Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009
So this is the halfway mark! this sat is the 11th and i came on the 11th of march and i leave on the 11th or may!!!!!! yeah i dont think that I have the language half way done tho. seems like there is a lot mre to learn but that will come with more time. i love doing english fasts. we had two last week and we are having two this week. we will be haveng more as the weeks go on. that really is one of the best way of learning the language...just speaking it. i love being with my two companions. they are great examples for me.it is a blessing to have sister ekstrom speaking dutch with me. she is a dilligent worker and we help each other learn and grow in dutch and in english. on monday we taught 4 lessons 3 of wich were compleatly in dutch. it was the first time teaching in dutch and so we are getting as much practice as we can. tho it can be hard to teach cause the person who is learning is usualy one of your teachers or a tutor who comes in. but we are doing our best. thatyou so much for the package with the one shirt and socks. also thanks mohameds for the letters and picts and everything else in the envelope. no i have not gotten McKay woods package, i hope to soon. i am also looking forward to the other package with more shirts and everything else moms putting into it (including those cookies!) I have gained 3 pounds in the 4 weeks ive been here, so lay them on me :D (that was not a lie either, the food just isnt as good as your cookin mom so i just dont eat as much of it) i loved general conferance!!!!!!!! wow it was soo good. highlight stories, ya uchtdorfs priesthood session talk, story of the lightbulb. i loved it. i also loved how he stressed that we are all "doing a great work and can not come down". what a great man i Loved elder hollands talk. what a passionate speaker. my mouth was droped and tears streaming the whole time. i love it when he talks about our savior. did anyone else feel the stress that was put on going to the temple? just because they are dead doesnt mean that they dont want their work done for them too:P please take advantage of having a temple close!!! what a blessing it truly is. i also loved elder todd chistoffersons talk. it was so profound when he said " in times of distress, let your obediance be exact so that you can ask, with nothing wavering of the lord." i know that i have been striving to do that. i need and hvae been recieving the gift of tongues. god is truly with his missionaries. i love it. the holy ghost leads and guides us on what to say and when ot sayit. our fireside that sunday night was one of the best. the old mission presidnet opend it up for the missionaries to sugest songs and then to sing the first verse of them. i sugested and we all sang be still my soul. i love that song, and hearing 2000 missionaries sing it was so powerfull. i cant bleive how fast these weeks are going. we have already had english missionaries come after us and leave. that is hard beacuse for 3 weeks we are able to get to know these great young men and then they are gone. some might even get a baptism in this next month...which would mean they would be baptizing while we are still in the MTC... kinda a funny thought. this is not an easy work. being in the classroom at 7:00 am and leaving at 9:30 pm. that is 14 and a half hours of mind-work-ness. but its all good. i love the gospel! i whish i had more time at the end of every day to learn. 14 hours is not enough.i know that i am on the lords errond and that he watches over every one of his missionaries. i love having the restored gospel in my life and i know that it changes and purifies us as we strive to live it. i love being able to hear the words of the prophet! i always took that for granted till now. he is the porphet of the world, not just for our church. i am so that that people are being humbled and i pray everyday to have the lord guid our footsteps. dont be afraid to open your mouth and talk to people. this gospel only has the power to bless lives. we are so blessed to have it, and if we dont share it then we are not furthing gods work. i challenge you to opem your mouth today and talk with all those on your path.love elder demeester
We did a little tubing (that was one big chain of tubes!) BEFORE:
We did a little Rock Band...
We played some games...
And we had a lot of fun! Talmage did hurt his foot on Thursday and after making sure it wasn't broken, he got to spend the entire day Friday with his nephews while we skiied;>
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