Krankenschwester

September 06, 2023

Quick German lesson:

krank = sick

schwester = sister

krankenschwester = nurse

While I didn't spend the week as a nurse, I was definitely a sick Sister (Hunsaker). Our entire district (district: the 8 other missionaries I train with!) got a cold this week, but we have since recovered and came back stronger. at least it wasn't pinkeye.

Sister Chipman???

For our week of online training, our zoom classes were led by a guy named "Bruder Chipman." He's been out of town but just got in this week to start BYU, so we finally met him in person. Our district's latest scheme is ambitious to say the least: get Sister Brown (our other teacher) and Bruder Chipman married!!!!!!!!! We actually think they would be perfect for each other. We've started gently testing the waters in class using subtle and grammatically correct lines like:

- "liebst du Bruder Chipman?" (translation: do you love Brother Chipman)

- "aufgehen with Sister Brown?" (go out with Sister Brown?)

etc. Oddly enough, they haven't team taught since we brought it up...

Elevator Adventure

This is a riveting story. On our class break, the other sisters and I thought it would be wildly entertaining to:

1. Go in the elevator

2. Not push any buttons

3. See what happens

We ended up just sitting in our stationary elevator for a few minutes, contemplating deep subject matters such as: "what are we doing with ourselves" "what if the elevator cord were to snap right now" etc. It's kind of incredible what you can find for entertainment when you don't have all the mainstream options available.

Mercies

I have felt some anxiety about things that are required of me, things I can't control (such as how others act/think), and my own weaknesses. But here is something that I learned this week in the Book of Mormon:

(Context *feel free to skip* The Book of Mormon starts with a family that lives in Jerusalem, 600 years before Jesus was born. This family, Lehi and Sariah, with their children, were warned to leave Jerusalem because it would be destroyed. This later happened, as we read in historical accounts. The family was guided by God to the Americas, where the rest of the Book of Mormon takes place. The following scripture describes Lehi, referencing their miraculous escape from Jerusalem and journey towards the Americas)

"he spake unto them concerning... the MERCIES of God in sparing their lives"

Our God is a God of MERCY. He expects a lot of us. He gives us hard things so we can grow. But He is also the God of answered prayers. Sometimes He doesn't answer our prayers the way we want Him to, but sometimes He does. Sometimes, He is willing to simply give us what we want, when we want it. He knows and loves YOU personally, whether or not you particularly believe in Him. I know this. I know there is a God that looks for every opportunity to bring us joy. How happy that makes me!!!! :))))))

MTC Overall Update

I am still really enjoying the MTC. My district still makes me laugh so hard. I wish you all could just hear our conversations sometimes. But I am OH-SO-VERY excited to get out of here!!! I simply cannot wait to talk to REAL people and do REAL things and be in the REAL world! Two more weeks :)

Please continue to write and message me. I am so happy to hear from ALL of you! GOOD LUCK this semester to my friends starting at BYU (and elsewhere!) I miss you all, but there's nowhere else I'd rather be :)

Krankenschwester Hunsaker