Sister Shantel Jenna Falslev: Week 4 in the MTC

Szervusz Csaladom!
How is everyone doing? Thanks for the pictures jason. Nice job picking out the ring. I am still waiting to here the story.....haha! Your house looks really really nice! I bet it is nice to be all moved in.
Well this week at the MTC has been quite a rough one for me but it has been awesome! Last thursday we had to teach 3 20 min lessons all in Hungarian in the same day and that was really stressful. One of them we were teaching our 'investigator' who is one of our teachers taking on a role on one of the investigators they had during their mission. We don't have any actual investigator because hardly anyone speaks hungarian that 'a not mormon in Utah. Then our other 2 lessons were the TRC where BYU students (RM's) come in and we just teach them as members and give a 20 min lesson. So we had been preparing for these 3 lessons for over 2 days and we felt really good about them. I could pretty much remember the whole lesson and felt really good about going in. Then when we got into the first lesson, I forgot a lot of the lines and could only remember a few of them. The second lesson was even worse - I couldn't even remember the simple things that I had learned on day 1. It was so frustrating! The only thing that came to my mind was "Tudom, hogy Jezus Krisztus a megvaltonk es szabaditonk" I know that Jesus Christ is our savior and redeemer. It is amazing how much power simple words can have. That is the only thing that I could say but I meant it. I don't think I have ever borne such a powerful testimony before and it was just a few simple words. That was a really neat experience. It's amazing that the spirit works so strongly. I love being a missionary because every day 24/7, I get to feel the spirit and feel the love of the Savior. I get to testify and constantly focus on the Savior every day that I am here. What a wonderful opportunity!!!
The language is still coming slowly....unfortunately after the TRC I still could not remember ANYTHING that I had learned in the MTC about Hungarian. It was really frustrating but I was able to recieve a blessing and get some extra help which has really helped my Hungarian start to come along. My companions are the absolute best! We just have so much fun but are able to really focus and get a lot done. I don't think I could have hand picked better companions than the ones I have. They are amazing!!!! We work really well together. It is going to be really hard when we won't be able to be companions anymore.
We also had quite a few funny moments in our lessons this week...a lot of words are very similar to each other in Hungarian. So Sister Fresh told one of our investigator's that she could only find her life in the BOM rather than she could find blessings and happiness in the BOM. Sister Broadhead also told our teacher that she was sterile instead of excited. There are just a lot of funny mistakes you can make if you don't conjugate the word right.
This week has probably been the hardest week I've ever had so far in the MTC but it's also the week that I feel like I have grown so much closer to the Savior. I know that my Savior lives and that He gives us trials in our life for our own benefit. A lot of the times we may create a lot of unnecessary trials in our life but Christ is willing to help us out with those too. Being on a mission is a lot harder than I ever imagined, but it is also more rewarding that I ever thought possible. I cannot describe how wonderful it is to be apart of a work that will not fail. It's amazing to see all the missionaries here working and striving harder to become more like the Savior. I know that my Redeemer lives and that the Atonement really does work. Through the atonement, we can become stronger and do more than we ever thought possible. The Atonement helps us to work harder than we ever have and accomplish so much. It helps us lift and raise up others. I love being able to recieve revelation everyday and being able to recognize how the Lord is blessing me and guiding me in my life. I know without a doubt that this is where I need to be and this is the work that I need to be doing right now - it is the most important work that any of us could be doing right now. Bringing others unto Christ lasts for generations and eternity - nothing is more important. I love my Savior and I know He lives.
I love you all and hope to hear from you soon! Have a great week!!!
Falslev Nover