Dear family,
We got new sisters this week. Hermano Romero and Hermana Wallet. Both of them are from california and they are great girls. Super silly and still trying to figure out some of the rules, but they're learning. They make me laugh.
This week we were focusing a lot on the fact that if the members would do their part and find investigators then the missionaries wouldn't have to. Ideally, the missionaries shouldn't have to find investigators, they should be 100% teachers. But we have to find pepole because we don't get enough referred. Anyway, I am extending a commitment that I expect all (you too Andrew :D) of you to keep: This week pray to find one person that you can refer to the missionaries. And when you do (because if you are sincere and care at all you will find someone) then ACT and tell the missionaries. They'll love, love, love you for it!!! And you'll be blessed.
I could have done better about this...but I was too chicken. Don't be a dummy like I was. It is hard, but possible. And you'll grow from it. Anyway, I'll be calling you to check up on you...jk. Wish I could but I guess you will have to report to me. And i'm expecting a report! I'll be praying for all of you in this endeavor!
Ok awesome experience of the week:
So, to practice teaching investigators my teachers Hermano Concha and Hermano Alder act like an investigator. Hermano Concha is "Pablo" and Hermano Alder is "Marcos". Although they aren't that person, these investigators are real people that they know really well.
We have been trying to focus on the needs of the people we teach and the spirit can tell us how to do that. So, all I"m trying to say is these lessons we teach are super real. Like, sooooo real! We just don't have as many resources, but everyone is still being edified and progressing. It's cool.
Anyway, we team teach w/ the elders in my district (Elder Croft and Andreasen). We switch off teaching, so we also bounce ideas off each other when planning. So both parties had the idea to mention that we know God loves him because He sent us to him. (oh....we were planning for Mark aka Marcos and he doesn't really believe God loves or cares about him...) The other idea we had was to try to talk to him about keeping the sabbath day Holy. Well I"ll admit, the sabbath day sounded good, but it didn't "click" for me. But we planned on it anyway.
So we went to visit Marcos. We brought our "member" with us (aka E. Andreasen) and found out he didn't have the best day. Apparently his brother Brian came over drunk and messed up before and it just ruined his day. Anyway, we were talking about stuff and then started getting in to the second lesson (this was all in spanish fyi...) but it just wasn't "working". No one was being edified and Marcos was bored. This whole time I kept thinking "just ask him more about his brother" so I changed the subject completely. It sounded weird and crazy, but it worked!
All of a sudden he opened up. He was telling us all about his family situation and we just started talking about the atonement and forgiveness. (By this point it had changed back to English...even Hermano Alder *Marcos was speaking in English which is weird. Usually he stays in spanish). It was sooo powerful. I wish you all could have been there! I don't remember what I said, but that's good because it wasn't me speaking. It was the Holy Ghost. We didn't cover everything we wanted, and the lesson was taking a different route, but it was way better than what we'd planned. And we said nothing about the Sabbath day. It just wasn't what he needed to hear.
Marcos was almost crying and that is HUGE! He had to choke back the tears, and I of course cried. Even Hermana Springer cried. She never does normally. Oh yeah, and at the end he didn't want to pray because he didn't feel like it. The Holy Ghost helped me remember that when you don't want to pray is when you need to most. I told him that and he decided to pray. I was so glad, and apparently everyone else wasn't even going to try to get him to pray. They told me after that they wanted him to pray but didn't know how to get him to.
Heavenly Father is amazing. I continually slap myself across the face because I realize how much of a dummy I truly am. Seriously. The lessons where I think we aren't accomplishing anything (because we aren't checking the teaching list off) are those lessons that are most effective. Pray that I can be humble. I am prone to pride (as we all are), especially as God uses me to accomplish his work. I hope I never think it is my abilities that things get accomplished and lives change. It is all God. He uses our talents to further His kingdom. He truly is a God of miracles.
Love you all!
