So, it is week one here in the MTC. WOOT. So, I apologize in advance if I don't reply to everyone's emails.
Okay, now to how everything has been going. I love it here! There is such a strong Spirit, I love it . The first day was actually really good, like I said, the Spirit was so strong. I got dragged around with my luggage to get my name tag, schedule, Mongolian books, taken to my room, etc. When I got to my Mongolian class after getting my books our teachers were speaking Mongolian to us... Yeah... That was awkward haha. The language is so so cool though. Now... Speaking of the language... It is really tough. Really tough. So far I cxan introduce myself, (kind of) get to know someone, say a simple prayer, and bare a simple testimony. We have been teaching Cawa (Shasha), our investigator. He is such a cool guy, and so so nice to us. I have so much love for him and want him to come to Christ (even though he's really just acting). It gets really frustrating at times because I want to help him so bad but I have no idea to say ANYTHING nor can I understand him at all. Our first lesson (they are always in Mongolian) on Friday was kind of a disaster... But our second lesson, yesterday went much better. We sang him "I Need Thee Every Hour" in Mongolian to bare our testimony because we didn't know how to bare our testimonies too well yet. It was really cool. I cannot wait to get back and sing in Mongolian for the family, it is such a beautiful language.
As for my companion, her name is Sister Magleby (the girl that I met through Facebook). I knew we would be companions haha. We are the only Sisters in our District, and we have four Elders in our District with us. So, there is just the six of us going to Mongolia. I love them all, they are so great! There is Elder Huckvale, Elder Clement, Elder Standly, Elder Hayter, Sister Magleby, and I. We have all been getting super close because we are together almost 24/7. In our zone there are three other Districts, two Fijian, and one Indonesian. Soon we will have some going to Madagascar. Cool cool. Anyways, I love my companion, and I am so blessed to have her. We are actually a lot alike. We have been trying to be strictly obedient, which is helping us a lot. We need a lot of help with the language haha.
Sometimes I forget that I've only been her 6 days... It feels like I've been here forever, but at the same time it flies by. So, I have to keep telling myself that I know a lot of Mongolian for only being here 6 days. The food is eehh... It's already getting old haha. It's not disgusting, just not great to eat three times a day for 9 weeks. I cannot wait to get to Mongolia. I've trying to prove to the Lord through hard work and obedience that I have sometime great to offer to the people in Mongolian, so that he will know that he can trust me to go there (so I can get my Visa). I had to get blood drawn today to check for Malaria for mty Visa. /: Dumb needles... They never end!
Overall though, I'm loving it. I'm not going to lie, sometimes it's really hard! Due to the languge. But still I am so grateful to be here, and I know I am doing the right thing.
I apologize for my spelling now, because I know it will be getting worse. It already has because of Mongolian haha.
General Conference was amazing here!! Especially when we all sang together with the choir. It is so amazing to be in a room filled with so many missionaries all singing together. So special. My favorite talks were by President Monson, Elder Holland, and one we heard by Elder Uchtdorf in the rebroadcast of the Y.W. Conference. Everything seemed to be about missionaries since I'm here. That always happens with General Conference though. The thing I loved that Elder Uchtdorf said was "learn the universal language!" He explained that this language is the pure LOVE of Christ, because everyone can understand it. That really helped me with teaching Cawa, because it testifies to me that if I just love him he will at least understand that when I cannot said anything else in Mongolian. The other thing that was super great was that Vocal Point (BYU ocapella singing group) came on Sunday for our devotional. That was so Spiritual, they all have amazing voices. It was cool to finally hear them sing church songs, because I have only heard them sing pop songs.
I love you all and would love to get any letters! It's just so hard to read all the emails and write back. But I do love the emails too. So, thank you to everyone who emailed me! Sorry I couldn't write back ASAP. /: If you could send me your addresses, that would be great then I could write you back that way sometimes!!
I would have totally sent pictures but I forgot to bring my USB's. DUHH! So, I will send some pictures next week. (: The only ones I have really taken are of us at the temple this morning. I may be able to stop by the Bookstore and get one, if so, I will send an email with some pictures.
Love,
Sister Ackley
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