Thank you for all the letters that everyone has been sending
me. It has been really nice to letters every day!
So this week was a little weird. Since we were supposed to
come the day before thanksgiving the MTC didn't have any new missionaries that
week. So when people started leaving on monday and Tuesday the MTC started to
get really empty. It was nice to have short lines in the cafeteria, but when we
went to the gym I found myself wondering where everyone was.
Also it snowed all day Tuesday so we have about 6-8 inches
of snow here and it is below 10 degrees here, needless to say my companion and I
are freezing!! (but all of the rooms we go to are really warm so don't worry)
Tuesday night we had a devotional where Elder Ballard was
supposed to come but he couldn't make it because of the snow. So Bruce C. Hafen
from the first Quorum of the Seventy got called at 4 that he would be the one
talking to us that night. Talk about short notice! He talked to us about why missionaries
go to the temple before the MTC. ( He also said that the MTC is EFY on
steroids)
On Sunday we each got new callings. Sister S and I are now
the Sister Training Leaders. which means that it is our responsibility to
welcome all of the new sisters who came in on Wednesday, decorate their doors,
visit them each night, show them around, and teach them the rules. So far it
has been great! The new sisters are all really strong. One of them is even from
Highland Utah but she doesn't know Jim and Jill, I asked.
This Thursday was our in-field orientation. It was 9 hours
long!! I had heard a lot of bad things about it, but I actually really liked it.
They kept us moving around to different rooms, there was a lot of object
lessons, and we had multiple chances to participate. They also did a play to
show us what the first Sunday will be like and two of the sisters in my
district got chosen to play the primary president and relief society president.
The play was hilarious because they totally played off the stereotypical fresh
out of the MTC, dorky missionary. I also got to see Elder Christianson from
"The District" and hug one of the sisters (I don't remember her last
name) from "The District".
The teachers here are great. Elder N and Elder N teach us almost everyday for three hours each. We practice teaching
investigators who are our teachers. Then we go over one of the eight
fundamentals, watch a demonstration, and then practice for ourselves. For
example one of the fundamentals is Teach people Not lessons. With that we learn
how to listen to our investigator and teach them what they most need to here
even if it is not the lesson we have prepared.
So I took a break to go get my laundry out of the dryer and
Sister S and I left our laundry bags in the classroom to go get our sack
lunches but when we got back our bags were gone. We then found two of our
elders hiding behind chairs in the hallway because they took it. When we
demanded it back the only thing they said is that there is a note on my desk.
The note said go to the elevator for laundry( we are on the second floor). In
the elevator there was another note that said go to the fourth floor. At the
top it said go to room 431. At 431 it said go to the girls bathroom on the
third floor. Outside the bathroom it said go to room 314B. In that room
it said your laundry is right below you. So we went down to the second floor and
our elders were sitting quietly in there with our bags in the corner. So all in
all, they are creative but very very annoying. :)
Until Next Time,
Sister Megan Hodgson
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