Sarah
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Week 3
Dear family,
I'm sad to hear dad and erik are sick. that is no fun. I was sick too this past week. it was just a cold, but kind of a nasty one. I think i said something about it in my last email, but basically i didn't get better. i thought i did, but i really got a little worse, before i got better. that's ok though, because i'm all better now.
ok, sad story. elder holland came and spoke at the MTC last tuesday. it was an incredible talk, and I wish the members world wide could hear it, because it is awesome. you know him. always very passionate and stirs you to change. anyway, h. springer and i were fortunate to get some pretty good seats. well, right before it began i thought, "i need to blow my nose" it is going to be terrible if I am disrupting people with my sniffling and I can't wait and hour. so i said, "hermana, I need to blow my nose" she said, "right now is kind of a bad time." i said, "i know, but i dont' know what else to do. now is better than later" so we got up to leave. we had barely stepped off of the top step of the bleachers when an usher said, "sisters, i can't let you go back down." we were all so confused? what? are you kidding? we hadn't even left the room yet... anyway, long story short, we had to leave our coats and notebooks and scriptures on our empty seats and go watch it broadcasted to another room. crazy huh? the usher felt bad, but I told him he was doing a great job at doing what he was told. it was sad none the less.
his talk inspired me. i realized how little i really know. about anything, but especially the gospel. how can i teach if I know nothing? obviously the spirit will inspire, but i won't be able to recall things and have them come to my rememberance if i never studied it. so i realized i could do a lot better on my studying. and i also realized i could spend a whole life time studying the gospel and still not understand everything in the scriptures. still not remember all the scriptures and where to find little details. crazy! so don't even ever be lazy about your studying. there si so much to know...and it is all so awesome.
ok, so hermana brown and gomez have both left. hermana brown was re-assigned temporarily to slc until she get's her visa for argentina. for some reason i think i already told you that. either way...hermana gomez left to her mission in new mexico on monday. it was sad, because she was so sweet, but it is all good. i hope i get to see her after our missions. she's fun!
so, my spanish is improving, i still feel like i can't speak more, but it is becoming more easy to think of things to speak in spanish. now i hope i can just remember those things.
I wish i could just send my companion emails to you instead, because she writes litterally pages....because she writes it all out before and then just has to read it. i'm sorry you don't get all the details. but hopefully i can get her blog address and i will be able to read it when i come home. it is crazy how much she writes.
ok, love you!
sarah
I'm sad to hear dad and erik are sick. that is no fun. I was sick too this past week. it was just a cold, but kind of a nasty one. I think i said something about it in my last email, but basically i didn't get better. i thought i did, but i really got a little worse, before i got better. that's ok though, because i'm all better now.
ok, sad story. elder holland came and spoke at the MTC last tuesday. it was an incredible talk, and I wish the members world wide could hear it, because it is awesome. you know him. always very passionate and stirs you to change. anyway, h. springer and i were fortunate to get some pretty good seats. well, right before it began i thought, "i need to blow my nose" it is going to be terrible if I am disrupting people with my sniffling and I can't wait and hour. so i said, "hermana, I need to blow my nose" she said, "right now is kind of a bad time." i said, "i know, but i dont' know what else to do. now is better than later" so we got up to leave. we had barely stepped off of the top step of the bleachers when an usher said, "sisters, i can't let you go back down." we were all so confused? what? are you kidding? we hadn't even left the room yet... anyway, long story short, we had to leave our coats and notebooks and scriptures on our empty seats and go watch it broadcasted to another room. crazy huh? the usher felt bad, but I told him he was doing a great job at doing what he was told. it was sad none the less.
his talk inspired me. i realized how little i really know. about anything, but especially the gospel. how can i teach if I know nothing? obviously the spirit will inspire, but i won't be able to recall things and have them come to my rememberance if i never studied it. so i realized i could do a lot better on my studying. and i also realized i could spend a whole life time studying the gospel and still not understand everything in the scriptures. still not remember all the scriptures and where to find little details. crazy! so don't even ever be lazy about your studying. there si so much to know...and it is all so awesome.
ok, so hermana brown and gomez have both left. hermana brown was re-assigned temporarily to slc until she get's her visa for argentina. for some reason i think i already told you that. either way...hermana gomez left to her mission in new mexico on monday. it was sad, because she was so sweet, but it is all good. i hope i get to see her after our missions. she's fun!
so, my spanish is improving, i still feel like i can't speak more, but it is becoming more easy to think of things to speak in spanish. now i hope i can just remember those things.
I wish i could just send my companion emails to you instead, because she writes litterally pages....because she writes it all out before and then just has to read it. i'm sorry you don't get all the details. but hopefully i can get her blog address and i will be able to read it when i come home. it is crazy how much she writes.
ok, love you!
sarah
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Week 2
Dear family,
This week has been awesome. I got kinda sick last night and woke up this morning not feeling so great, but I'm feeling a lot better now. Just a sore throught and stuffy/ runny nose, so it is all good. Last night it just hit me at like 7:30pm and I just didn't feel good. But we still had 2 hours of studying before we were to go back to our residence halls. I had to periodically get up and do jumping jacks to stay awake, because my body didn't want to. haha oh well, I did it though. And I wasn't even that sick, so I'm not sure why my body reacted like that. Anyway, don't fret. I'm doing real swell.
