I have arrived! So the MTC is amazing, the spirit here is so
strong! There are about 2000 missionaries here so far and every one is super
welcoming and nice. My companion's name is Jessica! But I have to call her
Sisar Carter which is still really weird. So in my district there are only 6 of
us and 4 of us are girls. The four of us are all in the same room and we
practice Finnish together, the other companions are Sisar Burden and Sisar
Margetts and all of the girls are from Utah and they're all 19 so I'm the
oldest.They are all super sweet and we all get along so far. The elders are called
Vanheim Christian and Vanheim Sellers (I'm not sure about the spelling). I
don't have a lot of time to write but i love it here and they keep us super
busy. LIKE SO BUSY. I have to teach a fake investigator a lesson in Finnish
tomorrow with Sisar Carter and that is definitely going to be interesting
seeing as I can't speak Finnish. The language is incredibly difficult and I
just got out of a 3 hour class and the teachers only speak in Finnish and will
continue to do so until we leave. I will be saying my prayers in Finnish from
tonight on so it might take me a while but I'm sure the Lord will probably
still understand me or at least what I mean to say. They made a new rule here
at the MTC that started just this year that you can email home whenever you
have free time (btw my p-days are on thursday in the MTC) so i might email home
more than once a week but honestly I might not because like I said I'm soooooo
busy and literally every Finnish lesson gives me a huge headache that lasts
like the entire day. They expect so much of you here and it's kind of a lot of
pressure but at the same time I've never felt this close to Christ before so
it's definitely worth it. We get to go to the temple on P-days so I'll be going
next Thursday. I forgot my camera in my room so i will have to send pictures
next time (SORRY MOM DON'T HATE ME). I'm glad I'm here even if the language
seems really impossible now I know that the Lord qualifies who he calls and I
pray like every ten minutes for the gift of tongues. I love you and I'll write
back as soon as I can....maybe next week.
Love, Sisar Roberts
btw you have to roll every single "r" in the
Finnish language so introducing myself in Finnish is super fun. =)
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