WE MET UCHTDORF and saw the ENTIRE Quorum of the 12!!!
THIS WEEK HAS BEEN OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!
First of all, ELDER UCHTDORF came to OUR class!!! Turns out one of the
elders in my district is his GRANDSON! we had no idea until some
security guard marches into our class, asks us what mission we were
and we said all over, and then he was like what language and we said
mandarin and then he was like when does class start (it was just us
sisters and two elders there early) and we were like 1:30 and he was
like okay, be on your best behavior. We were all like haha ok? And
then some elders from another class peeked in after the guard left and
were like, I heard a rumor that that’s elder Uchtdorf’s body guard and
we were like yeah sure. But then about an hour later we took a break
and the elders left to the bathroom and then us sisters got up and
started walking down the hall and all of a sudden Elder Uchtdorf was
walking towards us! We like kinda panicked and just like turned around
and went and sat down again really fast and pretended to be studying
π but then we like stood up all awkward when he actually came into
our class and shook our hands and we gave his wife hugs. Then the
elders came back from the bathroom and we were all just a little like
dumbfounded while he kinda made small talk and thanked us for serving
and chatted with his grandson. Then he suggested we take a pic and we
were all like YES SIR! and I’ll attach that below for proof π he was
only there for about 10 min but I was literally in shock for about 3
hours after!
The crazy thing about this weekend though is that all the new mission
presidents are here so the food has been next level! That’s also why
all the general authorities visited too! Oh yeah! Second story: So
Sunday we new someone big was coming to the devo that night because
the Chinese missionaries’ weekly service is to set up all the chairs
in the gym for the devo and we were all like what is going on? Cuz we
had to extend the stage for a couple extra rows on the stand and then
we PACKED the chairs in like nobodies business in a diff arrangement
then usual but we kinda assumed it was just cuz the 250 new mission
presidents were gonna be here, but we kept hearing rumors and
speculating... we thought maybe Elder Uchtdorf because he visited us
yesterday but then word got around that someone saw Elder Ballard
walking around! Then the people who were in a special choir that sang
for them in the morning said they saw at least 5 or 6 of the Apostles
and we were all like NO WAY! We figured none of them would stay that
long, but boy, the MTC was BUZZING with so much excitement because we
all could tell something was coming! We had 85% of all the
missionaries at the MTC in choir that afternoon! And because we set up
chairs we got some of the best seats! They had to keep reminding us in
choir that we need to be reverent and respectful that evening and
stand up if a general authority walked into the room. That evening at
the devo, we started prelude singing, but everyone was really just
watching the doors! Finally when everyone was seated and singing, they
opened the doors and ALL THE 12 APOSTLES walked in with their wives!
It was unreal. We all stood and the choir directed later made a joke
that the singing suddenly got better! We were all so amazed! It was
such an honor to sing Jesus, Once of Humble Birth for them and all the
other missionaries and mission presidents. Elder Cook spoke and they
broadcasted it to all the MTCs worldwide! It was awesome to say the
least. One of my favorite parts though was when all the Apostles had
left and the congregation spontaneously broke out into Called to Serve
and all the mission presidents in the front turned around and started
videoing as us missionaries sang and waved. Cool moment.
So I also got to meet the new Taiwan Taipei mission president Saturday
night with all the other missionaries going there for a brief like
meeting thingy. He seems pretty cool (unfortunately meeting him was
dimmed by all the general authorities π) but I’m super excited to see
him again in a few months!
There’s a bunch of my friends from my BYU ward here and we finally got
a pic together before a bunch leave tomorrow.
One of the elders in our district went home this week due to anxiety,
so now we just have a trio of elders (who are the new zone leaders)
and another companionship of elders in our district. So my district is
5 elders, 3 sisters. Our zone is just us and the 5 canto sisters rn
(because the older district left today), but on Wednesday it’s gonna
grow A TON! We are getting 14 new mandarin elders and 5 new mandarin
sisters headed to all over! Two of the elders are going to Arcadia!
I’ll attach their pics so you can look for them in 9 weeks! We (ZL and
STLs) get what we fondly call an “ultrasound” π of the incoming
missionaries with their pics and info the Sunday before they come in!
We are also hosting on Wednesday which means we greet random new
missionaries, take pics for them, and help them carry their stuff to
their dorms and take them to class, etc. as Ashley and Taylor will
probably remember. I’m super excited for the new districts to come in
but a little scared too cuz when we came in, our zone leaders and STLs
were at 6 weeks, but we are the oldest now and we are only at 3, so I
feel like my Chinese isn’t good enough to be an STL yet π All the
Taiwan missionaries coming in though are going to Taichung because it
switches every three weeks.
Wow. Sorry for the SUPER long email, this week has been anything but normal!
Last funny story, we started what are called TRCs this Saturday where
we basically teach members or like have a gospel discussion with them
in Chinese and sis Morgan tried to tell a story about when she was 17
and accidentally said “when I was 70...” π
Have a great week!
Love you all so much!