Anyway, this week has been cold. I'm inside all day, but when I walk outside it is super cold. You all know that. I've never loved tights as much as I have now. Thanks for so many tights mom!! But I did learn that I'm pretty sure I won't need a warmer coat during the winter in Argentina, because this coat can handle 12 degree walks up to the temple, so I'm not too worried. And I have plenty of sweaters to wear.
I went to the temple today and thought of dad, because the ordinance worker who stands at the alter reminded me of how I went that one time with mom and dad was totally the best looking ordinance worker I have ever seen.
I finally ran into some other sisters that leave in like a week for my same mission. I hadn't met anyone going there, so that was exciting. I think there are 4 or 5 of them. One of them is Jon Daniels (he ran with me in high school...he dated ashley houle and did sprints) girlfriend. Her name is Hermana (Jordin) Scanlon. I saw her and H. Springer and I were practicing contacting on them. Then we asked where they were going and they said my mission. I looked at her tag and I knew to look for Scanlon. I think she was kind of creeped out when I told her I knew Jon. haha oh man. That was cool though. She's a cute girl. I hope I get to be her companion. We will see for sure.
Also, this week, H. Springer and I were "teaching" a volunteer in the TRC. He saw my last name and asked where I was from. Then he started saying how I knew my parents, but his spanish was real fast and so I didn't understand very well and just smiled like I knew what he was talking about. Then we taught the lesson and after we "left" he said, "Tell your parents Dave the garage door guy says hi." So I'm passing that along.
My spanish is improving, but I'm a wuss. I can't speak it in a pressure situation, but my teacher Hermano Alder always tells me that I need to be more confident. he says my spanish is really good, and i can say more than I think I can say. But I don't know how to be more confident. Pray that i'm not such a dummy/ scare-dee-cat. I've been trying to speak in spanish all day. P-days are hard though. But yesterday I was better at it.
Anyway, I'm learning how to teach better, but i'm still bad. I need to get off now.
I don't even know what else to tell you. I want to get my violin approved, because you can have it in the MTC if you do. So I might be asking you to send that as well.
I love you!
Sarah
This week has been awesome. I got kinda sick last night and woke up this morning not feeling so great, but I'm feeling a lot better now. Just a sore throught and stuffy/ runny nose, so it is all good. Last night it just hit me at like 7:30pm and I just didn't feel good. But we still had 2 hours of studying before we were to go back to our residence halls. I had to periodically get up and do jumping jacks to stay awake, because my body didn't want to. haha oh well, I did it though. And I wasn't even that sick, so I'm not sure why my body reacted like that. Anyway, don't fret. I'm doing real swell.
Anyway, this week has been cold. I'm inside all day, but when I walk outside it is super cold. You all know that. I've never loved tights as much as I have now. Thanks for so many tights mom!! But I did learn that I'm pretty sure I won't need a warmer coat during the winter in Argentina, because this coat can handle 12 degree walks up to the temple, so I'm not too worried. And I have plenty of sweaters to wear.
I went to the temple today and thought of dad, because the ordinance worker who stands at the alter reminded me of how I went that one time with mom and dad was totally the best looking ordinance worker I have ever seen.
I finally ran into some other sisters that leave in like a week for my same mission. I hadn't met anyone going there, so that was exciting. I think there are 4 or 5 of them. One of them is Jon Daniels (he ran with me in high school...he dated ashley houle and did sprints) girlfriend. Her name is Hermana (Jordin) Scanlon. I saw her and H. Springer and I were practicing contacting on them. Then we asked where they were going and they said my mission. I looked at her tag and I knew to look for Scanlon. I think she was kind of creeped out when I told her I knew Jon. haha oh man. That was cool though. She's a cute girl. I hope I get to be her companion. We will see for sure.
Also, this week, H. Springer and I were "teaching" a volunteer in the TRC. He saw my last name and asked where I was from. Then he started saying how I knew my parents, but his spanish was real fast and so I didn't understand very well and just smiled like I knew what he was talking about. Then we taught the lesson and after we "left" he said, "Tell your parents Dave the garage door guy says hi." So I'm passing that along.
My spanish is improving, but I'm a wuss. I can't speak it in a pressure situation, but my teacher Hermano Alder always tells me that I need to be more confident. he says my spanish is really good, and i can say more than I think I can say. But I don't know how to be more confident. Pray that i'm not such a dummy/ scare-dee-cat. I've been trying to speak in spanish all day. P-days are hard though. But yesterday I was better at it.
