Ni Hao guys!
Actually we are not allowed to say "guys"
here...it has to be "Sisters and Elders."
This week has flown by. It seems we've been here
forever even though it has only been about 10 days or so. Just some
random updates about MTC life:
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| All the Sisters in our zone |
Sister Cutler and I have managed to create a fantastic work
out schedule so we don't go crazy while at the MTC. We wake up at 5:45 for
the 6am Sisters-only aerobics/yoga/kickboxing class everyday. Then we go pick up
sack breakfasts and drop them off at our room, then we go run for a half hour
around the campus until gym time at 7:35. During the first 25 minutes of so of
gym we run around the upstairs track. It's really small (10 laps a
mile)...so it actually makes us a bit dizzy, and then we spend the end of our
gym period playing games like 4 square. It's a pretty good start to our
day!
The MTC food is basically the same as at BYU, but with a bit
less options. We mostly eat salads though because they have good and
interesting salads, but sometimes there are really weird/creative entrees...
All of the Elders (except 2) in our district have started a
chopstick competition. They wrote a constitution for it and everything.
Basically the rules are that you have to eat every single thing with
chopsticks (even mints and stuff) and also have rice for at least one meal a
day. If you mess up then you have to wear this really ugly and dirty zip
tie for the next day. The most recent rule that they have added is the
"Bear Clause". It says that if you kill a bear with chopsticks
and then wear its pelt, then you can eat you food with regular
silverware....
Since there are only three missionaries in my whole zone
going to Hong Kong (me and two elders in my district), I have started trying to
meet the Cantonese Hong Kong missionaries! They are all super cool too! Here's just a quick outline of this last week:
Tuesday: We taught our third lesson to our investigator. It went as
about as good as it can be when you don't actually speak much Chinese.
Wednesday: Our WEEKAVERSARY!
Thursday: Our teacher challenged us to invite our investigator to be
baptized during our next lesson. Di Jie Mei and I woke up feeling sick
with sore throats. (Literally everyone in our zone is sick....our halls are
like a hospital wing. Its gross).
Friday: We had no more lessons with our first investigator....but
now he is one of our teachers! And our first teacher is now our newest
investigator (we teach her for the first time tonight). We also got
another new teacher. He is from Singapore and we all really like him
too. All the older Mandarin speakers (in our zone and the other zone) who
are going to Taiwain were planning on leaving this next Friday, but they found
out that none of their visas went through so they were told that they'd be staying
for an extra week or so. It was so sad seeing how upset they were when
they found out.
Saturday: I have no memory of this day....everything is a
jumble.
Sunday: Sundays at the MTC rock! We started off with Relief Society
and the first counselor in the General Relief Society presidency spoke...that
was way cool. For sacrament meeting everyone is asked to prepare a talk
in Chinese and then the branch presidency randomly picks someone to
speak....Sister Cutler and I prepared a killer talk...but we weren't picked! Haha. Also, during sacrament meeting all of the leadership
positions help by the missionaries in the oldest districts were released (zone
leaders, sister training leaders, sacrament meeting coordinators, technology
coordinators, and music coordinators). Guess who was called as the
new music coordinators....Sister Cutler and me! hahaha Sister Cutler has about as
much musical talent as i do....but we were excited and happy to serve nonetheless!
Temple Walk yesterday was also sooooo great! It was perfect weather and just so fun! The devotional last night was way super good! The guy
who spoke emphasized the importance of a study journal........which I really
want to do now!
Monday: Today is P-day (yay!). The temple is closed though
(boo). So instead of going to the temple our district got together for a
breakfast picnic outside the temple. We ate and talked and played games
and it was way fun!
Soooo the MTC is way cool! There is this version of the
"Army of Helaman" song and the "Sisters in Zion" song that
we sing a bunch, but with modified words that fit missionary work. It's
really cool and being a missionary in general is super cool!
Love you guys,
Shao Jie Mei
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