Leaping Lizards! It's been a great week. As I've gathered from all
your emails, there was a blizzard hitting Saratoga this morning. It's been
snowing up here too! We walked straight through that winter wonderland to the
temple this morning and it was beautiful! My district is directing traffic for
incoming missionaries in the morning however, so hopefully the sun'll come
out tomorrow!
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"Little girls,
little girls", meet the newest mother of the year!
This week I was called as a
second Sister Training Leader for our zone! Our zone is one of the biggest in
the MTC with seven districts and so Sister Jones and I are in charge of the
health and happiness of over 25 sisters. We're basically mother figures for the
incoming sisters (training them on the ins-and-outs of MTC life, providing a
listening ear, and providing bed sheets!) We also attend all the meetings the
zone leaders attend, which means, a lot of meetings :). But it's a blast
getting to know all the sisters so well and Sister Jones and I have a phone! So
we're really cool.
"We got
Annie!"
Well, we didn't get Annie, but we
did get a lot of new missionaries this week! And my district was assigned to
host! It was a ton of fun. I can't believe I've been here long enough to host
new missionaries- but I hosted two darling sisters who are on their way to
Mongolia and San Francisco.
"It's a hard
knock life..."
This week both of my district's
teachers were sick. Our morning teacher Sister Smith was in a minor car
accident and found out that she had a concussion and was pregnant in the same
day! Oh my goodness oh my goodness! She's been married for six months
and said both announcements were a surprise. And so! As a result she's been
consistently nauseous and class has been a no-go for her. Our afternoon teacher
Brother Lefever had the flu for a few days. So this week was an interesting one
with substitutes and combined district lessons. I'm pretty sure we've been
taught by every professor in the Portuguese hallway... kinda fun!
Portuguese is coming slowly but
surely! We've starting moving past the Caveman phase, "You read",
"We missionary church Jesus Christ", you get the idea. This past week
our district started having "SYL" or "Speak Your Language"
days. On these days we are only allowed to speak Portuguese. Muito difficile,
mas, muito importante! (You understand that one right? :)
"Let's go to the
movies!"
Every Sunday after the Devotional
is movie night! This week Sister Jones and I watched, "Meet the
Mormons" with Elder Katipunan and Elder Hilton because none of them had
seen it, and all three of them loved it! (Even though Elder Hilton didn't want
to admit it, he did). The movie took on a whole new meaning watching it as a
missionary. It reminded me of the potential in everyone and how being a
missionary fulfills the wish I've had the past few years to help the world be a
better place. Sharing the gospel is the only change I can make that will be
lasting and have the largest ripple effect. On a mission, you have to work as
if it all depends on you, but trust, because it all depends on Him.
Well! That's about all for this
week. The great thing about the MTC is it helps you develop and get used to a
routine, but the repetitiveness makes emails home a challenge. But stay tuned!
Africa in two weeks!!! Thank you for all the love and letters, and
remember, it's what you wear from ear to ear, and not from head to toe that
matters!
Love,
Sister Hanzel
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