Holy Smokes, this week is crazy because it's my last week here!! I can't believe I've already been here in the MTC for so long! It's already been 8 weeks and it's funny, because around here I feel like such a veteran. It's also funny to think about because in a few short days I am going to be a super newbie/greenie so it'll be fun to go through all that again.
We taught an awesome lesson in the TRC last week to a Native Honduran woman who talked very softly but extremely fast Spanish. The lesson went great, we kept her involved, asked a lot of questions, shared scriptures, testified, and at the end of the lesson we committed her to baptism and set a date! It was funny because we suggested she get baptized on the 8th of August and she said the 9th was her birthday! We told her hey, what better gift can you get than the gift of the Holy Ghost and to have your sins washed away?? She was a great investigator and we learned a lot from her. These lessons are always super exciting.
Well we got a new district last week and our zone has been huge! We have over 50 missionaries and it's pretty wild in our residence hall. I'm so proud of them and grateful for a mission president that really emphasizes being obedient with exactness. At first I may have been a little bit skeptical but it has made the transition so much easier and it helps everyone out. The Lord blesses you when you are obedient and it really is the first law of heaven. The new missionaries are all great and it's cool being able to take the lead and set an example. We taught them a couple lessons last week and showed them all the ins and outs of the MTC. We're definitely doing our best to show them EVERYTHING here, especially the stuff that past zone leaders didn't tell us.
Well I got my flight plans last week, so that's super exciting! I am leaving August 10th from the SLC airport at 8:31 so hopefully everything works out. Flight plans are an amazing gift when you've been in the MTC for quite a while.
We had some really awesome lessons this week about faith and obedience. We had a large group meeting about faith and the fact that we are sent out to baptize. There's nowhere we can be sent that we cannot baptize. The Lord has prepared so many people to receive the Gospel and we're just going out to harvest. We really do need to have faith and talk to everyone. You can never judge or tell who would be receptive to hearing the Gospel. We also had a lesson in class about faith and about the faith of the brother of Jared. He had so much that it was a perfect knowledge. We need to have that same kind of faith he had, so we can see the Lord's hand in our lives. I realized that there is always so much room to improve and I can definitely build my faith. It's always good to have something to work towards.
We had a zone workshop on Saturday that was totally awesome and reminded me of things I could do better in my teaching. We had one on asking questions, testifying, and one on scriptures. We taught entire principles and lessons doing solely one of these things and it made me appreciate the strength of all of them. We need to use the Lord's word in teaching and promising blessings (scriptures), we teach very powerfully when it’s something that has made a significant impact on your personal life (testifying), and asking questions is the way to get the investigator to search in their life and find applications that they can use daily. It really made me think and realize that lessons should definitely not be me talking - they should be talking, reading scriptures, and thinking about these principles. I'm so grateful for all of my teachers here - they are phenomenal and have taught me so much! They really push me to do more than i thought i could. One's leaving today so we have to say goodbye and take pictures with him and such.
We had a great mission conference on Sunday and once again they focused on obedience and the fact that selective obedience is no obedience at all! Obedience really is vital in everything we do. They also talked about how great it is that we will have a perfect judge who knows the desires of our hearts. On Sunday, the elders in my district sang a song and it was sweet! We did it acapella (Be still my soul) - it went way better than ever before and we made the President cry - i think that's a good thing.
We are teaching an investigator today in front of all the new missionaries, so we had a meeting on monday for that and it was really cool. When we do this, we can't have anything else on our mind than the desire to truly get to know and bless these people. I'm excited - it's an awesome opportunity! We've attended some departure health meetings and things and seen immature missionaries that haven't been here too long and are rowdy. It makes us appreciate our awesome zone who strives to do the best in everything we do.
We had a great fireside last night about faith and obedience, and it was just sweet. They talked about how fear makes mountains out of mole hills and faith makes mole hills out of mountains. And sometimes trying doesn't bring triumph. You just have to get the job done! We always get great inspirational speakers.
Well we went to the temple for the last time this morning and it was great!! I hope we get to in Arizona!
I'm pretty sure I’m singing for a devotional on Sunday here in front of the whole MTC so hopefully that goes good! it's the duet I told you about before. I've been kinds of sick this week but i'm finally getting over it and things are goin great! Working hard and loving it!!
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