Hasta La Vista Baby!!

My name is Vanessa Recinos, I am 19 years old and in about 6 days I will be leaving to serve a full time mission (18 months) for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have been assigned to labor in the California San Diego Mission, in addition to that I will be serving in the Mormon Battalion Historic Site. I'm super excited and scared to go, but I know that it will be an amazing experience regardless of what happens. I love this gospel and am so thankful for the opportunity to be able to serve and help others like the missionaries have helped me. I grew up in the church, was baptized at the age of 8, by one of my best friends, Scott Eagleston, (side note: any single 20-30 old women, he's single and ready to mingle)(He's going to kill me for writing this, but oh well :)) Anyways, I didn't always want to go on a mission, I thought that I didn't know enough or that I didn't have a strong enough testimony, but with the help of my friends and family members I realized that I don't have to have a perfect knowledge of things, all I need is faith. All I need to do is trust in the Lord, try my best, and let him mold me into the person that he wants me to be.

These past weeks have been the fastest, yet the slowest (if that make sense) weeks in my life. I've had moments where I would wish I was already on my mission, but other times, I would think "oh my, I'm leaving soon and I'm no where ready".
6 days! in 6 days I leave behind my family, friends, music, shows, movies, my phone, basically any and all connections to the world and dedicate 110% of myself to the lord! AGH!
Words can describe what I'm feeling.
I think I have everything I need, but I'm sure once I'm on my mission theres going to be something that I need. I started packing today! I noticed that I have a lot more clothes than I thought! Which is good, the more the merrier!!
Speaking about merry, Christmas is coming up soon!!! Unfortunately, I won't be home for Christmas, but I will be in the MTC (for those who don't know, it is the Missionary Training Center). Many people have told me that it is amazing to be there for Christmas. I guess I'll have to wait and see!!
Anyways, my emails will be posted here, along with pictures! I hope that I can hear from everyone! Tell me about your lives, bf/gf, school, kids, etc. You can email me or write me!
Email: vanessa.recinos@myldsmail.net
Address: Don't have it yet, but once I get it, ill post it here or on Facebook.

Love,
 Soon to be Hermana Recinos!

The Family