Anyway, I'm learning how to teach better, but i'm still bad. I need to get off now.
I don't even know what else to tell you. I want to get my violin approved, because you can have it in the MTC if you do. So I might be asking you to send that as well.
I love you!
Sarah
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Week 1
Dear wonderful family,
The MTC is great. It is really super busy, and I have so much to learn, and what seems like no time to learn it. It is difficult having a companion all of the time, because I can't just get up and go to the bathroom that is just down the hall in the middle of class if I need to or not. It is kind of ridiculous, but they have these rules for a reason, so I'll try my best to obey. I just sometimes like to run up stairs, or down stairs, and they don't realize I'm gone until they can't see me anymore. By that point I realize that I have run off and so I have to turn around and go get them.
The first day I came I had a companion named Hermana Gomez. She is in advanced, so really she was a solo sister and then I was a trio with Hermana Springer and hermana Brown in the intermediate class. But then Hermanan Brown was really good at spanish and so she tested out of that class into the intermediate class on either Thursday or Friday, I don't remember. Anyway, so now my permanent companion is hermana springer. she is from arizona and is going to paraguay. she is a nice girl, but very different from most the people i've known in my life, so it is fun to get to know a new personality. She has a very strong testimony though, and it is awesome.
Um, my days mostly consists of studying, studying, and studying. I live in 4 different buildings, specifically 4 different rooms in those buildings. When I leave my residence hall at 6:55 I don't come back until 9:30 pm. It is hard for me to not be able to go running. Especially because it is winter, we dont' get to go outside for anything really. Besides walking between buildings of course. I ran 4 miles on the indoor track that takes 10 laps per mile. That means I did 40 laps!! yuck. haha and it was super hot. but it felt so nice. I've also been practicing my basketball/ volleyball skills so i'm not so bad at all of those. the sisters also are lucky, because if we want, and 6am there are yoga, pilates, kick boxing, step aerobics, and stretching classes. depending on the day determines what it is. i've been going to those with my companion. she isn't in very good shape, so i hope these help her. and for me, anything to get moving. when we take breaks from class i run up the stairs, and skip down the halls (when appropriate of course) to stay sane. I'm excited to be in the field and be sick of moving all day. haha that will be a good feeling.
the food, not so good. sometimes it is, but needless to say, i'm not getting fat. out of shape. for sure. i want to break the wall sit (10 min.)and mile run (5:49..or something) records for the sisters that they have. that'll be fun for sure....to have a goal like that anyway.
um, there are only 4 missionaries in my district. me, hermana springer, elder croft, and elder andreasen. Elder andreasen is going to washington DC...haha I laughed.
well, fast sunday was awesome! sundays and p-days are great days!!! they allow you to have a little bit of a less structured schedule, which is so nice to take a break from. my spanish has improved, and i can almost understand literally everything when my teacher talks. yesterday my companion and i made a goal to only speak spanish when possible. we actually did pretty good. i was surprised and how much i could speak because i'm not really confident in my spanish. please pray that i can stay focused and learn spanish more quickly. i really need the help!!
today we went to the temple. i did initiatories, and it was awesome. sunday's we get to walk up to the temple as well. it is funny how that is such a pleasure. before i probably never would have thought it was, but it totally is. so nice to just get out of those 4 buildings. i'm sure i'll get used to it eventually.
i see hillary olsen, melissa siepel, and megan mcadams really regularly. like every day. we have the same p-day (maybe not megan), so it is fun to see them. also, today i saw andrea merrell (ran w/ her in high school) because she works in the mail room. that was fun.
oh, erik, one of the sisters that rooms next to mine her name is hermana young (first name bonnie). she said that she knows you and she knows justin barney as well. i thought that was funny, and she told me to tell you hi. she has blonde hair and is one of the nicest girls i have ever met. it is cool to see her everyday.
and dad, on fast sunday, i didn't sit in my regular place because it was super busy at dinner time, and during dinner i noticed this boy starring at my strangely. I felt very uncomfortable, but then he tried to get my attention. so then i looked at him and he said, "did your dad serve in france?" i said, "yes..." he said, "I served with him" I said, no you didn't and he said, "i mean, my dad served with him" elder bodheine would be his name...does that ring a bell. his dad's first name is steve. apparently he has heard many stories about how awesome Elder Yingling was and says it is one of the only companionships his dad ever talks about. That was a really neat experience and thought I'd share it with you.
i'm running out of time, but wanted to say that i love you all. dad, happy birthday on the 6th! that's in 2 days. hope it is a good one!!
abby, don't worry about the letters, they are coming, but the first week is a little crazy here at the CCM, (that's in spanish)
Anyway, until next week!
