MTC Week Three

Sawatdiikaa!!!

 

I think I spell that different every time...ha ha I can't wait to just be able write in script! Script is so beautiful and hard and complicated! We've slowly been learning the rules for reading it. Yesterday we spent 40ish minutes just going over random questions that people had. I thought my brain was going to explode. There was no order to people's questions. I understand most of it, I was just so overwhelmed! I walked out of class and screamed a little. In a dignified manner. I felt much better. It's hard because everyone is at a different level since we've mostly just been reading on our own. The Elders went crazy the first day we got our "Urim and Thumim" (basically it just tells us what sounds the letters make) . They have been trying to spell the most random stuff like Utah Jazz and their names.  Oh dear and telling time in Thai is crazy. There is a different word for like every three hours of the day and then from 7-11 at night you count 2-5 or something like that. I'm still working on it. We have the most amazing teachers. They are so patient with us! So the word for ready is "phrom" and perfect is "dii phrom" so whenever someone asks if we're ready we just say "dii phrom". Well Brother Shipley overheard us yesterday and kindly reminded us "Not yet." It was pretty funny.

 

I AM SO EXCITED FOR NICK TO BE ELDER SAHAGUN!! :) He's getting set apart tonight right? I wish I could be there! He is going to be amazing!! I'll be looking for him tomorrow!! And I'm so excited to get those pictures too. Oh and THANK YOU for the Valentines package!!! Mom, that book of Love notes was adorable. Pinterest? So cute. Thanks for all the cookies! The Elders helped us finish them off. This is getting random. I had no idea Hope was going on a mission?! I'm so excited for her! And Jared and Lexi too! This is so exciting! The MTC is bursting at the seams. If we didn't sing in the choir, we'd have to go like an hour early to devotional just to get a seat. Still, you have to show up like half an hour early for choir because there's not enough room for everyone to do that either. It's a good problem to have. We can almost fill up the whole gym with just the Sisters. Every week in Relief Society they have the new sisters stand up, it's my favorite. This week there were soo many! Then they have all the sisters that are leaving stand up. I love it.

 

We met this Sister missionary from Thailand!! She is so tiny and adorable. She is serving in Australia Mandarin speaking. We were so excited to talk to her in Thai, but she talks soooo fast. She even just said a sentence with just words we know and I couldn't pick it apart. She said our Thai was very clear and not to worry about speaking fast because people will just look at us and see that we're American and even though we're speaking Thai "may khawcay" they won't understand at first.

 

Right now Sister Mullen and I are teaching two investigators P. Nun and N. Bugkhii. They are both learning at very different phases. Our first lesson with N. Bugkhii she saw the Book of Mormon and asked us if it was for her. Yep! So I gave it to her and she asked us what she wanted her to read. She is so good with commitments! P. Nun is a little more hesitant, but still she asks god questions and we've been able to help her find answers in the Book of Mormon and we helped her learn how to pray! On Saturday, we taught at the TRC (members of the church, usually RMs volunteer to be taught by us). So it was kind of like sharing a visiting teaching message because we were teaching a member. It was such a good experience! Our goal for our lesson was to help our investigator see what they could do to improve their scripture study. Our lesson was on the Restoration of the gospel, so we talked to him about Joseph Smith and his search for truth and answers. Joseph had a question, and then read in the scriptures to find an answer. I was worried he wasn't understanding anything I said. I got really excited at one point  we had just read a scripture and then I randomly asked him where he worked. I was trying to help him see how reading the scriptures could help him personally and with whatever problems he may have at work or something I dunno, Sister Mullen and I laughed about that a lot after our lesson. Anywho, we had an evaluation with Brother Shipley about how it went, and despite all my worries and randomness, our volunteer had written on his evaluation paper that he had felt the spirit in our lesson and as a result had the desire to improve his scripture study! Hooray! I was so excited!

 

I have no more time! I love you all so much! Have a wonderful week! Phrakidtiikhun pen khwaamcin! CIN CIN! The church is SO true!!

 

Love,

Sister Sahagun