Pick alittle Talk alittle

Alright! we survived!!! Seriously this week was quite the experience!  We talked to a lot of people. I can definitely feel my language sort of progressing haha.  It is always funny cause people are always surpised when I start speaking Korean.  They usually start laughing out of confusion... Someone almost ran into a wall after I said hello.  I love getting to know people! People are so awesome!  I met this older woman who has traveled all over the world! it was really cool to talk to her :)

English

So sometimes I find "funny english" and it amuses me. This week I found this:

• Hope means in your dreams
• I love dog (this was funny because It is was above a store and there were tables and chair set up like a restaruant. I turned to my comp and was like... is that a restaruant? (we are in Korea eating dog is a thing) and she was like.. i dont think so... it wasnt... haha but still funny)

Korean sayings

A woman always has a different place for dessert. hahaha truth
suffer well. (basically means endure well)

MERS and Camels

Okay so there is apparently a big disease going around. I dont watch the news so I dont know what is going on but from all the PSA fliers this is what I know.
Don't eat camel meat if it isnt cooked.
Don't drink camels milk....
Stay away from camels.
Don't let people sneeze on you.
Don't get near people if you have it.
Stay out of public places. (good thing I am a missionary who is trying to spread the good word to as many people as possible in public places :P)

I am not worried.  I hope it gets better though :/

Big Rice Mac



It wasn't actually called that haha but they replaced the bun with rice!

The Gift of Hands

So I have been asked to play the piano at church the other day. Y'all... I don't sight read... and I don't know how to say "I only know how to play these 4 hymns that I learned while in seminary" in Korean.  They just handed me a hymn and expected me to play it.... Miracles everyone. They are among us. Cause I had never even heard some of those songs I played before in my life.

Miracles

So we had a miracle the other day.  We were early for an appointment, and I felt we should go and start talking to people in the neighborhood while we wait to be on time.  The first person we talk to was someone that we were suppose to meet the day before but something came up and they couldn't meet.  What are the odds that they even lived there, and just happened to be walking toward us as we turned. 10 sec earlier or later and we wouldn't have met her.  God works in mysterious ways :)

Discover

So this week I learned a lot about personal revelation.  For God is the source of all truth.  No amount of study can replace revelation.  It can strengthen and is necessary to build faith, but it cannot replace recieving a personal witness.  And to recieve a personal witness we need to act in Faith, and seek truth.
Matthew 7:7

7 ¶Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

I feel I spoke on this before, but that just goes to show how we are constantly rediscovering truth.

We are the captain of our Souls.  We are embarking on a quest and seeking truth.  When we find the islands of truth and anchor ourselves there we are able to have the Holy Ghost confirm that truth to us.  Knowledge and Truth from God through the Holy Ghost is a priceless treasure.

Enjoy the Journey!

Sister Shaver

B exchages!!!

  

Conferences!

Day one of 100 hr challenge

Mid Week

Final Day #Lordsrest

our bathroom in all its glory. the entire bathroom IS the shower.haha

found this at a restaraunt. BEST TOLIET SEAT EVER. LOL

Missionary Work is Delicious!

Funny story

we teach english to adorable children. They are my favorite! Seriously sooo cute and hilarious. Sometimes they come in with english phrases that we definitely didnt teach them. One such case was this boy went to his sister who is only like 2 and was like are you crazy? and she definitely was like no! I couldnt help but laugh. I was so surprised she understood! Kids have such a gift for languages!! (okay I realize they have the grey matter to spare but still I really wish I had that haha)

Missionary work on the menu

Alright so this week... No everyday, is a lesson in humility.  I heard once that you get sent to the states to become a scriptorian, a foreign country to learn a language, and to Asia to be humbled.  haha Pretty sure it is true.  So We were at a members house for dinner and in my defense... okay I got nothing. My brain had just stopped understanding Korean for probably 30 min. No matter what I did.  So when this brother served us delicous cake and asked a how it was I responded in Korean "It's delicious!" and then everyone started laughing like rolling on the floor laughing. and I was like... he wasn't talking about food was he. In english my companion was like, "He asked how the missionary work was going?" So then in English I responded to the brother "it is great!" and then still laughing and in english he said, "It's delicous!" there was no recovery lol luckily I dont take myself too seriously.  Honestly it was pretty funny. Hence the tittle of the blog.