I expect a lot of letters back!! :)
peace!
sarah
The MTC is great. It is really super busy, and I have so much to learn, and what seems like no time to learn it. It is difficult having a companion all of the time, because I can't just get up and go to the bathroom that is just down the hall in the middle of class if I need to or not. It is kind of ridiculous, but they have these rules for a reason, so I'll try my best to obey. I just sometimes like to run up stairs, or down stairs, and they don't realize I'm gone until they can't see me anymore. By that point I realize that I have run off and so I have to turn around and go get them.
The first day I came I had a companion named Hermana Gomez. She is in advanced, so really she was a solo sister and then I was a trio with Hermana Springer and hermana Brown in the intermediate class. But then Hermanan Brown was really good at spanish and so she tested out of that class into the intermediate class on either Thursday or Friday, I don't remember. Anyway, so now my permanent companion is hermana springer. she is from arizona and is going to paraguay. she is a nice girl, but very different from most the people i've known in my life, so it is fun to get to know a new personality. She has a very strong testimony though, and it is awesome.
Um, my days mostly consists of studying, studying, and studying. I live in 4 different buildings, specifically 4 different rooms in those buildings. When I leave my residence hall at 6:55 I don't come back until 9:30 pm. It is hard for me to not be able to go running. Especially because it is winter, we dont' get to go outside for anything really. Besides walking between buildings of course. I ran 4 miles on the indoor track that takes 10 laps per mile. That means I did 40 laps!! yuck. haha and it was super hot. but it felt so nice. I've also been practicing my basketball/ volleyball skills so i'm not so bad at all of those. the sisters also are lucky, because if we want, and 6am there are yoga, pilates, kick boxing, step aerobics, and stretching classes. depending on the day determines what it is. i've been going to those with my companion. she isn't in very good shape, so i hope these help her. and for me, anything to get moving. when we take breaks from class i run up the stairs, and skip down the halls (when appropriate of course) to stay sane. I'm excited to be in the field and be sick of moving all day. haha that will be a good feeling.
the food, not so good. sometimes it is, but needless to say, i'm not getting fat. out of shape. for sure. i want to break the wall sit (10 min.)and mile run (5:49..or something) records for the sisters that they have. that'll be fun for sure....to have a goal like that anyway.
um, there are only 4 missionaries in my district. me, hermana springer, elder croft, and elder andreasen. Elder andreasen is going to washington DC...haha I laughed.
well, fast sunday was awesome! sundays and p-days are great days!!! they allow you to have a little bit of a less structured schedule, which is so nice to take a break from. my spanish has improved, and i can almost understand literally everything when my teacher talks. yesterday my companion and i made a goal to only speak spanish when possible. we actually did pretty good. i was surprised and how much i could speak because i'm not really confident in my spanish. please pray that i can stay focused and learn spanish more quickly. i really need the help!!
today we went to the temple. i did initiatories, and it was awesome. sunday's we get to walk up to the temple as well. it is funny how that is such a pleasure. before i probably never would have thought it was, but it totally is. so nice to just get out of those 4 buildings. i'm sure i'll get used to it eventually.
i see hillary olsen, melissa siepel, and megan mcadams really regularly. like every day. we have the same p-day (maybe not megan), so it is fun to see them. also, today i saw andrea merrell (ran w/ her in high school) because she works in the mail room. that was fun.
oh, erik, one of the sisters that rooms next to mine her name is hermana young (first name bonnie). she said that she knows you and she knows justin barney as well. i thought that was funny, and she told me to tell you hi. she has blonde hair and is one of the nicest girls i have ever met. it is cool to see her everyday.
and dad, on fast sunday, i didn't sit in my regular place because it was super busy at dinner time, and during dinner i noticed this boy starring at my strangely. I felt very uncomfortable, but then he tried to get my attention. so then i looked at him and he said, "did your dad serve in france?" i said, "yes..." he said, "I served with him" I said, no you didn't and he said, "i mean, my dad served with him" elder bodheine would be his name...does that ring a bell. his dad's first name is steve. apparently he has heard many stories about how awesome Elder Yingling was and says it is one of the only companionships his dad ever talks about. That was a really neat experience and thought I'd share it with you.
i'm running out of time, but wanted to say that i love you all. dad, happy birthday on the 6th! that's in 2 days. hope it is a good one!!
abby, don't worry about the letters, they are coming, but the first week is a little crazy here at the CCM, (that's in spanish)
Anyway, until next week!
