I'm
really liking it here, I love all my teachers and I love practicing
teaching! It's pretty difficult sometimes especially since Hermana Lundburg
and I have very different teaching styles. But we communicate well, or
she does, she makes me talk about my feelings :) (I'm learning) I
really like my zone too and my district, the zone leaders and sister
training leaders work hard to keep us all together, like we all eat
together even on P-days and sometimes we study together and have mini
devotionals. Its fun they are some cool people. The majority of the
district that was here when my district and another got here are leaving
next week for Panama and Costa Rica!
This
week was pretty good, last Tuesday in the evening for our Devotional M.
Russel Ballard was here and spoke to us!!! It was sooo cool!! And
apparently Elder Nelson was here the week before which is unusual to
have 2 apostles in a row! But Elder Ballard talked about reformers in
the Dark ages like Martin Luther and some others and how people
responded to them and people who brought about the Bible. He said " Be
positive, go forward, Be courageous, be exceedingly glad in the work you
are called to do You do not have time to be depressed or home sick get
that over with in the MTC. If you feel it was harder than you thought or
have negative thoughts take your mind to Liberty jail and think of the
Prophet Joseph." He said to write a letter to Joseph Smith and cheer him
up and you wont feel bad any more. Oh and he said " Be very careful in
planning. Set goals dont just be obedient, set goals and call down the
power of heaven to help you and that is when you see miracles." It was
cool .
Wednesday
was my week mark! woo! We got to "welcome" new people to the MTC.
Really we just said welcome to the MTC because I guess that's what
everyone did if you have that dot on (Which I kept on the WHOLE day!) Nothing really interesting happened besides that...
Thursday we had a really good morning! We had our first class at 8:15am
and went early because last week we had been late for Hermano
Thompson's class. (Hna Lundburg struggled with getting ready on time)
and it was just nice to be early! or on time even! Then after lunch I
was really tired, and we had our personal study block, where we do
personal, companion, and then language study for an hour each. Well
during personal study I decided to rest my head on my desk on my
scriptures, aaaand I sort of fell asleep for a bit! but the funny thing
was I had my scarf over my face but somehow I still managed to drool a
little in Alma!! Oh it was sad! But funny! Oh! then that night we were
teaching our investigator Nelson and we knew he was a teacher at the MTC
but he was just an investigator to us. Anyway we taught him and then
went back to class, then in walks Nelson to our class! and he kind of
evaluated us and our teaching (still as Nelson he never broke character)
that was interesting. But helpful, even though he just spoke spanish...
Well then...
Friday
morning, we walked into our class and we had a new teacher! (we have 3
now) Nelson! Or Hermono Voss! It was so weird but he is such a good
teacher! So that was the exciting part of Friday. And Friday was when I started to feel sick :( my throat felt scratchy. Well the next
day I didn't feel so hot my throat was sore ish and yeah.
So then Saturday happened not much I just felt suuuuper tired and took a nap...which helped me feel a bit better
I
love Sundays!! I love watching music and the spoken word. and Relief
society and its just great!! And we go on our temple walk every sunday
at 3 ish with a ton of other missionaries, and that's fun to get out!
Some elders in my district when they leave the building or go out the
gate turn to a teacher or someone and pretend they have hand cuffs on
and ask for someone to take them off. :) This sunday
before our temple walk while the Elders where in priesthood meeting Bro
and Sis monson came in and we got to talk to them for a while. Dad he's
only 2 years younger than you! ( he looks a lot older) he's pres
monson's nephew remember? ... yeah he talked about recognizing the
spirit...which was cool since this was a surprise visit! then we had the
Sunday
night devotional. and Stephen B Allen spoke, he is head of the mission
department or something but he was sooo funny!! he asked for people to
stand up if they had gotten dear johned or dear janed haha and he said
if you shouldn't be here (like if you're not worthy) go home! he was
pretty bold like that through out the whole talk but it was really good.
He said to not let Satan push your buttons. Then we watched the
"Characteristics of Christ" it was a talk given by Elder Bednar in the
MTC on Christmas a few years ago. which was cool, he talked about how
the Savior turned out and how the natural man turns in.
Then Monday
yesterday! Yesterday was so funny!! there were several times where Jade
and I laughed sooo hard it was great!!! The first time was when we went
in our class before lunch and our teacher was in there preparing for
the lesson. So we have these desks that are a chair that folds at the
seat and a desk that you kind of fold up and down, well I put my knee on
the chair to grab something and I got stuck in it folding in half!! A
few times I went back and forth kind of rocking. I can't explain it very
well, I'm glad my teacher was just looking at her computer haha but
Jade and I laughed soo hard it was pretty funny! And then the other
thing, after dinner we have this zone devotional I mentioned, where
someone gives a spiritual thought. Well this one was on companion unity.
So the elders teaching had a trio of elders in my district come up and
two of them linked their arms to make a square, one of the elders is a
bit bigger, and the other elder was supposed to sit on their arms and
they would lift him up. Well the one elder said don't pass gas ya know,
and then as soon as they stand up a bit more you hear this loud
RIIIIIPPPPTTTFFFFF. at first we thought it was gas. No. then the bigger
elder was holding his arm so we thought he broke it. No. his pants
ripped right down the seam!!! He was soo good about it though, We all
busted out laughing and he laughed with us! OH it was THE funniest
thing ever!!! That never happens!! Only on TV or something. But man that
was so funny!!
Any way that was my week, we
went to the temple again early this morning so we could get other things
done and it was nice. I'm feeling much better today too, I just have a
stuffy/runny nose.
I miss you guys! It's still weird to think I'm a missionary!! But I'm
here so hopefully it sinks in soon! :)
On Sunday in Relief Society one of the speakers said this: " Character: to keep
the commitment once the emotion of the moment is gone. Will you stay
when the staying is hard? " I thought that was really good! After the
excitement and the emotional stuff will you stick to the commitment? I
know this will be hard, and is kind of already but I'm learning so much
Spanish and teaching and gospel! I know the Lord will help me and I know
I can do it!! yeah. :)
Love you !!!
Love Sarah
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