OKay so we are doing this cool 100 hour challenge where we work a hundred hour week, so sorry if I didnt have time to reply to your email as I normally would and we are skipping a P-day, and we skip all the studies everyday, and get up at 5:30, and we skip meal times. The idea is to have the sense like the Lord is coming and you only have 100 hours left, what would you do? you would spread the word like he is coming tomorrow! So ya. No p-day, but it is okay cause God is going to be with us and I am excited for the challenge!

Uplifting

I have noticed a pattern for growth this past week.  First we must hope.  Hope is the foundation of Faith.  In the Gospel or in learning a language or anything else.  "Hope is the anchor to our soul"(PMG chapter6) Hope we can do inherit whatever that is.  Then we need Faith.  From my understanding that is belief plus action. To act upon that hope is to have Faith.  After we act, we must ensure we are acting out of charity.  We are being truly faithful to God and doing his will because we love him and not man.  As we seek to concecrate our actions for Christ, the Spirit concecrates our own conversion.

The miracle of the week was that I woke up one morning not really being able to hear. I could hear fine in the house, but once we got into the noise of the world I couldn't hear. We taught a lesson and I couldnt understand anything my companion or the investigator said.  I was terrified I was going deaf or something. We went home and I prayed and tried shaking my ear like their was water in it. Eventually I could hear again.  So grateful for answers to prayer!  It was a miracle

Humble Pie

So like I said the theme recently is humility, which is hard sometimes cause I have wonderful elderly women coming up to me telling me I am pretty haha. They are seriously the sweetest! I love them!  I hope I can show that much charity for people.  I kinda want to start doing that, and maybe I will. So this week I really started understanding what was going on around me.  I seriously could feel the prayers lifting me this week. :) So those of you praying for me, writing me, THANK YOU!!  It makes a difference!!  I mean I realized I just told a story about telling a member that missionary work was delicious and that wasn't my only language mistake, but I actually sat at a table yesterday and was able to follow the conversation! It is such a blessing :)  But this blessing comes and goes. The closer I am to the Lord the easier the Korean comes.  Simply the less I care about myself and the more I care about others the easier it is to understand their words.  Whether I am actually understanding Korean or the spirit is just conveying what they are saying, I dont know. maybe and healthy dose of both :)  But I know the second I go, " Hey! I am actually learning Korean and understanding things! I got this!" I don't "got this".  It is a constant reminder that with the Lord I can do all things and without him I am nothing.  I am so grateful for a loving God :)  Have a great week everyone!! :) God loves you!! :) <3

사랑해요!!!!!

Sister Shaver

Rose festival last p-day!!! :D

In the Mornin' I'm makin' K-pancakes!

Yes that is a rice burger.  The bun is made of rice! too great to not have a picture :P

The district! (my district) we rock :P

At the Korean Temple

Cool bridge!!!

Specific prayer is powerful.

Lost in Translation

While we were eating at a function, I asked my companion if we had to eat everything which she said we did. I gave her a surpised look and she looked back with  a  (we usually do) look, but this was an extraordinary amount of food that was placed before us.  I went to town but she got up and started helping when I asked what I could do to help she told me to keep eating.  I ate about half the food there and expected her to come back and finish. She didn't come back.  Then I realized something must have been lost in translation........She meant until I was full...I told her what happened later and she about died laughing. le sigh.

Quotes of the week

I think the plural of spouse should be spice, because Mouse is Mice.

"Being awkward is your job Sister Shaver." Sister Lee

"Korean isnt that hard of a language to learn. The dogs can undeerstand it... and you can too!" Elder Ringwood

This week on the menu

Dried squid
small whole fish
shrimp with heads

This week in Korea.

So we attended a funeral, which was interesting to contrast with american funerals.  There was a really nice atmosphere of respect and honor, and there were a lot of flowers and he served in the military so there was a lot of that there too.

