I find almost everything humorous!

Hellloooo!

Wow this week has been a bit different.  I don’t even remember what happened on Monday. But Wednesday my companion got super sick because of her migraines and the afternoon consisted of me trying to run after my companion because she had to throw up in the bathroom. I lost her at times and I was freaking out!  One time all the bathrooms were full and she had to swallow what she threw up,... hahaha sorry for the gross story, but we just keep laughing about it... haha.  I feel bad that I laugh at her pain, but it’s not my fault that I find almost everything humorous! Then yesterday it seemed like my teacher was stressed so in class I asked him in Korean if he’d like a cookie!  For some reason everyone else started laughing and I got real embarrassed!  People think that if they were in my head for a day they’d explode...haha I get super crazy when I’m delirious so that’s always fun.

Anyways, I spent all of today outside of the MTC. Sister Goines had several doctor appointments and I was enjoying my time in the waiting rooms. Half the day I was in doctors’ offices...it was interesting.  It was weird being out in the outside world; I didn’t know how to act!  But soon enough I’ll be out there. I got my travel plans today!  I leave on November 7th at 7:30!  2 days before expected, so that’s about 12 days... I’ve been here for almost 2 months now. Time is flying by and I don’t even know where it went! I’m super excited, and super sad to leave the MTC. I know there is no other place like it and I’ll miss the peace that’s here. I miss the Koreans that were here for 2 weeks!  They left last week, they were a hoot and so precious. I think Koreans are the cutest people and so dang funny. They laugh at my Korean, but also help me a ton with my language problems. Thank you daddy for your email you sent, your words and the talk you sent were so helpful. Yes life is hard, I shared that message with my companion. Today it just seems like nothing is going right and we both have felt like breaking down and crying at times, but without challenges, we can’t reach those amazing moments. We wouldn’t understand the difference between hardship and joy! It is amazing to know that we have been given this experience on Earth to feel these feelings and experience happiness and sorrow. Both are great teachers and they teach me every day.  I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for these experiences that make me a better, stronger person and missionary that helps me come closer to Christ.  Life is hard, but all is well! We have our Father, our Brother and our families all around us to lift us up. I love you and I pray for you always!

Love you!!!!

Sister Wright

The Koreans take up the whole cafeteria!

Oh wow, this week has been kind of crazy! and went by soo fast.  We had devotional on Tuesday and president Oaks spoke to us.  It was really good and now the devotionals will be broadcast to all the MTC's.  Sister Oaks said something really amazing.  She said what we are learning here is to learn how to love each other.  If we do not do that then we have failed our purpose.  Very interesting.  They make it a big deal that the MTC is not about learning a language, but to understand our purpose and to know how to help others and love our investigators. 

I’m really glad that I’m in the district that I m in right now. They are all really hard workers and set the bar high. Some of the other districts aren’t getting along as well as we are and I think that is because we are just so dedicated in the work that we don’t have time to think about anything that might bother us, and if they do bother us, we get over it real quickly, but there have been no problems and it is such a blessing. It’s amazing to see how well we all get along and help each other out.

We have groups leaving every 2 weeks so our zone is constantly changing. Our zone is the biggest in the mtc, The Koreans take up the whole cafeteria!  Next week we'll have about 100 missionaries going to Korea!!

On Monday I’ll have about 2 and a half weeks before I am in Korea!!!!  Super crazy, time is flying and 18 months really is so short.  Wednesday was a rough day for me, idk, I was striving to be more Christ-like but things just were'nt working out.  I was in one of the weirdest moods ever and I didn't understand it.  But yesterday I got things worked out, and it happened to be one of the best days I've had here!!!!  We got to teach our investigator with so much spirit and power and we weren't worried about the language,  We just wanted to come closer to our investigator and share our message.  Holy cow, we had been preparing this lesson all day and then at the very last second we decided to scrap our plan and just teach with the spirit.  That experience was absolutely amazing.  I know that the spirit was helping us and putting questions into our minds to share with our investigator.  I am so humbled by this experience because I know that it is not me teaching the investigator.  It's the spirit.  I am just the Lord's tool.  I love you and I'll send some pics soon!!!!

Sister Wright 

Holy cow I have been learning a ton

Hello!!!! 

