MTC Week #3

Bonjour!!!!

I feel so bad because there really isn't much to write about because it's all the same. Which is fine, but you don't really get to hear that much about how i'm doing. But i'm half way there!!!!!!!! August 18th! our zone leaders leave next week for Canada which is really weird. Each week is going by so fast. All the days go by slowly but it's crazy that I've been here for three weeks already. I feel so not ready to leave in three weeks. I've learned a lot of French but its not even close to something good enough to go out to the mission field in. Clarissa tell all my friends that they need to write me! also I print any emails i got during the week on Tuesday mornings before breakfast so if you want to write me before today so I can read them before I get on the computer that would be awesome! But I'd love to just here from anyone! Dear Elders are the best I love getting them please keep on sending them (and tell all my friends to send them too!

It still hasnt really hit me that I'm going to be in Paris in a few weeks. I'm so excited! I'm going to be in France, speaking french, and understanding it! I seriously cant wait to be fluent, I just want to be there now! but I really have improved a lot in just three weeks. looking back on that first Friday when we taught our first lesson in french is crazy. Back then I had word for word notes and today I just write down each topic I want to discuss (in English) and some scriptures and I can teach in French! Although there's a lot of times that I just sit there trying to figure out what to say. But I love it! It's stressful but I always come out feeling amazing! Although in one of my lessons with Soeur Cook (who's pretending to be Vahina) she stood up in the middle of me speaking and said I'm sorry my baby's crying and left the room! It was so awkward because I was talking about something important and I didn't know what to do. But yeah.... it was awkward.

Anyway don't know what else to say. Thank you for the packages! Dad that's so cool that you served with Frere Blosil's dad! the world is a small one, especially in the mtc. But I didn't get that dear elder until after I had had the class with Frere Blosil and apparently he forgot to mention it to me. But yeah Frere Blosil is so awesome. To bad he served in Lyon not Paris, cause then it would have been even cooler.

I totally forgot to tell you again this week. I wrote it to Clarissa in a letter home, but I figure i might as well make sure that you all know. Two weeks ago we got French speaking missionaries. As in they're fluent in french and speak little if not any English. they're going to Tahiti which the mission has two languages French and Tahitian. So they didn't have to learn french like everyone else. The one sister companionship are both from New Caledonia and the one elder companionship are from France. It is the coolest thing to talk to them, but also awkward because I can barely understand their french and they can barely understand my english. But one of the elders goes on splits with an elder in my district on sundays because their companions have zone meetings. it is so cool! I don't really talk to him at all... but I can kind of understand him. two sundays ago I spoke one thing to him in french and I was so proud that I got the courage to say something. It was really easy all I said was I play the flute (we were talking about instruments) but it was still awesome. But they're like celebrities for all the french speakers.

Sad I'm missing the reunion, tell everyone I say hello. and have an awesome time there. I see Karli like everyday in the bookstore. So it's nice to see some family. Okay, I thinks that's all for this email.

Je vous aime!

Soeur Farmer

MTC Photos

 Rosalee and her companion (Sister Bernhisel from Portland Oregon)

 Her District

Her Zone Leaders plus some more Sisters

MTC Week #2

This week was great! basically the same thing every day. I know I said I want packages and stuff, but I got 6 packages of food last week and there's just too much. you can still send me packages just not 6 in 3 days hahah. Also if your gonna send me a dear elder package, don't send the caramel popcorn, there was only one bag of caramel popcorn and the other bag was watermelon popcorn, it tasted disgusting. I love hearing from you guys! sounds like everything's going well. 

Just going to answer some questions people asked me. My zone leaders district consists of the two companionship's you saw in the photo from las week. their district was suposed to have two girl companionship's and 2 elder companionship's, but one elder and sister never showed up, so that's their district. Of all the people going to paris on their mission, i'm not wuite sure about the total amount. there's one other district with everyone going to paris and then theres another district that only the sisters and one elder companionship are going to paris, and the rest are going to lyon. So I think theres 16 sisters going and 12 maybe 14 elders going to paris and we all reported the same day, so a lot of people are going in my group. I don't remember if there's aany other questions you had so if I didn't answer them, feel free to ask me now.

My companion and I were the first to commit our investigator to baptism from our district! which is awesome because we're the companionship with the least amount of language experience.  And now our investigator is our teacher! haha but i kind of saw it coming. So now we have two teachers. Frere Blosil and Soeur Cook. They're both awesome and are really helping me with the language. On yesterday we didn't have our teachers though. instead two other french teachers came in, taught a lesson about teaching, and then we acted a door approach out with them. The first teacher I couldn't understand him when he was speaking english so there was no way I could understand him in french. so teaching him was hard. But the second teacher was awesome! It was the first time I taught without notes planned out of what I was going to say. It's amazing! that I was able to teach a 20 minute lesson with no notes!We're supposed to be speaking french at breakfast and lunch now and I'm surprised at how well I actually can talk to people, even though most of what we've learned is all teaching lessons bearing testimony and praying. 

