First Full Week at the MTC

 Jambo! (Hello!)

This week has gone by super fast for some reason. Maybe due to the crazy schedule. We wake up at 6:30, do breakfast, our morning class is three hours, then we take a break for lunch and usually a nap, then we go to our afternoon class which is also three hours. Basically the classes this week has been about how to teach church doctrine (in English). It's been a lot of role plays where we teach one of the other people in our class. It's been pretty funny sometimes, but I think it definitely gets us more comfortable sharing. 

Notable things that happened this week:

I found out that Utah has the most beautiful sunsets. Every single day here, I've gotten to see a clear sky with a wildly colored sunset. Here's a picture from Monday evening:

We found out the Swahili phrase for "dryer sheet" in one of our textbooks. Apparently I won't be saying that word EVER 'cause it's too long. 

There was a not so fun instance with my nut allergy. there was a stir fry and it had a nut warning, but I thought it was just peanuts, because that seems normal, and I'm not allergic to peanuts. NO IT WAS CASHEWS! Who on earth puts cashews in stir fry??? Apparently the cafeteria here. So I had a bad allergic reaction, and had to take two Benadryl then I literally fell asleep a couple times in the afternoon class. Thankfully, the teachers here are very kind and understanding.

Also something that ive learned this week is the beautiful scenery on campus here. I love my Lawrence University campus, but here is so pretty!

Spiritual thought for the week: In class as I was discussing why we like the Book of Mormon with my companion, we talked about how the Book of Mormon is very much about individuals and their faith journeys with God/Christ. I really appreciate this because generally (emphasis on generally) the Old Testament is about big groups of people doing stuff, or random weird (but fun) stories, and the New Testament is about the cool stuff Christ did and taught on earth. The Book of Mormon has countless stories about individuals who found faith, which I think is really fun to read about.