Hello!!
This week was just
another great week! Of course my life isn't perfect, but I seriously love
and cherish every minute!
On Monday, Sister
Wilkins and I went to a nearby museum and checked out some cool stuff. It
is a museum of the stuff from a Khan. I'm not sure of all the details
since my Mongolian isn't up to par with Museum type vocabulary. But we
saw some Buddhist stuff and some animals the Khan guy brought back after his
travels around the world. And we saw a ger he had that was made of 120
leopards. He got it for his 25th birthday. So mom, you have over a
year to plan MY 25th birthday present. Ready go. The rest of the
day, we cleaned and got our laundry done. It's nice to have a few minutes
to sit on the couch and think about nothing! :)
Tuesday was a zone
conference, where about 25 missionaries got together and talked about improving
and becoming better missionaries. I felt really uplifted after hearing
from my mission leaders! They are great! Later we did some English
training. And then I went on an exchange for 24 hours with Sister
Harmon and Sister Namonaa.
Wednesday was quite
the adventure! We did our studies and then headed out for the day.
We got stuck in a totally random blizzard on our way to teach our first
lesson. It was blizzarding out, and the little boy didn't hear us knock
on his gate. So we were standing out there and decided to try to get his
attention. We snuck around their crazy scary dog and ended up teaching a
great little lesson. I wrote some sentences in Mongolian, and I started
to read them. Then he said, "Can I just read them??" I
understood what he was saying, but Sister Harmon encouraged me to just keep
going. So I did! And he got over it! :) Haha He was
really cute! Then, we saw another investigator and his brother. Two
grandpas watching their 1 year old granddaughter. SO CUTE!!! We
taught them about how God loves and knows them personally. It's my
favorite thing to teach about because it's the very core of what I know to be
true. That evening, we had a meeting to plan for this week's English
classes. We are doing placement tests tomorrow, so we planned the tests.
I'm excited to start at the medical school! I start tomorrow and start
actually teaching on Wednesday!
On Thursday, I met
up with Sister Guild and she and I substitute taught an English class.
They were middle schoolers, and we had every level from "I don't know how
to say my name in English" to "I'm so fluent and I'm not sure how to
use big words, but I have them memorized and just want to get them out"
hahahaha. It was a fun challenge. But we totally rocked it!
And we got cookies afterward, so that made me feel great! Cookies make
everything better. Then, we went to the doctor's apartment and ate some
more cookies while we waited for our English training to start. Our
trainer was stuck in traffic so long that we ended up cancelling the training.
But we LOVED the fresh baked cookies!! :)
On Friday, we
planned for the week and then headed out to teach lessons. We met up with
my MTC teacher who went and taught a lesson with us. She brought us a
sheep head that we ate later that night. Turns out tongue tastes like hot
dog. Then, we visited a member for dinner, and we learned to make Buuz,
which are like dumplings. Ours were NOT as pretty as the member's, but we
had some great laughs. And they tasted great! We taught 2 other
lessons that night, and headed home. It was a great day!!!
Saturday and Sunday
were FULL of general conference. I felt so uplifted and inspired by the
messages from the sessions. Look up President Monson's talk on
choices! I felt so strongly that I need my little choices to be good
because they add up and help me to make really good big choices!
On Sunday, we met
with the bishop of our ward, and he is so nice! I am so grateful to be
serving with him! He encouraged me to speak Mongolian, and I tried!
Sometimes I struggle
with wanting to speak and then not knowing how to say what I want to say, but I
am getting better at trying! I love the language, and I love the
people. And speaking is important for me to express that love!
I love you
all! Have a great week!!
Sister Bottorff
"Us after our last English training! I love these girls!"
"Mongolian vest and hat I tried on."
"The sheep..."
"In a winter wonderland."
Sister Bottorff :)
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