Week 3, Day 7

Today is week 3, day 7 of the MTC. I have 20 days left, and I'm feeling a little more ready to get out into the Germany/Austria area. German is still really difficult-- we're getting to stuff I didn't even begin to cover in high school, but it all makes sense to me, I just have to practice it. 

I don't really have much to say about this week, to be honest. Thursday was a bit difficult, but difficult days happen and it doesn't even really matter that much anymore. 

Our practice lessons are going well. We pretend-taught one of our instructors who was playing a guy named Robert last night. For us, he was well behaved, he was paying attention, and he understood and agreed with what we were teaching him. For everyone AFTER my companion and myself, he acted like he was on drugs. Like, serious drugs. Hallucinating and yelling and such. Nobody knew what to do, but hearing their stories was hilarious. It's also pretty funny because this teacher is like, the calmest, most normal guy ever. He's pure English in his demeanor. Very sophisticated and intelligent person, one who'd never act the way his character did. 

My companion is practicing her German by writing all our teachers letters. I'm practicing my German by trying to speak it in grammatically correct sentences, which is actually pretty difficult sometimes. 

I'd like to talk for a moment (or maybe two) about the Book of Mormon. First off, I want all of you to know that I firmly believe and have had a personal confirmation through prayer that all its teachings and all of its history is true. Next, for all my non-LDS friends, I want you to know that the Book of Mormon does not replace, disprove, disagree with, or go against any teachings, stories, or aspects of the Bible. The same way the Bible is written by several prophets going across several centuries, the Book of Mormon has also been written by several prophets going across several centuries, prophesying of the coming of Christ, His atonement, His teachings, and His Resurrection. The main difference is that the Book of Mormon takes place in the Americas. 

That's all I'll say on it, because I don't want this email to turn into a lesson for everyone who reads it. If you have questions, hit me up, or go to mormon.org and someone who's doing exactly what I'll be doing in Germany will be able to answer your questions the same way I would.

Anyways. It's really cold here. The pond has been frozen over for a couple days now. 

I don't have a ton of pictures this week, just this one. From left to right, it's Sister Zhu from China, Sister Kramer, Sister Longin from France, and myself. These two sisters are the only ones besides sister Kramer and I that will be here for a total of 6 weeks. Their English is much better than my German, but I'll catch up :)

Have a great week!!!

Wiedersehen!

Mit Liebt, 

Sister Sally Priest