Tomorrow after lunch a couple of cool things are happening: 1. I'm teaching the 4th lesson all in Mongolian and 2. Right after that we begin a week of only speaking Mongolian—no English! I'm excited to see a glimpse of what my first few months in Mongolia will be like and have a chance to really gauge some areas I need to improve. Other than that, we are still pluggin' away with the short preparation before us I keep hearing rumors about us getting our visas, not getting them, etc. So no new info at this time... and I'm really trying to have an attitude of indifference to all that. Not in a negative sense of course, but rather than getting "trunky" here at the MTC as to when/if I don't leave right on time — rather that I'm just working through and not worrying about a leave date because I know that what happens is in very capable hands and so no use worrying!
Each meal time we try to always SYL (speak your language) to get better at our language. Sometimes the Mongolian sisters have lunch at the same time that we do and it's really cool to speak Mongolian with them and slowly see our progression in conversation skills. Usually it's pretty difficult to convey emotion when you're fighting for conversation survival and so it's challenging for the Elders and I guess boring for the sisters.
I'll continue to keep you posted on the news I get and again thank you so much for letters and such. Love you and I'm excited to hear about your week — fill me in on what's new.
Love ya!
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