First Letter!!

Well, I made it through my first day alive & well! Saying goodbye was hard but the second I walked away everyone was so nice & I knew everything would be just fine and it has been. They took us first to get our nametags & paperwork. It's so weird to actually be wearing the nametag now. We then went to our rooms for literally 5 seconds & dropped luggage off. You will be happy to know I got the bottom bunk! After, we went to get our books. On the way I saw Elder Worthen and said Hi to him for a few seconds. I'm pretty sure the books I got are on the heavier end of the ones they give you. I seriously got a million & they are huge!

We then went to the classroom where they did only speak Croatian and I didn't understand any of it! My favorite word is "Sto znaci" which is "what does that mean?" I feel like I will be using it quite often!

My comapnion, I actually have 2, Sister Rankin is from Madison, WI and Sister Palmer from Alpine, UT. They are both really nice  & I think we will work well together. We have 5 in our room so there is one other companionship. Our district consists of 7 sisters & 2 elders. That's all that are learning Croatian.

After class we went to a meeting with the MTC President where they basically just told us all the rules, then we went to dinner. It was kind of hard to tell what was where & there were a million people so we just had the main line which was chicken fried steak. It was pretty good & I did eat it! Wednesday is also ice cream day so I got ice cream!

After dinner we went to a teaching experience where there were basically 50 of us in a room teaching an "investigator" and we rotated 3 times to different rooms. It was amazing that on the first day you could feel the Spirit in that room and you could feel a love for the "investigators". I just wanted to shake them & say you've got it all wrong, this is what you need to be happy. It was a great experience & they gave us great advice on how to act in certain situations.

After the activity we met with our zone leaders & coordinating sister which was a bit overwhelming. They gave us a lot of information in not very much time. After we were able to talk to the coordinating sister & get some questions answered so I'm not feeling so freaked out.

Then we went back to our rooms to unpack. It's a little dumb because they have 4 closets in a room but more than 4 people in a room, so between the 3 of us we are sharing 2 closets. Surprisingly, it all fits with room to spare!

It is actually Thursday morning right now so I made it through my first night too! I slept decent, the beds are actaully better than I thought they would be. My mind was racing a million thoughts a minute so I had a hard time falling asleep. Miraculously I woke up just fine when 6:30 came. The shower situation is still a little difficult. I may have to start waking up early to shower because they want us to be ready by 7:00 to start companion study.

However, I was able to pick my outfit with no struggle, by myself . . . sorta! I just decided to wear what I wore for my farewell because I figure no one here saw me there!

I think that's all for my first day & it is looking like P-days will be on Mondays. Thanks for the treats & the notes in my suitcase. I haven't gotten any letters yet, I am hoping we will get some today but they havent officially assigned district leaders yet and they are the only ones that can get mail. I am assuming it will be the only 2 elders in our class but we will know for sure tonight so we may not get our mail until tomorrow.

Thanks for all your love, support and encouragement. I couldn't do this without knowing I have a great family back home supporting me. I am doing great & this is going to be a great experience. I am in the Lords' hands now and everything will be just fine! I love you all!

Love,
Sestra Clark

PS: Let Jordan know I wore the dork dot with pride & it is now offically off!