I love the MTC

I've been at the MTC for a week! Can you even believe it? I actually can because it feels like it's been 17 years. But in a good way...:) My first two days were like CRAZY. I had no idea what my teacher was saying ever and struggled to adjust. But after that I just started loving it. Sunday was so much fun. It was a nice to hear people speaking english for a change. Also the talks the missionary's gave in church were awesome. On Sunday we got to go on a temple walk and also a devotional, and those were way fun. I LOVE my district! So our branch is made up of mostly mandarin speakers (which means church is in English YAY) and there are only two districts of cantonese speakers in the whole MTC, and we're all going to Hong Kong. The sisters in my district all share a room. There are three companionships, me and my comp Sis Hugo and then two others. I love the other girls. We have a lot of fun together and they are so sweet. We talk allllllll the time and laugh alllllll the time which is kind of bad because we should probably be studying more... but we're working on it. There is one companionship of elders in our district and they are the best. I know we got really lucky because the elders in the other district are great but a little annoying (am I allowed to say that now that I'm a missionary?) Our district leader is a convert to the church and he use to work in the Navy. His comp is Elder Chapman and he is the funniest person I have ever met. They keep us entertained for sure. Our teachers name is Brother Johnson (we call him by his chinese name but I definitely cannot spell in canto) he is the most positive person on the planet. We are all so bad at speaking but he just smiles and gives us thumbs up all the time. The only english words I have ever heard him say are subject and verb. He talks in canto all the time and is so patient in trying to get us to understand him (and it takes us forever to understand him). We actually have already taught three lessons to our fake investigator Afish. (PS I felt very in the know because everyone in my district thought the investigators were real except I knew Elsie and so I knew they weren't. But she told me not to tell anyone so I didn't.) Afish is the cutest little tiny girl. Our first couple of lessons were so shaky because I literally didn't catch one word she said to us. But our third lesson went way better because instead of writing out a script my comp and I just had word banks and tried harder to make the lesson about her. When our teacher was helping us with the lesson he told us to just listen to the Singling (Holy Ghost). I told him that I can't hear the Holy Ghost in Cantonese. But then he went off on a very long cantonese speech on how the Holy Ghost speaks all languages. And I really have come to realize that. It's touched my heart that someone who I can barely understand and who can barely understand me can talk to the same God and feel the same love and peace from Him. I'm so glad I get to be a missionary. I'm so glad I get to teach people how to talk to God. And even though cantonese is HARD (no sympathy Max and Marie spanish is easy) I know God is helping me learn it. We can now pray and give our very simple testimonies in cantonese. It's pretty fun, and I hope I can keep learning quickly. Sorry this email was forever long and kind of boring. I love you guys so much!!!