Week 2 IN MTC

Week #2
We were told we could email for a short time (so no epistle this week) today.(Dec 16th,2013)

first things first, THANKS MOM FOR THE PACKAGE SO MUCH! Sister Hall laughed so much when I was dancing around in my new purple accessories!  The peppermint bark delighted Sister Wall (the one form England) and it especially made ME smile! SO GOOD!  My favorite part was of course, the card.

 As for the phone calls, we CAN make them, I checked.  However, I would be making it sometime from 6-7 Utah time, so you would receive it sometime from 5-6 in the morning Tues.  If you are still in slumber (most likely) I will just leave a message or something. I dunno. 

I say Yea to  letters from the Primary! Sister Hall got some from her ward and they were CUTE! I already got pictures from Brady.-Thank you Aunt Carolyn!   I THINK one had Christmas trees in them, (it was either that or a monster with wide bumpy arms.  I couldn't tell.) But that made my day.  I plan to draw him something grand on the plane. 

  I have been eating. They had some pasta this week and I almost( actually I kind of did) dance for joy! PASTA! It was grand.

 Yes we can shake Elders Hands.  Sometimes I shake them and tell them it's a hug or high five. Or i just air five them.

  As for lip gloss I just use lots of chap stick and call it good.  

   The non member guy we were teaching was grumpy. As in really grumpy. He has grumpy eyes that could freeze your soul.  His name is Thomas and his character is that of a guy with a member wife but he is a Orthodox Christian.  The first time we taught him Sister Hill froze THE ENTIRE TIME and I did ALL OF THE SPEAKING FOR AN HOUR!  Not to mention the fact  I did awful the first time. Of course his big hiccup was the apostasy and that there is only one true church.  I was so stressed out by the giant belly flop sting of doing badly,  I forgot to set another appointment! 

 So the next day we came by pretending we were "in the neighborhood" and that went muchhhhhhh better!  I MADE sister Hall talk, but he mainly just talked about himself, his job, his wife and what he likes.  But at the end we asked him if he had any questions and he said he wanted to know what we believed, so we came back the next day and went over the articles of faith.  Which led to a lot of interesting topics, mainly about the God Head and the Great Apostasy.  But at the end he was silent for FOREVER and said he wanted us to come back the next day (which was not scheduled) and we just KNEW he felt the spirit.  So we did, and it went well, the spirit was strong, i mean nothing huge happened, but we could tell that he was SO BUMMED when we had to leave for dinner. I think in real life he is a member who joined because his wife was a member because I could feel him leading us in certain helpful directions. 

  Singing in the choir didn't happen. Sister hall makes me late for EVERYTHING, including we missed choir practice. At devotional  Elder Quentin Cook spoke and he was FANTASTIC. He emphasized a lot about Faith and being friendly.  At least I got the friendly part down, right? ;-)  Last night the BYU Men's choir sang and it was AMAZING! LIKE FOR REALS! I almost almost cried.  Which for me is basically blubbering.

Katie: I LOVE YOU!!! I hope all is well. I think of you often.   I hope Mark is well! AND YOU TOO!  The sisters were singing/quoting little mermaid songs the other day and i thought of you.

There are TONS of people who have constipation because of how hearty the meals are here, so here is my new song:

fruit fruit, the magical food. the more you eat, the more you poop!

The sisters thought it was gross, the elders started singing it with me. 

 One time while I was doing my giant stretches (in the bathroom, so i could still seem like a "lady") I was doing this giant big stretch, and sighed "ahhhhhh" right as Sister Parry opened the door and the Elders heard me.  So they thought it was from relief in El bathroomo and not from stretching.  Sister Parry and I laughed for like 20 minutes straight. Then we clarified with the elders.

Elly: I am glad i made you laugh! I do just stare at her and wait for about a minute and then take charge. but i am the senior companion now. MUWAHAHA the POWER! just kidding. now I force her to take charge. BAYUM TAKE THAT SISTER HALL! hahah just kidding she's actually really great. Kind of annoying because she likes to poke me with her pens and shoulder nudge me, but you get used to it.  I understand that I get to be travel leader since my last name starts with C.  Makes sense that's how I won. They are all so far down in the alphabet, that the first day I was alone in the classroom with the teachers for like 20 minutes. Talk about awwwkkkkkkkkwaaaaaaard. But really.  Although Brother Gregson is super nice. And really weird that he is only a year older than me.  I am the second oldest in our ZONE. freaky.  me and Sister Hall.  Not on drugs just blinking.

I LOVE YOU ALL TONS! NO REALLY!  don't forget to post on  FB! Patty needs to know! she already sent me a glorious picture of a unicorn fighting off garden gnomes. talk about grand.  Katie: BE AWESOME    ! BUD: I MEES YOU SOOO MUCH! I told Elder Robbins that he reminds me of you, but eet eees not the sameeeee. and to make up for the lack of noise just sing random tunes when walking down the hall. don't forget the imaginary bongo drums! (we once heard bongo drums coming out of the ladies bathroom. that is not a joke)      Elly: ILOVED YOUR LETTER! and Tacy's artwork. but really, made my day.

LOVE, HUGS, AND KISSES!

Sister Robyn Cramer