Family and friends;
WOW! I just hit my 4-month mark
yesterday. Now I’m into 3 months and 20 something days!!!! AHHH. How can I ever
leave this place! So, the transfer came out... My daughter left me :( haha.
Sister Westover is back in the city and... Guess what?! Sister Altantsetseg and
I are companions again! haha. It’s so fun being back together with her. It’s
like 2 friends getting back together. We are working in both new and old
Darkhan and we are the only missionaries in Darkhan! We are supposed to do the
work of 4 sisters and 2 elders between the 2 of us. uhhhh... can you say
overwhelming? haha and on top of that, we became the Sister Training Leaders
for our zone. We are on a split right now in Erdenet (a beautiful countryside
city). Sorry to leave you all waiting on Monday... We decided that in order to
make best use of our time, we would just skip our p-day and do net today on our
way back to the city.
Well, I hope that all is well with you.
It makes me so happy that you have all grown to love and cherish the Mongolian
people. They really are special. They are a LOT different than us and sometimes
it can be hard to find common ground. But at the same time, we are really
similar too. We are all just trying. And I think we have A LOT to learn from
these people and their way of life.
Man, I just love when you guys get to
learn more about this cool country I’m in! And yes, all of those things are
true :) The trash trucks are my favorite! hahaha. So funny. I’m glad that you
are happy and healthy :) I love you
To answer your question: yes, I have
tried horse milk. It’s really awful. haha. Although, a new rule came out that
we can’t drink the fermented horse milk because its slightly alcoholic. haha.
So, I got out of that one. YES ;) haha. I love you mommy. I can’t wait for the
time when I get to come home, be part of Lisa's wedding, and celebrate
Christmas all at the same time. It was almost be too much happiness to
handle... almost ;)
So, I’ve actually been thinking a lot
about how to control stress better this week. And I haven’t come up with a cure
yet, but I have realized something: We stress out about stuff we can’t handle,
which makes us stress out even more. For example: I HATE being late on my
mission. But guess what, that is just how the culture is here. Sometimes we
will get stuck in really bad traffic or the bus doesn’t come for a while. And I
just sit there and stress out so bad. I do the same thing when people are late.
I wait and I pace and I get angry. But I realized this week that there is
literally nothing I can do about it. Like when I’m stuck in traffic. I can’t
get off the bus and just walk there. I can’t make all the cars disappear. So
why stress about it. I realize
that it’s a lot easier said that done and I’m not really sure how to apply that
into my anti stress plan, but I just thought I would share that with you. The
Mongolian culture is a really laid back culture. And sometimes it’s really
frustrating. But, I actually think there is a lot to learn about the way they
live life.
This week, we had a big mission get
together and went to go see a culture show. It was the best thing I’ve ever
seen! I LOVE Mongolia!!!! It made me never want to leave! And there was a
throat singer there and you know what? When done correctly and when you know
the meaning of the song, it actually is really beautiful. He was singing a song
about mothers and I think I even felt the spirit! haha I don’t know, maybe I’ve
just turned Mongolian... haha. Anyways, all is good here :) I’m happy :) I hope
you are happy too!
Anyways, Being sister training leader
isn’t really that different except for the fact that we have to travel all over
the country to go on splits with sisters. We went to a small place called
Erdenet last week and this week we are doing another split. The only thing that
really scares me having to give a presentation for zone trainings... IN
MONGOLIAN! But, it’ll be ok. this week has been sooooo hot here too! It got up
to 40 degrees Celsius. What is that in degrees?
I found this picture in the Liahona this
week and it really stuck with me. So often, we choose to take the hard path in
life. We choose to row the boat on the sand and complain about how hard it is,
when the water is just across the way. Jesus Christ and is healing atonement
are always within our reach. But he can force us to come into him. It is our
choice to get up, and enter the healing waters of Jesus Christ’s gospel. So
DONT CHOOSE THE SAND. Seek the living water and we shall never thirst again. I
love you all! ;) Have a good week xoxoxo
Sister Royalth
