day 4- today we went to the gym for an hour and then ate breakfast. nothing new and exciting there. we then had our meeting for TRC so that was cool to learn about how we will have investigators in the MTC. today in class was a lot more of a struggle than its been so far. while we were preparing for a lesson to teach hannah for our last time, nothing was flowing or clicking and i had my first mental breakdown here at the MTC. it so happens that my companion was having the same problem we we both had breakdowns. it really tested my faith and why im here. just gotta remember God wants/needs me here. so this is where ill be. we taught hannah and it went pretty well considering said breakdown before. then lunch and we went outside to read the scriptures for class. then dinner. yum. actually it really wasnt all that good. i cant wait to cook my own food in cali. we had class again and learned how to teach the first lesson in 3 minutes.... it was challenging and frustrating and then down to 1 minute. even worse. and then the most challenging ...... :30 second.s so today was filled with breakdowns and stress and frustration. but in all fairness, you cant win them all.
day 5- today was sunday. everyone is always saying "make it to sunday!" so all is well, i made it to sunday. it was also fast sunday but in all honesty... i totally forgot about food today so it wasnt bad! we had tons of meetings like sacrement, Relief society, district meeting, devotional, films on conference talks, oh and SURPRISE i joined choir. well our whole district did THERE WERE SO MANY MISSIONARIES THERE! but if you go to choir of fast sundays, you get to get dinner 2 hours earlier.... so pretty sure half the elders wont be there next week! today felt so long and never ending but i seriously love being a missionary with all its ups and downs!
day 6- today was sooooo long. we woke up and went to the gym. ps thats my stress reliever x12. after that we had our first lesson in TRC. it went GREAT! her name was barbara and we taught her on the restoration of the church. i love teaching about that! i never knew i would love teaching any of this. ive always been afraid to voice my opinion on anything church related. i dont think ive prayed this much. like ever. but wow prayer really is so special and important. we then had a lesson then lunch. i had a few bites of my food and then felt super sick to my stomach. so i have enjoyed fruit for my past few meals! but im not complaining. our second TRC appointment went well as well! again we taught on the restoration. dinner was dinner. well actually it was taco bell. then class.
day 7- today was basic MTC life. we taught our investigator barbara and she prayed for us!!! it was so amazing. then with paula we taught her about the importance of the book of mormon. she told us that this was exactly what shes been looking for in her life. we then had a tuesday night devotional and ELDER BEDNAR CAME TO SPEAK! we sang in the choir during the devotional a song called Precious Savior. ahhhhhh it was so pretty. and i balled. (apparently being a missionary has broke me and now im an emotional person). the devotional was amazing and he taught us how to better understand conference. i learned soooooo much from that man. hes such an inspirational person. i love when he states at the end of he talks "i witness" while bearing his testimony! CHILLS! afterwords we shared our thoughts on the talk.
day 8- IVE BEEN OUT A WEEK!? its flown yet crawled by. they werent kidding when they say days feel like weeks and weeks feel like days. strange. today we learned how to teach the plan of salvation. its amazing how every lesson revolves and centers around christ. i love it! i feel like i forgot what happened today..... oh! Barbara knows the book of mormon is true and committed to reading it everyday and praying to feel gods love. paula also knows its true and shes committed to keeping the word of wisdom. oh and she also committed to BAPTISM! oh how i love her! you really do feel the saviors love for all of your investigators!
day 9- today we went and worked out and ate. while going back to our room we sang songs from wicked so that was way fun and i LOVED IT! then when we tried to open our door NONE of our keys would work! we were locked out for 10 minutes at least. stressful i know. k the story gets better. we tried again and again and nothing. we all said a prayer. and tried one more time AND IT WORKED!!!!! (little miracles people) after we went in we tried it again to see if it was just jammed and it didnt work..... god is good! and he answers your prayers!!! nothing exciting happened today but at the end of the day we were all slap happy cuz we are all so tired! i found a way cool scripture in D&C. its D&C 19:15-20
day 10- THATS TODAY! we went to the temple again and did endowments. I LOVE THE TEMPLE!!!! i wish i could be there 24/7. after that we did our laundry and now we are emailing! whoot whoot! after this i bet youll never guess where we're going.... THATS RIGHT! THE GYM! yay!
in case yall are confused about page 33..... in the missionary handbook or "white bible" page 33 talks about elders and sisters arent aloud to be alone together or flirt. long story short our district always makes jokes about page 33.
oh and i have a super funny story that i you will ALL laugh about!!! kkkkkkkkk here goes......
one of the investigators was getting ready to be baptized but he still wasnt sure if he was ready. the missionaries told him to read 1 Nephi 3:7. BUT INSTEAD TOLD HIM TO LOOK UP 3 NEPHI 3:7-8!!! (seriously..... look them both up and you will know how funny this story is... im about to fall out of my chair laughing while typing this.) he read it after the missionaries left and got super confused. hahaha but dont worry. this story has a happy ending. after the missionaries fixed their mistake, he agreed to be baptized!
im telling you people. this is hilarious! hahhaha
I love you all! Thanks for all the support!
-Sister Page
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