40 days & 40 Nights...

She must be doing great because the word of the day in her email was "Amazing" of which she used at least 3 times describing different things. One of those things was the "Amazing" time she had celebrating her 40 days and 40 might at the MTC with a party in her room. Can you guys believe it?! 40 days already?! WOW!
I have added a ticker on the right hand side of the screen that counts down to her estimated departure to Latvia. She said she will be leaving April 13th or 14th.
She had a great week this week which started off with the dedication of the Draper Temple. For those of us who also attended we can echo her enthusiasm when she said it was "Amazing"! She mentioned that she had been to a temple dedication before but it didn't mean as much because she hadn't been through yet. She also got to attend an "Amazing" devotional by Elder Johnson of the Quorum of the Seventy, which was just what she needed.
A missionary from Latvia who is serving in Russia was at the MTC this last week and they were all so excited to talk to him in Latvian but were totally bummed to find out he spoke Russian. From what I know the predominate languages in Latvia are Latvian, Russian and German. Speaking of the language, she's starting to get it better. Her instructors only speak Latvian in class and she seems to understand it although she bombed once again in an "all Latvian" discussion they had to practice on!
Okay time for a guilt trip of all the family...this last week the only 2 people she heard from were me and Debbie! (Please add yourself to the list if you have sent her a letter snail mail and she just hasn't received it yet!) Come on what's up with these big tough Hermann boys that are so protective of their little sis?! Let's kick it in gear guys and show Rachel our support! Even if it's just a short little email, she misses us and wants to know that we're okay too.
Alright guilt trip over. :) I know she's in all our prayers though so Thank you for that! Just so you all know her p-day is Thursday of which 30 minutes is email time. If you don't get an email to her by Wednesday night she probably wont get it until the following week.
Ok family, that's about all the update I have! Let me know if you have anything else you would like to add and I will get it posted. Have a great week!!