Well... a lot has gone on since I last post in February (February?!? Man.... I'm horrible!) I finished my last semester at BYU for the next two years. Very strange feeling that I won't be back in Utah as a student for a while. Being a student has been my whole life for the past 3 years! My really exciting news is that I recieved my mission call on May 6th.... I am going to serve for eighteen months for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the.... (drumroll please....) Romania Bucharest Mission!!!
I report to the Provo MTC on July 19th, 2006. So I have slightly less than two months to get ready (and let me tell you... I feel like it is not NEARLY enough time! hehehe) For those of you who don't know where Romania is, I will tell you. Romania is in Eastern Europe, just south of Ukraine. To the east is the Black Sea. They speak Romanian in Romania (obviously, but I have honestly been asked many times what language they speak there) The Romanian mission also includes the small country of Moldova. Everytime I think about having my call I just become overwhelmed with excitement! Although, waiting for it was torture! They do say good things come to those who wait though, don't they? It took over a month to get to Minnesota, and then I didn't get it in the mail until a Saturday afternoon!
So for the past few weeks, other than looking for mission clothes and slowly (and I mean VERY slowly) learning Romanian, I have been playing Mom. My mom had surgery, so I was in charge. I definatley have a greater respect for mothers in the past couple of weeks. There is always something to do, or clean, or something to worry about or remember. It is very different than my single college life where I really only have to worry about myself. Unfortunatley I think I grew very selfish in the past few years being at college and not having to worry about anybody other than myself. I think playing mommy has really helped get me back to my senses.
I have also been trying to brush up on my piano skills so I can at least play the basics in Romania (because who know how many people will really know how to play there for church and such) Hopefully I can get up to speed. The problem with my piano playing is that my hands are so small that it is hard for me to even play an octave. So when playing I have to kind of improvise or even leave out some notes altogether! hehehe Shhh! Don't tell anybody!
Well that's about it from here. Not much excitement, just lots of preparation until I report to the MTC!
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