Last P-Day in the MTC!

Well, I guess she is really going to Chile! Cheryl says that Amy will leave the MTC to be at SLC by 11:30 AM. Her first flight will leave at 2:35PM and she will fly to Dallas,TX. She will arrive there at 6:10PM and leaves Dallas at 9:10 PM for Santiago Chile. She will arrive in Santiago at 9:40 AM(New York time). She is sad that she won't be able to see Brazil in the nighttime(dark). The last leg...from Santiago to Concepcion is at 12:50 PM and she will arrive in Concepcion at 1:50 PM Fin(finally). There seems to be some discrepancy...I will send another e-mail after we talk with her on Monday.
Well, I need to get going on our dinner, etc.
Happy Valentine's day to all of our Friends and family.
Mom & Dad Loveless :D



FREAK OUT! I cannot believe that I'm leaving for Chile in FOUR DAYS. Eeep. I got THREE packages this week from my mom and Cheryl. <3 Kyla, Mom, Cheryl, and Michelle all wrote me this week, and I got an e~mail from sister Goins in Spain. :)

There aren't any native speakers in my zona. They'd have all left before me anyway.

Oh! Mom--- I sent my letters home to you... and I forgot to put a letter in the package(SORRY!) It's going to go to the UPS place in Ogden and they'll call you when it gets there, apparently. And--- you can use my Debit card to pay the six dollars if you want. :) It was just a dollar or so cheaper that way. My old scriptures are in there, as well as a letter for Jessica Dupaix--- cause I seem to have lost her address, but Michelle can probably find it soon on Facebook. And... some other things for you in the red tissue paper. I don't really remember what. O.o

Anyhow!!! THE REAL LETTER STARTS HERE.

My flight plans should be to your house by now, Mom--- so if you want, you can add them in here, cause I'm lazy and don't want to waste my 30 mins of computer time by dashing halfway accross the laundry room to get my copy. Suffice it to say, I'll be in Concepcion, Chile by... 9 pm? On Tuesday night. And that's Chile time! That last four hours I'll be alone, but for the Holy Spirit! Hna Kelly and Elder Sebreros get off in Santiago, and then I continue on to Concepcion.

I'll write lots of letters on the flight. :) And read my scriptures.

For awhile I was afraid to fly so far, but I know that the Lord will keep me safe and give me comfort when I need it. And... Yo se que Senor ayudaria me. El es mi Salvador, y El me ama.

Gracias por sus tarjetas. Gracias por su ayudan. Yo los quiero.

I love you all. Keep the Faith. Don't Stop Believing.

And thanks for another e~mail, Uncle Phil!
John 3:5

Love,
Hermana Amy D Loveless
The Amyable Missionary herself.

PS-Any mail that gets here after Saturday will be sent back. It's 94 cents to send it to Chile!ADDRESS:
Mision Chile Concepcion Sur
O'Higgins 940 Of. 503
Casilla 3560
Concepcion,
CHILE

Amyably Content in Provo!

Hola Familia y amigos!

This week was a pretty great one! Saturday night, Hermana Salisbury cut her head randomly on the underside of one of the ladders on the bunkbeds, thus allowing us an exciting trip into the outside world! Provo! At 10:30! Haha. We were up waaay too late for missionaries that night. This one man in the ER asked if we'd been throwing Book of Mormons at each other. It made me laugh. I wish I'd had a phone to let Cheryl know I was out and about--- but then again, had she known, she would have been sorely tempted to break the rules and come see me in the ER Waiting room! (But anything would've been better than sitting there in the waiting room for three hours with two sleeping Sister Missionaries in your PJs with nothing to do but stare at the fish tank.)

Also-- I got a letter in French from Daddy! Which, I'm quite proud to say that I understood most of! And the fattest letter imaginable from Elder Sly, which explains why I hadn't gotten anything for three weeks, as well as two dozen doughnuts from the Sly Parents! (Thank you thank you thank you, Mrs. Sly! that is still being very much enjoyed by all the Sisters in my room and Zone. We do not share with the elders... not yet. Mwahaha.) Aaaand... letters from Ryan and Jason... and Amber Bowden and Joy Seegmiller! With lil' tiny valentines! <3

Mom! You're OUT OF DEBT!!! Can you believe it?! I certainly can! You and Dad have worked so hard for this! Tell Dave Ramsey that I say Hi. Cause I wanted to yell "I'm Debt Free!" With you... except that I'm not, but I will be!

