Second Week in the MTC

Dear Family and Friends,

It's nice that mom emailed my first letter out to everyone so I don't have to write everything that's happened this week, and a lot has happened.

I love my companion and roommates/fellow zone sisters and our whole zone! I love meeting new people, but it's even better when I get to associate with the same Elders and Sisters in all our activities so we get to know them better. So far there are 14 sisters in our entire zone vs....... I don't know...32 elders?? Our zone covers different languages like Hmong, Laotian, Cambodian, Thai and Vietnamese. Cambodian's the only language without tones, so even though we have characters, I'm happy to take that over tones. :) And we love our lookruu (teacher) Mickelson!! He's awesome!! He has such a passion for the language that when I repeat words the same way he does, I feel the same enthusiasm he put in when he said it. And I love that in the MTC we aren't graded; it helps alleviate the stress and focus your attention on learning what you can to help your investigator rather than learn the language to get good grades which makes a world of a difference.

In our class room (or district) we have Elder Jones and Elder McGavin who are both serving in Cambodia. McGavin's like the sports jock who goofs off a lot but can be level-headed when he wants to and Elder Jones is quieter, but still really smart and kind.

Elder Marriott and Elder Yu (he's Korean) are serving in California, and are like the leading companionship in the circle of Elders in their level of Cambodian as well as how seriously they take their call. They're really good elders.

Then there's Elder Choi and Elder Duffy. They are both serving in Cambodia as well, Elder Choi is Chinese and a goof-off (but really nice), and Elder Duffy is our district leader. He makes a really great district leader through his very official business-like manner, but at the same time can throw you off with his theater-show bizz flair every so often. He's also the smartest when it comes to the language, so fortunately Sister Walker and I share a table with them and can ask them for an answer to almost any question. They are a hilarious pair though.

The work is coming along really well. We're finding the balance between studying for what we need to teach our investigator, vs what we can actually say to him and have him understand us. I think we really hit the mark though when Monday we decided to keep it simple and teach with love. I felt we really got the message across.

Also, as they say, missionaries love getting letters, so if you don't like to write, you can use dearelder.com. Simply use the following address:
NOV05 WA-TAC
2007 N 900 E. Unit 37
Provo, UT 84602)
Then write an email, and they will print it off and give it to us in person. As I said, we LOVE letters!! :D 

I wish I could write more, but I want to let you know I love this gospel, and there's nowhere I'd rather be in my life right now than here!!

Have a great week!

- Sister Dunster