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September 2013 MTC Provo, Utah, USA
Iaorana!
This week went by so
fast, I'm scared to see how fast the last five move by! Things are fully
settled in. We're not moving to West campus anymore - which was a bummer
because I was looking forward to a change of scenery. Elder Edw- I mean one of
the Elders still combs his eyebrows every morning so nothing much has changed
yet. I'm finally getting better! Went to the doctors and got some antibiotics.
Turned out the reason I wasn't getting any better was because I had a sinus
infection. So four weeks later here I am. Finally getting better! Another MTC
tip. The absolute minute you start getting sick, visit the doctors. period. no
arguments.
Let me take this
opportunity to talk about the MTC food. When you first arrive, you're still in
the honeymoon phase (yeah I think I'll go with that ;]) where everything is so
unreal. The food seems wonderful, and you eat entire meals. Maybe its just
because we're here so long but about week 5 it starts to get really old. I mean
REALLY old. There's only so many hamburgers you can eat, (I think I stopped
eating them at about week 2). I'm not a big fan or cafeteria food, nor things
like enchiladas and chimichungas (<- no idea how to spell that) so I'm
usually out of luck for meals. My favorite thing is when they come up with some
crazy name for a burger, and its code for "we put mushrooms on it".
The salad bar, the wrap bar, and cereal are your best friends. They have this
really nice oat cluster cereal that really fills you up fast, and probably
gives you more nutrition than the other food. Anyways, don't take my word for
it. Some people really like the food. Those people in question have already
gained 8-10lbs however. We all have our free agency. Good luck Kirstin, I think
Japanese is a 9 week stay, so will will understand all too well our grievances!
Tahitian instruction
is great. Frère Rony and Soeur Buswell stand at the front of the class and go
off in Tahitian, and I can only catch a few words here and there. It's really
interesting to start all over again so to speak. Except this time with little
to no foundation and the language, and you can't guess because there are no
roman ties to this language! I'm actually progressing really fast. I said the
prayer for Church and Sunday,
thanks to the gift of tongues I spoke quickly, smoothly and didn't stumble at
all. Everyone was really impressed. It was funny because everyone was expecting
french, because they didnt know we had started Tahitian yet. So they were all
surprised when instead of "Notre Père Celeste", they heard "E to
matou Metua i te Ao ra" ( ay to mah-to may-too-ah ee tay ow rah) it was
fun.
The MTC bookstore is
like a mini Wal-Mart. They even have a clothes section now for sisters. They
have all sorts of writing and notebook goods. TONS or over the counter medicine,
and lots a toiletries. I have never seen more choices for pens in my life. Some
things we worried about, like detergent and shampoo, and face washing soap, and
hand sanitizer, we didn't need to worry about. Send me anything Kristin needs
that you are wondering about and I'll see if the store has it. Missionaries get
a 40% discount on all prices as well.
Neil L. Andersen spoke
to us on
Tuesday. Since I couldn't
sing because of my throat we went and managed to get the spots and the gym
floor right in front of the stand out of the bleachers. His talk was about,
sacrifice and love. He said the more you sacrifice on your mission, the more you
will love your mission, which in turn will cause you to sacrifice more, and
vice versa. It was a great talk. HE also said a mission is the best place to
learn to love God and others. After the talk he came down and I got to shake
his hand, it was pretty neat.
I really actually love
it here. There's always an incredible spirit, and the stress is nice because
its not stress like at school, its I'm worried about other people stress. I
know I'm supposed to be here on my mission, and that there are people in Tahiti
who need to hear the Gospel! The Lord Lives and loves you, may the spirit be
with you all!
nana, avec here
(amour)
Elder Molinari
