21 October 2008
I've been thinking lots about our family this week with Tanya's wedding--my heart was there if the rest of me wasn't! I am anxious to hear all about it, and would really love to see pictures (just a note, though, I don't think I'm able to download attached pictures, but I can get hard copies in the mail, no problem!). I was sorry to miss it, and I would love to know how the day went.
I had a wonderful week here, though. Richard Scott addressed us on Sunday, and Sheri Dew talked to us on Tuesday. I started to realize how extraordinary it is to be here. We also taught our first full lesson in Korean this week, which was difficult, simple, and slow, but we did it.
Yesterday was just an especially good day. Classes as usual--Korean is starting to click, which I am so grateful for. The crazy sentence structure is starting to make sense; the pieces are starting to come together. We had our gym time in the afternoon, and my companion Sister Jensen and I went out to the field across the street. It was such a beautiful day--fall seems to have arrived all at once. The sky was so blue and perfect flat-bottomed clouds made shadows on the mountains that are all of a sudden covered in fall colors. I had a wonderful run.
That afternoon, someone came into our classroom and announced we would be starting a program called "OMTC" where we would be meeting with a "progressing investigator" (one of the MTC teachers) twice a week and teaching them the lessons, helping them read the Book of Mormon and pray about it, inviting them to go to church, and so on, like we will with the people we will teach in Korea. And we would be doing it all in Korean. And we would start that night.
I was overwhelmed--our weekly "teaching appointments" where we practice teaching the lessons (which we now do in Korean) felt like plenty to prepare for, now we had these on top of that. We had a few hours to prepare, at least, and I sat down and read a few scriptures. I started thinking about some things. I started thinking about how, according to eternal laws, God gives us blessings when we follow commandments (Doctrine and Covenants 130?). I started thinking about a fireside where we were told we needed to give everything in this service. And I thought, okay. That's what I'll do.
The first visit with our "progressing investigator" went wonderfully. I wasn't nervous; I spoke slowly as I struggled to form coherent sentences out of the handful of words and phrases I know, but I wasn't nervous. It went well, and the appointments will be so helpful in preparing to do it for real.
Earlier that evening, Sister Jensen and I were sitting outside studying when a MTC employee came up and asked if we could take a newly-arrived sister up to her room. It turned out she had just gotten in from Mexico, and barely spoke English. So I got to use my Spanish and we showed her her room and around the MTC a bit. That's exactly why I wanted to learn Spanish--Spanish is useful. I was so glad I had it to help.
That night, when we went back to the residence hall, I was tired. A good tired.
I love you all!
I've been thinking lots about our family this week with Tanya's wedding--my heart was there if the rest of me wasn't! I am anxious to hear all about it, and would really love to see pictures (just a note, though, I don't think I'm able to download attached pictures, but I can get hard copies in the mail, no problem!). I was sorry to miss it, and I would love to know how the day went.
I had a wonderful week here, though. Richard Scott addressed us on Sunday, and Sheri Dew talked to us on Tuesday. I started to realize how extraordinary it is to be here. We also taught our first full lesson in Korean this week, which was difficult, simple, and slow, but we did it.
Yesterday was just an especially good day. Classes as usual--Korean is starting to click, which I am so grateful for. The crazy sentence structure is starting to make sense; the pieces are starting to come together. We had our gym time in the afternoon, and my companion Sister Jensen and I went out to the field across the street. It was such a beautiful day--fall seems to have arrived all at once. The sky was so blue and perfect flat-bottomed clouds made shadows on the mountains that are all of a sudden covered in fall colors. I had a wonderful run.
That afternoon, someone came into our classroom and announced we would be starting a program called "OMTC" where we would be meeting with a "progressing investigator" (one of the MTC teachers) twice a week and teaching them the lessons, helping them read the Book of Mormon and pray about it, inviting them to go to church, and so on, like we will with the people we will teach in Korea. And we would be doing it all in Korean. And we would start that night.
I was overwhelmed--our weekly "teaching appointments" where we practice teaching the lessons (which we now do in Korean) felt like plenty to prepare for, now we had these on top of that. We had a few hours to prepare, at least, and I sat down and read a few scriptures. I started thinking about some things. I started thinking about how, according to eternal laws, God gives us blessings when we follow commandments (Doctrine and Covenants 130?). I started thinking about a fireside where we were told we needed to give everything in this service. And I thought, okay. That's what I'll do.
The first visit with our "progressing investigator" went wonderfully. I wasn't nervous; I spoke slowly as I struggled to form coherent sentences out of the handful of words and phrases I know, but I wasn't nervous. It went well, and the appointments will be so helpful in preparing to do it for real.
Earlier that evening, Sister Jensen and I were sitting outside studying when a MTC employee came up and asked if we could take a newly-arrived sister up to her room. It turned out she had just gotten in from Mexico, and barely spoke English. So I got to use my Spanish and we showed her her room and around the MTC a bit. That's exactly why I wanted to learn Spanish--Spanish is useful. I was so glad I had it to help.
That night, when we went back to the residence hall, I was tired. A good tired.
I love you all!
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