Ni Hao EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well it has been an incredibly interesting
and exciting (i feel you might not) week!!! Let's see, I don't have my journal
to help me remember, so i'll try to do my best, and next week i'll fill in the
gaps.
I'VE OFFICIALLY BEEN HERE FOR HALF OF MY STAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our older
generation all left last week, so we are now the only generation here! It was an
emotional time, but we will see many of them soon as we also enter the mission
field....and EVERYONE wants to go to BYU after their missions, so i'll be able
to see them all :D WE ARE GETTING OUR NEW GENERATION TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!! and I
get to be a host! :) I'm super excited! We are getting four new sister
missionaries and fifteen elders. We have some super smooth elders coming in,
one's name is Elder Proudfoot......I've been praying that he is going to be a
native american....and HE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so pumped! We are also getting an
Elder today from a little country in South America (Which is totally european)
so we are excited to meet him as well! (the international missionaries, and
those that don't speak English as well come into the MTC on Tuesday so they have
extra time to learn where and who everything and everyone is.) We are very
excited for the new sisters and have been writing welcome notes to them and we
went and made their beds for them today so they have one less thing to worry
about.
I have officially been the Coordinating Sister for 9 whole days now! Which
doesn't seem like a lot, but i feel a lot more confident getting our new sisters
and being able to advise them. I've had some awesome experiences with my girls
right now and being able to advise, comfort, and bear testimony to them. I know
that the Lord will provide me with what i need to say, when, and how. HE IS
WATCHING OVER US! I
I've had some of the best dreams while here in the MTC! Since about my
first week and a half, i usually only dream in Chinese (and randomly in KOREAN),
and usually dream about teaching the discussions ahahhahahaha [total
missionary]! It's great to wake up and the first thought in my head and that i
say out loud is JESUS LOVES US! TODAY IS GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY!!! BECAUSE
JESUS LOVES US!!!!!!!!!!!! it's absolutely fantastic!
My audititions went well apparently! I didn't feel very great about it
coming out, but i went and auditioned with another song today, and they were
like, "Oh! We were going to have you play Joy to the World probably, but you can
play your song and we'll see." Then i finished and they said, "Oh that was
fantastic! Now we have to decided between the three songs you've played!" and
some random elder that was waiting to audition was like. "I CHOOSE THAT
ONE!!!!!!" hahahahaha Today i played The First Noel, and last week i played Joy
to the World and Huron Carol. I know that i'll probably play for the Christmas
missionary devotional/talent show, but i was really hoping to play in the
Devotional that the General Authority is coming to ;) We'll see i guess! I am in
the Missionary Choir (ASHTON STOP LAUGHING!) so i'll get to perform no matter
what :D oh and i'm also on the accompanying list so I randomly accompany kids
that sing, when they audition and perform! So yeah....I've dealt with some major
diva elders who really need to knock down the pride until they practice more ;)
but then I realize that I'm the exact same way in other things in life. FACE
SMACK! I also auditioned with the all-elder district in our zone! They sang God
Rest You Merry Gentlemen and did INCREDIBLE! I really hope that they get to
perform, if not, they are performing for our branch in sacrament this week
anyways :)
On a sad note, one of our elders went home this last week. He got really
sick last Pday and they took him to the ER that night....keep him all the next
day without telling us anything...and then the next day called him companion in
and told him that the Elder was going home. We were really sad, because he was
finally opening up and getting more confident in his speaking and teaching,
but I know that the Lord wants him to be healthy and is preparing him for
something great :) This week from that experience amoung others, I know that the
Lord will always help us do what is right. Even if we don't understand the
timing. He is watching out for us and will always be there when we look for him.
MUM, have you ever heard of Dear Elder? you can type letters to me and
they'll print them off and deliver them to me.....and IT'S FREE!!!! and honestly
sometimes I can't read yours and daddy's handwriting ;) BUT I STILL LOVE YOU! so
if that's easier, you should check it out!!!
Dinner last Sunday sounded very fun! I hope you tell everyone Hi for me and
give them my love :) I've been receiving sweet christmas cards/notes from ward
members and I really appreciate them. :) They always arrive at the perfect
moment! PEOPLE ARE INSPIRED! Thank the Lord that he is watching out for me!
QUESTIONS: How are the Toolsen? I hope that everything is okay and that
everything works out. Also HOW IS RACHEL HUBERT?! you just stuck that quick note
in the letter and didn't tell me anything else!
Well I absolutely love you all and appreciate everything you do for me! I'm
sorry I'm so behind on my letters, they hardly give us anytime!!!!!! I will do
my best to catch up and then stay caught up! You are all AMAZING CHILDREN OF THE
LORD!!!!!!!!!!
Wo zhidao zhege jiao hui shi zhenshide. Shen ai women he yao women hen kaui
le! Rugguo women fucuo Ta de jieming, women jie hui gangue Ta de ai, he Ta de
shengling. Wo ai Nimen! Nimen dou fei cheng hao!!
Zaijian
Bao Jiemei
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