And--- don't have laundry cart races? I hadn't ever thought of that until now. And it sounds like an excellent idea--- if only there weren't 200 missionaries in that laundry room at a time... if only!

And here are some random scriptures that might make you smile:

For JESSICA DUPAIX! (and any other Frog enthusiasts):
Psalms 105:40 (oh, and sorry for not writing yet!)

For BECKY NIELSEN, SPUD, and other CAMP PEOPLE:
Psalm 120:4

And for Michelle(or anyone else that wants to read about Unicorns):
Isaiah 33:7
:)

And--- food for thought scripture of the week:
St. Matthew 6:7-9

I can't believe that I leave on FEBRUARY 16th!! I don't get my flight plans until possibly next Friday, so I probably won't be able to tell you when I leave and stuff until the following P-day.

Love you all!
Don't Stop Believing.
~Hermana Amy Dianne Loveless

Don't Cry for Me Utah!

(After all, I'm still here, really.)

Amigos y familia!

Hola from the MTC! This week has been great! We got another new group of missionaries in, and so far I really don't know much about them. I'm not even sure that I've met them. They only came in yesterday, so I'm sure I'll see them tonight at Zone Conference if nothing else. :)

Becky says my e~mails still sound like me... I think that's a good thing. This e~mail and my letters are the one time I have each week to really even glimpse what was my life before I was here (and which I'm quite confident I'll pick right back up afterwards). It's true what they say about the MTC, btw, that the days all sort of blend together. But it's not a bad thing neccessarily. I never get bored and I never run out of things to do, but this is the Lord's work, and there is lots to be done. :) I love being here and feeling the Spirit of the Lord in all I do.

Thanks to everyone who's still sending letters. Dear Elder is great!

Also, because I'm on week FIVE, this means that you may start sending letters to Chile If you'd like. Otherwise, I probably won't get any mail for a very long, very sad time. :( And like I said, mail is, next to personal study-time with the scriptures and Devotionals with Elder Holland, my favorite part of MTC life.

I got a lovely package of Oreo cookies this week! But still no sign of the one from Dacia and friends. Perhaps the mailman got hungry?

Um... I'm kinda low on writing material today. OH! My companions and I discovered that we could fit in the carts they bring us fresh sheets in today. We took pictures with them all lined up. It looks like we're on a roller-coaster. It is AMAZING. I got a lot of letters written durring Laundry today. But I still have many more to write. :)

Take care, all of you! And don't stop writting.
Thanks again for your letters, Uncle Phil. :)
And Mrs. Sly, and Becky and Cheryl and Ashby and Mom and Michelle and Elder Sly, and Dacia and Jason, Sunshine, Dawby, and... more. :)

I love this gospel so much. I am so greatful for my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. No one else has ever done so much for me as he did by performing that infinite atonement. I know that his church has been restored on the earth today and that it is lead by a living prophet, President Thomas S Monson.

Love you all.
Keep the Faith.
Don't Stop Believing.
~Hermana Amy D. Loveless

(PS- Mom, if you could attatch my address in Chile, that'd be great. :) Oh! And yes, please send the hall stuff... unless you don't think I'll need it. But I'm already out of floss and running out of toothpaste. I can buy some here, but I figure it should last me until I get to Chile. :D)

Here are Amy's addresses. the reason that we are sending these is because we will need to start sending letters to Chile...it takes about 2 weeks.
Love and prayers,
Mission mom :D

Sister Amy Dianne Loveless
Chile Concepcion South Mission
O'Higgins 940, Oficina 503
Concepcion
CHILE

POUCH-- (reg. postage)
You may only write on one side of a single sheet of paper. Then you fold it in thirds and tape it once at the top, address it, stamp it and mail it!
Sister Amy Dianne Loveless
Chile Concepcion South Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0150
USA

So, this is the third time I've written this letter, so forgive me if it is brief. The computers here in the laundryroom all decided to rebell against me, and now I've resorted to using HErmana Salisbury's e~mail. Speaking of which... yes, she's finally here! I don't know if I told you, but a few days before Christmas, they told us Hermana Salisbury would be joining us. She was returning from sickleave, and they said she'd be here on the 26th of December. Lo and behold, they finally call us up last thursday and we got her just in time to bond with her a bit before we sent of Hermana Goins to the Spain MTC.