I expect a lot of letters back!! :)
peace!
sarah
Day 1 MTC
Hey y'all!
Como estas? haha
Today was fun. Um, I have not yet been able to unpack my stuff, but it has been a great time. We have had some meetings so they can tell us what some of the rules are, and I'm finally starting to learn where my residence hall is. I was pretty confused at first. Also, I had no idea how to wear my name tag, because they put one on my coat with a dot, then when I took my coat off, everyone was wondering what my name was. Oh, and the first couple times anyone asked what my name was I said, "Sarah." They all laughed and made fun of me. I told them not to make fun.
Anyway, in class today they all thought I was a little dummy and didn't understand anything they were saying, so it was really funny because I understood what they were saying. But the only problem was I couldn't speak worth beans. So they didn't let me eat my beans at dinner. Just kidding. Dinner was yummy and I think I gained 10 lbs. already. That's a joke too. I didn't even eat desert dad, be proud. You too Andrew...
One of the first Sisters I met after the Elders took me away was Sister Siepel (Mom, do you remember Melissa Siepel?!). Man, I was so happy to see her. She was my host and led me around until I got to class. As she was showing me around a bit I ran into Sister McAdams. Mom, this is Megan McAdams. She was on the team with me my freshman year. And I knew she came in the same day as me. It was fun. I also saw Hillary Olsen at dinner. I almost yelled out "Hillary!" but then I caught myself. Here on the mission anything but Elder or Sister is a bad word. It's because we are actually called, and we need to show everyone that we aren't kids anymore. That's what the President said. We can't say "guys" or dude. Haha I've said "guys" on accident several times. I'm learning though.
Oh, and no more gum...I'm sad. I love gum. Oh well.
Um, we got to sit in a room and help teach fake investigators today. They were really, really good actors. And it was really fun to teach. I really learned a lot.
But now they are trying to kick us off the computer. I guess this is a new thing letting us email on our first day.
I love you all! Sorry I was frustrated this morning....I think I was tired because I've been trying not to fall asleep all day.
Sister Yingling
p.s. Dad, you wouldn't believe. There are sisters with two bags as big as my huge 60 lbs. one. haha you don't even know. I packed semi-light. I feel good about myself.
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Como estas? haha
Today was fun. Um, I have not yet been able to unpack my stuff, but it has been a great time. We have had some meetings so they can tell us what some of the rules are, and I'm finally starting to learn where my residence hall is. I was pretty confused at first. Also, I had no idea how to wear my name tag, because they put one on my coat with a dot, then when I took my coat off, everyone was wondering what my name was. Oh, and the first couple times anyone asked what my name was I said, "Sarah." They all laughed and made fun of me. I told them not to make fun.
Anyway, in class today they all thought I was a little dummy and didn't understand anything they were saying, so it was really funny because I understood what they were saying. But the only problem was I couldn't speak worth beans. So they didn't let me eat my beans at dinner. Just kidding. Dinner was yummy and I think I gained 10 lbs. already. That's a joke too. I didn't even eat desert dad, be proud. You too Andrew...
One of the first Sisters I met after the Elders took me away was Sister Siepel (Mom, do you remember Melissa Siepel?!). Man, I was so happy to see her. She was my host and led me around until I got to class. As she was showing me around a bit I ran into Sister McAdams. Mom, this is Megan McAdams. She was on the team with me my freshman year. And I knew she came in the same day as me. It was fun. I also saw Hillary Olsen at dinner. I almost yelled out "Hillary!" but then I caught myself. Here on the mission anything but Elder or Sister is a bad word. It's because we are actually called, and we need to show everyone that we aren't kids anymore. That's what the President said. We can't say "guys" or dude. Haha I've said "guys" on accident several times. I'm learning though.
Oh, and no more gum...I'm sad. I love gum. Oh well.
Um, we got to sit in a room and help teach fake investigators today. They were really, really good actors. And it was really fun to teach. I really learned a lot.
But now they are trying to kick us off the computer. I guess this is a new thing letting us email on our first day.
I love you all! Sorry I was frustrated this morning....I think I was tired because I've been trying not to fall asleep all day.
Sister Yingling
p.s. Dad, you wouldn't believe. There are sisters with two bags as big as my huge 60 lbs. one. haha you don't even know. I packed semi-light. I feel good about myself.
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