MTC Week 3: I am grateful for lies.

 

Before I got to the mtc everyone told me that dutch was the hardest language to learn.  I got laughed at when i told them what id be speaking.  then i got to the mtc and realized that there are people learning such obscure languages that there is no way this is the hardest language.  as a district we are having some struggle learning the language but that is normal.  i think it is amazing how much we can speak after three weeks.  we now teach 30 min lessons with only a few vocab notes to look at and the people we teach actually understand us.  our accents may be horrible but we are slowly getting this and im shocked.  the gift of tongues is real. 

Most exciting thing this week was our awesome new years eve.  that is a somewhat sarcastic comment.  we had a normal busy saturday but after we ended classes and planning the elders in our district pulled out the martinellis, cute plastic cups and some delicious cheese wiz.. haha it was supper cute though.  we poured the martinellis, got in a circle and did toasts of gratitude.  our elders are so adorable, they were more sentimental than the sisters.  we had a small cheese wiz fight and then went off to bed.  my companion and i woke up a midnight, pathetically said happy new years, looked out the window at some fireworks and went back to sleep.  wahoo! haha i cant believe 2011 is over.  2011 was one of my favorite years but i know that 2012 will be my most memorable year yet! 

sorry i dont have anytime to write but i love you all and again apologize for not getting back to some of you in letters and thank you cards! i promise im working on it! :)

thanks for the support!

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zuster jones