tears this week. Nephi’s cause was slightly more noble, but mine has gotta be close behind. It´s difficult here. Really hard. everyone around me is speaking SUPER fast a foreign tongue all the time. I can´t even really communicate with my companion. BUT there are so many tender mercies. This opportunity has caused me to beg to my heavenly father for charity. (Read Moroni 7...46? 45?) Because I keep finding myself thinking, oh I wish my mom were here. If my brothers were here, I could be happy or I wish I had A/C. I don’t like this food. It’s hot. I wish, I wish etc. But that is not good. I need to "think no evil." and "suffereth long." Two sayings mom always said to me have kept me going this week: 1. When life becomes a roller coaster, climb in the front seat and throw your arms up and enjoy the ride with a smile.  I absolutely am in that roller coaster. What the heck is going on? I never know. But enjoy the ride, right? 2. You can eat an entire elephant. One bite at a time or as my comp tells me, poco a poca. Step by step. And it’s true. I go to church and have no idea what’s being said. But I can tell that I’m pronouncing better. Or that I can remember one phrase. I know that I will master this language one day. A Christ-like characteristic that I’ve been working on this week is HOPE. I realized I was feeling hopeless. Like I could never ever learn and that is what Satan would have me believe. That is not what my Heavenly Father would want me to feel. So I’ve been begging for more hope. That’s weird because I never thought I’d be lacking hope - that seems like the easy one. But I’m grateful for the struggle. How boring life would be if we remained stagnant. 

Weird to see Char as a mom! Love the puppies!! Oh my!! So cute… wish they’d stay like that for a couple years!!

Oh! After we wrote last week, I saw two people signing with SSL. I don’t know what compelled me, wait, yes I do, to walk over and say ‘hi’. Spanish Sign Language (SSL) and American Sign Language (ASL) are different. But the dude knew ASL and SSL!! His girlfriend only knew SSL. They gave me their contact info and were going to teach them! So we tried to meet up with the girl, but she wasn’t home. Her mom said, she doesn´t know ASL. I clearly don’t know Spanish let alone SSL, but my comp said: “it’s no coincidence that they were put in your path. You possess the ability to talk to her. You and you alone.” So I’m excited for the challenge!! We´ll see how it goes ñ= (That would’ve made a smiley face.)

I MISS MY GRANDPARENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soooo much! We taught an old lady the other day and she started cooking something with onions. It’s there that I realized one of my favorite smells in the world is fried potatoes and onions. I miss my grandparents so much!

We had a Christmas party here too. I really miss our ward. But I will say something about the Costa Rican ward, they sure know how to dance! All of the youth coordinated a dance, the 7 of them, ha-ha and it was awesome! 

I got to go. Frown! This time goes by way too fast! 

I LOVE YOU FAMILY SO MUCH! Please stay happy and golden and know that I love you so much! 

Finally! Proof that Megan was on that little blue plane I watched moved South on the computer screen and land in Costa Rica! She made it! She's happy! Oh... It does a momma's heart good to know!! As usual, I edit her letters to try to arrange her scattered thoughts. However, this one took FOREVER! Apparently, keyboards are different in all area's of the world! She isn't used to the keyboard and there were a lot of typos and funny symbols. It was a treat for us to read... thought we'd make it easier for you! Much love! XOXO Terry and Diane  **also, Corrine, I think you guessed right, again. Do you have a line on that date for the second coming? 

Date: 10 Dec 2012 <yick really<- typing on a Costa Rican keyboard is making me laugh!

Onward Christian Soldiers!

Greeting to the most beautiful family on earth and to the most blessed country!

Oh thank heavens for yawl’s email. First of all dad- I think of you, very specifically, almost every day here because I’m surrounded by...dirt. And I know you couldn’t handle it. Mom and I could, hence why I’m here. He he! Seriously though I’m so scared to eat most of the food and touch a lot of things, thank heavens for the hand sanitizer I brought.

