psych. still in georgia - Peachtree City, Georgia

 So, I initially thought I would be leaving to Romania last Friday, but I am actually leaving today! me and 2 other elders from my MTC district, who were also reassigned to Atlanta, are flying to New Jersey, then Germany, then Hungary this afternoon! I am very excited to go, but I also think I forgot approximately 99% of the Romanian I learned in the MTC, so that's great...

This week was really good! On Monday, we took a p day trip to down town Atlanta, so I would have a chance to go there before I left.

Also did you know there is a special chick-fil-a here?!! They have a bunch of specialty items and I was very excited when we went there the other day. 

This week was kinda rough teaching wise... I think most of our teaching appointments canceled on us or just straight up ghosted us lol. But you know, looking on the bright side, maybe they were all just super busy this week, and my companion will be able to get a hold of them this week haha

We worked at the food bank again this week, and met this really cool girl named Jasmine. She is an aspiring fashion designer, who after talking to some other sisters and I, stated, she too would like to go on a "mission trip" to Europe and asked us where she could sign up lol. Some other sisters are going to start talking to her, and you know what maybe she will end up going on a mission one day!

Talk to you next week from Romania! Hope you all have a great week:)

Ciao ciao

Sora Tobler 

some specialty chick-fil-a that was bomb 

got some ice cream

it was very good

sis spillman and i

this lady from our ward brought us like 6 gallons of milk the other day

some semi matching shirts 

PTC

aquarium

done :) - Home MTC

 Buna :))) 

This week was crazy. I can’t believe I am done with the mtc (never thought this day would come haha), but WOW time flew. Home mtc was such a unique experience and I am so grateful for the opportunity I had to learn and grow from home.

While I am very excited to be finished, I am also very sad to be saying goodbye to my district, companions, and teachers! I have learned so much from my companions and district, and I can’t wait to see them in Romania eventually :,). Also, my teachers were seriously the best and were 3 amazing examples to me. 

One perk of home mtc is that I can basically do my classes from anywhere. I drove with my family to California on Wednesday and finished my last 2 days of mtc there. 

If there is one thing I learned it is that Jesus Christ is EVERYTHING. He is our savior, our friend, and there for us no matter what. 

I leave for Georgia Tuesday morning!!! yay! Kinda scared for what the humidity there is gonna do to my hair lol but you know what can you do 

Hope everyone has a great week

ciao ciao

- Sister Tobler (probably won’t be going by Sora Tobler anymore unless the people in Atlanta speak Romanian that I am not aware of)

cALiForNia

district!

lil sisters

only 1 more week of home MTC :') week 5

 Buna seara everyone!

Hope everyone had a very good week:)

This past week went by SO FAST. I think I blinked once on Monday and now it is Saturday lol. I only have 11 days left at my house and am kind of stressing about leaving next Tuesday, but I am ultimately soo excited to go to Atlanta and get started teaching.

Our TRC this week in Romanian went really well. The lady we were teaching started crying and even I started getting a little misty eyed even though I didn't fully understand the very emotional story of an orphan boy in Romania that I think maybe had Polio but I'm not quite sure....

Romanian grammar is a doozy and if I hear one more thing about accusative/dative cases or stressor/indicators I might not make it. Just kidding haha I know that "...In the strength of the lord thou canst do all things'' (Alma 20:4). With the Lord's help, I'll be able to understand Romanian grammar eventually lol.

I'd love to hear from you all! Email me!

Ciao Ciao:)))

a corona family self-timer picture

[A very very simplified version of Come Thou Fount (coming soon...)]

Week 4 - Home MTC

 Buna:)

Just another week at the home MTC for the books. Nothing super exciting happened this week...

It was fun being able to spend 4th of July with my family another year. My sisters and I drove to Scottsdale and watched some pretty sick fireworks.

On Tuesday, I watched the weekly missionary devotional and it was REALLY good. It was pretty much everything I needed to hear. Elder Martino spoke a little about how our what we want to do won't always be what the lord has in store for us. I really needed to hear that this past week as I definitely had some different plans than what the lord had planned for me.

My companions and I taught our second TRC in Romanian and it went pretty well. I definitely was able to understand a lot more than I did our last lesson, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. 

I have been running every morning since I have started the MTC, and while I still don't particularly like running, I'm starting to not dislike it as much!! Also I think I've pretty much adjusted to the mission schedule and think I've gotten used to waking up at an unnaturally early hour and going to bed at practically sunset haha

Here is one of my favorite quotes from this week. "...Fear not. Be of good cheer. For the future is as bright as your faith." - Thomas S. Monson

:)

Sora Tobler

Week 3! - Home MTC

 Buna Dimineața!