This week was quite a special treat. I got to see someone very dear to me this week. Michelle Moyer!! Go check out her blog! She is amazing inside and out!!  We had a combined conference where Elder Ringwood spoke. He served in Korea so that was cool that he could relate. he said if he could learn Korean anyone could haha he also said one of the quotes in the quotes of the week.  It was great to see Michelle though.  I feel so blessed to have such a great friend! And even more blessed that we will be able to speak Korean together when we are both back from our missions!

Uplifting

The conference was really insightful.  Sometimes I feel we forget whose children we are.  We are the children of the all powerful all knowing God that created the universe!  He created us, and he didn't create us to fail.

Romans 8
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

We are literal joint heirs with Christ :)  We have as much potential as we permit ourselves to have. God wants to give us everything, but he leaves it to use to decided.

2 Tim 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

When we don't listen to God we betray (oppose) ourselves.  We deny ourselves of the blessings that God wants to freely give us. The sooner we care less of what the world thinks of us the sooner we can become what the Lord has planned for us.

We talked about developing extraordinary faith, because to recieve miracles one needs extraordinary faith right?  So to begin exercising extraordinary faith we need extraordinary prayers.  Praying specifically= we really are specific..For example:

Gift of Tongues.

When I asked for the gift of tongues I expected to learn Korean. Instead the Lord blessed me to be able to handle spicy foods.  If you know me at all you know I am the worst when it comes to spicey foods.... the absolute worst. Here I am eating things that even Koreans think are spicy.  It is a miracle.

Not the gift of tongues I was asking for but a gift of tongues none the less.

Praying for the gift of tongues was not specific enough.To be more specific I need to ask to be able to communicate with people I talk to on the bus/ subway/church praying during conversations etc.

After the conference, I really put that to the test, asked for specfic things like for someone to approach us about the gospel, and to have the ability to communicate to the people I talk to on the subway.  We were approached by two people on the Subway about the gospel, and I was able to talk to 5 other people and had some really awesome conversations, and tell them how much God loves them.  I sat next to this elderly woman on the subway, and I talked to her for a few min and then she shared her food with me!  How sweet is that?  Seriously have no idea what I ate but it was really good and I was so touched by her kind gesture.  Specific prayer is powerful.  I even found my ctr ring from my mom that I lost, and I said a prayer to find it and found it that night as I unfolded my mat.

As we excerise this faith we metaphorically center ourselves on his molding wheel, and he can help us become something beautiful in return.  It doesn't remove our trials. Change hurts sometimes, but it does make our trials purposeful.  But who really wants all of their trials taken away? Kind of defeats the point of being here if we don't have to work for anything.  When we work we certainly appreciate more and grow more too.  Let us become what the Lord wants us to be.  It is greater than we can imagine, better than we could ever planned, when we let him mold us with his almighty hands.

Pictures:

I adore this family! Their little girl is precious!

um, num, num, num

P-day fun!

Good Eater Charlie Brown

So there is a saying in Korean that literally translated is: You are a good eater.  FYI there are good and bad eaters, and in Korea, you want to be a good one. Eating all of the food given to you is an especially important sign of respect.  I have known this for a while.  I didn't realize how this was done at buffets... I am so grateful we have members willing to feed us :) It is such a blessing.  It was my first member meal, and I wanted to be sure to eat everything I could and because I don't really know how to speak Korean yet I finished my 2nd plate a little early and I saw someone getting dessert so I did the same.  Well the host went for a 3rd plate.  I was very impressed. haha then realized I had ended my meal to early, but didnt think that was a problem.  Well The Sister said something to me in Korean, to which my companion translated, "Are you hungry Sister?" With a look that said to answer correctly. So I was like... "oh. Yes." and got up and got more food. I think I just got told I was hungry haha.  That happened like 4 times. By the end of this meal I had had 4 plates of food and 4 helpings of ice cream.  We were so full we were laughing a pained laugh, but it was so worth it to embrace the culture. Also it was pretty funny haha.

