Well, this week has been an amazing
one!
This is mostly just going to be days
flip flopped everywhere cuz I can't quite remember everything that happened in
this week; little bit of a blur.
On Wednesday we were all kinda
thrown right into the mix of everything! I initially thought we would have time
to put our clothes away and meet our companions but instead I was just taken
right to my district. Everyone is super chill especially my companion. His name
is Elder Storey and he reminds me of one of my childhood friends. We have a
good time together!
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| Elder Boyer, Elder Gunnell, Elder Storey, Elder Hunter, Elder Wilkinson, Elder Porter, Elder Dunn, Elder Kipping, Sister Scott, Sister EbMeyer, Sister Field, Sister Alston, Sister Matthews, Sister Ogden (I don't think he gave these to me in order... so don't freak out!) |
I woke up Thursday morning
overwhelmingly sad. But I noticed that as I got ready for the day and put my
name tag I started getting excited again. This pretty much happens every day. I
do know that whenever I am 'anxiously engaged' in the work, I am at peace with
myself and I don't really miss family/friends. But whenever I have some free
time I start to think of the good times. But that has been going away lately. I
AM SO HAPPY TO BE HERE!!! It was actually way cool. So one of the times that I
had free time I started to think about home again. So, I began to pray for
strength. When I ended my prayer I knocked my Book of Mormon open on the table
and it turned to Alma 13. The first verse I saw was v. 6 and it said, "And
thus being called by this holy calling, and ordained unto the high priesthood
of the holy order of God, to teach his commandments unto the children of men,
that they also might enter into his rest-" So this had never happened to
me before so I kinda sorta flipped out! I always heard stories about this kinda
thing but I never actually thought it could happen to me. That was one of my
coolest things to ever happen to me. It truly gave me comfort, it almost felt
like a jump start.
The MTC time is really weird After
the second day I felt like I had been here for a month. The day itself seems to
go by so fast, but then the weeks kinda drag on. I've heard it goes by faster
after your first Sunday though. It feels like we role play and teach every
second of every day. It is great practice but a part of me just wants to study
the scriptures more often. Our whole schedule is planned out by the second so
sometimes it feels like we have barely any study time. The other Elders in my
district agree...
Our first three days were filled
with mandatory meetings. One of the lessons was on the dress code and it seems
like the MTC's favorite thing to teach. We have heard the same lesson about 3
times now but by different people.
It’s awesome to see how much I have
grown just by preaching this gospel to role play peep's. I've gained a better
understanding about how to converse with future investigators and how to teach
certain lessons. We had a meeting with a TRC (which basically means they are an
investigator) named Jose De-Leon yesterday and it went super well. We went in
wanting to get to know him then slide right into our lesson about the Plan of
Salvation & Christ's Earthly Ministry. But about 1/4 of the way into the
lesson I just felt like we should spend the rest of the time getting to know
him and becoming his friend....so we will just teach him next time
instead.
Sunday's are the long days. There is
no free time, and we just are class hopping the entire day. It's really tiring
but the end of the day made everything so worth it. We watched a film on Elder
David A. Bednar (my favorite apostle) that the MTC made when he came for a
devotional a couple years ago. It is definitely my favorite talk EVER!
Unfortunately, you can only see it while you are in the MTC. It was titled 'the
Character of Christ.' Wow, just Wow! There was so much information in the one
video I wish I could go back and watch it a few more times to hear what I
missed. Ahhhh, Elder Bednar! What a guy! Hopefully the MTC releases it to the
church so that we can all watch it! It is literally like riding an emotional
roller-coaster; he will be super funny in some parts then in other parts he'll
be extra spiritual, then in others he'll be what I like to call Elder Holland
serious. Saying it was amazing is absolutely an understatement.
Anyway, I am enjoying the MTC. I'm
not getting too fat, and I love this Gospel.
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