I believe we get our travel plans on friday for Costa Rica so that's really exciting. Everyone is really excited to leave but I'm still just trying to enjoy the MTC because I'm sure I'll miss it. It's definitely bittersweet. This week was a little bit different than usual because... Me and Elder Millward got to leave the MTC!! Elder Millward got a filling done on his tooth right before he came into the MTC but it has been bothering him so he had to go back to the dentist to get it fixed. We ended up having to go twice (the first time just see if he needed a new filling, and the second time to actually do the filling). It was pretty boring honestly since i just had to sit there but it was just funny cuz we were so excited to go to the dentist haha. That's what the MTC does to you... Everyone in our district was so jealous of us but it was literally just a 5 minute drive away from the MTC. It was really cool and weird to drive past BYU and around Provo where I was living just a few months ago for college.
We ended up missing 2 lessons with our investigator Brian though which was sad. So we hardly taught this last week which was really weird. We only have 2 more lessons with him and Elder Millward won't be there for our lesson with him tomorrow because we are going on exchanges for the day with another district that one of our teacher teaches. Other than that nothing too exciting has happened. I'm not the district leader anymore :( . They switch district leaders halfway through the MTC so i got released on Sunday and now my companion Elder Millward is the new district leader. I thought it would be kind of nice not to have as much responsibility but i miss it. Our district is now the oldest district in our zone because no district came into our zone the week before ours did and so the next oldest district just left today.
The MTC has been such a great experience for me so far and I have learned so much and have never felt closer to Christ before in my life. It's weird to think about where you are sometimes and that you feel so closed off from the rest of the world, but there's a reason for it. Without the distractions of the world (phone, netflix, music, school, internet, etc.) I've been able to really focus on studying the gospel, learning the language, and serving others and the Lord. Before my mission it always felt kind of hard to do those things, but now it feels so easy and I look forward to doing those things each and every day. I hope you all have a great week this week!
Love,
Elder Smith
P.s. Sorry for the late response. The computers suddenly stopped working near the end of my email time so I couldn't send it til now. Apparently all the computers at the MTC and BYU went down for a period of time today.
Pictures: Our whole zone last week, elders in our district during class, "Christmas" plan, our whole district with our teacher Hermana Guerrero, and drawing plans for four square.
No comments:
Post a Comment