We had an appointment after that, which it is a korean custome to ALWAYS offer something to any guest that enters your house and she fed us too. My companion was like, "Sister Shaver, Now I KNOW you are a good eater!"  Good thing we walk everywhere. haha

So this week the other things I was offered to eat included:

*Octipus: nope not a huge fan but when you think of it like chewy noodles it helps.

Pig intestines/liver: kinda dry but not bad. cow was better to me.

We can compare this to life. We might not get to choose what comes on our plate, but when we face it with a smile and love in our hearts we can make it through the things we thought we could never do :)

*So when I saw octipus I may have prayed in my mind that it would stay stationary, since they eat live octipus in Korea haha

Lost in Translation:

So apparently last week when I spoke iin church I told everyone I had 15 people in my family... oops. haha
So while practicing reading from this church book in Korean I misprounounced the word for shoes and swore one of the worst swear words in Korean... Sister Lee was like Sister Shaver! that's a swear word! oops...

Uplifting

If you can smile when things go wrong
And say it doesn't matter,
If you can laugh off cares and woe
And trouble makes you fatter,
If you can keep a cheerful face
When all around are blue,
Then have your head examined, bud,
There's something wrong with you.
For one thing I've arrived at:
There are no ands and buts,
A guy that's grinning all the time
Must be completely nuts.

By Rudyard Kipling

We will all have trials and right now mine is understanding everything and everyone around me. :)  But it is okay. I finally have started treating this experience like the journey that it is.
One of the missionaries just kept laughing whenever they looked over my way. I thought I had somethingo on my face. Then more missionaries were chuckling. I finally asked what was so funny and one of the natives said, "You just look extra happy."

"Yep! I 'm confused, but I am happy!  It is weird how those have been going hand in hand lately."
Smiling is really the best thing we can do when feeling down. It physiologically will help make us happy. Also, in my case it is really the only way to convey how happy I am and how appreciative I am, and how much I love the people I am serving since I really can't express myself yet.  Although apparently I should take my joy down a knotch haha.

I am kinda like a baby; in a world where everyone speaks jibberish and expects a response.  Luckily smiles are universal :)

I love what Elder Packer says in his talk, Things Every Missionary should Know.
"You have a to learn that you are unique. You are sons and duaghters of God you have powers and talents and capacities that no one else has."
If something doesnt come easy that's OK. Which can apply to anything. Maybe your testimony is something you reallly have to work at, or language learning is a challenge, or a relationship isn't going how you want. Maybe there is a dance move your struggling to pick up. Math, memorization whatever it is.

"You wil find that things that grow slower live longer. Look at the animal kingdom or plant kingdom.Things that mature quickly have very short lives. the mayfly is a good exaple. It is born grows to adult stage, mates, reproduces and dies before the day is over. Things that grow slowly live longer. You may grow more slowly in mind and spirit but you will learn and your learning will stay with you."

In conclusion, Smile and know that everything will come in its own time. Enjoy the jounrey. You only get to be where you are in that moment once. :)

SMILE!

Cheers!
Sister Shaver

Pictures!

Best trainer ever!!

Noodles with chopsticks... its a struggle haha

Seriously this food was soooooo spicy even for my native companion!

I think this was a rice noodle thing... haha yum!

We were at the prettiest park today!!!

#sistershaverthephotographer

"I Cant Believe I Ate That"

Awko Taco

Alright so we went to this investigators house, and I have no idea what the conversation is about, and then this older sister looks at me and asks if I want Juice, and the american in me kicked in and in english I say I am good. Well my companion is kinda behind the investigator and gives me this look like accept the juice and motions with her hands like she is drinking something, so then I am like oh yes in Korean. So luckily I made the mistake in english lol but I almost caused a huge offense...oops.  ALWAYS ACCEPT THE JUICE.