Today is officially the second month mark!  It’s crazy to think I’ve been here for a month!  It only feels like it’s been a week! There is so much studying going on and busy schedules, but work is getting done. I am learning a lot about myself. I realize that I cannot do anything without the strength of the Lord and the power of the Holy Ghost. I fail when I get upset or angry at myself and I really start to struggle. My companion and I are trying to make it a goal to always stay positive no matter how hard it can get. I couldn’t teach my investigator AT ALL because I got so frustrated with myself and not understanding anything he was saying.  It really is a humbling experience and I was reading in the scriptures that without being humble, you can’t have faith. I obviously cannot do this alone because all that I have learned is from the help of my Savior. Without Him I can do nothing here because it is His work.  Holy cow I have been learning a ton.  I am unfortunately not fluent in the language yet... but I am able to make complete sentences, sort of... haha.  It takes me a couple tries to get it right. But just for being here for 4 weeks and being at the level I am right now is incredible. One of the elders in our district took 2 semesters at college of Korean and he said that we are already pretty much at the level he was when he finished his 2 semesters. That’s super crazy to think about. I think of my blessings each day. It is hard trying not to compare myself to other missionaries, but I just have to think to myself that everyone is different, and the language will get easier and I will understand it! One fun fact, I have been jump-roping for gym time and it’s a good work out. I wish I could play soccer but not enough girls play so we can’t, but volleyball is fun! I have not gained any weight here thank goodness :) the food isn’t bad, people may bag on it, but you just gotta be creative with the food you can find! That’s always fun. I try to stay positive with everything I do, I don’t want to have lame memories of the MTC!  I have been writing in my journal every day, I hope you write in your journals too.  They help me reflect on my day.  Journals just make me so happy!  I love you and I am praying for you!!  Stay strong and of good courage!!!  I love you and be Christ-Like.  I love the story of Christ washing the feet of the apostles.  He truly was perfect in every way.  I look to Him for advice :)

Love Sister Wright

The Korean sisters left :( they were so adorable!!!!

Hello!!!!

Next week I will be halfway through my MTC experience!!! The MTC has been an amazing experience. I feel the spirit everyday and there is so much learning going on with the language and within myself. Holy cow it will be sad to leave this place. I am glad I get to spend as much time here as i can because there is no place like it. I loved hearing from you and all the little messages you shared with me that uplifted me and kept me pushing myself to be better. Did I tell you being in the relief society broadcast was amazing?? We got to see so many amazing general authorities, the relief society presidency and the prophet! Right when Thomas Monson walked in, the spirit was felt so strongly. What an incredible feeling I wish i could just keep within me forever! And the singing really spoke to me while I was singing, both when we practiced the songs and when we performed.  It was amazing in the conference center. I wish I could go back! If you have the chance, look up the writer of 'More Holiness Give Me'. He was an amazing man and the way he died made me cry. This week I am trying to study as hard as i can to get this language down. This is the only time I will be able to have full hours to study this language and I can’t waste this precious time that I have. I have been able to memorize the first phrase of the first vision in Korean. Only a few more lines to go! I know Heavenly Father is helping me fulfill my righteous desires; I just have to work hard for them! I love you and ill write more soon!

I was a nervous wreck

Hello! thank you for the letters and the emails and the packages! I got the cookies!  They were very good and I shared them with everyone! They enjoy the packages I get! I shared the KIT KATS as well and everyone thanks you for them!  
I’m really loving my district, we all get along and everyone brings such a great spirit to our class.  We have really good discussions and the spirit is strong. Me and my companion are really working together and working hard to meet our goals. This morning we had service at 6 o’clock and we scrub toilets every service project on p-day. We are never in the mood to clean bathrooms that early in the morning... but we get better at it each week so it’s not too bad anymore, we are learning to love it! hahahaha. 

We will be singing in the RS broadcast tomorrow!  We leave for salt lake at around 12 and get there around 1 and are there all day and then get back to the mtc around 9.  I will be wearing like a muted Kelly green.. collared shirt I borrowed I from a person who lent it out for the mtc girls to wear. we have to wear jewel tones and that was a struggle for me to find a shirt because I didn't want to have to buy an 18 dollar one from the bookstore!  Anyways I found one and look for me in the broadcast! the music is really touching. I hope all the girls who watch it really feel the spirit and really concentrate on the words that we sing and from those who are speaking.  

