It’s crazy to believe I’ve been in the MTC for 3 weeks already, but it’s even crazier to believe I still have 6 more weeks here. It was a return to the normal schedule this week, so not a lot has happened. The Czech language is still just as hard as ever, but I am so incredibly excited to get to the country and start serving for real. Anyways, here’s a short summary of all that’s been going on:
Thursday: My companions and I got assigned to be zone leaders, which means that the three of us are semi-responsible for planning Sunday meetings and some other relatively mundane tasks, but we also get to welcome and help new missionaries to our zone, and we should be getting 40 new missionaries in a couple weeks.
Friday: Nothing but class and mock lessons with the teachers
Saturday: The exact same thing
Sunday: We got to listen to the man who helps run all the MTCs across the world, and it was a super neat experience, his talk was super engaging. I also played in a musical number during our church meeting.
Monday: We taught for way too long on Monday, but it was amazing to see how much we could do in Czech.
Tuesday: I attempted my first cartwheel, and it did not go so well. It turns out that cartwheels are a lot harder than expected, especially in the sand. We also got to listen to another devotional on Tuesday, and I sang in the choir again. It’s such a special experience to sing in a choir as large as this one. There’s usually about 900 of us singing our hearts out, and it is such a spiritual experience.
Wednesday: I tried more cartwheels on Wednesday, and I think they might have gone worse, if possible. I am currently walking with a mild limp, so I think I will pass on doing cartwheels for the foreseeable future.