Well Folks! My time is ending real soon at the MTC! But I am so excited to Head to Cali tomorrow at about 4 AM!
Funny story, so my companion wakes me up every morning, so I just trust that she is waking me up at the right time. So on Tuesday she wake mes up and we get in the shower. While I am getting dressed, I grab my watch and put it on and (keep in mind I am like out of it in the morning times haha) I stare at my watch for about 3 minutes. I realized it was 1:10 in the MORNING!!! ONE TEN!! Haha. SO I yelled to my compaion in the shower, "SISTER. WHY IS IT ONE TEN!!!" Hahahaha. For some reason the alarm went off at 1 in the morning. I did think it was interesting as we got in the shower and there wasnt a line and we were the first ones.. Anyways. We got a good laugh and went back to sleep. Getting readying in the morning went by super fast since we didn't have to shower! hahaha. Moral of the story: Don't trust your companion to wake you up. Ha!! I love her so much.
Mom (and everyone!) I know you were looking forward to hearing about the devotionals so here is what I learned. Sis Snow spoke about how we all need to have the courage as Nephi did, "I will go, I will do, the things the Lord commands. I know he will provide a way he wants me to obey." I am going to sing this song during the mission a lot! Brother Snow spoke to us about how is it JUST AS IMPORTANT to reactivate an inactive member as it is to baptize a nonmember. I thought that was really neat. I hope I get to work with less-active members because I want them to come to church with me! I will be there friend! Also Mom, every day I cry during the lessons. Thanks for the Gene... haha. I think of you every time I start getting teary eyed!
Julia and I eat together everyday almost every meal. Today we got breakfast to go and had some fun laughs in the hallway. I love seeing her everywhere. We are in different zones but see each other basically all day. We decorated the other Sister petersen's door for her bday with balloons and filled the shoe bag with candy, she loved it! :) Thanks mom!
We had an investigator named Sarah who we were teaching. She was very stubborn!
She talked about different points in the bible and was fighting us on what we believed (sort of). It was intimidating, very very intimidating. She said that I didnt know what it was like to lose someone and if i did understand what it was like then I would show emotion! like hello. I'm so emotional. I can show her some emotion. So I cried and bore my testimony. About how God loves us. And She said that ever since her son died she has felt distanced from God. It broke my heart. I reassured her that turning away from God would not help her, but turning too him would. Then I kept crying during the lesson thinking about the family who died in the plane crash. I think about them alot. But its great that families are forever and I am glad that I know that. Afterwards she said that she liked how I was showing emotion and I was like oh bother hahaha.
Fast and testimony meeting was incredible. I have never felt the spirit so strong and felt so much love for everyone in the room. I am going to miss my district so much. Half of them are going to Montana and they are remarkable and have changed my life. I have learned and grown so much from them and I am sad to part. Sister and I were talking about how we just want to give them hugs and tell them how much we love them. But I guess we can just hug each other since we cant hug the elders.. haha
Anyways. The MTC has been amazing and the spirit is so strong her. I wish you all could experience what I got to experience here and love it as much as I did! I hope you all are doing well! I love you! :)
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