MTC Week 9: Flight Plans And Such

The biggest news of this week is that WE GOT OUR FLIGHT PLANS!!!!!! Finally, I have tangible evidence that we will actually leave the MTC at some point. It's not that I didn't enjoy my time here, it's just that I don't belong here anymore. We helped the new STLs and ZLs welcome new missionaries this Wednesday, and it was hard to empathize with them anymore because we are leaving so soon! I'm definitely going to miss being around so many missionaries and getting to be with my district and zone all day. But I'm so excited to go start serving the people of Poland!

During class, Elder Cheal and I often have yawn-offs. I swear I yawn three times as much as everyone else except for Elder Cheal. But on Saturday during class, Elder Cheal yawned a yawn so huge as he leaned over his desk, that drool fell out of his mouth and splashed on his notebook. But I was the only one who saw it. So I was laughing so hard, and no one else knew why.

Our mints got returned! The culprit was not the Russians. So we love them now.

The Danish district we welcomed last Wednesday has had quite a week. Yesterday morning they were supposed to take a flight from Salt Lake to an embassy to get visas. As their shuttle was driving on an overpass along I-15, it slipped on the ice and crashed into the barrier. And usually when you're in a crash, you're supposed to stay in the car, right? But when the highway patrolman got there, he told them all to get out, and a couple minutes later two more cars crashed into theirs. So God takes care of His missionaries, in this case by sending a highway patrolman with the inspiration/common sense that if one car slips on the ice of a bridge, more probably will too.

Today at the temple, the person I was endowed for was named Maria Blanca Adelaida von Joeden Koniecpolski. From  Grumsdorf, Bublitz, Pomerania, Prussia in 1833 (I just looked her up on FamilySearch). Which means that she is a Polish person. "Koniecpolski" literally means "end of Poland." So that was pretty fun, partly because I was able to say her name perfectly.

I know I've told you all the same thing for the last few weeks, but READ THE BOOK OF MORMON!!! It will change your life if you read it while searching for answers about life. I love reading the Book of Mormon and learning about what Christ has done for me. And since coming here, I have really started to understand how much power the Book of Mormon has. For example, yesterday I was memorizing 3 Nephi 11:11 (in Polish), which is what Christ first said to His people when He visited America soon after His resurrection. Christ's own words about His purpose are so powerful.:

"I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning. " 

Love you all! I'll talk to you in a couple of days :)

Love,

Siostra Eberting

Pictures:

The MTC before leaving

Weather at home

SLC Airport—Poland here we come!

Flight Plans

Arrived Well