Preface: Rachel sent me both of these emails in the same night. She sent the first one to the wrong email. So it's double the pleasure this week! Joy!
Guten Tag!
All is going well here at the MTC. German is a bit slow still since it's just a review for me, but it'll be quite nice to have things solidified before I get over there. I've got a map that I'll be sending you of my new mission boundaries, which starts July 1 of this year. We have Bavaria (Black Forest, woo hoo!), the majority of Switzerland and all of Austria. My new mission is massive, but I'm quite excited. I talked with a member of our branch presidency on Sunday and I told him that I was a bit nervous since I have friends in Wien and was afraid that perhaps I may get distracted by them and also the music. I was told to embrace the culture (easily done!) and ask my friends to help us with the missionary work. I'll be sent where I'm needed, I'll teach those that need to be taught, and I pray that I will do so by the spirit.
You know I'm against disclaimers, but I need to go ahead and say it: Please do not judge my typing errors. Not only do we have only 30 minutes a week (ridiculous!) for reading/replying to emails, but since I've been getting back into German, I'm starting to spell things the German way .For example, when I'm writing, I'm writing everything that has "sh" in the English language as "sch." Ah, I love German, so please realize that I do indeed know how to spell in the English language; I'm just immersing myself in German. =]
Not a whole lot has changed since last week, I'm afraid. We've had some wonderful spiritual experiences here with learing German and more about the Gospel. I have the best teachers here! I'm pretty sure I already said that, but it's true. I do!
The TRC is a bit intense. Fortunately we only contact in German right now and are not teaching the lessons in German--that starts week 6 or 7. We'll see how that goes...I imagine it will be a very quiet lesson.
I'm sorry this is shorter than probably expected, but not too much has changed since last week. Thanks to those who sent letters and packages--you're wonderful and you light up my life! I'd love to hear from you all, so please write! There's dearelder.com for while I'm in the MTC, so please write! Bitte!
Liebe,
Sister NeSmith
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