July 21, 2013
Hola!
This week has been crazy! Last Sunday we had our first sisters meeting since our first Sunday here was a fast Sunday, and it was amazing. We got to watch music and the spoken word ( and it was amazing to hear music because they don't allow us to listen to it except at church and devotionals). Then we had a guest speaker, Carol Mikita, and her talk was so good. Her message was about the importance of missionary work and that its okay to not always see the fruits of your labor, because it may not always be visible....but if a missionary is following all of the rules and working as hard as possible, then seeds are being planted. It was a cool message.
On Monday we taught our first TRC lessons, which is when people from the community come volunteer at the MTC as investigators. Our lessons are all in Spanish, and despite our broken Spanish the spirit was still very strong and it was amazing to know that the investigator got the message from the lesson. I have learned that if someone goes into something with the Spirit, and eager to learn, that they will get the message that they need to hear. The message we had prepared wasn 't what she took away from the experience, but she was prepared and took with her what she needed to learn. Cool.
Tuesday was like the best day ever. My companion and I reached the conclusion that it would be infinitely better to join the choir than to try and study with distracting Elders...so we did! We walked to the Marriott center with all of the other vocally inclined missionaries, and tried our best to make it look like we knew what we were doing and had sung the song before. We had no idea, and accidentally placed ourselves in the first soprano section with all of the other girls who can sing high. Whoops. It turned out okay, and it turns out that half of the MTC is in the choir too, because its a fun hiccup in the sometimes monotonous schedule. When we got there, the director and camera people told us to get our last drinks of water and whatever because this broadcast was special....they were going to broadcast it to all of the other MTC's! My heart skipped a beat, and I sort of said a prayer that my companion adn I could be on the screen so Chad could see me. The devotional was good, Elder Richard G. Hinckley spoke, and then our district met back up to discuss the meeting. When we get in there..... the Elders told us taht they saw us on the screen!!! I was so thrilled. I know Chad has been struggling to adjust, but if Chad was paying attention he probably saw me. Such a miracle, I didn't make it on that thing for nothing. Thousands of missionaries are in that choir, the fact that I even agreed to sing in the first place is amazing, and I also was faking it until I could make it because our part was so dang high. A miracle really.
After the devotional, their was an MTC picture taken...with all of the MTC presidency and Elder Hinckley. They said it was only the 3rd picture ever taken of an entire MTC group, so yay!
I went and had my blood drawn by a nurse who was nice, but accidentally popped the vein...so now its bruised adn ugly, but the results should be sent to Dr. Eck. Thanks for doing that, hopefully you can figure out how to get online and see them. I have no idea what any of the passwords are...good luck.
There are pictures on nearly every square inch of the walls here at the MTC, and on the bigger walls they have big beautiful paintings. My two favorites, are the Standard of Truth painting with Joseph Smith. And my other favorite is the one we have in Boise, with the older brother helping his little brother cross the River. the MTC's copy is huge, and its so fun to look at.
I think I am going to give up on keeping up with Dear Elder letters. I love hearing from you all every day, but I can't get back to you untilSaturday with email, and for snail mail we have to rely on government people. Sorry.
My companion and I have been called to be music coordinators here in our little branch at the MTC. All it means is that we get to pick out the hymns and musical numbers on Sunday, but it is still fun to have a calling (:
To be honest, this has been a fairly uneventful week, just meals, classes, studying, and sleep. Then repeat. Ha last night, one of the districts in our zone sang Christmas songs because it was P-day eve because it apparently felt like Christmas Eve. I have to agree though, P-day is one of the best days of the week. The other best day is Sunday. In our district we call Thursday P-Day Adam and Friday is P-Day Eve. Haha its stupid and cheesy, but its sort of fun (:
I got Chad's email, and he sounds good! I totally relate to the distracting, annoying, and immature Elders thing. The other night my companion and I had just finished a lesson, and we were back to studying and cleaning out under our desks for the cleaning check the next day. We decided to take a quick picture just to document the day, and asked an Elder in the district to take it. I gave him my camera, he took the picture, and all was well until he had to look at the picture, scrunch his nose and say that my companion looked like Yoda. As he was snorting his nose in mockery, a big, nasty, booger bright red with blood flew out and slimed his collar and shirt. It was quite possibly the most hilarious and the most disgusting thing I have seen in a long time. Can we just say Karma? Moral of the story...never tell a girl she looks like Yoda.
I really do love my district, but I think being in the same little room with the same people for 12 hours each day starts to take its toll. I'm so glad Chad is trying his best to study. My companion and I usually leave for study time and go to a study room, and return for class....just for the sake of peace and quiet. It works great!
Thanks for all of your love and support. It means the world to mean.
Quote of the week: (don't put on blog, for immediate family entertainment only)
My compaion: "Elder (the same one who struggles with respecting girls and who had to clean up a blood stain) what were you like in high school?"
Elder: "Fat"
My companion: "No, like what did you do?"
Elder: "Lunch"
Hahahahaha....maybe it is one of those things that you had to be there for, but it was soooooo funny.
I love you all more than the number times I have resorted to eating ceral for dinner (because everything else is highlyyyyy suspect),
Hermana Withers.
P.S. It should be noted that the pictures of Chad's food is horrific. I would have cereal all the time too if I were him. I tried to figure out how to print his pictures them here and I don't think I can. When you get the chance, can you print of his pictures that have him in it or anything worth putting in my album and send them to me, and do the same for him with mine. Gracias!
P.P.S: time is of the essence with emails, so I don't take time to check for spelling or grammatical errors. You probably already fix them, but I'm just making sure you fix them before putting them on the blog. Thanks!
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