QUESTIONS:
#1- What is my favorite part of the MTC?
It's a hard choice. Really, I love a lot of stuff here! For example, our teacher Hermano Chandler makes me laugh so hard! He replaced Hno Peterson, who was definitely more on top of things, but... not quite so random and fun. Hno Chandler always puffs up his cheeks. It makes him look like a monkey. We all secretly laugh at it. But now he knows too. Oh well.

I also love when Elder Holland comes! For example, this Tuesday he spoke at our Devotional, and said that the little children at home think of us as superheroes flying around. Then we pause over Omaha and say, "I see evil! I will go down!"

Thusly, Mommy--- will you PLEASE PLEASE please buy Ashby one of those "Future Missionary" tags from Deseret Book? I really want her to have one. And take pictures please? And make sure she's wearing a cape.

#2- Do we have new babies this week?

YES. We even got new Hermanas. Hermana Jensen and Hermana Roberts were officially initiated into our sisterhood last night. We put them through the ring of fire and officially wailed and said "Sharkbait, Ohahaha!" It was FABULOUS.

#3 Yes, Yo estoy aprendido(?) muchas espanol. Espanol es muy divertito y facil... sometimes. Hehe. I love it though.

#4- There are 11 in my district. There were 12 for a teensy bit, but then Hermana Goins left us.

Soooo--- Erm... I don't remember what else I wanted to say.

Oh! I love you all! Letters rock! I'm having a hard time writing back, though. There's not much time when your EMAIL HATES YOU. Ahem.

Oh...

-Yes, mom. I have my debit card. In fact, I just used around 7.50 on it.
-The moose was great.

Dacia--- I love you! Sorry I haven't written back yet!Oh-- and where are the cookies? Mom said you sent them, but I didn't see them yet. :/

Jason and Sam-- All I have to say is, I totally knew Sam liked you. I'm glad you finally return her affection. She's basically one of my favorite small cute people. ;)

Oh, and que significa "afuera," mama?

Se quiero!

Random Scripture: 2 Ne 25:26

Keep the faith. Don't stop believing.
~Hermana Loveless

Picturas!

Hermana Kelly and I in front of temple, oh happy day.

The District in front of the Provo, Ut temple!

Elders Thompson, Zimmerman, Eaton, Kunz, Ledbetter & Zelenskei

Sisters Carney, Kelly, Loveless, Goins & Johnson

Christmas Stockings given to us all by our teacher!

This cute little "frosty" looks pretty big huh?! We made him during our "snow-time" on our first P-day!

But really our snowman was actually quite smalls :)

MAP Pictures!

Hola!

Elder Sly and Sister Loveless
I don't think they matched in Argyle on purpose!

Both Sister Kelly (mi companera) and I are going to Chile!!

Hermana Johnson and her "magic" orb!









Los Hermanas!

Mothers Note:
OK. Here she is. I was beginning to think that our Hermana had gotten "too busy to write." Luckily, I was wrong! My guess is that her e-mail was late because they finally got to go to the temple. That meant that her e-mail time was later than it has been. I want you all to know that we also appreciate the fact that you are praying for her. Also that you are writing her. She obviously LOVES it! We got some letters this week. It was lots of fun. On Michelle's letter....she put a PS that said that her estimated date of return(or departure) will be July 7 2010(that will be Michelle's 18th birthday)!!!Anyway, we love you all and pray that you are well. Have an awesome week!
Mom/Karen Loveless :D

Missionary Letter:
Lo siento, mi familia y mis amigos! This letter won't be very long, because I only have 17 minutes left! That, and I need to keep some time to print out Elder Sly's letter. Apparently, he was told it's alright for him to e~mail me... but I doubt it's okay for me to e~mail him back! He warned me to just print it out though... and I believe it, 'cause if anyone's long-winded, it's Elder Brian H. Sly! Hehe.

