How is everyone doing?
Congratulations to Jesse and Justin and thank you mother for sending me pictures of dear Jude! He is spectacularly precious! I was pretty excited when I got a dearelder from Dad telling me about Jude Michael, because I had had "Dear Jude" by the Beatles stuck in my head for a few days, because I was reading in the book of Jude in the Bible. Strange book, by the way. And I've since had the song stuck in my head again whenever I think of Baby Jude. I'm so excited for Jesse and Justin and I can't wait to watch Jude grow up (from pictures for now and soon in person!) So excited!
So I'm here in the MTC. I heard on Friday about the volcano and how the airports would be closed for a few days and I learned on Sunday night that my flight was cancelled. So I didn't have to wake up and go to the airport to find out that I wasn't going or anything.
Yesterday afternoon I went to the travel office and they gave me new plans for next Monday, same flight, same times, same places, etc. So I'll be here until then.
Luckily, because I was here still, I was able to get a package from Amelia and a dearelder from Mom! Yay! Thank you! I appreciated the update on Jesse and her fam from Mom and the fun and food and pictures from Amelia. Tylie is so grown! Love her!
And I did get the package from Kelsey last week, thanks a ton, that's a really fun scarf! And it was a fun surprise.
Sounds like everyone is doing really well. My week was good, I spent Saturday saying goodbye to my teachers, who I will see tomorrow, and I spent Sunday saying goodbye to my district, who I spent lots of time with yesterday. And today my district left this morning to go to the airport to see if they were going to be able to fly out. I think they will, but I haven't heard for sure because it takes about an hour and a half to get there, and then they were going to wait a few hours, and THEN if they came back or left it would be another hour and half until they got back here. So by tonight I'll know for sure if they're in the Czech Repupblic or if they're back here. My prediction is that they're on an airplane on their way right now. Mostly because it would be so strange to see them after the second round of goodbyes.
Sister Mart - who was one of my very first companions and is going to serve in the Czech Republic, from Mongolia - is here with me, one because her visa isn't in yet, and two because she had surgery last Friday on her ear, so the doctors are delaying her a few weeks. She had a hole in her eardrum, so they patched it up with some cartilage. She could drink water through her ear when she went swimming, lol. In a few months she'll have her full hearing back.
I'm also still with Sister Rogers, my new comp, because she doesn't leave for a few weeks. And we get a new Czech district coming in on Wednesday, with one sister missioanry. So that will be fun.
I can't wait to get to Croatia, but I'm sure I'm still here for a reason. I don't know exactly why, but I'm sure Bog has a plan for everything. Oh, and "Bog" means "God," but whenever I think of "God" I write and/or say "Bog" because it's engrained. At least I have that word down! I'm excited for this week to be able to speak a lot of Croatian and get some better fluidity in my speech. I know the grammar principles mostly, but my speech is pretty slow still. So that's what I'll be working on this week. And vocabulary. I have tons of vocab to memorize because I made my teachers give me long lists to work on during the plane ride, and now I have them to work on, and hopefully more. I'm hoping to really learn a ton of words this week. It's exciting that at least I have a plan for this week, and I won't be sitting in my classroom alone, wondering what to do. Two of my teachers live here, so they'll be able to come in the rest of the week. All very good.
Of course, when I first heard that I wasn't going I can't say that I was this patient or optimistic, but yesterday I listened to the President Uchtdorf talk from General Conference Priesthood Session, all about patience and how being patient isn't just sitting and waiting, it's being actively engaged in good deeds. It was a very helpful talk for me and motivated me to make good use of this week.
Znam da moz(h)emo imati strpljiv i da Bog c(h)e nas blagosloviti kad mi smo pravedni. Volim vas i sretna sam da ste dobri. Nadam se da slus(h)am od vas ovaj tjedin!
Love, Sestra Laws
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