Friday, May 31st
The MTC is pretty much a huge spiritual school. You learn and learn and
learn. Half the time you learn about working with people and helping
them to find the greatest joy of their life in the Gospel, and the other
half you study your language. Additionally, you learn great people
skills with your companion and with the other members of your district.
My companion is Elder Brady and he is wonderful. He is a lot
like me. He is having an interesting experience here at the MTC because
he learned Chinese for five years and then got sent to Korea Korean
speaking. He is a great person though, and very studious which make me
very happy!
The rest of my district is great. We do a lot together (such
as room, learn, eat, etc.) and they are the best guys ever. There are
tons of opportunities here to do all kinds of things, but mostly I have
found great joy in being an example to my fellow companion and the rest
of the district, as well as learning the language and learning how to
help people come to Christ.
One powerful moment happened when all the new missionaries
were at the opening orientation. There, we sang Armies of Helaman,
except substituted missionaries at the end instead of whatever it
normally is. It was great to hear so many missionaries singing such a
great song. It is also an amazing thought to look around in the
cafeteria and know that the thousands of missionaries that are here are
all temple worthy. My companion and I had a chat this morning
recognizing that the MTC is not the way it is because of the location or
the building or anything like that, but it is the MTC because of all
the people that are there.
Oh, another cool thing is
that the phrase "brothers and sisters" is now "elders and sisters" which
is a very great thing--it made me smile the first time that I heard and
makes me happy every time I hear it. Oh, and dad was right, here at the
MTC we learn propriety. Our district president is teaching us the
proper mannerisms and behavior for elders and people in general. This
also is great. We are not learning just how to become wonderful
missionaries, but we are learning how to become wonderful people.
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