Hannah entered the MTC last Wednesday! We received her first letter in the mail today! Only someone waiting for a letter from a missionary knows how well received that was. Love this girl. A few notes: When she was called to Hong Kong, her packet instructed that if she had Chinese heritage, she could have a name based on that, otherwise, a Chinese name would be assigned to her. So, she won't have Sister Dudley on her name tag once she leaves the MTC, she'll be known by her assigned name. Not sure why - but interesting!
Additionally - a Brit calling someone's wardrobe "rubbish," is akin to an American saying something "is sick." For the old crowd - that's a good thing! The British elders think she's very stylish!
Dear Mom + Dad (and Abbey/Danny/Jack) + Tommy/Camilla - but they won't see this!
Hey! Leíh hóu!
Things here are good! I'm a little tired of people telling me welcome to the MTC, so I took off my orange "dork" dot. But I'm alive and scheduled out every minute, and it's not bad at all.
My name is Dúng Jímuíh (tsee-muy - which means Sister). Dúng means supervisor or overseer, so I guess I'm definitely the mission mom.... Not really, nobody knows how old I am or what my name means, so I fit in just fine. It's amazing how being in the MTC just a few weeks longer makes the 18 year olds think they rule mission life! haha! I'm excited for them to get out in the field to get humbled a bit. My zone leaders are both 18. One of them just turned 18 here in the MTC and finished high school online early, so he technically hasn't graduated high school yet...weird. But they are impressive nonetheless and we have a good district.
The four elders in my district are all from Britain, and it's really fun to hear them talk to each other. "They love" "my wardrobe" "it's rubbish"...pretty funny. My companion's from Utah, and we get along pretty well. Reminds me a lot of Jazmyn. So far, so good. We have different ways of working, so we'll learn how to work together soon enough!
I have about 50 lbs of Cantonese books, so there goes one suitcase! But it's an amazing language.
I'm learning to pray and bear testimony already and we teach our first "investigator" (actor) tomorrow, Friday. But we can only teach in Cantonese, so this should be interesting. Sister Adams and I are actually one of the better companionships with the language, and about everything really. I think we'll learn a lot these next 9 weeks.
Last night was freezing, so I didn't sleep much. Neither did Sister Adams, so we're going to go grab another blanket. I'm actually kind of surprised with the schedule. We have lots of places to go and classes to attend, but I don't fell entirely productive. I'm sure that will change quickly, but I thought this was going to be a lot harder. And I'm sure I'm jinxing myself, so I'll keep you updated!
But I love and miss you guys! My p-days are on Wednesday. I'm not sure when I'll have computer time, but we'll see. I'll be praying for you in Cantonese (if you can call it that).
Alright, see ya!
Hannah - Dúng Jímuíh
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