May 8, 2014

Sziastok emberek!!

So this was another great week. You aren't going to believe it. We got ANOTHER apostle to come speak to us! ELDER HOLLAND!!!!!! It was so great!! So we have had...Elder Anderson, President Uchtdorf, Elder Oaks, Elder Christofferson and Elder Holland. Seriously!?!?!?! Sorry to all the missionaries who didn't get any apostles before. So not fair to you all but I'm super pumped! It was a really great talk all about the importance of missionary work and making sure we are fully converted because we are inviting people to come unto Christ. We cannot invite people somewhere unless we are already there. I just liked that :) He got us all super pumped up for missionary work. He said that since he has been home for 52 years, there hast not been a day that has gone by that he hasn't though about his mission. He said "My mission meant everything to me. And I want yours to mean everything to you!" I want my mission to mean everything to me too. I'm just trying to do the best that I can and be the best missionary I can be now so that I don't have any regrets.

Funny story! So on Monday night we got back to our residence. I decided to take a shower at night because the next morning we have gym but I didn't want to shower right before gym in the morning. SO all of a sudden I hear "SIMONS NOVER SIMONS NOVER!! CHRISTENSEN NOVER IS HERE AND SHE'S SAYING GOODBYE!!" (Christensen Nover is one of our teachers who left a few days ago for summer). So I like quickly get out, put on my PJ's while I'm still soaking wet. I run out and she's like "Come outside!! The Elders are out there waiting so we can get a picture!!" SERIOUSLY?!?! So we go outside, in my pj's hair wet and not brushed and no make up on (apart from the slight raccoon eyes I had). The elders kept trying to get pictures of us like that! It was pretty funny hahahaha

So last night we had a cool experience. When new missionaries come into the MTC, the first day they go around and do this "investigator experience." They have two missionaries come in and like introduce themselves and start talking to the investigator and then the mediator stops them and the new missionaries take over. We got to be those missionaries last night - like the example ones! It was so cool! It was strangely really hard to do it in English hahahaha so when people who are learning a new language say "oh man this would be so much easier in English! i could do it with no problem!" That is FALSE! It is just as hard if not harder in English. In Hungarian, I only know so much so I can keep it more basic and simple. So props to the English speaking missionaries. For real! Another funny story about that night. So we go into these demos with mics attached to us. So we were instructed to turn them on as soon as we "knock on the door." So we did and went in and did our thing and then we came out. We were so pumped we were just talking about how cool it was and walking down the hall until we realized our mic's were STILL ON! Oh my gosh I was mortified! Although we are pretty sure as soon as we left they turned our mic's down for us. At least that's what I'm hoping. If not that's really embarrassing lol but no one said anything to us afterwards.

So today starts Consecration Week!!! That means that the moment we stepped out of the temple this morning, we are not allowed to speak a word of English until we walk out of the temple again next Thursday. I am freaked out but super excited at the same time. We are allowed to translate for each other (well we are allowed to do whatever we feel is right). So my companion and I are going to at least try for a day and translate for each other. But yeah we cannot speak any English other than that. It's going to be pretty tricky but I'm also excited! I think it will really help.

Well that's about it...there isn't much new that goes on here. We do get our travel plans tomorrow and that is CRAZY to think about! We have less than 2 weeks left. I am both excited and sad. I honestly have loved my MTC experience. I know some people are ready to get out of here but I have loved it! I'm terrified and insanely excited at the same time to go to Hungary. It will be fun to travel with our whole zone because there are 16 of us. And our district is super tight and we're pretty close with the other zone too. I'm excited to travel with them all. It will be really sad though when we have to say goodbye to each other in Hungary.

Things are great! I'm so glad I am a missionary. I would'nt want to be anywhere else right now.

Seretlek titeket!! (I love you all!) ...(i think that's how you say it;))

Simons Nővér