Monday, July 16, 2012

7/16/2012: Jousahn!

Jousahn!
 
This week was good. I've started coming down with a cold, as have 2 of the other sisters in my room, so I've been sounding like a man and being rather quiet the last few days, which is unusual for me. haha.
 
Earlier this week my companion had a dermatologist appointment, so we got to go off MTC Campus! It was exciting! haha. The van we went in actually dropped a few missionaries off in the building literally right next to the one that the Provo CPE office is in, so it was pretty weird! All my coworkers were just right there? It was weird. But it was nice to get out of the MTC. And at the doctor's office I met one of my old Freshman Mentoring boss's husbands, which was a funny coincidence.
 
Today our district got the opportunity to clean the Provo Temple! Sister Lin and I got to help dissemble, clean, and reassemble one of the big chandeliers in the staircases, as well as in the Temple President's dining room. It was a neat experience.
 
Yesterday Jenny Oaks Baker performed at our fireside! It was really good. It was really nice because we're not allowed to listen to our own music at the MTC because I guess they've had problems with that in the past, so to just have a nice musical presentation was much needed.
 
I starting to feel pretty antsy to get out of the MTC. I feel like I have a decent grasp on the language. Obviously I still have a ton to learn, but I figure whether I go now or in 3 weeks, I'll still have no idea what's going on the first month I'm there, so I may as well go now. But oh well. The routine is getting pretty old. But I do really like how easy it is to feel the spirit here-- I'm pretty sure I'll have serious culture shock getting to Hong Kong because I'm used to being in such gospel environment now. The MTC is so weird. haha.
 
No new teachers this week! haha. Except the new teacher for the other class has stopped pretending to be their investigator and has revealed himself as their teacher, so watching their reaction to that was pretty funny. But our teacher who just left last week sent our district 2 dozen donuts from krispy kreme because apparently the MTC has some service with them, so that was really nice of him! Not that that's a plea for donuts, because I'm trying hard to lose the weight I know I've gained since being here. Haha.
 
So apparently 55 new Mandarin missionaries came into the MTC last week, which is crazy. There's one elder who keeps moving his desk into our little Cantonese corner during language study and talks really loudly, facing our door. I feel like I'm beginning to understand how Hong Kong feels about the rest of Mainland. hahaha. There are a few Mandarin elders that we're randomly friends with though, and they're quite entertaining.
 
Love you family! I'm going to forward a link to a great lds.org video if I can--right now the computer's not cooperating, but you should all watch it because it's fantastic. I love this video so much. It really shows Christ's individual love for all of his children. I love that even though though the Atonement is so universal, it's still so personal.
 
Have a great week!
 
Hahng Jimuih
 
Here's the link to the video on lds.org:
 

And here's a copy of the video on YouTube:
 
 

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