Only 18 days to go??? Oh my... time has just flown. Its weird though, because i feel like i have been here forever... the first day of the MTC seems like ages ago. But at the same time, times gone by super fast.
The weeks are just so short. I feel like yesterday was Sunday, when we taught the relief society lesson. And now here i am again, typing a weekly email.
This week we learned a lot of tenses. (future tense, perfect and past participle, imperfect, passive voice, commands, and preterit.) Yeah... its a lot. A new thing every single day. There are like 3 different kinds of past tense, and its super important which one you use. It's so hard.. me and Dixon are struggling a little bit with it. But also, know we know a lot more information, so this next week we can start applying it. Also our goal this week is to only speak Spanish when we're in our classroom. I thought i would know a lot more Spanish by now .. being more than half way done. But i probably know more than i think. Also everyone tells me to just accept the fact that i wont know the language when i get to Argentina. I'll understand it like 4 or 5 months in haha. Even though i can understand everything my teachers and investigators say.. they speak slower Spanish so that us missionaries can understand it clearly.
On Tuesday we were all given a print out of a talk by Elder Rasband called "Let the holy spirit guide"... and were told to study it before the devotional that night. That talk is sooo good. I realized that i can actually pray in the morning to have spiritual promptings throughout the day, so i can exercise my willingness to act on nudges i get from the spirit. (everyone go read that talk). For choir that night they said we were being recorded and broadcast to all the MTCs all over the world. So we knew something special was gonna happen. And turns out... Elder Rasband came!!!!!!!!! That means i've heard from 2 apostles while in the MTC. Whooo. He had microphones set up, and we all were allowed to go up and ask him questions about the role of the holy ghost in missionary work, and then he answered them. He also spent a lot of time testifying that Thomas S Monson is the true prophet, and how much he loves us.
I really do like the MTC...my district is so fun. Me, Dixon, elder Harper, and elder lumsden all hang out the most. I have honestly laughed with them so so much. There have been times where we laugh so hard that my abs killllll afterward. Maybe we're just delirious because we study so much, so we'll laugh at anything.. idk. But i love it.
On Monday they had CHICK-FIL-A. Anyone who knows me... knows that i almost cried from pure happiness. I took some extra chick-fil-a sauces and stashed them in my purse. Don't judge me haha.
On Wednesday we were able to be hosts! So we stood on the curb and got the new missionaries, and took them to their rooms with their suitcases. My girl was crying when i got her and i didnt know what to do. So i just talked her through what her first day would be like, and told her she was going to have lots of fun.. told her about the devotionals and everything. When i dropped her off at her classroom she thanked me for helping her and lifting her mood. I hope we get to be hosts again next week!
The grass field opened up for gym time! And it has been SO hot outside for the past 2 days. But its so much fun.. we usually just play frisbee and hang out with our zone. Me and Dixon did one of those two person cartwheels.. and everyone thought we were soooo skilled haha.
Me and my district were all talking the other day about how in 2 weeks we'll be at the airport together. It seems so surreal! Can't even believe it. Its crunch time.. i really need to crack down on Espanol
Something cool that happened this week was during our TRC lesson. That morning i had prayed to be able to recognize promptings and act on them. Then during our lesson, our investigator was asking us how we're supposed to "endure to the end, and have a perfect brightness of hope", when things are going wrong in our lives. and that she's prayed for god to help with her trials, but he hasn't taken them away. Then the scripture Mosiah 24:14-15 popped into my mind, and i shared it with her. It totally answered her question.. and explained that God doesn't take away our burdens.. he just helps us lift them. He gives us strength to endure, and to serve cheerfully. I was so grateful that those verses were able to come into my mind by the Holy Ghost.. cuz they weren't originally in the lesson plan.
Hope you're all doing fantastic! Tengan una buena semana!
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