Bienvinetos a Nicoya!!! That is my first area. But first let me tell you how I got here. Airplane. babahjaha so funny. It felt so good to get out of the MTC to be on streets! To drive by 123rd on the freeway! To see Salt Lake! The Temple! awwww amazing! Goodbye snowy mountains! I sat next to people from Germany on the plane and I kept thinking, okay mish opportunity bring it on! What will I say? No se. But the lord knows! Just open your mouth. Anyway, that was fun. Dallas. I spoke to y’all. Also fun. It’s also where I ate my last good meal. A nasty hamburger. But I’d gladly take that any day again. ha-ha We got to Costa Rica at about 7:00 pm CR time 8:00 p.m. your time I think. No daylight savings. We got to immigrations and that was possibly the funniest thing ever. My companion got stuck and they wouldn’t let her into the country. We called president but they wouldn’t let him in. So we all tried to use the little Spanish we knew. They kept telling us we couldn’t be with her but, she’s our companion and we couldn’t leave her! Anyway long, funny, exhausting story later -we left at about...11:00 p.m. then to the temple! San Jose, Costa Rica! Beautiful! We went to McDonalds-Yuck. I’m sorry if I come off negative. In hindsight I miss McDonalds more than anything! Then to the mission office -we had our interviews with the President. Whew it was exhausting!!!!!!! They fed us sandwiches...I did not eat because it was so late! Then at about 1 am we went to some sister missionaries’ house. There were 14 of us in a “two-bedroom" casa. So at about 3:30 am I was allowed to go to bed. The next day, Wednesday, was the changes meeting. Scary! I got a new companion. Hermana Aldana from Mexico, she is the nicest ever. I am so grateful for her! They shipped me off to the Guanacaste. (It’s an area west in the mission, it´s by the pacific coast. A little peninsula near Montezuma… I hope that’s not a sign!) San José weather is beautiful. Breezy. Perfect. Nicoya! I read about your snow and I got a tear. hahaha BE SO GRATEFUL FOR AC AND THE COLD I TELL YA! It is so hot here. My clothes are constantly wet. I don´t sweat like I did in Utah but, man, I feel like I’m constantly right out of the shower. I feel like I’m in Jurassic Park!! Seriously, it’s everywhere! Me gusta!  

Every day we eat lunch at this one lady’s house. It’s difficult for me. The utensils, plates and food aren’t as clean as I’m used to. The only thing that cleans the dishes is the water. No soap. Plus I just can’t eat the meat here yet. Especially the chicken because I know it comes straight from the pet next door. I’ve seen too many chickens around here, so I know it’s fresh. And I just...can’t. So I’ve been starving that is until Saturday. I went to the store! Did I just spend six dollars for a box of Trix? Yes. Yes I did. And it was SO worth it. Also there was no Wal-Mart trip but I did find peanut butter. I way over-payed, but I’ll never go hungry again!

Surprise, surpise! I dont´know Spanish at all. None! It’s so annoying. I held it together until yesterday at church. Not being able to communicate sucks. But, I know that so slowly it’s coming. My comp is great and she only speaks to me in Spanish unless I’m really dying. This experience is teaching me more about charity. Read in Moroni ch 7 (the scripture we had on our trailer fridge) it suffereth long, thinketh no evil. That means not always wanting to run away and cry- not being selfish- but being grateful to be where I am and it endureth all things. I’m praying with all the energy of my heart for charity. I know my prayers are being answered. God hears my prayers and loves me. Just know that I really miss all of you!

Brothers, next time you’re bored and go to play Xbox, just know that the kids here go outside, draw a circle with a rock and play marbles in the dirt. Be grateful!! I met an awesome boy named David, pronounced duh veed, who is a future missionary. He’s thirteen, a member and always wears a white shirt, tie, and black pants. Why? Because one day he wants to be a missionary! What an empowering little man. He’s so sweet and reminds me of Connor because he would do anything just to be with his friends. What a stud! I really wish I could understand him. He was on "splits" with us. The people here are very receptive and very kind. We were teaching this one family and before we left the woman went into another room and came back with a Christmas present, a mug, for me. She didn’t even know me! I couldn´t really even talk to her. But I know, at least I hope she knew my spirit, knew that my intentions were good and knew that I came as a representative of the Lord. I’m just super grateful! And Saturday I had my first baptism. Cha!

Oh Friday there was a festival of lights. Not the Jewish thing but a parade of Christmas with lights, minimal lights. I hope you realize how spoiled we are in the US. I mean seriously spoiled. Anyway it was so awesome! Drums, marching bands, dancing, LOUD! So awesome! I felt it in my bones! I loved it! Love the music! They played all these Christmas songs, English ones, that people here don´t know the words to, but I did. What a blessing! And then randomly they played Ozzy Osborn’s Crazy Train. My comp had never heard of Ozzy. How is that even possible? Oh and my comp likes to get up at 4:30 am - in the morning and go to the gym. She’s so patient with me so I go because she is so kind and would do anything for me - like waiting until 6:30 to go like a human being. Today we were in the gym and one of my most favorite Eminem songs came on. tsk tsk. I gotta stay focused! I held my ensign magazine a little closer to my eyes to focus.

A bird pooped on my head. Gross, but great comic relief.               *Photo* *Photo* Mom, I thought of us stalking the FB photos. Check out my first shower! Yeah. This is my life now haha at least it’s not showering in buckets. By the way the water is clean! And safe to drink. It’s white though because of the mineral count. Weird!  My comp and I at my first baptism.  

