MTC Week 8

Thailand Sisters

My Dearest Family!!!

Happy Easter!!! I know that my Redeemer lives! We had the most amazing Easter here in the MTC. Sacrament meeting was kind of a historic deal. There were 3,000 missionaries that all took the sacrament together. It was so incredible to see 100 Elders passing the sacrament to us all. I can't even explain the beautiful spirit that was in that meeting. Bishop Causse (Presiding Bishop) and his wife were the speakers at our meeting. It was so incredible. I feel so blessed to have been at the MTC for this long. I've learned so much! Our Devotional speaker on Sunday night was Sheri Dew!!! Ah, I just love her. All day there was this amazing theme of the Atonement. Sheri Dew told us this story about a time she and her brother were stranded in last chance Colorado and were rescued by their dad. She talked about how the Savior can help us in similar ways. He's not our last chance, He's our only chance!

 

We moved classrooms this week! That's not really that exciting to any of you, but it's a big change for us! It's not as hot and stuffy in our new room. It's also nice to have a new perspective for our last week. AHHHH!!! It's our last week!!!!! We got our travel plans last Thursday and I wouldn't let myself look at them until I finished memorizing Joseph Smith's first vision in Thai. Well, it's still pretty rough, but I've got it and I'm soooo excited! We'll be on the plane for 47 hours or something I'm just kidding I don't really know I'm still trying to figure out how long it is since we're losing a day whatever. You all can figure it out and write me about it. We leave Monday at 4:30 in the afternoon. SO glad I don't have to leave early in the am. ALSO!!! We got our new name tags that have our names in THAI!! AH! It's just so cool. I do need to send some stuff home. That would be so helpful if Stacy could pick some of that up! Send me her information in a dear elder please and I'll work that out with you. Thanks for the cute Crocs!!! ( said no one ever...until there were cute mary jane ones that are perfect for missionaries!!) I can't wear the open toed sandal ones, but the mary janes are great! Wore then to the temple this morning in the rain. They'll be perfect for Thailand.

 

I'm sorry this isn't that great of an email. I left my sticky note of things to tell you in my residence...I know there was so much more I was supposed to tell you! And if I haven't told you before, this is always the most stressful 30 minutes of my week. I type so slow and I never know how to fit all the good stuff in.

 

Yesterday Sister Mullen and I taught one of our investigators, Bukkhi. After the lesson our teacher just said,"Sorry I have to be Sister Roper for a minute"..."How do you do it? What do you think about when you teach? " She just told us that from day one she could feel the love that we have for her. Our first lesson with her actually she cried a little bit and yesterday she told us that she never cries, but during that lesson she just had this thought of "I can't be in Thailand to teach, but they  can and they'll be amazing vessels for good." Ah, it was just the nicest best feedback I could have dreamed of from our teachers! We're definitely not perfect teachers or perfect at Thai, but our investigators can tell that we love them and that God loves them.

 

Have a wonderful week!!!

 

Love,

Sister Sahagun