Hi!!!
I am alive and well and down to 25:57 to write this email, so I hope I get everything in that I need to, we only are allowed 30 minutes to write on pday in the MTC so they tell us to just print off the emails we recieve so that we can have a hard copy before we get booted off...anyway i am loving it! the days go by long and the weeks go by fast is what everyone says...my companion's name is sister bollinger, she was raised in florida then a couple months ago her family moved to provo & she will be serving in the salt lake city south mission too...her family lives right above the temple haha
all the elders in our district are going to the same mission (but they don't need bikes!) oh & there are 7 of them...they are all pretty entertaining to be honest...we have so much fun! they almost all have girls waiting for them and they are all so tiny i feel old! haha but still,, it's way fun!
we have 2 teachers, brother clemets and brother hoopes, but hoopes is out of town so brother call has been coming in so it's like we have 3 teachers. they are all pretty entaertaining...and all of our personalities are coming out and it's so fun to see!
we all play district volleyball during our gym time every day sinec the gym is CLOSED so we go up to the field every day, which is nice to get outside! it's right next to the temple, and we get to go on a temple walk with our district every sunday aswell, but the temple is CLOSED for the next 3 weeks so no temple trips or gym classes for us! dangit!
oh! and i forgot to mention our two roommates, sister burrows and sister howard are from orem utah & alaska, and they are going to the london south mission & working in the visitors center there so they will be at the mtc for 3 weeks, and we leave for the field ont he 27th...
ps, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DEAR ELDERS AND LETTERS AND CUPCAKES!!!!!!!!!!! my companion gets at least one package everyday so it's nice to get a little note or something so i don't feel like a total loser ;) jk
there is just so much to tell!
we are teaching 5 investigators right now and 1 inactive, they are SO HARD!!! we compare with the rest of our companionships how things are going and they have such easy people! but i guess we get even more prepared for the work, right??
oh! i am learning new zeland lingo!! lollies are candies, biscuits are cookies, and if i call you a skuxx, you are a STUD. MUFFIN.
elder mo'unga is from new zeland so i make him teach me in his cool accent...
my nickname is sister giggles!
oh and i hit my head with the volleyball SUPER hard yesterday...i have a goose egg
sister megan brown and elder josh taylor are here! it's fun to see some familiar faces around every once in a while...
the spirit here is just SO incredible!! i am exhausted at the end of every day, but so thankful to be where i am. I can feel my heart growing more and more every second. it's amazing to know when you are teaching a lesson and that you think there is no more to be said, then you just sit there with a prayer in your heart and all of a sudden the Spirit takes over and knows EXACTLY what that person needs to hear!!
oh! i have a tutor, she is in her 60's...her name is sister corbett and i LOVE her! she is so helpful & i am DIVING like CRAAAZY into the scriptures!
I just can't seem to get enough!
OH! and i feel very proud, elder ikahihifo (ick-uh-hee-hee-foh) it's super fun to say, try really LOUD haha anyway, i made him snort twice!!!! wooo!! i personally only have once, and that was today.
i just love the Savior and how I get to be doing his work, i am blessed.
Last night we had the MOST unique experience at devotional i guess the MTC has ever had, Elder Winkel came & gave a presentation on the Atonement of our Savior and it was AMAZING.
My heart grew 3 sizes last night i am sure.
i challenge us all to think of what we personally need to shed of our natural man to come unto Christ. He suffered SO much for us, Elder Mxwell told us that we are to "Love Him in this difficult time, in this difficult world and you WILL NOT FAIL"
I have faith in this statement.
I know I am doing what I should.
I love you all, I don't have time to upload pictures, but will be sending them along in the mail so maybe you can scan them in.,...
THIS IS AMAZING i am so glad i'm here :)
Talk to you in a week!
Sister G
ps, read Ether 3....i had my district do it last night & i LOVE it
OH! and go squeeze Adriane for me!!! :D
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