Buenas!
Wow, my life is so wonderful. I am so happy. And that's basically all I have to say today. Life is so incredibly beautiful and wonderful and happy. My companion is going home next week, and every time I start thinking about going home, it makes me feel sick. I don't want this to end! I'm determine to loving every single minute that I  have left.

On Friday we went to Concilio with President Castillo and all of the zone leaders and sister leaders. It was incredible. President Castillo has a vision, and I'm so excited to see the miracles that are going to take place here in the mission. I loved being with all of the leaders and hearing such amazing insights and ideas of how to help the missionaries. Being in a leadership position has really changed my perspective of the mission, and I love it. I've changed a lot of things, and I can't wait to see what happens.
I ran out of time again! P day just flies by! Talk to you next week!
Hermana Jorden

A Day in the DR:
So, I just love how the women do their hair here. I'm not really sure how to describe their hair, but I guess it's really coarse and thick. So all of the women go to the salon. Some women go every week, some every two weeks, and some almost every month. But they don't wash their hair in between. So, they go to the salon and get their hair washed and conditioned. They let the conditioner sit for a while, so the women walk around with their hair soaking wet on top of their head for a while, and then they go back to put rollers in their hair. Normally, we use rollers to curl our hair, but here they're used to straighten hair. I think they use them so that their hair dries flat and not so frizzy. So then they walk around with their hair in rollers while it dries. And it's such a normal thing here. Everyone goes to the store in their rollers. It's so funny. So then they head back to the salon once their hair dries and the hairdresser "passes the blower." They blowdry their hair straight, so they don't even use a straightener. And it looks great! So now these beautiful Dominican women have their nice hair, but it has to last a while, so they use tubies. When they go out to parties or to church, they have their hair down, but when they are at home or at the store or just walking around, they use these gorros (see picture of Hermana Taukafa). They wrap their hair like a turban and put on these knitted hats, and that's how we do it in the DR!