One week down and online MTC (missionary training) has been a surprisingly busy and awesome experience! I'm so excited to love and teach in South Carolina! I'll try to keep these short but if you skip to the pictures every week I guess I won't be bitter;)
Seeds of Faith
So my companion (Sister Myers) and I have been doing practice lessons with people called "helping others". We did a couple lessons with a girl named Aubrey and the first lesson kinda blew. She grew up atheist so didn't know anything about God and is studying microbiology at BYU so she had a pretty scientific perspective regarding religion. Next lesson we decided to focus on teaching about God and LISTEN to her and get to know her interests more. We wound up using science to explain God and we could feel the Spirit so strong that entire lesson and knew we had changed Aubrey's views of religion as well! Here's a couple points that I I learned and that grew my testimony during that lesson:
1. God is literally the master scientist and His light is physically and symbolically the foundation of life as ALL LIFE NEEDS LIGHT TO FUNCTION.
2. All people have so much to contribute to this church and we are not here to erase the truths they've already discovered. A quote from president Hinckley reads: "Let me say that we appreciate the truth in all churches and the good which they do. We say to the people, in effect, you bring with you all the good that you have, and then let us see if we can add to it. That is the spirit of this work." LOVE THAT!
Funny Coincidences:
-A missionary asked if his tractor license would be needed in the mission. Unfortunately our teacher said no but if you see an elder driving a tractor to appointments that's THE Elder Wallentine haha!
-Sister Myers and I are THE SAME PERSON and here's proof: We both went wake surfing as our last hurrah the Saturday before starting MTC, we both love sports, we both talk a lot (I think my district can attest to that), we literally think the same and she always says what I was gonna say before me in discussions (spiritual telepathy??), and we both are the coolest sister missionaries you'll ever see:) Ok that last one may be a stretch-- all the sisters are awesome!
Gratitude:
-music (fav song rn is "Flying" by Cody Fry. Go check it out!)
-Gods love: I promise YOU it's there for you ALWAYS!
-my epic family!
-a loving couple that I had never met before came and talked to me for a while at Target after a stressful day and made me so happy! (Shoutout to the Culps!) Go uplift a stranger today. I promise you'll make their day and your love for others will grow!
Southern Vocabulary:
"Bless their/your heart": A phrase many use when you've done something wrong and/or they nicely gossip about you.
Ex. "Bless her heart but Sister Freeman completely burned the fried chicken!"
Pictures!
1. My first day picture! (Taken, like all the others, by my fantastic mom.)
2. My district!
3. My comp and I!
4. Charged with breaking and entering your heart (God was the driver.)
5. <333
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