Hey Hey Hey!

Hey Hey Hey!

I hope each and every one of you are doing wonderful and simply enjoying this beautiful life that God has given us. I pray that those of you starting school this coming week are PUMPED to soak all that info in (even if it doesn't seem very useful), and if you are back at work--I hope you feel your time is being spent productively and you are living up to your potential. I love you all!

If you haven't figured it out by now, Saturdays are my P-day (preparation day: sorta like a day "off"... really the only difference is we get to do our laundry, email, and wear pants instead of a skirt/dress...hey, its the little things I appreciate). Today has been wonderful. Started it out with exercising in the huge gym and getting nailed in the head with a volleyball... I was throwing back some basketballs to some other Elders playing on the court next to us and BOOM. LOL all is well, I'm fine and didn't even shed a single tear *fist bump*. We had the opportunity to attend the Provo Temple and do an Endowment Session. For those of you who aren't familiar with ordinances done in a temple, check out the temples tab at lds.org or click this link https://www.lds.org/topics/temples?lang=eng . It is such a peaceful place and a unique experience doing work for those who have passed away centuries ago. 

Spanish is well... it's coming... We got a new teacher because our other one went and got married. Her name is Hermana Richards and oh. my. goodness. SHE IS WONDERFUL. Hermana Richards served a mission in Uruguay a year ago and her way of teaching clicks with all of us in the District. She is real, understanding, compassionate, HILARIOUS, and shares with us her mission experiences. God is so good. SO GOOD. He is helping us all with the language and teaching us through the Spirit how to better teach the Doctrine of Christ. I am continually humbled by the love that He shows me. 

The other day, some Elders in our zone decided to "reenact" Harry Potter 1. It was after a long day of class and study, so that exhaustion mixed with crazy 18-21 year old young men and nerding out on Harry Potter was... extremely entertaining. The Elder acting out Professor Quarel had a full bathrobe tied around his head (they tried to tape his nose down to look like Voldemort at the ending). We have one red head in our zone... so obviously he was Ron. Harry had a blanket tied around his neck and a lightning bolt drawn on his forehead with a marker. It was hilarious. Wish you all could've seen the weirdness. 

Well, I don't have much time today to email, the Elders in my district are needing my piano playing abilities to accompany them singing Come Thou Fount for an audition in a couple weeks to perform in one of the MTC wide devotionals!

Yo se que Jesucristo es El Hijo de Dios y podemos regresar para vivir con nuestro Padre Celestial otra ves. Nuestro Padre Celestial mando a Su HIjo a la tierra para expiar nuestros pecados. El sacrificio expiatorio de Jesucristo hizo posible que superaramos los efectos de la Caida. A traves de Su Expiacion, podems recibir la vida eterna. Estoy agradecida por el Evangelio restaurado!!!

CON AMOR,

Hermana Draper

PS...Brandon Barnard is standing next to me in this photo.  His dad baptized my dad MANY years ago!! He's going to Florida on his mission.