Week 3 MTC Letter

This week went really well! We had President Packer's funeral, and there

were some touching remarks given about his life and all he did in his life

of service. All the speakers talked about him being a master teacher and a

man that followed the true example of Christ. Such an inspiring meeting

even though it was in a funeral. So glad to have the knowledge and

testimony of the plan of salvation. Lessons had been pretty difficult with

the language to this point, but it's finally starting to become easier and

directed by the Spirit. This was our first week of TRC, which is basically

a home teaching lesson given to a member family. SO volutneers, mostly RMs,

that attended our mission come and we teach them a lesson that was

specified to us beforehand. We shared a lesson about enduring to the end

and it was a really amazing lesson, lots of spirit and heartfelt

testimonies given during it. Sunday evening we had a devotional given by an

administrative assitant here at the MTC and he talked about each chapter of

Preach my Gospel, which is definitely an inspired book. Loving it as I've

made the goal to read through it all again before I head into the field.

The weeks seem to fly by here at this point, I can't believe it's already

P-Day again. As far as the language goes we are still learning about what

are called cases, which change the ending of a noun depending on the action

it's performing. It's pretty difficult, but our district seems to be doing

really well. We are starting to get into a groove and working well

together. I was made the District Leader this week and I willl serve in the

calling for the next 3 weeks which will be a really great experience to

learn some leadership. Tuesday night's devotional by Elder Banks, a former

GA just barely released, talked about the importance of using the spirit in

our teaching. Not settlingly for medicority and pushing yourself to be the

best missionary that you can be. So I have attached some pictures here, but

they need some explanation. One is of this really cool mission shirt that

they sell here at the MTC (I will admit I was completely and utterly wrong

mom, everyone wears their mission shirts here), so I bought one to match

the rest of my district, but I haven't had a chance to wear it yet because

I needed to wash it since it was kind of like wearing a dress...probably

not MTC appropriate :)...I took a picture by the 2M building which is named

after my Great Great Great Grandfather who helped settle some parts of

Arizona in the Saints trek west, yea, he's pretty awesome! And I'm named

after him :D. Our district also finally was able to attend the Temple this

morning which was quite an amazing experience. I love being able to attend

the temple and have missed it since we haven't been able to go everyday

like I was before I came. Thanks for all the emails, love, and support! I

appreciate all that have written me! There is a quote in 2nd Nephi that I

would like to share which says that "He (Satan) will lull them into a false

sense of carnal security), don't allow the adversary to lull us into a

sense of mediocity! I am going to try to end all my emails with a short

thought, I hope that everyone is ok with that! Loving the missionary life!

Elder Belshe