Week Two MTC

Hello! All is well at the MTC!! I can't believe it's been two weeks. Time is such a weird thing here. I am so glad we have 9 weeks here to prepare! So the first week was kind of a lot to take in. It felt like trying to drink from a fire hose. It kinda felt a little bit like studying for finals week, but that eventually passed. I'm just trying to soak up everything that I'm learning!

 

The tower of learning!

I think the hardest part was being patient with myself. The first couple days they didn't give us very much instructions on the "how" of missionary work or how we should be using our time or how to approach starting to learn this crazy language. I was so frustrated because I wanted to make sure that I was doing things the right way and being effective with my time. I was so worried about saying things the right way or whatever that I was really hesitant to even start doing anything at all. I'm so glad only lasted for a day.

I talked with one of my teachers that second day and she helped me understand that for that first week, I didn't need to worry about doing things right. We would be given guidance and instruction soon enough. I simply needed to focus on loving my investigator and teaching with the spirit. That made things so much easier! That experience helped me understand the "why" of missionary work. This week we've been doing more of the "how" and I am so grateful to have both the "why" and the how".

 

The spirit that is here is incredible. I love this place so much. On Sunday we had a wonderful fireside about faith and miracles. Faith empowers us to change what is and to make things happen. EXPECT MIRACLES!! I definitely need to hear this. I've been limiting myself here. It's easy to be patient with other people and encourage them when they're frustrated. I am learning to remember that I too have great potential and I just need to be patient with myself! Just like our investigators can't learn everything about the gospel in one lesson, I can't learn Thai in a day or two or twelve.

 

Sis. Mullen & I

Did I tell you how wonderful my Khuu is? Sister Mullen is amazing. We are working on having quiet dignity. Sometimes we have too much fun. I just love the Sisters in my district. I tried to send some pictures but I don't think that worked out too well. I think I need an SD card reader? Is that a thing? Any-who I'll work on sending some pics. Sister Madsen and Sister Broader are the other sisters in our room and they are so great. Seriously, so blessed.

 

This is where we're going!

Sis. Madsen, Sis. Broader, Sis. Mullen and Sis. Sahagun

Sister Mullen and I aren't teaching P. Nooy anymore. She is actually one of our teachers,Sister Ropper. So really our "investigators" are our teachers. This week we have two new "investigators"-Sister Hirschi and Sister Ropper. I am so grateful for role plays! They are so helpful and I've tried really hard to make it as real as possible so that I can learn from it.

 

Oh, Mom you asked me in your first letter what I ate the first and second day. Honestly, I don't know and I don't really want to remember. The food got old pretty fast, but I'm grateful for the energy it gives me to get me through these long days! I really like the croutons and the salad bar and there is usually graham canyon ice cream on Sundays. Valentines day was so crazy here, the mail room was a zoo! So many cookies!

 

Well I hope this finds you all happy and healthy. I love you and I hope you have a wonderful week!

 

Love,

Sister Sahagun