Week 1 MTC

Family! Hey!
I can't believe its only been a week! They're keeping us busy here, but it's not as bad as I was expecting. The days are long, but I'm learning a ton. I can say prayers and bear my testimony in Cantonese, and my companion and I are doing pretty well with the language (but it's only been one week, so dont expect much). But Cantonese is so fun, I looove it. We've taught 5 lessons already, all in straight up Canto. And our investigator doesn't cut us any slack. Some go way better than others, but it's interesting that we can still feel the spirit even when we can hardly say or understand anything and when our investigator is pretending. But it's all to help us learn, and it's working. We've said some pretty funny things though..."Moroni was greedy with the Book of Mormon"..."Prophets put to death the word of God"...The list goes on and on. But I love my companion Sister Adams. She was pretty homesick and anxious the first few days, but things are settling down now. We have 6 sisters in our district, and they're all cute and fun, but I'm so grateful Sister Adams is my companion. We have so much fun together and work really well together. And our Elders are great. All four of them are from England, and are always trying to fix our English because we dont speak "properly."  I'll send you a picture of our schedule. Its loaded. We dont speak Cantonese 24/7, but our teachers only speak to us in Cantonese, so almost. What else....My name is Dúng Jímuíh (Sister). Sounds pretty much how it's spelled.  One of our Elder's name means crafty and wicked - haha. But President Uchtdorff came for Easter, so that was really great. We all thought it was going to be Elder Holland, but they switched it on us. He spoke about being fearless, and gave the example of Peter. He went on to describe several events during Christ's ministry in which the disciples were hesitant and fearful. Focusing on Peter, he described him as a man's man, a rock of a man, and yet he was loaded with fear....at the sea of Galilea with the walking on water, when he denied the Savior....But then he went on to describe the severe heartbreak and sorrow and despair the they all went through when the Savior was crucified. Imagine the guilt and disappointment - especially Peter felt after denying him shortly before. President Uchtdorf then went on to describe Peters actions afterwards. He went from being fearful to fearless. Peter had a newfound resolve to bear witness of the Savior and never deny him in any way at any time thereafter. And President Uchtdorf said it so beauifully. But then he said that we celebrate Easter every Sunday.  We celebrate the ressurection every sacrament, and so each week can find new resolve to be fearless in our devotion to the Savior. So I liked that. And I put that in here because I know, Mom, you will like that too. Well I don't know what else to say! I love you all. I'm doing great. Please send me addresses or dearelders! I didn't do a good job of writing addresses down before I left, and I have some time throughout the week to write handwritten letters. But I hope you had a happy Easter! I miss you all!

Love,
Hannah a.k.a Dúng Jímuíh