Week 4 or Something

Guten tag alles!

I have officially lived at the MTC for an entire month. Woohoo!!! I have loved this past month SO much. There is seriously nowhere else I'd rather be right now. As for the weekly breakdown:

Good Fun
- the MTC food is actually pretty good in my opinion. The only problem I have is that the line to get a burger at the MTC and the line to ride Big Thunder Mountain at Disneyworld are approximately the same. Sister Moore and I showed up late to dinner the other day (rookie mistake), and they actually ran out of food, kind of. Ha. So we scavenged what we could and I got a few spoonfuls of soup and an ungrilled cheese sandwich. The cafeteria is a lawless place; if you want dinner you better fend for yourself. 
- you know the Capitol theme song in the Hunger Games movie? Yeah, we didn't. The sisters in my district could NOT remember the tune of the song to save our lives. Not to worry, another missionary helped us out, but it was a frustrating hour and a half before we could figure it out. The next day, we realized we forgot it again. It's now a fun little mental game we play with each other. "Sister Anderson, WHAT'S THE HUNGER GAMES THEME SONG?????" 
- Sister Moore and I have proposed a "district handshake." Not sure if it'll take. The elders still need convincing. 
- "this stuff shouldn't be too hard. Yeah, since all the other grammar stuff is pretty easy, I'm kinda hoping this will challenge me." -Elder Oswald. (German is going "so-la-la," but that is okay.)
- We are BEST FRIENDS with the Armenian missionaries on our floor, and they brought "dolma" (I think...) to lunch the other day. It is a fermented grape leaf wrapped around rice. It's actually delicious. The MTC is the coolest place I've ever been. We have European Area training every week, and I've heard people pray in Ukrainian, Russian, Turkish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Armenian, Estonian, etc. You would not believe the scope of the missionary work. I met someone going to Kazakhstan the other day. 

Piano
For those of you who care about music: I put my piano skills to use on Sunday! A Polish elder asked if I could accompany him while he sang a song in church. I agreed, naturally. As I looked for the sheet music online, I couldn't find any. The only thing I found was a sheet with lyrics and CHORDS. So, I basically had to make up an entire accompaniment part based on only CHORDS! Good thing I've been practicing my improvisation. It actually went really well; I LOVE MUSIC. I love it. 

Speutsch
Spanish + Deutsch goes CRAZY. I've already learned Spanish before my mission, so adjusting my brain to German is kind of difficult. I have some trigger phrases that switch me entirely into Spanish. We had a mock lesson with a native German this week, and I accidentally said an ENTIRE SENTENCE in Spanish. I actually really dread our mock lessons, but I ALWAYS LEAVE THEM SO HAPPY. Why you might ask???

Testifying Missionary
"A testifying missionary is a happy missionary." I learned this from a devotional last night. As a missionary, my job is to literally testify of Jesus Christ to everyone. AND I LOVE IT. I believe so strongly on Jesus Christ! He is our ROCK: when we build our lives on Him, nothing can ever go permanently wrong. I've ALREADY learned this in my short nineteen years of life. We sang this song in the MTC choir this week:

"As I walk with Jesus to my home above,
He will bless me with His Spirit
and fill me with His love
CHANGE MY HEART FOREVER,
and help me clearly see.
I will walk with Jesus,
and He will walk with me!"

I know Jesus WALKS WITH US and changes our hearts in an enduring way. I am beyond ecstatic to arrive in Germany and TESTIFY of Him. One week left! Schreib mir bitte!!!!

Ich liebe euch!

Sister Hunsaker


The other German districts on German volleyball day!


Sister Wilson did the coolest quadruple braid on me!

Elder Oswald: 50% Mason Graham, 50% Jake 

District! We did sealing this morning!

Moments before disaster, we were first in line, but then they told us it was closed

My cute German district!

Rip Elder Wheatley

Line for lunch





Class was good today. We've spent the last two hours talking just about German food😌












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