Megan is going to the Santa Cruz, Bolivia mission and reports to the MTC in October. We are all excited for her. I am jealous of her opportunity to be forced to learn and speak Spanish. Learning in class in helpful, but it is so much easier when you are forced to use it everyday. Bolivia should be interesting. It is a very poor, land locked country in South America. It has variety of rugged mountains, the beautiful Amazon forest, and the altiplano landscape. Megan is going to the land of extremes and superlatives. When I was doing some research on Bolivia shortly after she received her call, I ran across an article in the National Geographic about the Bolivian Wrestlers. Apparently, the women get dressed up in their culture's traditional attire and wrestle it out in the ring, letting their braids, skirts and peticoats fly. I just love Culture!
This will be an awesome growing experience for her spiritually, physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Sunday, Megan spoke in church along with a good friend of hers that is called to serve in the Guatemala City, Guatemala Mission as a nurse. They both spoke beautifully. We were wondering if Megan was going to speak long enough because she wrote out a rough outline the night before and had not practiced or timed herself. She did just fine. Following the meeting, the huge Hernandez family got together and had a giant feast at Steve and Gloria's place. It was good to see a lot of the family there. It is evident that Megan has a lot of love and support. She will be missed but truly blessed.