I Can't Believe I Ate That

So on day four of being in Korea, my companion orders us a soup, and when it comes out I look at it. The first thing that comes to mind is. That has got to be octipus or squid or something... It wasn't. Turns out it was actually Cow intestines. And then there was this square sponge thing that she told me to break apart, and I made the mistake of asking what it was and she said it was Cow blood... Okay I am down for a lot of things, but that caused a certain amount of hesitation. As I talked to her more about it, it was discovered it was Cow liver. Not cow blood. Which is significantly better from where I am standing. It was actually pretty good. Mentally it was a challenge haha.

Also, the people at the resturant were like she is a foreigner. She won't be used to it. And they all watched me intently on how I would react. I tried to play it off as nanchilantly as possible haha. Although idk how good I did. Especially because I am still so clumbsy with chopsticks, which I use at every meal. I am chopstick challenaged ... My hand cramped the other day. Haha but it is getting better. My companion just sits there and laughs with me haha.


Uplifting

This one is kinda short, but just a reminder that even when you are literally on the otherside of the world and you don't understand anyone. God loves you and he is always there for you when you turn your heart to him completely.

When we got here we were given a book of mormon and asked to hand it out along with pass along cards. Yes jetlagged and exhausted we hopped on the subway to talk to people in a language we still didnt know. Haha Someone even told me I was going to go to ... ah where people "burn",  but besides that it was a really good experience. :) I saw someone who I felt I was suppose to talk to and so I started this conversation about music while on the bus. He gave me a curious look, and the Sister with me helped me out, but I asked if he would accept the Book of Mormon and he did! It was awesome. I hope he reads it, but if not I know he felt the spirit, cause you dont need to speak the same language to feel that.

Quote of the Day:

“We don't need to know the same language to love”-Me

Pictures:

Korea Airplane food

We arrived!

President and Sister Christensen

You can't tell but there a heads on those fish. :P

Awesome Companion Sister Lee!

Sister Lee is a great cook. :)

Learn All the Things

Left to Teach and here is What I Learned

So from hanging around with the Korean missionaries this is what I have learned so far.  I walk really fast. Whenever we walk anywhere it takes us forever to get there, cause we Americans just move really fast. Not really sure what my hurry is, already I am learning that I need to stop and smell the roses(metaphorically of course).

Lost in Translation

So we were shopping/translating for Sister Lee and when they gave her change she expressed that they don't have coins in Korea and she didn't know what to do with them. I was ringing my purchases up at the time and she asked how much the Kit Kat was, she had enough to buy one in change, and she said in English she would buy this.  So I grabbed her one and finished the purchase.  When I gave it to her she looked at me in confusion and said, "No No this is for you." pushing it back to me, and I was like "but now I already have one, so you can have it" and gave it back. She then took it and put it in the tip jar.  It was probably the funniest thing that happened in the MTC.

Once upon an Aussie
After running some errands during lunch we only had 15 min to get our food and eat it before class starts so I said
Me: "Ah! We are going to have to eat like the wind!"
and my companion said,
Sister Tui:"but I dont want to eat like the wind I want to eat like a wombat."
Me: "a wombat?"
Sister Tui: "ya dont you know what I wombat is?"
Me:"yes..."
Sister Tui:"they eat very slowly"
Me: "Good to know"
Lol

While Adventuring

This poem was what I wrote in the doctors office while waiting to know the foot condition that would determine if I could continue to serve in Korea.

Here's to Hope

A firm hold on today

a belief in a brighter tomorrow

whatever comes our way

we have no need for sorrow

For in Christ we find our joy

and through him there is nothing we can't bare

We need not fear he who seeks to destroy

for we are forever in God's care

So pick up your head

and raise your voice

and echo what has been said

Rejoice the Lord is King again we say rejoice

(dedicated to Bev Shaver the best mom ever)

(written by Shantel Shaver)

Uplifting

Ever since I was 15 I have always felt a deep respect for Joseph Smith.  I always respected him and admired him, but when I was 15 and faced my own severe physical challenges I always saw him as someone who could relate.  This past week we worked on memorizing the first vision in Korean.  Poor Joseph Smith never got a break in life or death. I don't know another name that has so much spoken for both good and evil in the world.  In conclusion, this week seemed to have a focus centered on the life of Joseph Smith.

