September 2, 2016 - Hello Everybody! - Provo MTC

Howdy! Howdy! 

The MTC is such a cool place! My first weekend here was super long and felt like it dragged on forever... but once I fell asleep Sunday night it has just cruised! It's crazy! Elder Gold and I have been studying our time away when we can. We have been learning so much! And we have memorized everything from the First Vision to the third lesson, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The food is okay... it all tastes the same! Ha! I've seen Elder Judy a lot! He's awesome! The missionaries that came in this Wednesday are cool, I went to high school with Elder Boyle, he played on the basketball team and he's in my zone! Brad, or Elder Stevens left Wednesday... that was a sad night. Haha! We both cried a little and I left our door cracked so he could come in at 3 in the morning before they left and say good bye! It  was pretty funny. 

The devotionals here are so sweet! It's crazy how much you feel the spirit as a missionary! My whole zone is in the choir! We sang in the Tuesday night devo! Elder Gold is a cool guy he's just like Napoleon Dynomite! It's pretty funny. Here at the MTC they give us the opportunity to practice teaching! They call it TRC and your investigator could be nonmember or a member! It's so awesome! We have been teaching Jameson! He's going to school at UVU and living with his aunt! We think he is a member but throughout the 3 times that we have taught him we can see that he is growing closer to Christ. The last lesson we taught him was last night and we taught him about the atonement of Jesus Christ. We went as in depth it as we could. By the end of the lesson we had Jameson and ourselves teary eyed... I know and I can testify that Jesus is the Christ, he is our savior and our redeemer he is the way back to our father in heaven. Without Christ' willingness to take upon him our sins there would be no plan of salvation and we wouldn't have a way to be cleansed from sin so that we can dwell in our father's presences once again. The atonement doesn't just help take our sins away, it helps us to become new men and women and helps us strengthen our relationship with Christ and our father in heaven! I love this gospel! I am loving it here at the MTC! I love and miss all of you at home! God speed. 

  

Love,

Elder Judy <3