Anyhow.... This week has been FANTASTIC! We sent out our first parent district to Riverside or something, and now we've raised us up a new district of baby elders. This one elder has humongous glasses. I switch off between calling him Elder Big Glasses and Elder Kent... because he really looks way different without his glasses. He could totally be Superman under all that.

Dacia! Justin! Becky! Mel! Jared! Stacy! Michelle! Ashby, Cheryl, Jason, Mom, and... Oh! Sam! Thanks for your letters. They are truly the staple of my diet.

Hmmn... I'm not sure what the rules are on who exactly can send me e~mails. As far as I know, only direct family can do so. My Mom asked where Elder Jack Kelly (Hermana Katie Kelly, mi companera's brother) is going. He's now ropin and ridin in Dallas, TX.

Yesterday I got to talk to one of the French teachers here. Frere Vincent was tres amiable. Je pense qu'il est un bon professeur. It's great to be able to speak in broken French to people randomly, but it's scary. Scarier than speaking in Spanish, probably because everyone around me is speaking the spanish too. Mais... francais est mon favorite! (Don't tell Jason!) Oh, wait...

Today we were able to go to the Temple for the first time. It's been closed until now. :) It was an amazing experience. I love to go to the temple! It always makes me truly feel loved and prepared for anything that comes my way.

Hope you all have an excellent day. Please continue to write! Write about life and love and school and play and--- whatever! Even tiny notes are appreciated!

Dacia, Mel, Justin, and Sam have seen the light and written me letters since last time. HAVE YOU? ;)

Oh--- and thanks, uncle Phil for the little note.

Keep the Faith.
Don't Stop Believing.

~Hermana Amy Loveless
MTC Mailbox 226
CHI-CONS 0216
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604-1793

(upside down exclamation point)Feliz Anyo Nuevo!

So things took a little while for all to be arranged but for all interested I will do my best to update our beloved Hermana Loveless' mission here. She has had 2 P-days so far, and here are her two emails home.

Title: (upside down exclamation point)Feliz Anyo Nuevo!

Hola Amigos y Familia!

So, I must say one of the wierdest moments ever is going to sleep at 10:30 on New Year's Eve, knowing the rest of the world is party hardying. :) But it's a great feeling to wake up the next morning and feel the blessings of serving the Lord. Today is P-day numero dos, y mis companeras y mi have started calling it Dia del Pantalones!! Por que every other day we wear a falda(skirt) except when in el gymnasio. I'm learning so much here! Thanks to everyone who's sent letters/Dear Elder mail. I LOVE mail through Dear Elder.com because it makes mail come twice a day!

Elder Sly is now in New York! We got pictures by the gigante map and everything! Sadly, I forgot to bring my camera to the computadora lab, so I can't send photos with this e~mail. However, I am mailing my memory card to Cheryl, and she'll upload them and put them on my blog:

http://pegalu.blogspot.com/

...in a few days.

A typical day en el CCM (Centro de something de Misioneros) is pretty much like a day in the life of a college student, except without girls wearing pants or kissing boys. At 6:00 we are all up and getting ready. By 7 we have class or personal study time, and then my entire zone has breakfast in the MTC cafeteria. That place is a MACHINE. They've got it fine-tuned and working for ME! It's great. Lots of missionaries complain about the food, but I think it's just fine. Except--- there's bacon for almost every breakfast, and I have a reaaal hard time resisting bacon.

Then we have class--- which usually comes in HUGE blocks of time, causing most of us to drop off into daydreams occasionally. Daydreams of the day we actually get to go out there and spread the Good Word of God. To see people change their lives for the better and be baptised! Those are the dreams we dream.

But we do learn. We learn so much. A four hour class period usually goes in about 25-30 minute chunks of gospel study from excellent books like the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and Preach My Gospel; or spanish study. Spanish study is fun. Our teacher, Brother Peterson, totally cracks me up. He's single if anyone wants his number... jk! Jk!

