Home Sweet Home

Hello Everyone! 
Vestel эгч here!


It's kind of weird addressing so many people in an email. I'd prefer to see your faces, but I'll take what I can get. This week was Home MTC, and even though I am super grateful to start my mission at home and with my family, I don't get many chances to hang out, talk, or even see my family. These three-hour Zoom sessions are chock-full of language learning and spiritually refining lessons. They are awesome but exhausting.


On a more exciting note, I'm convinced my district is made up of the most amazing people ever! The sisters in my ward are some of the strongest and funniest people I have ever met. I know that my MTC experience is going to go by a lot faster and a lot smoother just because of them!


My Mongolian is coming along nicely. I can now read and conjugate verbs into the past tense, which now that I'm typing it out seems like a small thing, but I had to de-Frenchify my accent, which would make me sound Russian instead of American. My district's goal is to say the missionary purpose by next Saturday, and I am struggling a little bit. However, I have faith that God will help me. My own personal goal is to say a little testimony during my farewell talk tomorrow. It's going to be REALLY basic, but I have to start somewhere.


One thing I have noticed in my journal every night is my "I's" and "me's" are turning into "we's," which is awesome! I feel blessed to be a part of this great work and have the ability to learn and teach English to the amazing people of Mongolia.


Lastly, I have an invitation for you all. I invite you to fill your downtime with less scrolling and more of other activities such as reading your scriptures, reading a good book, hanging out with your family, going on a walk, etc. If you fill your time with more wholesome and beneficial activities, you will be able to think more clearly and connect more deeply with the people around you.


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