Arlington; Sunnyside Branch - Week 1

Sofia would LOVE if you would send her emails during the week... she can read them any day, but only respond on Monday. She says they really boost her spirit. Her email address is: sofia.jimenez@missionary.org

YO once again I'm out here with 0 time. That will change very soon. I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

Washington was nothing I ever expected. Missionary work is not what I thought it was. But I know that this is where I need to be and I'm doing what I need to be doing. Even if that includes alpacas (not fun).

Hahaha. All in all, I'm going to be okay. I love how green it is here and I have a really awesome trainer Hermana Chatfield.

There will be more next week, but I'm out here in Washington and my hair isn't a bush yet so we 10/10 GUCCI.

I love you guys so much, you can do hard things.
Hermana Jimenez

Sofia with Hna Chatfield and a branch member named Dawn. 

Sofia said Dawn is from Puerto Rico and reminds her of Madivette.

We got to chat with Sofia today, and she seems to be doing really well. She has had to adjust to being back in the states. She is assigned to the Arlington, WA area (about an hour north of Seattle). Her Spanish area overlaps 3 English speaking areas. The branch she is assigned to also has a set of Spanish Elders in it. She already had to publicly pray and give a talk in Spanish. The alpaca experience was a service project, and she was just about ready to come home by the time they finished :) She has a car in her area, and probably will for her entire mission. Her trainer has 10 months in the mission and is also a Sister Training Leader, so Sofia will be going on splits with other sisters while Hna Chatfield takes care of her leadership duties.

The group who arrived with Sofia to the Washington Everett Mission. She told us that there were 2 additional Spanish speaking sisters who came from Provo (they were in Hna. Otuafi's district in Provo.)