Hallo everyone!
First of all, thanks for the package!! I loved getting it. Also, I had to share it with everyone in my district and all my roommates because if not I would've just eaten it all in one go and gained like twenty pounds. So I got some, but I shared a lot of it, and that was really good so I wouldn't be tempted to just sit there and eat them, haha. But thanks so much! I hope you all had a fun Valentine's Day. It was just another day here. Just more studying all the day long. It's hard sometimes to just sit in the same classroom for like seriously ten hours a day, but I LOVE my district, so most of the time it isn't too bad. All of the Elders and the other Sister companionship in my district are so, so, so funny. I laugh so much, probably sometimes when we should be working instead, but it's really good for us to just take a break and laugh. It's super intense here all the time. I've been really discouraged this week. It's been super rough, and I feel bad for Sister Miller because she has to deal with me. But I'm really hoping I can talk to my Branch President, who's pretty much like our Bishop. Hopefully he can help me, because I really don't know anymore. It's not just the Deutsch, which is hard, but it's a lot of other things too. Anyway, hopefully he can make me feel better. I dunno. We'll see. Also I think I'm getting sick again, which is not helping at all. I mean, really?? I hardly ever get sick, but here I've been sick from day one.
I hope you guys are all having fun in Orlando! I miss you guys a lot. Thanks for the letters. And I hope Dad's shoulder starts feeling better. I will take any and all letters he wants to write me. And I forgot to thank Robert last week for writing me. I miss him, too! I hope tennis goes well for him this season. We'll have to play when I get back. He'll be better than I am, but that's fine. I didn't know Aunt Sharon was getting married. Congrats! That's awesome for her. Hope Grandpa and Shelly had a safe trip.
So yeah, it's just a lot of intense work here. I never used to be, but I am insanely jealous of English-speaking missionaries. If I was speaking English, I'd be in the field already. It's already hard enough being a missionary, but to try to do it in a language you don't even know is harder. But my teachers are all super supportive and help us in any way they can. I could be in Deutschland one month from today, which is a super crazy thought. Sister Miller (who's 21 as well) and I won't be companions when we get there. We'll be trained the first couple of transfers by some sisters who are already over there and can actually speak German. There is a possibility we might be companions later on in the mission when we actually know what we're saying, but when we get there we'll have more experienced sisters to help us, which is good.
I wish I could tell you guys some funny stories, but all of the ones are the "you had to be there" kind of stories. But yeah, like I said before, I really love my district, and sometimes they pull me through when nothing else can, which is bad because we won't be here forever! (even though sometimes it feels like it) This is really, really hard work, harder than anything I've done before, and that's a scary thought because I've only been here two weeks! I'm really hoping it'll get better. The letters help a lot, though. (hint hint)
Anyway, I love you guys so much!! I think about you a lot, which I'm trying to not and get out of that habit because I need to be focused, but it's hard, especially after being around you for the past nine/ten months and not at school. I'm not the perfect missionary at all, but I'm doing my best. And I love letters for anyone and everyone. :)
Love,
Sister Shipton
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