The Latest from the MTC

FAMILIE!

Yes, all caps. Sorry. I'm just really excited! I leave in less than a week. Crazy! I leave the MTC at 5 am...ugh. You know how I am in the morning. Thank goodness we just have personal study when we get to our classroom at 7 am. But yes, I leave incredibly early next Tuesday. I leave SLC at 8:30, touch down in Atlanta and then I'm off to Zurich! Can you believe 9 weeks has already flown by? It's insane how fast time goes by!

There's not too much to update you about besides packing and such, which is boring, so I'll tell you what I've been studying lately...I've focused a lot on Alma lately (love!) and as you know, I put my favorite verses from the Book of Mormon on my missionary plaque, which just so happen to be from Alma. Alma chapter 26, to be exact. I must say, I love that chapter even more now that I am a missionary! Ammon rocks! I love that chapter because that's how I feel. I LOVE the gospel and I love sharing it with others! (Wow, lot of exclamation marks. Sorry...I'm just excited about all of this)

As I studied this chapter, I realized what a privilege it is for me to share the gospel with the people of Switzerland (or Germany...or Austria...or even Lichtenstein...who knows where I'll end up! I'll find out next week though. Woo!) I'm going to give all of you (anyone who reads this!) a small homework assignment. Study Alma 26 and send me your thoughts on it. Pray before you read it, that your mind will be enlightened and you will learn of its truths and that you will gain a testimony of it. Then, send me your thoughts (if you'd like. I suppose you don't have to. It would just be nice to know how you feel about it)


I wish I could copy and paste the verses that have been on my mind lately, but there's something wrong with this computer, so...tut mir leid.

Oh! As for German...I'm a bit nervous. I feel like I've been getting worse. You certainly don't need to hear about the bouts of discouragement that I've had...I'm a bit nervous for next week, though. We get in Wednesday morning, drop our stuff off at the mission home, meet with the president and then go contacting on the busiest street in Zurich. Ah, snap....That'll be interesting. Beten Sie sich fuer mich, bitte! My vocab has expanded, considering I didn't know much of the gospel vocabulary in German before I got here. I just wish I were fluent now. Oh well. It will come in time. I love you all and I'm so grateful for everything you've done for me!

Liebe,

Rachel


P.S. Did you hear that the Vienna Phil appointed a female to the role of concert master? Dang. First time that's ever happened. Crazy, no?