I feel this week has really been one of the best. I feel good being here and I love the spiritual messages we have, and I am definitely learning a lot. I know that it’s not all me. I know the Lord is helping me learn this language because there is no possible way I could be doing it on my own. We taught our investigator yesterday and we went in there with just Korean words, an outline in English of what we were going to focus on and Korean sentence structures. Before we went in we were scared and I was a nervous wreck because I DID NOT WANT TO FAIL, especially because our lessons prior were not good at all. We said a prayer and after that we knew we just had to go for it. We went in and we still didn't know a lot of what he was saying but we knew enough and I was able to try and answer his questions and I bore my testimony to him and he knew what I was saying!  I really felt at peace and so happy. That really changed me a lot and I know not every discussion will be perfect, I just have to try my very best and work hard. That is all Heavenly Father wants from us. I can see myself changing and I am so happy. I just want to share with everyone how I feel and what i know to be true and just help people! I am humbled to know that my Father in Heaven has helped me throughout my whole life. I cannot do this work alone. We wouldn't be able to do missionary work without Him.  I hope as we realize that it’s not just missionaries doing missionary work, it’s everyone. We are to do the Lords work which is to bring eternal life to man. I took it lightly before I went on the mission, but now I’m getting the bigger picture. I feel that we can make such a big difference by sharing our light with the world. It’s easier said than done, but we just can’t take it lightly anymore!  The prophet is the mouthpiece of the Lord and He is telling us to feed His sheep! Be the child that says I WILL. I love this gospel and i am really happy being here right now.  There is no better place i can be. I want everyone to serve a mission. If there are doubts, put them away and go! I have learned so much here and I am going to be learning throughout my whole life so it doesn't matter if you think you don’t know enough! You know enough! I love you and can’t wait to actually be out in Korea. Be an everyday Mormon, not just a Sunday Mormon.

There are about 2-3000 missionaries in the Provo mtc right now, there are 75,000 missionaries all over the world, and at the end of the year they estimate there will be over 90,000 missionaries!  What an amazing thing that is going on in the world. I love you and can’t wait to hear from you soon!

The music is absolutely amazing

Thank you for your emails and dear elders!!! they make me so happy and uplift me during the week! I also like hand writing letters to you because it’s so hard waiting till Friday to say what i want to! so you can expect little letters coming in the mail every now and then! :) anyways, The mtc is insane there is so much to do in so little time, I’m getting a bit sick so I’m taking as much cold medication I can! Your letters brighten up my day. I LOVE MAIL. i love being able to receive a letter from you often and hear of your council and advice. I need that so much especially because i get discouraged very easily and I stress over the little things! You help me get through my troubles! THANK YOU! I will not be singing in GC but in relief society broadcast. The music is absolutely amazing and I can’t wait to sing it! we are rehearsing it everyday and then will go take a bus to salt lake when we perform! fun!! Me and my companion are getting a little bit closer each day. My mtc teachers Brother Macarthur and Brother Memmott are so great they really try and help us understand and push us! I will write more later!! Im excited for remy!! He can be a basketball player! we all know he’s going to be so tall!! send my love to him and I miss him soooo much, i loved the pictures in the photo album! he’s sooo dang adorable in every single one. and give bruno a kiss! I miss him too!

I love you and miss you and can’t wait to hear from you soon!

I can read in Korean now!

Hi papa! 

I’m learning a lot in the MTC. It’s workin me hard with the early mornings, nonstop learning and activities, and late night meetings and finally getting to bed at 10:30, but it is good for me and I’m learning a lot. I can read in Korean now!  The alphabet is a big help in this Asian language. I enjoy learning it though, its a challenge i want to conquer! There are Korean sisters that will come next week. That will be really cool and they will help us tremendously. They’re from Korea and will be serving in Korea, but they’ll come here for a week or 2 and learn here in the MTC and they will also be able to help us with the language. I hear they are AMAZING! Tell Remy is say hi and that I love him and miss his huge hugs!! My companion is great and we get along! You’d be proud, my room is spick and span... haha and I ate oatmeal yesterday! I hope things are going well back home! I am learning a lot and I am grateful for going to mission prep and to institute because those prepared me a lot for what I was heading into. I still miss Brother Andres and Brother Greiners teachings. They are probably the best teachers I’ve ever had. The day I went into the MTC one of the hosts told us that there was about 1,400 missionaries already there and the day I came in there were about 500 missionaries that just came in, but we don’t know how many had left. So that’s pretty crazy. I hope I can be a successful missionary even though I feel discouraged sometimes and feel like so many are way better than me, but I just have to keep telling myself that i am different in other ways and everybody has different strengths and weaknesses. I don’t want to get caught up in being a robot and saying the same lesson over and over to different people, I want to be able to get to know people and love them for who they are and share my message that they can be happy, not shove the gospel down their throats. It’s hard trying to find out my way of teaching but I am still learning and it’s only my full real 2nd say here so I know i can learn so much while being here. I wrote mom an email so you can read that as well. Have Remy email me and I will respond back to him next Friday! I want to hear from him. :) Loveeeees! 

Sister Wright