I cleaned a haunted house!

 What is up y'all? How are things going? I hope well. This week at the MTC has been awesome, but it's kind of weird that it's going to be over soon and that in a week I will be out in Colorado. Now to get to Going on.I spend a lot of my time in classes.Learning on the best ways to preach to the gospel. I've had a lot of spiritual experiences in these classes. Sunday was probably one of the most spiritual Sundays of my life.We had an amazing fast and testimony meeting, and then we had a go and do experience. It's where we spend 2 hours studying a topic in a certain section of scripture and then talk about it with our companions. It was one of the most spiritual experiences of my life. I got an amazing testimony of how important The Book of Mormon is and how true it is.

      On monday we are classes again but it was the first time I wasn't home for one of my siblings birthdays (Happy Birthday Max!) It was a really weird experience not being able to call home. In our afternoon class, me and my companions were challenged to make a video on why we pray and why it is important. If you haven't seen it, it's on my Facebook.

(Or watch here!) If you'd like to watch it, go check it out. That evening, we had a workshop on working with local members of the church to build connections in the community. I got to share some experiences I have had with our local elders and about how important connecting with members is. 

      On Tuesday, me and my district were able to go to the temple and do baptisms for the dead, which is always a super spiritual experience. But the bus ride was really packed, we felt like sardine in a can, but it was all made better when all the missionaries started busting out singing hymns and it felt awesome to feel the spirit. That evening we had a devotional by Brother Roman of the seventy. He gave an amazing devotional on how important it is to be committed to the work and how being committed to the work will help us feel the spirit and find those who are in need of the gospel. 




       On Wednesday. We once again went back to the temple and repacked just as tightly in a bus. Once again we sang hymns and it was super spiritual. I always love when I go to the temple, I always feel the love of God closer in my life. That afternoon, our class topic was on the importance of baptism and how we can better teach it to people we meet. We got to practice fake teaching the lessons to one another and I felt I did pretty well.

    Today for p, day we haven't done much yet. We did some laundry and cleaned up our room. But our service project was cleaning one of the other buildings on campus. I honestly feel like it was haunted. It was kind of spooky and the feeling of the spirit was not as strong in the building, but as we cleaned and played hymns to pass the time, I could feel the spirit growing and my joy and comfort returned. 

         Everything is going well. I miss my friends and I miss my family. But it honestly still doesn't feel like I'm on a mission. It feels like after I leave the MTC I'll be going home, but maybe that's what Colorado will feel like—home. But everything is going well. It's kind of weird. A new set of missionaries arrived yesterday for training and it is weird it doesn't feel like I was one of them a week ago, I feel like i've grown so much and learned so much in the last week. The food hasn't got any better now. Honestly feels like some days it's worse and I can't wait to cook my own. I feel like they're just setting us up to be grateful for everything in the field. I'm honestly so excited to teach the people of Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska. 

I do have a quick spiritual thought in Alma 30:44 This verse is about a discussion a man, who is trying to disprove God, is having with the prophet Alma. He's asking him to prove that there is a God and in verse 44 he responds that everything proves there is a God. I challenge you to look around you, and find the way that a random object proves that there is a God. Personally for me right now the cherry blossoms are blooming on the campus and the beauty testifies to me that God is real and that He loves me. Back when I used to live here in Utah, we had a cherry tree in our backyard and they would fruit in June and that always reminded me of my birthday so cherry blossoms remind me of the love God has for me and the amazing month of June period.





















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