Saturday my district was so tired the teacher had us stand up for about an hour as we had our lesson, but before we started, she showed us how Taiwanese people like to relax/stretch- they basically slap up and down their arms and tummies ahhah. And then in the middle of class I turned and saw our district leader cha cha-ing which I thought was hilarious.
Then, earlier this morning Sister Cummings and I went to do baptisms at the temple, and the man doing them was speaking suuuper fast. We weren't sure if he was speaking English or what, but we were a little nervous to be baptized by him (as proxies for the dead) since we didn't want whiplash from going under so fast. Turns out he was speaking some English, some Korean, and he went particularly fast with the boys who went before us.
Okay everyone, week 2 was alright. I feel a little lost still in class since we are ONLY learning church vocab, but nothing conversational or basic such as forming a question or expressing what our hobbies are. It's picking up though!
My life now:
- I love playing volleyball at gym, though despite what the rules say about avoiding competitiveness it can get SO Intense. I usually avoid those games
- 6:30 to 10:30 is the grind! We have lots of class with some breaks and meal times. We're always learning though, as we are meant to, so I'm not complaining
- My district is in the Zone 1 of the MTC, which I just think is cool. My district is fun to be a part of. There are lots of goofballs in it.
- I CHERISH moments when I can watch Safety Zone Videos, Listen to (church appropriate) Music, and watch "The District". The videos are all instructional but they try their best to be entertaining for us.
Ups:
- Sister Cummings and I taught in District Council yesterday and it went really well!
- I've seen a lot of familiar faces from BYU since being here. Talking to Elder Campbell for example, is always a fun time.
- We got to the laundry room earlier than everyone else today, so we had first pick at computers and washing machines.
- I met an Elder from New Zealand and he was so nice! I am so excited to serve there, and meet more people who will be serving with me.
- Tapioca pudding
Downs:
- On Sundays we are asked to prepare a talk in Mandarin. They pick us randomly and at the meeting they let us know if we're speaking, We (the new people) were told we wouldn't be called on the first two weeks so I didn't prepare, but I was called on. I went up and shared a song in Chinese I had studied earlier in the week, and then spoke in English. It went pretty well, but I was upset I wasn't prepared, as I would've wanted to do well in Mandarin.
Spiritual Moments:
- This last Tuesday President Nelson went to BYU, and everyone was hoping he'd make a pit-stop here for our devotional too, but alas, he is a very busy man. Our devotional was needed though, and if I could share anything from it with you all, it's for you to trust in God's love! He loves us all, no matter what that might look like in our lives right now. As we lean on his love and rely on Christ we'll be brought closer to him.
- In order to better understand what I'll be asking interested people to learn about, I've been studying the topic of Faith. I can testify to you all that unless we have Faith IN JESUS CHRIST, our faith will be fruitless. We need to believe Christ exists and loves us, and therefore rely on him in order to truly exercise our faith in him
- We had an Elder in our District fall ill, and so all the Sisters in our zone fasted for him to get better. We've seen blessings from the incident already and a great love for each other, which I'm grateful for the opportunity to witness.
Ma JieMei
🐎 姐妹
（My name means horse in Chinese and it won't insert the character, so here we are)
Sister Martinez
((Still no pictures with the whole district- one day!)))
Sister Carly Chase Martinez
NOV11 NZE-AUC
2005 N 900 E Unit 169
Provo UT 84602
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