Joseph Smith had anything but an easy life.  Even in just getting to Palmyra where the first vision took place was a journey of hardship, betrayal, and misfortune for the Smith family.  When Joseph Smith was about 8 years old he had a serious infection in the bone of his leg and the only solution was amputation. His mother pleaded that they try an experimental surgery, they said they would, and then said they should give Joseph alcohol, he refused it saying all he needed was his father’s hand and for his mother to leave the house.  He had more strength as an 8 year old boy than I had as a 15 year old. Granted our challenges were the same and I am so grateful that was not expected of me, but I feel anyone should be able to admire a child for having that much strength and discipline.  He then spent the next 3 years recovering from that surgery which including the family’s move to Palmyra without their father who went on ahead to get things settled.  That journey alone was almost fatal for Joseph as the person they had hired to help them kicked Joseph off their own wagon to make room for some local women.  Still recovering he limped behind.  Eventually they ended up with a different group headed to the same place. Somehow Joseph was separated, and one of the other drivers hit Joseph over the head and left him for dead.  The only reason Joseph even made it to Palmyra was because a nameless stranger carried him into the town, where he would see the Lord God and his son Jesus Christ.(MTC devotional)

Joseph Smith also was not perfect, and several times in the D&C is rebuked for not hearkening to the word of the Lord. The most memorable of these time is when the first 115 pages of the Book of Mormon are lost by Martin Harris.  I don’t think I knew the circumstances surrounding that time in Joseph Smith’s life.  His child had just died, he came dangerously close to losing his wife, and he himself had been so grieved that his health was failing as well.  I don’t believe any of us would have done better under any circumstance, but for him to be so humble and teachable is something I really admire.   And from that revelation on we see a new resolve in Joseph Smith.  He was truly a remarkable and generous man.  Even the man who bore testimony against him that caused him to be thrown into Liberty Jail,where he stayed for 6 months not being able to stand upright and in horrible living conditions, was readily forgiven from the humble prophet inside that jail cell.  This man later went on to write “Praise to the Man” upon the prophet’s martyrdom.  I hope I can one day be that willing to forgive.  That willing to give my life entirely to the Lord, and so trusting, that the cares of the world no longer affect me.

The MTC speaker was the son of Elder Holland.  And my favorite quote that I will leave you with is this:
“Your lives need not be perfect, to be powerful”

Quotes of the Week

So Elder Gildae is a red head and has so many quotes about it he probably should get his own section called once upon a red head, but this will suffice.
"Mufassa, Simba, both red heads, Scar? not a red head. Hercules, Ariel red heads keep good company"

"Red heads never hide their light under a bushel"

Sister Sweetnam asked, "How was it getting hit by the language train?"
the response : " Just relax and let it run you over."

Sister Hatch as she was giving me her hair dryer before she left
"Just give it a few good whacks and it will start working"

 Picture time!

SIster Amende and I make the best faces :P Love this pictures 

 Sister Lee drew this picture of me haha I sing a lot :P oh and that is my name in Korean! :)

Best teachers and district ever!! :D

 Sister Fiso and I :)

The challenge

​Seriously the funniest :D

Closest I get to science now a days :P

​#cleaning #chemicals

SIster Lee!!! She is the best

References
Young Joseph and his surgery https://www.lds.org/ensign/2013/06/joseph-smiths-boyhood-surgery-mercy-during-a-desperate-siege?lang=eng&query=joseph+smith+leg
D&C 3 https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/3?lang=eng#

It's all about time

Time. It has to be one of the most perplexing concepts that man has constructed. I feel like the MTC is a simultaneously a wormwhole of awesome or being forced to watching paint dry. there is no in between. Looking back it doesnt seem long but looking ahead I still have 11 days. It is like the laws of physics don't work here.  If someone were to start floating I would be like oh okay gravity doesn't apply here either and accept it and move on with my life.  Although then I would probably think about ender's game.

