Hey Family!!
I am on my last few days here at the MTC before
leaving for Korea!! I can hardly wait:) Somedays I am terrified because I
realize I don't know the language and am headed to a new country but other days
I am so excited that I can hardly contain it!! Well, I think we have
officially had the craziest last week possible here at the MTC. I hope
that Drew, Seth, and Luke are going to get really entertained of this next
story. Sunday morning we were leaving our residence on the way to
breakfast and I tripped on the stairs. All the sudden I was on the ground
and crying...I was hoping it wasn't a big deal but it turns out I sprained
it. It has swelled up so big and been quite a pain this week and I don't
even have a good story to tell about it. It was so funny though, because
I hadn't seen Jarrett since Wednesday and he walks up to me at breakfast and is
just like, "what's wrong??" cause my eyes were still full of
tears. But it is not too bad and will hopefully not be much of a problem
by the time I get to Korea. So the other big news this week is I got a
new companion, her name is Sister Choi. She is from Australia (she has
the best accent ever) but her parents are both Korean. She came a couple
weeks ago in the accelerated program so she has been in a different zone, but
they moved her over to our district for the last week and split up our
trio. I have loved being with her and we get along great but it has been
hard splitting up our companionship after nine weeks, we are going through
separation withdrawals even though we are still together a lot. The past
few days have just been crazy because we had in-field orientation yesterday
which is a day long seminar and all of our last minute errands before
leaving. I was so exhausted yesterday that I literally stared off into
space during our whole evening class, my teacher was a little concerned.
One of my roommates went home last night, which was so sad but we have to
understand that she has to do what is best for her. I was able to host
Jennica on Wednesday and it was so much fun to see her. Jarrett met up
with us inside the MTC and it was so cool to be standing there with them and
all be missionaries. I have seen them quite a bit the past few days and
it is so nice because it feels like seeing my brother and sister. We are
going to all get a picture before I leave.
Thank you Tonya for the Thai food!! It literally made my day and was a
much needed break from MTC food. Things have just been busy here as
we are packing up, saying goodbyes, and cramming in as much Korean as
possible. I can't believe the MTC is over with and now my
"real" mission is about to start. It will be an adventure to
say the least.
This week I started re-reading the Book of Mormon
again. Sunday I listned to a devotional by Elder Bednar that really
inspired me. I have been studying the first few chapters of Nephi in
depth and have been amazed at the new things I have learned. The
scriptures are such an amazing tool and I have truly gained a testimony that
they can help us answer questions and our problems. I encourage everyone
to truly study the Book of Mormon rather than just reading it. I have
learned this so much in the MTC and know it is something that will affect the
rest of my life.
I love and miss you all!! Hope everyone has a great
week and my next email will be from Korea:)
Love,
Sister Jacklin
Hope Seth has fun at scout camp, can't wait to hear
about it!!
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