I am so sore. I think it’s my shoes, or my backpack. I bought a new backpack today, seven bucks, I’ll take it. We’ll see if that works. I have many insect bites despite the constant application of repellant. esta es la mision! haha endure, endure, endure. endure it well? Eternal life. Okay!

  

I’m grateful to be here. I’ve never relied so heavily on my heavenly father. I sincerely need him every hour. I’m so grateful for the things I have that bring me comfort, sincerely: hymns, scriptures and prayer. I am so grateful for this gospel because it teaches me how to find this comfort and how to live so that I can be happy. Do not ever ever ever give up. Something that keeps me going is Nephi, Ammaron, Ammon, Mormon, Ether and Abinadi. They knew they were fighting a losing battle. Why then did they continue? What’s the point? It’s because they saw my time – OUR TIME. They saw my brothers and knew that there was hope. They knew if anyone could do it, it would be us. Put on that entire armor and protect yourself like none other. We’re going into Babylon to gather Israel. I do not want to let them down. They suffered far greater than I ever will so that I could proclaim this glad message. With every fiber of my being I know that Christ lives. I know that this is the true restored gospel of Jesus Christ. My lips will never cease to proclaim the message of eternal families, of repentance and of our Saviors love for each of his children. I am so grateful for all the scarifies on my behalf and all of the prayers. Thank you every single one of you reading these words.

I love you family! So much that it hurts! Keep the letters coming, they help! You are all so powerful. Mom thanks for telling me about where Elder C’s sister is going. I was dying to find out! Connor, I’m happy you had that experience. It’s making you a better future missionary. Also I’ve decided you are not allowed to date. Our other siblings are gaga, and I don´t want you sucked into their mind voodoo. Mom and dad told you that girls have cooties right? That’s why they shipped me all the way out here ha-ha. Brothers, continue to laugh. Watch all the Disney you can! I’m jealous! Listen to conference talks. Stay strong. Do the things that will make you stronger. Pray. Read the scriptures. Listen to good music. Watch good TV shows and games. Speak only kind and uplifting words. Beg for the Holy Ghost each day and I promise you´ll continue to have good days. Beg for the spirit to be with you before you study and close with a prayer. Thank your Heavenly Father for the inspiration and guidance you receive while studying. Study with someone else in mind and I promise your study observance will increase. Never stop trying. You are reading the words of mighty prophets? What did the Book of Mormon cost? The best blood of the 19th century (D&C 135) and I would add the best blood of all time. Nephi wrote and perished so that YOU could read his words. I’m so happy testimonies are growing! I’m happy I’m a good example. I really did need to hear that, thank you! Sister Dalton said in a conference a few years ago, your Heavenly Father is only a prayer away and the Holy Ghost is always within whispering distance. Me gusta!

Audios Utah!

I love you all!! Hugs and kisses! Muah! Stay Golden! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!

Hermana Meg Workman

P.S. It’s so funny to hear everyone try and say my name. I thought they would have a hard time with the “W”. Nope it’s with the “K”. I am now Hermana WORM-AN. hahahaha funny.

P.P.S.S. Christmas I get to Skype. You tell me the time. Also I won’t get dearelder letters for another...6 weeks so maybe just send them through air mail??  Not sure... I’ll get you my address next week. ?? 

The address for her mission home is: Hermana Megan Workman

Costa Rica San Jose Mission

Apartado Postal 249-2010

San Jose, ,

Costa Rica

For parcels it’s: Hermana Megan Workman

Costa Rica san Jose Mission

De La Pops de Curridabat

500 Mts sur, Oficina Insquierna

Edificio Trebol, Local #6

San Jose, Costa Rica 

Church pouch mail**: Hermana Megan Workman

Costa Rica San Jose Mission

POBox 30150

SLC, UT  84130-0150  **Please fold envelopes according to pouch mail instructions as per church website.

** I don't know how to flip the photos. They are correct in my library?? Help?? Anyone??

We made it! Our flight to Costa Rica!! Bienvenidos!

Ha! This one is for my mom! We stalked fb photos and saw this in an Elders page. Yep, I have a shower.. no bucket! 

My new home!

My companion and I. 

What a great day!! We got to talk to Megan for over an hour on the phone. We were cut off by the flight leaving DFW and heading to Costa Rica!! She is on the plane right now!! WOW!!  We laughed, cried, talked and enjoyed the moments thoroughly! She mentioned so many of you individually and wanted us to relay her love and gratitude. She shared some of her journal quotes and other thoughts I grabbed out of her last letter from the MTC. We feel so very blessed to have a missionary in the field right now and blessed at this time of year (and always) for our wonderful family and friends all all of your support. Please enjoy! Take a moment to enjoy this time of year and the reason we celebrate it~ Love, Terry and Diane & Family.