If you know me at all, you know I am not a super patient person when it comes to a lot of things... It isn't my virtue of choice, which is probably why the Lord in his infinite wisdom sent me Korean speaking. Also, this is the longest I have stayed in one city/state in 2 or 3 years. Moral of the story is I have been trying to obtain this virtue, well trying might be a stretch... but sometimes we need a little push to learn the things that we don't want to.

I was going to write this deep spiritual thing about learning to wait, but I didnt have the patience for it. so here are some pictures.


Pictures! :D

The traveling skirt!  This skirt has been passed down from Korean District to Korean District, and all the sisters who have worn it sign the inside :) It is awesome and fits everyone.

The real star of this selfie is the Australian in the background ;)

This is the cove I engineered to block out the light from the street light outside our window. Probably the best idea I have had the entire time I have been here. #engineering #totallywortha4yeardegree

Sisterly love! And a walk to the Temple

Just kidding. I do have some thoughts. but first let's talk about the one time our sister training leader got her wisdom teeth pulled.

Once Upon an Aussie

My comapnion's twin sister, Sister S. Tuinukuafe, had her wisdom teeth pulled. I won't share too much, but she was out of it for a full 24 hours to the point she did not know who she was, she didn't know she was a missionary, she didn't even know she had a twin! It was pretty funny. When asked who Sister Sweetnam was she responded,
"my cat"
Sister Schur?
"my mouse"

Possibly my favorite was watching her take off down the hallway to another room, with her faithful companion not to far behind trying to convince her to come to bed, but Sister Tuinukuafe(sister training leader) shut the door behind her and tried not to have anyone open it. Eventually she decided she would go to bed, but only "because she wanted to".
She also thought she was 12 the first day, and then when she woke up she said," I had a dream that I was telling everyone I was 12... but I'm 17 yo!" (she is 19)
she still hadn't recovered, but at least she was 17 now and she knew she had a twin. at the 24 hour mark she mentally woke up, and didn't remember anything that happened!
We had some good times.

Uplifting

What is the root of patiences?

We are going to go with love. I am sure there are a lot of factors to cause one to be patient, but loving where you are at in life or loving people you need patience with can help us when we feel like we are enduring. When we put our expectations on life and other people we no longer see life as it is but as we are.  That projection leads to frustration cause we are living in a reality that doesn't align with the real world. When we change what we can, and then accept the rest it becomes significantly more enjoyable. and it is better to enjoy every part of life right? Time will ensure the rest happens on its own, but the time currently given to us is precious. Along with having love we need hope. Hope that it will work out and hope in Christ. Sometimes we forget what we already knew, and we need an extra reminder.
D&C 6:22-23 This is my scripture of the week. Remember and RECORD the times of strength and confirmation, so you have them as a reminder in the times of forgetfulness and weakness. :)

Sister Shaver adventuring

Well I kinda want to draw a comic for this too, but I am running out of time for such things. but I will leave it at this. I left the MTC today for a foot appointment and felt like I have grown awkward. I can only hope that it is the kind of awkward that is adorkable, but when I get back I will let you be the judge :P

FRIENDS!

Old Friends

So ran into this fine Elder! It was so nice to see a face from home. Elder Speakman always has a smile on his face that is contagious! So glad our MTC time overlapped! He is going to be an amazing missionary!

Cousin!? Pictured in last weeks post.

So minding my own business at the MTC when out of the corner of my eye I see someone I feel like I know. They already had walked passed me but I called out his name anyway and figured if it wasn't him he wouldnt know the difference right? haha
BUT it was my cousin Nathan!!! I totally had forgotten he works at the MTC. It was good to see him too :)

New Friends!

So the Native Korean Missionaries came in yesterday, they are here 12 days and leave with us. there is one sister, who is staying with me and my companion. She is the sweetness, and between our broken Korean and the little english she knows we have become fast friends. It has been a wonderful opportunity to actually use my Korean and trying to organize my brain to adjust to the grammar.

Peace signs! roomies

Quotes of the week:

"Korean is like an onion. They both have layers, but not like cake."

"write your own happily ever after" -Brother Brian Soids

"It takes a real man to drive a rainbow truck" - Sister Schur

"There is nothing as whole as a broken heart" - Jewish Proverb