It is a GOOD DAY!!! I hope it is
just as good for all of you. :) This week has been craaaazyyy! But soo
good. Okay... we'll start at the top.
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| I kid you not. That tree smells like cream soda. I do not make this up. |
So, I played a musical number in sacrament meeting on Sunday!! I played
my flute (and by MY flute I mean a community MTC flute which I had to
force myself to not wonder how many had played before me. Don't worry...
I hand sanitizered my face after every time I played.) and an Elder in
my district played violin, and our zone leader played piano. We played
Our Savior's Love. We've been practicing for a few weeks and it was
pretty fun to get to play the flute on the mission. So I'm all pumped
for the musical number, right? We practiced that morning, I had the
flute and my music in hand so I knew I wouldn't forget it. We sit down
(after running to the bathroom 3 times before Sacrament meeting
started... I'm the worst at nerves) and I'm trying to calm myself down. I
wasn't really that nervous, I just psych myself out too much. I
actually did a really good job of calming down and was hardly nervous at
all, and then they called the tributes (remember, those two lucky souls
who have to give talks in Portuguese and don't know about it until 8
seconds before they're supposed to get up?). Yeah... "Sister King
aaaand.... Elder Ajdouea;klsdjf (I just made that up because my brain
didn't comprehend his name)." Do you remember how I was playing the
musical number? I had just finished telling my district that this was
the first week I've felt safe! Karma. So... my mouth hit the floor and I
started shaking uncontrollably. And then I started laughing
uncontrollably because I knew I totally deserved it. BUT - luckily for
me the talk I had prepared for this week was my favorite talk thus far.
So I was happy to give it. I walked to the stand, gave my talk, walked
down, grabbed my flute, and walked back up. It was great. Both went
really well and my branch president complimented my Portuguese... so I
felt cool. Wow. Eventful day.
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| This is the laundry statue. haha just kidding. He's right outside the laundry room so it makes me laugh every week! He's not actually carrying laundry. I haven't the foggiest idea what he's doing tho. |
Tuesday was also pretty eventful. So, in choir
practice on Sunday, our instructor (Who is AMAZING. Andrew, you HAVE to
do choir) was making a huge deal about the piece we were doing. He was
talking all about how he picked it special and it had to be good.
"Because we're going to hear great things on Tuesday." So, Sister
Cleveland and I decided right there we wanted to be early on Tuesday
because we wanted good seats. Turns out, it was the very first ever MTC
broadcast. It was broadcasted to all other MTCs AND Elder Richard G.
Scott came and spoke to us!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHH it was seriously so cool.
Good seats, and being in the choir. Also, I was on TV. I didn't look, of
course, because I'm a good little choir go-er, but my district saw me,
AND our Branch President saw me. WOOOT!!! That means my friends in Sao
Paulo maybe saw me! And maybe Tyler Klingler too (is he still in the
MTC?) Anyways. That was definitely not the most exciting part of the
evening. Elder Scott is amazing. I took really good notes that I don't
have much time to talk about, but he talked about prayer. How we have
the opportunity to converse personally with one who has created worlds
of people. It's an incredible gift and we should express our thanks for
prayer. I loved it. In the very end, he said 4 or 5 times, over and over
again "We love you, missionaries. We love you so much." Then he closed.
After the broadcast, the room was absolutely silent as he walked away.
He turned around probably 7 times. The first few times, he waved to us
all and we waved back. Then, he turned around, cupped his hands around
his mouth and yelled "Be good!!" and everyone giggled... and cried. And
he waved again. And then he turned around again, cupped his hands around
his mouth again and yelled "I love you!!" And, stood there and listened
as 3500 missionaries shouted "I LOVE YOU TOO!" to an apostle of the
Lord. He waved a few more times and then left, and no one moved. No one
WANTED to move. We finally had to, but I think any one of us would have
sat there another few hours just to feel. It was truly incredible.
One more quick thing - we had in-field orientation
yesterday! And guess what?!?! My teacher was Elder Christensen from The
District #2!!! bahahah!! It was so cool. He checked me into orientation
and put a sticker on my book (to tell me what room to go to) and I just
sat and stared at him because he looked ridiculously familiar. haha I
finally got it. But it was an awkward few seconds. Anyways... I asked
him if Jynx ever got baptized and she didn't. :( But he said "She will!
And when she does, they'll film it and put it on District 3!" haha and
then he told me to keep praying for her. So that was kind of fun to meet
an MTC celebrity. lol He also got up in front of the whole group and
said "just to clear the air - I am SO sorry for that Law of Chastity
clip!" And everybody laughed... but I can't remember what that clip was
so I was confused... but I still thought it was funny. haha
Besides that - I think you know what the next
eventful part was!! haha NEW YORK BABY!!!! I'm so excited. Thank you all
so much for being so excited with me!! Did you hear I'm serving in the
same mission Tom served in?!?!?! HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!?! I'm sad, and a
little terrified to leave the MTC. It's been such a good experience and
I've met so many wonderful people. But I'm SO excited to get to the
field and get to serve. The Lord sure loves his missionaries. I'm so
blessed. Next time I write you I will be in New York!!! hehe That's
kinda crazy. But I may not have a P-Day again for a while so... we'll
see. :) I love you all SO much! Ate o proximo vez!
Sister King
PS - Also on Tuesday our teacher challenged us to have a "fast from
English." So I burst out in German! And he added "And anything other
than Portuguese!" haha dang it... BUT - long story short. From 6:30 AM
to 10:00 PM on Tuesday, I didn't speak a word of English. Besides
singing in the choir. But that's not speaking. And I did accidentally
speak German a few times, but a lot less than normal. haha I was just so
proud of that day, I had to share. I actually felt so good about it. I
can communicate in Portuguese!! (That, and I'm really good at Charades.)
But seriously, it felt so good! I was exhausted. But so happy. We had
more assessments today and it wasn't even as scary anymore! Thank
goodness they're all church related topics cuz I can pretty much say
anything church related. Well, that's not true at all. But I'm wayyy
better at talking about church stuff in Portuguese than I am about...
not church stuff. haha anyways. had to share. I love you!
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