I'm not a German Robot!!

Sister Priest and my new companion/trainer, Sister Smith!

Guten Tag, alles! Greetings from Singen!

Alright, so this week has also been fairly uneventful. I've got a new companion, Sister Smith, and she's really nice. Singen in itself is really industrial and not too scenic, but when we take the train to Radolfzell, we get off and immediately see the Bodensee (Lake Constance). It's adorable and I love it. I've taken some pictures and will either attach them or have my mom post them on Facebook again.

My last P-Day in Tübingen was fun! We watched the remainder of General Conference and we also played this game called Bang. It's a Western Cowboy themed card game and Elder Weston got into it and had us tie dish towels around our faces like bandit masks. Saying goodbye was a little sad, but I was honestly too excited about the new things waiting for me to be too upset about it.

Ummm, yeah. Seriously, this week hasn't been that exciting. I've been out for 3 months, I've got 15 more to go! Time is flying. It seems both forever and not that long ago that I was sitting in the MTC hating life. K, not hating it, but certainly not enjoying it as well as I would have liked. Seriously though, I want you to know that the support and kind words I received from you really made my MTC experience survivable. Also, if you're a future missionary and you're reading this going "Jeez, what do they DO to people in the MTC?" have no fear. Almost everyone has a bit of a rough time in the MTC. I was a little worse than most, but now that I'm out in the field and I'm actually seeing the progress I've made, I'm SO happy. I looked back to my MTC journal entries and compared them to my more recent ones. The difference is crazy! I literally went from "I hate this" to "I LOVE this!" Never let fear get you down. It's not worth it.

All in all, I think I'm improving in all aspects. My German is better, my concentration is better, my people skills are better, my teaching is better, my cooking is better, my life is better. I'm able to actually incorporate my personality into German now, which makes everything a lot more fun. I actually was called up to give a short talk during church yesterday and I was able to joke around a bit in German. Made me way more comfortable and hopefully made me seem more like a human too xD Sometimes, I have to revert to memorized phrases and I feel like I'm a robot or something, just spitting out German sentences about Jesus and God and Missionaries and nothing else.

Haha alright, well, I've got to keep going. I'm unapologetic for my titles. I do not know what to title my emails and I don't want to do generic "Monday, April 13" or something, so today you get to know that I am not a German Robot. I can speak German well enough to be a human. Go me.

Until next week!

God be with you!
Sister Sally Priest

Playing "Bang": Clockwise from Top: Elder Weston, Sister Ahlm, me, Elder Smith, and Sister Baugh

Farewell to Tubingen: Elders Weston and Smith, me, and Sisters Ahlm and Baugh.

Goodies from Sister Berry, who left as I arrived!