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Happy August! As you'll soon find out, this letter will get to you a bit late—our Preparation Day was switched this week (did I include that in my email?) and so i hope this one travels fast!
It's been a crazy busy week here! With our time in the MTC running out everything is going double pace, but it has also been a very satisfying and rewarding few days. The need for our EIL (English as a International Language) certification (in order to further our visa work) called for the class to be done all this week and it was a very eye-opening experience! The need for this BYU certified training came as a result of "problems" in the past and the relevance / usefulness of this class. So, we had the opportunity to be taught by some of the best EIL authorities in their field! They're both professors at BYU — President Norman Evans (also a branch president at the MTC) and Brother Neil Anderson. They put a ton of work and preparation into this week in making the past weeks course custom fit for our role in going to Mongolia. Both are incredible teachers and have compiled a ton of resources to help us in our continued study and for when we are teaching in Mongolia. After an hour or two of English study, I'm dying to go back to Mongolian — we know so little about our own language! It is an incredible blessing to be speaking English as a native because learning it is incredibly challenging and teaching it effectively isn't too far behind. I've loved having this week to gain that perspective and it has helped me to see this opportunity I have in a new light. We will be the first missionaries to come to Mongolia with this type of training and the government will definitely be looking to see what kind of a difference that will make... it is very crucial that Elder's Wilson, Reeve, Huff and I live up to that new standard because our actions have the potential to affect the chance of future American missionaries in Mongolia. With great blessings come a responsibility to become something that we did not see ourselves doing, to grow in ways that we do not see, at the time, as being important. But the Lord knows and as I see how weak we are in teaching English and our weaknesses and struggles — I am excited because I know that we are slowly becoming the instruments the Lord would have us be. I have never seen trials in this light before and it's incredible the love that God has for us. Elder L. Lionel Kendrick spoke to us this last Tuesday and shared a personal motto that "we can do hard things." Very simple, but it is a powerful statement. Am I willing to do the hard thing in order to have a greater joy and success as a missionary? Are all of us ready and willing to show the Lord that we have faith in Him by doing "the hard thing?" I have been working and praying that I will and that perspective has really opened up my mind to new things! I want to share it with you, not that I don't think you know this, but it brings us closer to God and has helped me a lot! That was a long way off the path to tell you that with our BYU certified EIL training certificate — our visas should roll forward now!
I love you guys! I hope you have had a great week and with the Pia's coming I hope for an even better one to come! tell them "Hi" for me aight? I pray for you and success in your day to day life — keep up the good work! I read your letters and see all the growth and I love it!
Aхлагч жолий
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