JΔ«n JΔmeΓ¬
First of all, ELDER UCHTDORF came to OUR class!!! Turns out one of the
elders in my district is his GRANDSON! we had no idea until some
security guard marches into our class, asks us what mission we were
and we said all over, and then he was like what language and we said
mandarin and then he was like when does class start (it was just us
sisters and two elders there early) and we were like 1:30 and he was
like okay, be on your best behavior. We were all like haha ok? And
then some elders from another class peeked in after the guard left and
were like, I heard a rumor that that’s elder Uchtdorf’s body guard and
we were like yeah sure. But then about an hour later we took a break
and the elders left to the bathroom and then us sisters got up and
started walking down the hall and all of a sudden Elder Uchtdorf was
walking towards us! We like kinda panicked and just like turned around
and went and sat down again really fast and pretended to be studying
π but then we like stood up all awkward when he actually came into
our class and shook our hands and we gave his wife hugs. Then the
elders came back from the bathroom and we were all just a little like
dumbfounded while he kinda made small talk and thanked us for serving
and chatted with his grandson. Then he suggested we take a pic and we
were all like YES SIR! and I’ll attach that below for proof π he was
only there for about 10 min but I was literally in shock for about 3
hours after!
The crazy thing about this weekend though is that all the new mission
presidents are here so the food has been next level! That’s also why
all the general authorities visited too! Oh yeah! Second story: So
Sunday we new someone big was coming to the devo that night because
the Chinese missionaries’ weekly service is to set up all the chairs
in the gym for the devo and we were all like what is going on? Cuz we
had to extend the stage for a couple extra rows on the stand and then
we PACKED the chairs in like nobodies business in a diff arrangement
then usual but we kinda assumed it was just cuz the 250 new mission
presidents were gonna be here, but we kept hearing rumors and
speculating... we thought maybe Elder Uchtdorf because he visited us
yesterday but then word got around that someone saw Elder Ballard
walking around! Then the people who were in a special choir that sang
for them in the morning said they saw at least 5 or 6 of the Apostles
and we were all like NO WAY! We figured none of them would stay that
long, but boy, the MTC was BUZZING with so much excitement because we
all could tell something was coming! We had 85% of all the
missionaries at the MTC in choir that afternoon! And because we set up
chairs we got some of the best seats! They had to keep reminding us in
choir that we need to be reverent and respectful that evening and
stand up if a general authority walked into the room. That evening at
the devo, we started prelude singing, but everyone was really just
watching the doors! Finally when everyone was seated and singing, they
opened the doors and ALL THE 12 APOSTLES walked in with their wives!
It was unreal. We all stood and the choir directed later made a joke
that the singing suddenly got better! We were all so amazed! It was
such an honor to sing Jesus, Once of Humble Birth for them and all the
other missionaries and mission presidents. Elder Cook spoke and they
broadcasted it to all the MTCs worldwide! It was awesome to say the
least. One of my favorite parts though was when all the Apostles had
left and the congregation spontaneously broke out into Called to Serve
and all the mission presidents in the front turned around and started
videoing as us missionaries sang and waved. Cool moment.
So I also got to meet the new Taiwan Taipei mission president Saturday
night with all the other missionaries going there for a brief like
meeting thingy. He seems pretty cool (unfortunately meeting him was
dimmed by all the general authorities π) but I’m super excited to see
him again in a few months!
There’s a bunch of my friends from my BYU ward here and we finally got
a pic together before a bunch leave tomorrow.
One of the elders in our district went home this week due to anxiety,
so now we just have a trio of elders (who are the new zone leaders)
and another companionship of elders in our district. So my district is
5 elders, 3 sisters. Our zone is just us and the 5 canto sisters rn
(because the older district left today), but on Wednesday it’s gonna
grow A TON! We are getting 14 new mandarin elders and 5 new mandarin
sisters headed to all over! Two of the elders are going to Arcadia!
I’ll attach their pics so you can look for them in 9 weeks! We (ZL and
STLs) get what we fondly call an “ultrasound” π of the incoming
missionaries with their pics and info the Sunday before they come in!
We are also hosting on Wednesday which means we greet random new
missionaries, take pics for them, and help them carry their stuff to
their dorms and take them to class, etc. as Ashley and Taylor will
probably remember. I’m super excited for the new districts to come in
but a little scared too cuz when we came in, our zone leaders and STLs
were at 6 weeks, but we are the oldest now and we are only at 3, so I
feel like my Chinese isn’t good enough to be an STL yet π All the
Taiwan missionaries coming in though are going to Taichung because it
switches every three weeks.
Wow. Sorry for the SUPER long email, this week has been anything but normal!
Last funny story, we started what are called TRCs this Saturday where
we basically teach members or like have a gospel discussion with them
in Chinese and sis Morgan tried to tell a story about when she was 17
and accidentally said “when I was 70...” π
Have a great week!
Love you all so much!
JΔ«n JΔmeΓ¬
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| Sis. Oh from Arcadia mission in the MTC! |
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