This week has been...interesting. But it has been good. First off my head is doing fine. I haven't had a headache this week and I have been functioning normally so that's good. We started out Monday with our half p-day which was good but the morning seemed to drag on. Because of our schedule we basically did nothing until 2. It was kind of nice but at the same time it was weird because it has been a long time since we have had spare time where we had nothing we were supposed to be doing. I am getting so sick of the food here. Monday we got to breakfast and we were a little bit late and they had no food so I decided I was going to protest and only eat a banana. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that was affected by my protest because I was starving by lunch time. I can't decide if I like feeling starving or ridiculously full on crap food better. The past couple of days I have been eating a lot of salads. You know how when we go on a cruise towards the last day or so you don't even want to look at any more food because you are so full. Ya, that's about how I feel and I've got 4 weeks of it left. Other than the food part of it I love the MTC though!
We have gotten new investigators which are each other so me and my companion teach the Elders. It is interesting but is a really cool experience. We are actually able to communicate and since we are all about on the same level we can actually understand everything that is being said. Monday we had our first lesson with them. It was a really good lesson and we could feel the Spirit. At the end we went to kneel down to say the prayer and one of the elders legs cramped up and he completely fell to the ground. It was awful and we all started busting up laughing for a good five minutes. It was a chain reaction. One person would start and then the next and it kept going in a circle. We were all finally able to gain our composure and finish the lesson and we were able to bring the Spirit back. So the beginning and end of the lesson were great we just had a slight problem in the middle.
This week the field has been open so we are able to go outside for gym which is fun! Our whole zone plays kickball and even though I am not athletic and don't like sports it is actually a lot of fun and is fun to be able to be outside!
Tuesday for our exercise time we walked around the perimeter of the MTC campus. Also on Tuesday a sister from our district went home. She has a boyfriend and for about the past month she has been going back and forth on whether she should stay here or go home and get married. As hard as it was to see her go it was good because she really did not want to be here and seeing her leave was the happiest she has been since she has been here. With her leaving, I am now down to only one companion...Sister Palmer. It is definitely taking some adjusting to only having one companion and I'm not sure if I like it or not. And I miss Sister Rankin. Even though she is still in the same room as us and everything we were really good friends so it is super weird for her not to be my companion anymore.
Tuesday Brother Hansen was our teacher and he was exactly what we needed on the weird day we had. He worked with us individually and helped us work on pronunciation and when he left he complimented us on how well we are improving. Which getting a complement from him was really good! Tuesday nights devotional was Elder Packer from the Seventy. I believe he is President Packers son. He talked about families and family history work and how it is important to teach investigators about these and the importance of them. Tuesday night we were also in the choir. It was good and our faces were zoomed in on the big screen which I'm not sure how I feel about that. Choir actually is kind of fun it's just at a really bad time.
Wednesday we taught the Elders again and it went ok. Wednesday we also had a lesson with our investigator Ivica (Brother Hansen). We did a short followup lesson to try and figure out some concerns he had and make sure he was keeping up on the commitments we had given him. I used absolutely no notes and just went off of memory and the lesson went awesome! I was able to talk to him and ask him questions and really carry on a conversation with him which was good. And at the end of the lesson he told us super lekcija! (Great lesson) I'm not sure if that was coming from the teacher or the investigator but either way it made me feel really good especially since I have done all of the talking. And on Thursday we did a stop by lesson and by what he said I could tell he listened to what I had told him and he was actually doing it! I have started stopping in lessons after each thing that is said and asking my companion if she understands what is being said and if she doesn't I explain it to her hoping that will make her talk more but so far it hasn't worked. So I am still trying to figure out a way to get her to participate more in lessons so that I'm not the only one talking. There have been a few times that I stop and just turn and look at her and wait for her to say something and that doesn't work either. I know it is hard and the language is hard but our teachers have told us multiple times it is better to say something and say it wrong than to not say anything at all so that is what I have been trying to do and that is why I am improving each day.
Thursday for TRC one of the people that came is an actual Croatian that has only been a member for just over a year and has been here for about 8 months. It was really cool to hear her speak but it was also terrifying because she talked so fast and I could only catch a little bit of what she was saying. Hopefully with more practice and time I will eventually be able to understand.
Today we started out our morning at the temple. We did some of the family names Dad sent which was good. And for the first time our whole district was in the same session which was kind of cool!
It's been a bit of a short week so I don't know what else to talk about. I will see if I can come up with some good stories because I've heard from a few people (Jordan) that my letters are boring.
Wednesday in gym we were playing lightning and we were shooting from the three point line. I know I am awful at basketball so I decided to make it fun and do a granny shot. Totally made it in the basket! It was sweet!
Our Elders go get mail after every meal and so we decided that we were going to stalk them to the mailbox everyday. For the first couple days we were sneaky about it but now they know we do it and we totally joke about how we are going to the bookstore and just magically appear at the mailbox when they are there. At lunch too the Elders always take our trays when we are finished. Most of the sisters play a game to see if they can get away without an Elder taking their tray. I however, let them take it because you have to wait in a long line to return the trays.
Wednesday during lunch we ran into a couple who are here training to be mission presidents in Samoa but they just returned from our mission as a senior couple about a month ago. It was really cool to talk to them and made us really excited. They spoke really highly of all of the missionaries and the mission president and the people there and said it will be awesome!
We have another teacher now Brother Jacobsen so we have 4 teachers again. Brothers Jacobsen, Hansen, and Freeman and Sister Black who just got married so she is now Sister Jolley.
Thanks for the Serbian Book of Mormon! I think its dumb that they can't get them at the MTC but whatever.
Sister Peel and I don't have good singing voices but we have started singing at the top of our lungs whenever we are in the shower at the same time! It's great! You may be surprised by this but when I told the missionaries in our district that I am usually a shy person they didn't believe me. Sister Peel and Erbe and I have also decided that there is a reason that we aren't in the same room as each other to sleep. Because we would never sleep. And whoever was in the same room as us would hate us. But I'm pretty sure our district would be super bored without us. But, we do know when to be funny and annoying and when not to be so it's ok.
Another thing. I have a challenge for you. One day both Brother Jacobsen and Brother Hansen were in class teaching us and we were talking about something and Brother Hansen brought up something about Almond M&Ms that are supposedly new that he really wants to try. He then turned to Brother Jacobsen and said, "I knew that if I brought that up somehow she would get them" and pointed at me. So there's your challenge for the week. I need some Almond M&Ms haha! Brother Hansen has been the teacher pretty much every time I get a package and have treats to bring to class and he loves it! The second I walk in the door with treats he automatically takes them and eats multiple.
I hope I have answered all of the questions you have. I don't really have much else to do today and I don't have a ton of letters to write so you should get a hand written letter too and I will answer questions from your dear elders, etc because it's easier to look at those when I am writing than when I am on the computer. If that makes sense. I hope you all have a great week! I love you lots and lots! I love the MTC and I am learning and growing everyday. Volim vi! I love you all!
Sestra Clark
Shoutouts!
Letters this week from Mom, Dad, Alex Banks, and an email from Alexa and a short one from Tyson
Thanks to Grandpa and Carrie for the package they sent! And I got one from Al and Heidi and Family last week that I am not sure if I mentioned in my email.
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