Day 1-- I'm alive!!! Today has been really overwhelming but really good. I just want you to know that I love you all!!! I'm doing well. I didn't sleep very well last night...curse the Giles-overactive-brain-syndrome. I'm looking forward to getting into a routine here. Today I kind of felt like a piece of meat being processed...but it was very organized:)haha.
My Chinese name is Gu Jiemei. It kind of reminds me of a gooey cookie..so I'm fine with it:) I AM SO GLAD I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MY CHINESE!:)
It's been super helpful since our teacher spoke entirely in Chinese yesterday. I was so grateful to have some knowledge of what was going on.
My district has 2 missionaries going to France and they speak Chinese just like Dad does:) with a French accent. haha It's glorious
My companion is Natalie Tate and we were friends on Facebook before coming here. She is very enthusiastic and she is a wonderful teacher. She's very receptive to other people's needs. I think we're going to work really well together.
Monday: When I came here I thought there would be a lot more people telling us where we should be etc...But we're on our own to figure things out most of the time. We didn't know where sacrament meeting was so Sister Tate and I were wandering the building trying to listen for Chinese. We ended up finding a nice little man who took us to the front desk and we barely made it to our room as the bread was being passed. We prayed and we were blessed. Really it was a lot like we were investigators:) We were searching for truth but knew not where to find it. We got help from a "missionary" and then we were so happy!!! and we got to partake of covenants!!! It was glorious.
Sacrament meeting was cool!!! We prepare talks every week and then one elder and one sister are called up to give their talks in Chinese (Hunger Games Style) haha. After that President Teng's wife spoke in English as well as President Teng. A lot of sisters in our branch have been getting sick, but Pres. Teng got up and promised them that they would still be successful and that the Lord would make up for lost study time. President Teng is our branch President!
Thank you for the prayers, letters and packages!!! They mean so much to me!!!
Wo Ai Ni!!
Gu Jiemei (Sister Giles)
PS. (Mom Note: Since she didn't send any pictures this week, I added a few from the last few weeks:)
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| So Maddie!!! haha |
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| I love this girl:) |
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| Last hug for Dad |
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| All of us dropping Sister Giles off at the MTC |
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