In case you forgot when I leave the MTC, it is in the very near
future. My district is already breaking out into missionary renditions of
"One Day More" as we anxiously prepare to leave on Sunday morning (Berliners
and Alpiners), though the 4 Frankfurters don't leave until Tuesday. Since my
companion is going to Frankfurt, she will be left behind and we're a little sad
about that.
Apparently missionary parents don't know how to cope with the
absence of their children, so they send them cinnamon rolls. Which is great and
exciting when they come in package format. Except when we have 5 boxes at a
time, plus a couple of pies for good measure. We're just loved that much. Our
MTC teachers have thus been getting food as an extra perk. Also, my teacher
Brother Hunsaker is part of Vocal Point. He's the solo on "All Creatures
of our God and King." Crazy! Our district leader, Elder Krieger, is far
from his warrior name. He was sweet enough to tell his mom who hadn't gotten
very much mail last week and she decided to send all those people mail/packages.
That is dear.
I know I said this last week, but I love my district. They
really are an inspired group of people who are so spiritual and great and can
handle the 11 day MTC rush and be prepared to teach right after. We gained one
more Berlin Elder, bringing our district up to 15. We are together all day and
love it. We have one 18 year old and the rest are 19, and all the girls range
from 19-21. My German is actually at the upper end of the class, though far
from perfect. I know that God is helping me though because when we practice
teaching in German, I say things I definitely couldn't say two weeks ago. It's
awesome. There are a couple of missionaries who still look like petrified
children during a bomb raid whenever someone speaks German to them, but they
should be fine. Eventually :) My zone leaders left this week and it was sad to
see them go. They're from the Netherlands and China (who knew China sent
missionaries?!) and were just so funny and awkward. A quote from the Chinese
elder: "Everything is better with guns." Baha.
I got to take a field trip off the MTC campus this week and go
the hospital with my companion because she had to get a nerve test done. That
was pretty exciting.
The MTC is just a crazy place. My companion described it as a
mix between EFY and boot camp and I can't think of another way to describe it.
It's hard to get up at 6:30am every morning and I miss family and friends like
crazy, but I learn so much every day and love being surrounded by people who
just glow because their faith in Jesus Christ and His restored Gospel is so
strong. Elder Krieger gave a really good thought this week and said that we
usually don't do things because we're either lazy or afraid. Admittedly, those
two things keep me from a lot. And if
I didn't know that Christ lives and want to share the message of His church, I
would not have lasted two days here. But I do know and that knowledge gives me
power to overcome fear and laziness.
So here I go off to Germany! I might send a new
German address next week, but if not, you can just mail stuff to the address
already given. Muchas gracias and vielen Dank for your love, prayers, letters,
and support.
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Sister
Claire Michelle Woodward
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