I wanted to tell you all at once about what President Cooke told me in my interview last Thursday.... Wow that seems forever ago! Haha.... Anyways..... The very first thing that he said as I sat down was. I'm putting you in the ASL program. Annmndddd I'm training!!! Here is the crazy part. There are 4 new ASL sister missionaries coming on the 1st of Sept. (Happy birthday to you Garrett!) but there is only me, and two sister missionaries here that will for sure train. Simple math will show there is one missing person to train.... It was funny because it seemed like President was caught off guard for a moment! He isn't sure who will train the 4th sister. He is trying to ask SLC to send a sister out from the visitor center who already knows ASL. (At least I think they are coming from the visitor center) Then once I'm done training for the next two transfers... I will be kicked out of the ASL program. President said that he only needs 4 ASL sisters at a time, and by the 3rd transfer he will have 6!
The first two weeks I'll be with another ASL sister, then we will split off to get our new missionary. So, the ASL program will double in size! Do you know what I'm most nervous about?!?! Being lost.... Haha. Not only do we cover our mission, but also the surrounding missions as well. I'm sure we will split the areas up, but still that's a lot of area to cover! Funny note, the Baltimore mission President doesn't want us ASL missionaries to be in his mission because he want his own ASL missionaries. So, if you go in the Baltmore mission area, you have to go in secretly!
I'm a tad overwhelmed, but I'm glad that I have two weeks to get the reins on things before I actually train! In the mean time, I have a book I brought on my mission that has church signs. Actually the other day we had fun doing a little language study session! My companion and I have Spanish roommates and one of the Spanish Missionary, Sister Mecham, knows ASL. So, I started to sign the first lesson. Then Sister Mecham would say what I signed in Spanish, then Sister Luna Chico would tell Sister Whiteford in English! It was quite fun! It was funny to hear when I knew I wasn't clear and Sister Mecham would add or change what I signed to her! It was helpful to know I still have lots of signs I need to learn.
I am soooo excited to improve a lot in the next 3 months! Hope you all are doing fantastic!
Love you all!
-Sister Parker
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