 I’ve left the MTC!!! This is what I’ve written about it in my journal:  “If God lives in the temples, He vacations at the MTC”. It’s the BEST!!  Here are some of my journal memories: A great game of UNO: One Elder got like 3 lbs of homemade jerky. We all gathered around the table and when I pulled out the mini UNO cards, we all couldn’t stop laughing. It was crazy cuz the Jerky was really tough to eat so we all just kept on chewing – like chew. I don’t know if I’m adequately expressing how funny it really was. (felt like I was a bit closer to my brothers) Another? Well, an Elder in Ash’s Zone got a box from Amazon. No return address… Guess what was in it? 3000 shiny, bouncy balls! Let me explain here… we get pretty low on entertainment. Well, yeah! Can you just imagine how great 3000 shiny, bouncy balls are? The elder took them all and dropped them down the stairs. It was hilarious.  They gave each of us here these great exercise elastics. My district used them to see how far they can fling their shoes. My comps and I tried to pull a prank on some Elders. We stapled some pages in their dictionary (which is their life blood) together. We thought we were so devious. When they found it… they just stared at it… blankly staring. Finally he said “Que es esto?” (What is this?) We couldn’t stop laughing because our joke was so lame. The Elder said: “We’ve taught them well.” Oh… there are so many, many more funny and fun stories. I hope I didn’t give anyone any ideas or offended anyone. The real beauty here is the spirit. I love the devotionals, they always leave me feeling spiritually exhausted. You know when Lehi had a vision and right after had to go back to his tent and take a nap? Or when Moroni met with Joseph Smith and He was so exhausted he passed out? Sometimes I really feel like that! The spirit is so strong here. Let me repeat that, it is so strong here!! I love it here. I’ve gotten into a comfortable routine. But, we are NOT meant to remain stagnant. Heavenly Father always wants us to progress. (Jane Eyre moment… We are not to be caged as a bird) Point? We must always be improving – which means we must always be challenged. Challenges are for our good. Be grateful for them and that you are experiencing this life at the time you are. Stay worthy to be an instrument in the Lord’s hands. All we have to do is open our mouth (action) and believe (faith) and all things work out! 

You know what else is great about the MTC? Hearing all the different languages. Nowhere else in the whole world (Maybe?? Un..yeah??) can you hear so many people in one place learning thousands of different languages: Tagolic, Tongan, Korean, Protégées, Russian, Croatian, Spanish, French, German etc. I love walking around and hearing different languages. I love that all the conversations are gospel related. Nowhere else in the world I tell you!! The MTC is a special place. It’s been an amazing journey!

Well, I’m about to get on a plane again and become Del (Quote from Planes, trains and Autos) "Neal: Eh, look, I don't want to be rude, but I'm not much of a conversationalist, and I really want to finish this article, a friend of mine wrote it, so... Del: Don't let me stand in your way, please don't let me stand in your way. The last thing I want to be remembered as is an annoying blabbermouth... You know, nothing grinds my gears worse than some chowderhead that doesn't know when to keep his big trap shut... If you catch me running off with my mouth, just give me a poke on the chubbs..."  Ha ha… Thanks for the quote Bray! It’s so what I needed for the flight. The flight from SLC to Dallas Fort Worth was great. I sat by a guy from Southern Germany. I was reading the Book of Mormon (en Espanol) and he kept looking at me… I’m sure wondering what I was reading and why. So, I did it! I talked to him about the Book of Mormon. He has been living in Salt Lake City for a year. I asked him if anyone had ever talked to him about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He said: “no”. He didn’t want to discuss it much but, I gave him a “Pass-a-long” card. It was awesome!

I’m so blessed to have been born of goodly parent in this gospel, in the covenant. I’ve been blessed to see the Lord’s hand in my life. I’m blessed to have a testimony of my Saviors love for me. Me!! Hermana Megan Workman. I know that he knows me personally. I know he is entrusting me with a marvelous work and a wonder. What a blessing. Thank you all for your support. For all of your sacrifices. I work hard every day so that I don’t let you or my Heavenly Father down. This work is so joyous. I’m happy to be a part of it. I’m happy that my parents taught me how to have a positive attitude. I’ll quote my mom: “You can eat an entire elephant, just take it one bite at a time.” I’ve shared that quote at least three times a week every week. I even recited it over and over to myself. Thank you for showing me the importance of a laugh, the importance of prayer and relying on the Lord. Thank you for teaching me how to work hard. Thank you for all the prayers in my behalf. I know this church is true. I love it! Te ama ustedes mucho! Yo se que el Evangelio es verdadero. Me agradacides por lo porque yo recibir todas bendiciones. Con Cristo,  puedo hacer anything! En el nombre de Jesucristo, Amen! 

Stay Gold!  Love, Hermana Megan Workman