This week was so good and I learned so much!

We had our first TRC lesson in Romanian this week and it surprisingly went pretty well. I feel like I am able to say most things that I want to say now, I just sometimes struggle to understand what other people are saying haha. We teach the same person again this week and hopefully I'll be able to interpret more of what she says this time. 

Everyone else in my district got their reassignments as well, and I was pretty excited to find out that two other people from my district are also headed to the Atlanta Mission.

Besides that, classes have been good and I actually look forward to going so that I can continue to learn more. In addition to learning Romanian, I've learned so much about myself these past few weeks and have strengthened my testimony so much.  

It's crazy that I'm already pretty much half way done with the MTC. I kind of thought that I would be released for a while after I finished the MTC, but now that I'm leaving at the end of the month, it is getting real! I don't feel ready to leave at all... but I know it will all work out.

Anyways I hope that everyone has a happy 4th and a good week:)

Ciao Ciao

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My friend Annika got her mission to the BALTIC MISSION speaking
ESTONIAN!! Ahh so excited for her! we're gonna be kinda neighbors
eventually if we ever make it to eastern Europe

 My cousin Natalie, who has been staying at my house for
a while, and I haha

Just Peachy!! - Home MTC

 Hey yo! I know p-day is on Saturday, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I got my mission reassignment today! I'm headed to the Atlanta, Georgia Mission the week of July 28th:))) Yay for Georgia! I've never been there before, but I hear they are known for peaches and peanuts... both things that I like lots! Anyways, I'm excited to go out and serve the people of Atlanta:)

- Sister Tobler

week 2:))) - Home MTC

 Buna ziua!! 

Hope everyone had a good week:)

Not going to lie, this last week was kind of rough for me. At the start of the week, more often than not, I found myself asking why in the world I had chosen to do this, and how it would have been so much easier for me to have not decided to serve a mission. Although it's only the second week, I was getting pretty discouraged with myself and was getting pretty stressed about everything. I was studying in Mosiah 7:33 and came across this verse that says, "But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage." I know that serving a mission won't be easy, but I know that as I serve, trust in God, and turn to Him, I'll be able to get through the hardest days.

Anyways.... the rest of the week was good!! We had our first 2 TRCs this week, which was pretty exciting. Our first one went pretty well and our second one was alright. Although our second TRC didn't go nearly as well as we wanted it to, it was a great learning experience for my companions and I. 

My district all got together twice this week outside of class to play Romanian Jeopardy over zoom which was really fun. It has been fun to get to know everyone better and see everyone open up to each other a bit more haha. One day during class, we were guessing how tall we thought everyone was in real life and it was pretty interesting and comical to see what everyone thought. Apparently I give off strong 5'5"-5'6" vibes, which I mean is only slightly taller than I actually am, but I was pretty happy about that.  

I had two workshops this week that were pretty interesting. During my second workshop, I saw a very familiar face which was pretty fun and made me happy:)

I'm still waiting to get my reassignment, if I even get a reassignment, and am trying my very hardest to have patience and not focus too much on that. It's pretty crazy that I'm already 1/3 of the way through home MTC though.

I would love to hear from everyone! Feel free to email me whenever!

Ciao Ciao!

Sora Tobler

Weekly comp pic

Quick study break with my brother Jackson

District!!

My sister Ellison found this fake missionary tag that her primary teacher gave her forever ago haha

week 1!!! kinda - Home MTC

 Buna Ziua!!

Today is my first p day and I guess my first week of classes are over (even though I only started on Wednesday lol)

I have 6 hours of class a day, but they honestly aren't that bad and don't seem that long. There are 4 Vârstniculs (elders) and 3 Soras (sisters) in my class. 2 of the Vârstniculs in my class are going to the Kiev, Ukraine mission and the rest of us are going to România. 

I already love my companions so much!! Sora McAfee and Sora Gunn are seriously the coolest and I couldn't have gotten more lucky. Sora McAfee is from South Jordan, Utah and Sora Gunn is from Santa Clara, Utah.

On Friday afternoon, while Sora McAfee, Sora Gunn, and I were trying to have companion study, my wifi was being super wack and kept cutting in and out for about a half hour. We had kinda given up on it working, but then said a prayer, and zoom worked for the rest of our meeting!! Just a quick lil testament of the power of prayer for ya haha

I have already learned so much Lingua Romană in the past few days and am super excited to keep learning more:))

Home mtc is actually kinda great and I really appreciate being able to sleep in my own, very comfortable bed, and being able to eat Taco Bell

Hope everyone is doing well and has a good week:)

La revedere!!

Ciao!

Sora Tobler