Guten Tag! Well it's Thursday and I've officially made it through my first week at the MTC! Things were tough at first but now I feel a constant happiness, no matter how tough things get or how homesick I get. Those feelings still come but I cope, focus on the work and its all ok. Mom the lord has definately answered your prayers. Every night I feel you praying for me and I can feel your arms around me. Now that I have some time, let me tell you some of my favorite experiences I've had so far. On the second or third day, the sisters in my district were really feeling sick and we had the opportunity of giving them a blessing. Sister Price asked for me and Elder Walking Eagle to bless her. Elder Walking Eagle (by the way Walking Eagle is actually just his last name. His first name is Shane) annointed her and I gave her a blessing. I've given a couple blessings before but the spirit is so strong here that this one was really special. I could literally feel my heavenly father speaking through me. I know the sisters were grateful but I was especially grateful to them for giving me such a wonderful opportunity.On Tuesday we taught our first lesson in the T.E. which is a program where you preach to people posing as investigators. I was really nervous and discouraged about it all day and it really had me down. During Gym I was at the height of my anxiety and some random Elder came up and talked to me and we got talking about movies and some of my favorite actors. It really calmed me down and I quickly realized that that Elder was an answer to my prayers. It taught me to make sure and be kind and social with everyone just in case their day isn't going well. When it came time to teach our lesson, all my fears were put to rest as the Lord stepped in and empowered us. We ended up teaching a very good and thorough lesson. There's always room to improve but for our first lesson I'd say it was pretty darn good.A Mother's NOTE: Thanks for the good examples and unselfish acts of kindness people show each day!
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We love reading about your "scary man", what a great idea to blog it all. I'm sure you already know that you can make your blog into a book, that would be such a great memory keeper.
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