Ç'kemi everyone!! (Hi) and MERRY CHRISTMAS THIS WEEK!!
MTC Culture Shocks:
1. We have only been here for 1 month and we are the
"oldest" people at the MTC. Basically we're pretty cool because we're
old timers. We know how this rodeo goes.
2. If you leave the MTC campus you automatically become the
bees knees.
3. Every Sunday night we are able to watch films from past
devotionals only available in the Missionary Training Center. They are pretty
amazing. WE LOVE THEM.
This week: Okay so this week was crazy to say the least.
First of all, I woke up on Thursday not being able to see. I couldn't open my
eyes and they were burning so badly. I thought the pain was maybe from some
sort of allergy so I took some allergy medicine and got ready for the day. As
the day went on I realized there was no way my eyes could be hurting that
badly. My companions and I went to the doctors who told us we needed to go off
campus to an actual doctor in the "real world". We left the MTC and
went to the doctor where she told me that I had developed ulcers in both my
eyes. They numbed my eyeballs and gave me medicine to help cure the ulcers. It
was completely terrifying. They aren't completely sure how the ulcers formed
all we know is that they're not good. Anyways, long story short, I took the
medicine and visited the doctor a few times and I should be fully cured by
Thursday. Wahoo I'm ulcer free!!
On a happier note, Christmas is right around the corner! We
went caroling around the MTC and sang Christmas songs in Albania it was sooo
fun! We sang Ejani Besnik (Oh Come, All Ye Faithful) and Botës Gëzim (Joy to
the World). It was quite fun. We were also able to do a temple walk around the
temple on Sunday with our zone and it was so fun to walk around and talk with
everyone. It was our last hurrah as a zone because now everyone has left except
us and the Germans. The Germans will be here until right after Christmas and
then we'll be the only ones in our zone until we leave January 15. Wow, we are
here for forever. Good thing we love it ;) The language is going well. We're
finally diving in to grammar and we're thriving.
Funnies:
1. We all got on the Family Search App this week and found
out how those in our district are related!! Elder Dixon and I found out that we
are cousins!!! (Okay we're 5th cousins but we like to brag to people how close
we are compared to the rest of our district). Sadly, I'm not related to my
favorite Australian Motra T or New Zealander Elder Lawrence.
2. The Hungarians left this week which made us super duper
sad. They were our best friends!! However, the last gym day before they left
EVERYONE wore Bombers shirts and we made up a cheer and the whole gym was
cheering as we destroyed on the four square court. Haha they will be missed but
we will catch them in 2020 at our four square reunion.
3. At the MTC we have a mace (cat) that roams around and we
have no idea where it came from. It's so hilarious because all the sisters
think it's so cute to pick up and take pictures with but it's actually so
gross. Motra Tolhurst says, "Ç'kemi mace" every time we walk by him
and it seriously cracks me up.
Spiritual thoughts:
1. Last Friday we taught two people named Sara and Sage. Our
lesson was based around the Light the World Initiative. We shared one of the
videos and talked about how we could light the world this Christmas season. The
spirit was so incredibly strong during those lessons. We were able to talk and
communicate with them almost perfectly. It was a miracle. We walked out of the
lessons with tears of gratitude to our Heavenly Father for helping us. We
learned that when we weren't focused on the language and more focused on
feeling the spirit that we could understand them so much better. Ahh it was
amazing.
2. We tried a special activity this week as a district. We
came up with 3 random questions we had and then we picked a random chapter from
The Book of Mormon and were able to answer EVERY single question!! It was so
amazing to see how powerful The Book of Mormon is and it's ability to answer
ANY question at ANY time. You can have any and all your questions answered if
you are willing to look for them in the scriptures.
3. With my eyeballs being wack this week I really had to
rely on my Savior. One story that touched my heart was when Christ healed the
blind man. I kept thinking of all the miracles he performed and couldn't help
thinking of the joy we will have one day when we are perfected in him. In the
Christmas nativity story, the angel tells Mary, "Fear not". We have
no reason to fear for the Lord is on our side. As we follow him we will be
cleansed and have overwhelming joy. What a time to be alive!!
Thanks for all the cute Christmas cards I LOVE THEM. KEEP
LIGHTING YOUR FAMILIES THIS WEEK AND HAVE THE MOST MERRIEST OF CHRISTMASES!!
Sister Hannah Sutton
JAN15 ADRTCS
2005 N 900 E Unit 306
Provo, UT 84602
Hurrah for Israel!!
Love, Motra Sëtën
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