On sunday T.C Christensen came and spoke to us. He was the director of 17 miracles, Ephraims Rescue, and a bunch of other church movies. So that was cool. I really don't know what to write you because every day is the same, and nothing grand has happened. I've written a letter home and sent it on Saturday, I don't know if you got it. Okay well I think that's all. I'll send photos in another email if I can find a computer that will actually work. Love you all and miss you so much!

Je vous aime!

Soeur Farmer

MTC Week #1

Bonjour!!!!!

I'm guessing you haven't got the letter sent in the mail saying my pday was tuesday... I should have told karli to tell you guys. Anyway, thank you so much for the fudge, knowing me, Its probably going to last me the entire 6 weeks. wow so much to say about the mtc. So my companion is sister Bernhisel. She is from portland oregon. never taken french before (so we're both struggling together). I don't even know where to begin... My district is the best! There's another sister companionship and then three companionships of elders.  we have an elder from London and an elder from New Zealand.  We all get along really well! 

 French is going okay.... it literally is amazing but also really hard. We taught our first lesson on friday and it was a disaster... my companion had written down what she wanted to say, but she didn't know where we were in the conversation, so I had to do everything... which I realized how much I actually remember which is such a blessing. But I could barely even understand our investigator (denise). And if I did understand her I didn't know how to say what I wanted to say. But I seriously was given the gift of tongues. We had been taught how to pray and bare our testimony and I improvised on my testimony! haha never thought I would have the guts for that, but it happened. Well we've taught her twice since then and the first two times we didn't feel the spirit, but last time, I felt it! which is super exciting seeing there's a language barrier. Also we committed her to read the book of mormon and to come to church and we asked her if she knew that what we taught was true, would she be baptized. She said yes!!!!! we were the first ones to somewhat commit her to baptism, she gave everyone else a hard time. But I think that we worded it in a way that made sense to her and didnt scare her. Anyway, in the language I am doing amazing at understanding what is being said. I can roughly translate what it means, but I dont know how to respond.... so Its great that I can understand whats being said. But I kind of just make something up. I've gotten really good at rephrasing sentences into a way that's easy for me to translate. 

I thought adjusting to the mtc would be difficult, but it just feels normal. I thought it would be weird not having my phone and not being able to talk to everyone when I want to. But it doesnt feel weird. The food is pretty much gross though. All I can really trust and like are the hamburgers for lunch and dinner. for breakfast I have cereal and boiled eggs. but they don't really fill me up. but oh well. 

For gym all of the french sister missionaries go play soccer and apparently I should have played soccer cause I'm really good at defense, and offense. But seriously I'm doing all these fancy soccer moves, not even knowing what i'm doing.

Yesterday our teacher told us that during lunch, we can only speak in french and i didn't realize how easy it would be. I did fine for only 4 days of learning french.  I don't know what else to tell you, but send tons of packages!!!!! An elder got in the mail from dear elder yesterday two packages. one was a box of cookies, and another was a box with a 6 pack of soda haha. I don't want these things but any food would be nice. Also write me on dearelder.com. I will get it the same day you send it so I can hear from you throughout the week which is nice. I'll send another email with pictures, if I can get it to work. But just so you know I will be online for another 30 minutes. so hopefully i hear from some of you now. 

I should be writing at this time for the rest of the mtc (10 - 10:30 AM Pacific). I go to the temple at 8 am and then come straight back and email before lunch at 11:30.Just so you know for future reference. Sorry for all the emails. but the computer was only allowing me to attach 1 picture per email. Since I didn't hear from you all today,if you want me to get your responses today or tomorrow, just dearelder.com me please! (Rosalee Farmer, Unit #56, Estimated departure date 19 Aug) I'd love to hear from you. 

Je vous aime! 

Soeur (Sister) Farmer

Mailing Addresses

I am leaving in 4 days for my mission to Paris, France for 18 months. I am super excited to go, but would love to be able to hear from everyone! I can email once a week, but probably wont be able to write everyone. So i've made this blog that my parents will post my emails to. But I would still love to hear from everyone. Here's my email and mailing addresses.

Email: rosalee.farmer@myldsmail.net

Mailing:  Sister Rosalee Farmer
               AUG19  FRA-PAR
               2007 N 900 E Unit 56
               Provo UT 84602