May 21, 2009

One of the things about going on a mission in which you speak a foreign language is that you start to speak before you really know what you're saying. In Emily's last email she ended with this statement:
Ich weiss dass heute eine Propheten haben und er ist Thomas S. Monson. Ich bin dankbar fur meine mitarbeiterin und fur missionaren sein konnen. Ich liebe Ihr!

I translate it on google as this:
I know that today a prophet and he is Thomas S. Monson. I am grateful for my fellow missionaries and for his can. I love you!

So when I emailed Em I told her that she should not be looking at anyone's can! And she replied, "Oh, and good translation of my German! Haha, I wrote I know that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet today--the order of words is different and the second sentence was something like I am happy I can be a missionary." So apparantly she wasn't looking at anyone's can! lol

Oh, my goodness, I can't believe Sparky is gone. She has been a member of the family almost as long as me. Tell Dad I'm sorry and give him a big hug from me. Oh, speaking of which, the Elders hug ALL THE TIME! My companion and I are like, we don't need to hug that much, but I do love you.

Well, I just thought I'd give you more detail about what is going on. So, on Wednesdays we go to the Referral Center and I got 4 people to have the missionaries over and 2 people accepted the Book of Mormon! It was amazing. I get to bear my testimony SO much. Oh, and Tuesday's we go to the Teaching Resource Center (TRC) and practice a task in German and then teach in English. Soon, I will have to teach the whole thing in GERMAN! AAAHHHH!!! But, we had to get to know the person and follow up on the commitment of reading the Book of Mormon in German and I actually knew what was going on the whole time and talked. Sometimes I feel good about the German and then sometimes I don't. But, we have this cushion in our classroom that travels around to the person that learned the most and my class voted on me unanimously the first time. I personally didn't agree, but I guess I pray completely in German now and I didn't know any of that before I came. My teachers are so supportive of me and always make sure that I know what is going on. They ask me directly, "Do you understand what is going on?" And sometimes I say yes and a lot of time I say no. But, my class is very patient with me so that is nice. Well, my awesome district is going to sing this Sunday in Sacrament meeting. I don't know if I can do it. It is a Motab song, "This is the Christ" and you have to sing a high F. What?!

So, anyway, things are going great here still. I have a challenge for you as well. Will you read 3 Nephi 11? It is an amazing chapter that I'm sure you are familiar with, but I challenge you to read it together and pray about it. I know that you will have a peaceful feeling. I promise that if you read it together your relationship will only be that much stronger. Well, thank-you for everything! I love you much! Love Emily

I'm sure Emily meant for everyone to read 3 Nephi 11 and pray about it with their significant others or families. She would love to hear your experience if you take her up on this challenge.

Well, until next week! Good bye...