So Sis Bowman, she's the one that speaks chinese, she's already
graduated from MSU in IR, took a few years of chinese, and went to
Shanghai this past year to conduct tours for rich Americans. It's super
helpful having her around haha! Then Sis Meyer,
she's from Australia. What a hoot! I'm getting super good at my Aussie
accent, and I think by the time I'm almost outta here, everyone will
think I'm an aussie. genius right? Hahah the other day, she and this
elder from scotland, E Mclaughlin, they had an
American conversation! it was the funniest thing! Sis Giles actually
lives in the room right next to me, but I never see her other than at
lunch and stuff. I don't even think she's in our zone, which is wierd.
Oh and someone asked me this before I left, so
I Iive in 7M, and we have class in 17M; that's like the Asian building.
I've already seen so many people I know! Sam Daly, Holly Belnap, Tyler
Richardson, Brynn Erdmann, Kelly, Gonzalez, JT Lamoreaux, (Steven?)
Chapman, Jon Rees, and my old roommate Nichelle!
It's so fun seeing people I know. It's just a little piece of home (:
Sis Jensen and Sis Peine are also in our district and they're so
sweet! I would totally be roomies with Jensen in the future. Sadly,
Peine is going home tonight though. So we'll split up our tripanionship
and just have two doubles. The rest of our
district are elders, and they're all so awesome! so there's Gray/Wu,
Anderson/Wimmer, and Tong/Sessions (DL)/Green. Elder anderson and tong
make me laugh my head off! They've got these perfect Asian voiceover
voices, and I just can't help but think if Joseph
was like that in the MTC. Oh elders...
Our Tripanionship
Me, Sis Peine and Sis Jensen
typical faces during class
So the guy we met in the Manti temple, Bro Averett, is in my
branch presidency! So that was fun to see him and his wife again. Also
brother Seow, the other counselor is in the 6th ward? I found that out
so that was cool. I met pres and sis Nally because
sis meyer is an international so she came a day early, and i guess she
just knew them from that. I also prayed in the new sisters meeting, so I
got to meet all their wives - sis hacking, sis roach, and.. dang it.
one other one.
Hmmm. Everyone says just make it until sunday and then you'll be
fine. hahah soo true. The first few days are like trying to drink out
of a fire hose, and then sunday you just get exalted! Oh man sundays are
the best!! We had district meeting, then sacrament
meeting, pretty much only in zhongwen. President Woodfield told our
district to be prepared with a testimony because he'd call a few people
from our district. Of course, I was called as brother averett and seow
just smile at me as I walk up hahah. I actually
did pretty good though. It was only like three sentences, but everyone
said my tones were great so that's good! We also went to choir, and I
forgot how much I miss choir! But wow, hearing a bunch of missionaries
sing is AMAZING!! I can't wait to perform on
tuesday for the devotional! I also want to do a piano solo or accompany
someone later on but we'll see. SUNDAY DEVOTIONALS ARE THE BEST!!
yesterday we went to elder bednar's christmas devotional a while back,
the character of Christ. SO GOOD. we need to turn
outward when the natural man would turn inward. but of course, right?
We went to the temple today and it was so good to be back! I
remember seeing all the sis missionaries and thinking they were the
coolest and I'll be one of them someday! now that's me (: strike!
Haha random tidbit, the bathroom water here is weird.. the showers
can do cold and hot, but the sinks only do hot. So I'm getting used to
brushing my teeth in hot water....
Every night with the sisters in our zone, we have qidao (prayer)
and that's really cool. I gave it the other night in half chinese half
english haha.. I'm getting there. we had our second lesson on saturday,
and sis bowman gave our investigator her BOM,
and as we were leaving, she's like soo can I have it back? he said, but
you gave it to me! haha then she just said never mind and we awkwardly
walked away, hoping that he would break character and given us back her
BOM. We'll learn next time haha.
I love talking to the english missionaries. They get doctrine
thrown at them, and we get language thrown at us. It's just interesting
to see the difference when they're only here for like a week.
My favorite thing is to look down at my badge. It reminds me of
not only who I'm representing, but also that one day I'm going to
understand the language and be able to actually know how to read my
badge. I love those reminders.
Anyway, the MTC is a wonderful place! You feel the spirit wherever
you go, and everyone is just so happy because we're all doing the right
things. I love you all so much! Keep the faith!
Our district! Top left to right: E wimmer, anderson,
tong, sessions, green. sister meyer, bowman, me.
Bottom: E gray, wu.
sister peine, jensen
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