Dear Family, 12/9/2013
Yay for P-days!! My laundry is currently washing downstairs
as we speak. So before I get into stuff about the MTC I am going to answer some
questions from home.
It sounds like
scrooge is going great make sure you tape it so I can watch it when I get home.
I have seen
Sister Sarah Telford, Sister Waverly Smith, and Elder Brett ( Sister
Viertel's nephew) and I have taken pictures with both girls.
So now for MTC life.
Here is an example of one of my schedules: 7 am personal
study 8:15 breakfast additional study 8:45- 9:10 TRC- progressing investigator
9:10- 10:10 classroom 10:10- 1:10 lunch 1:10 zone teaching 1:55- 2:40 classroom
2:45- 5:45 daily planning 5:45 dinner 6:10 additional study 6:55- 8 gym 8:10- 9
get ready for bed, journal, etc 9:30- 10:15 quiet time 10:15 lights out 10:30
pm then repeat.
Life at the MTC is very busy. It is really hard, we
learn everything so quickly here I am starting to understand why you should
memorize scriptures and know where they are. Then hardest thing they asked us
to memorize so far is Joseph Smith's first vision.
My district is really nice we are really starting to bond
after spending so much time together. My companion is Sister S. We also
have Sister P, Sister Sn, Elder B, Elder L, Elder
S and Elder L.
The Temple will be closed until January for cleaning so I
won't be able to go at all, but i am really happy that I am here for three weeks
because there is still so much to learn. For Emily, they do give talks where
they mention worthiness but they haven't talked about it as much as I thought
they would plus I haven't really done anything that would cause a lot of guilt
so I think that I am good. The MTC hasn't really freaked me out, but I am
really scared for New York.
They promised that Thanksgiving at the MTC would be
unforgettable, and they weren't lying. In the morning Elder B, Elder
S, Sister S and I all went to choir practice to sing Hope of Israel
for Russell M. Nelson. Singing in the choir was great the choir director was so
funny. Sister N spoke first, and she said that our mission is a time to
put away childish things. We are on our way to change from a child of God to a
god. She gave us three tips. 1. if there is anything in your life that could
prevent you from moving forward, clean it up 2. do anything you can to improve
your knowledge of the atonement and 3. pray to be lead to someone whose
ancestors are ready to receive their saving ordinances. Elder Nelson suggested
that we make our best friend in the ward be the Ward Mission Leader, and our
second best friend be the Ward Family History Leader. He said we must be
obedient. Obedience brings blessings, exact obedience brings miracles. Remember
your converts, keep in touch with them, encourage them, they are like your
children in the gospel. In order to put the savior first we must put ourselves
second. It is good to have character it is not good to be a character.
Later we had our thanksgiving lesson. It was weird!! These
are some of the musical numbers: piano "Hedwig's theme" song"
over the river and through the woods" and a fiddle piece. then they acted
out the first thanksgiving with missionary volunteers dressed as indians,
turkeys, pilgrims, and a priest! It was fun though.
We then did a service project where we made instant meals
and we made about 350,000 of those and then we ended the day by watching
Ephriam's Rescue.
Until Next Time,
Sister Megan Hodgson
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