And then we have lunch at 1, companion study time, and Spanish Study time in the Computer Labs. Then we have more class or Gym, then Dinner, more class, planning time, and then bedtime. We're always in bed by 10:30 sharp! Okay, so sometimes 10:40. But no later.

Gym is one of our favorite times of day. I usually play volleyball with the rest of our zone, or else I run on the elypticals... not sure how that's spelled. But I love it.

So, there you go Mom, Becky. A day in the life. I learn so much everyday. It gets pretty monotonous sometimes, which is why personal and Companion Study time are so precious to me! It's the time I have to truly feel the Lord's hand in my life as I read his holy scriptures and pray with my companion.

Also-- Hermana Katie Kelly is from Tampa, FL. :) Someone asked that.I'm mailing out letters to several of you today... but I've got four minutes left of e~mail time! Sorry it's so long--- hope you read most of it!

With Love,
Hermana Amy Dianne Loveless
The Amyable Missionary herself.

Keep the Faith.
Don't Stop Believing. (dadada)

Mom-- if you could attatch my address here, that'd be awesome. I don't have it memorized. :/

Sister Amy Dianne Loveless
MTC Mailbox #226
CHI-CONS 0216
2005 N 900 E
Provo,

MY FIRST P-DAY IS ON CHRISTMAS DAY!

Hola Familia y amigos!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
JOYEUX NOEL!!!
FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!

Lo siento que yo no... write-o before... ahora! Haha. Obviously, a week and a day en el CCM is not enough to give me an excellent vocabulary in Espanol. I really wish my P-day had been sooner, but alas... it was not. Cheryl, Jason, Michelle, Jared, Stacy, Jill Stucki, Becky Nielsen, and Elder Sly have already written me letters! The rest of you must REPENT!!! I need letters! All the Elders and sisters who came before me weren't kidding! Letters are the MANA of LIFE, especially when you're spending the BEST DAY OF THE YEAR in the MTC.

So, in case you didn't know, just a week before I came to the MTC, Elder Brian Sly reported as well! We were excited to know someone else in this vast, hugely spiritual place. However, Elder Sly and I never even saw each other until I sang in the Choir at the Tuesday Night Devotional. They tell you not to look at the screen, but I totally felt/saw out of the corner of my eye them zoom in on me reeeal close at least once. That was awkward--- but I knew that if Elder Sly didn't see me then, we probably wouldn't see each other for a LONG TIME. And, as sure as Santa Clause brought us all presents today(Well, the First Presidency and our Teacher, Hmo. Pace, but that's almost the same thing), he came bounding (that child does not walk) up the bleachers and appeared with a paper carnation in his lapel!

Since then, however, we've seen each other about once a day. Apparently, he's been promoted from assistant District leader to Zone Leader! Freak out! Little Brian is all grown up! :) I know Sister Sly will get this letter--- so cheer up this Christmas! Elder Sly is doing great! (His P-day was yesterday, so I'm sure you already know that, but I figure a second source is just as well.)

Mommy! Daddy! Famila! Friends! I love you all so much! And it's alright that I didn't get a package yesterday... and no letters either... (CHASTISEMENT SHALL COMMENCE!!!)... It's alright. Because I know you're all praying for me and loving me, because I'm ACTUALLY LEARNING SPANISH. (French is still my only love, but I'm starting to like this thing, Espanol.)

Keep praying and writing. My P.O. Box is #226-- that'll help make sure my letters get here sooner. :)

Keep the faith. Don't stop believing.

And... Melanie, Dacia, Sarah, Monica, Dani, Kate and Sam--- I BETTER get a letter soon. :OP I know you're busy, but I miss you all so much.

Mommy, Daddy... Family... send me a picture, Kay?

Je vous aimez.
Vive Chile!
(My companion and I are both going to Chile. I am SO excited!)

Only 2 minutes Left! :(

~Hermana Amy Dianne Loveless(
READ THE SCRIPTURES. IT'S GOOD FOR YOU.)