Yoo-hoo! Hi, Family!!
So, once again, the week has flown by. Nichtstag (Thursday and
Friday -- I'll explain in a minute) went by really slow this week, and Late
Service Day (will also be explained) wasn't much better. We did have a
little District Bonding Time during additional study, when everyone brought
pictures of their family and "introduced" everyone to them. it
was really fun, except that I didn't have any pictures of you. So could you
have Cheyenne Dear Elder me some of our beach pictures, please?
Sontag was fabulous as always. We got to watch the Ogdan UT Temple
dedication broadcast. it was absolutely AMAZING!!!! Presidents Monson and
Eyring were there as well as Elder Bednar, and several area 70s. it
was so beautiful, especially the video of the temples before the broadcast.
Sister Johnson and I had a fun time trying to figure out which temple was
which.
Early Service Day was hard, but we got a hoot out of Elder
Crittenden's MTC calendar which he drew on the board during Additional Study.
it is as follows: Sunday-Sontag (the German word for Sunday); Monday-Early
Service Day-- we have service on Mondays at 6:15 a.m. and Saturdays
at 8:30 a.m., so Mondays are "Early service day." Tuesday -
P-day eve Featuring Devotional; Wednesdays - P-day!; Thursday and Friday are
Nichtstag- 48 hours long because nothing happens and they always go slow, then
we have Late Service Day, and we're back to Sontag. Oh, and Months are not
important. it was super funny. I'll try soon to send you pictures of The Gang
(District E).
P-Day Eve FT Devotional was absolutely phenomenal. We had M
Russell Ballard come for devotional, which was broadcast to all the other MTC's
(yes, 2nd week in a row, it was pretty cool). The Choir sang "Joseph
Smith's First Prayer," a very beautiful rendition, and I kind of got a
mini solo for a really high note on a chord towards the end. Brother Eggart
(the choir director) asked for "a music major, 1st soprano diva." I
know that's not really what I am, But I was the only one who raised my hand,
and didn't know that until he said "oops, there she is," and Pointed
at me. it was a little frightening, until the sister in front of me, Sister
Jackson, who is in my zone/ branch, turned around and said "i'll hit it
with you." Then I knew I could do it with confidence, because I wasn’t
carrying it by myself. Anyway, President Ballard talked about his mission, and
I got 4 pages of notes from him. He is a wonderful man, and he and his wife are
so cute. When they were leaving, He said "bye," waved to us all, and
then went over and shook some of his family's hand. it was so cute, and I
almost started crying because they were both so sincere.
Oh! Speaking of Conference: the MTC Elders are the special choir
in Conference for the Priesthood session, and Elder Hansen (Elder Crittenden's
companion) is in the coir as well as most of the other Elders in our zone. I'll
see if I can get a zone picture before conference so you can identify all the
German Elders XD
Brother Clark (Branch Presidency) said that our zone is "A
singing zone if I ever heard one," which was really cool. He told us about
the zone before us and how they'd do a zone closing song and prayer after devotional discussion on P-day Eve FT Devotional, and we've decided we want to do it as
well.
I am happy and all is going well, my companion is
great, my district is great, my zone is great and super fun. Life is good. I am
right where I'm meant to be when I need to be here. I'm so excited for the very
live mission of Frankfurt Germany. only 5 More weeks and we will be flying out.
I love you, and wish I could talk to you more. keep smiling and
eating your veggies. Tell the Twins if they want to get as tall as Ammon, they
need to eat their Broccoli. That's what I told The Gang, about how he got so
tall. it was a very interesting conversation.
Tschau, tschau all. (pronounced "ciao") Ich liebe sie
alles. (I love you all).
Sister Montgomery
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