Week 3 - August 23, 2012

 

Hello everybody!

 

I have completed 3 weeks here at the Provo MTC! Everything is going fantastic. Some of my district left for Guatemala this week, so our group is much smaller, but it's cool to see them get out into the field! Today we had the opportunity to go to the Provo temple, and I really enjoy being able to go to one of the Houses of the Lord.

Hello Family and Friends!

Things are going great here at the MTC. Let's see if I can cover what's been going on:

We've been doing role plays and lessons with investigators (teachers and volunteers acting as investigators) and learning a lot about what it's like to teach. I spoke of our investigator named Angel. We only had a few lessons with him, and he was progressing well, but we weren't able to committ him to baptism. What we learned from that is that we are certainly able to challenge people to be baptised much earlier than I had previously thought; as soon as the FIRST lesson actually, which is pretty neat. That way they understand what the end goal of learning about the gospel is. That was really interesting for me. So the teacher who had played the role of Angel has been teaching us a bit, and has some good stories. He served in Sonora, Mexico, and it was super cool hearing what the mission field is like.

Thursday, August 9, 2012   Week 1

 

Hello family!!

Today is my first preparation day. They will be on Thursdays for the remainder of my time in the MTC. During the day we have the opportunity to attend the temple, email, and take care of laundry and any other personal affairs that we need to get done with our time. The temple was fantastic this morning, and it was neat to be there with a lot of other missionaries. I'm particulary enjoying the time in the temple since I'm not sure whether or not I will be able to go when I'm in the field.