Hello so
after the letter last week I wrote it in such a frantic way that I realized I
left sooooo much out so I wrote you guys a letter, it should we arriving in
week maybe ? I don’t know!
Kay so I
have received dear elders!!! And thanks sooo much everyone!! The ones you guys
sent me last Sunday got mixed up here and I didn’t actually get them till wed.
or tues. Hence the confusion of emails!
First off
I am leaving tomorrow from the mtc at 3 am to the airport we will be arriving
in Hali at 9pm, so I will probably be calling you at 11 am- 12:30 pm from
Minneapolis or from Toronto around 4pm? So
basically BE BY YOUR PHONES ALL DAY :). Any
whoo, Breanne LOVED the cookies thanks so much! Parents loved the package we
were popping some bubbly last night in our dorm. And thanks sooo much from all
the family; nana for sending me the stories about miracles in our fam to Tara
writing, blake, linds , parents, alexis, others, list goes on but I must say
Lindsay had the most hilarious dear elders literally it had me "lol'ing".
OKAy
ahhhh so much to write ill start with answering questions then we shall go from
there!
(Me, her
mother will write questions at the beginning of emails and Paige will answer,
... hopefully)
Do you
feel like you brought the proper clothes and things for your mission? Did we
forget anything?
Yes for
sure brought proper clothes and haven’t had to wear an outfit twice yet haha
lots of cute outfits and suitable for trendy missionary that’s obedient and
modest
Are you
sleeping at night? Have you had to take melatonin?
Sleeping
is good thanks to melatonin which I take EVERY night, I wake up at 430 am every
night cause my body isn’t use to 8 hrs haha but fall asleep after and not tired
at all
What is
church like in the MTC?
Church is
with our branch which is with another district and mine, its goood spirits
really strong yesterday was awesome! We have to plan a 5 min talk for each
Sunday cause they call an elder and sister to speak, I never got called but
this week was baptism, so I was planning on speaking on mosiah 18:8-10 I LOVE
that scripture cause it reminds me of the covenants I made when I was baptiszed
... but not only that it describes Christ, basically the character of Christ
and just reminds me that as I’m baptized I’ve taken on the name of Christ. Meaning to try to be an outward person and be
loving, having charity for others and follow Christ’s example.
Did you
get all the Dear Elders? Did others send you dear elders?
Answered
above already!
What do
you do on Pdays?
Today is
soooo busy I’m going to write letters to my teachers and Alexis which I’ll be
sending to our home address since I don’t know her address so if you could send
me her address next email pls! And I’m sending Court a letter cause she sent me
one here, then I have to pack, get a calling card , lots of stuff list goes on
then study study study!
Alright
so I wrote down questions from everyone in the dear elders so I’m going to
answer by just listing the answers off! Then I’ll tell you more about my week
that isn’t in answers.
I found Jordan’s (a friend who just left the MTC) letter! It was fun to find! Classes are awesome I honestly am so blessed and
love my district I feel so comfortable with talking openly about my conversion,
who I was, who I am, and asking questions that I don’t understand. My teacher
was totally inactive as I was till he was 17yrs he was anti, basically as well
and he had a 180 as well when he came back and is way solid. So it was cool
seeing how someone else was. I they
asked me a lot to speak about my conversion and stuff. My teachers are honestly the best examples on
how showing Christ like sincere love will draw others to come closer to Christ
and we learn from the Holy Ghost as they did with my whole class.
Foods good?
Like nothing horrible but nothing
spectacular, I felt like a had a intestinal plug for two days though :/ as did
My companion as well haha but that’s about it!
Basketball
- me and Sister Keeler own, we play with the elders and literally kill it haha
its awesome and we are the exact same skill level we’re basically thee perfect
companions for each other, We honestly have become best friends there’s times
here when I’m dying laughing with like
the "Kelly" laugh where I can’t stop laugh attack. But then we are
obedient and go study in quiet areas when the classroom is loud. She explains me doctrine - scripture I don’t
understand, and we have really good TRC investigator lessons spirits so strong!
We have learnt a lot from one another! I have learnt a lot on pausing for the
spirit to touch the investigator to teach them, and to speak plain and simple
truths, not having to over explain or complicate it, I have learnt to have
faith and trust that the spirit will guide us during lessons and being bold
that the spirit will touch and soften the investigators hearts. And I learned
that I need to work on patience and not getting frustrated when investigators
are getting it as quick as we'd like them to.
Laundry
mat YES it sure has been an experience. Sure was a hectic event last week, sis
keeler and I started our laundry thinking soap got added, until we realized
that the load was already started and that we had to buy soap and add it in,
then we thought we started another load and waited 40 mins for it to be done , only
to realize 40 mins later that it wasn’t started! haha we felt like knobs it was
funny, so like 3 hrs later we were finally done! I will be attending the mat
today but I sure know how to get things done the right way this time in a
timely matter.
And as of
email last week don’t feel bad! Sis keelers fam. didn’t email her as well haha
so we just experienced it together ;)
THANKS
FOR ORGANZING MY STUFF MOM AND DAD you’re the best and I love you guys VERY
much.
I am on the
top bunk! and my suit case is on the top shelf for clothes, so next to my bed,
its rather funny how little room we have but it works out to be fine!
Okay and
I can’t believe about your guys weather like 60 car pileup?! WOW. haha well
here it’s like spring, its snowed once but like I’d say 8 degrees like we don’t
even wear coats everyday it’s pretty awesome
So I
think that’s all the questions ! I hope I answered them all!
So
yesterday we watched the Character of Christ by David Bednar- I believe Blake
has this. The family to all take a night to watch this together in the theatre room.
It is the single most amazing talk and will change your life! It is now my goal
to start really studying about the Character of Christ and really getting in deep
with it and finding out Christ’s character and the areas that I can change in
myself to become more like Christ. I know that HF can push us beyond what we
think we’re capable of doing. I know that as I pray faithfully to become more
of an outward person, seeking for the happiness of others, and having love
concern and compassion for everyone. To not be caught up in Worldliness or myself,
and to simply find joy in service. I know this is how HF wants us all to be,
and I know Christ mastered this while he lived on the earth.
But after
listening to Bednars talk I was just like whoa, I need to change and set some
goals in my life.
I had in
field training Friday that was awesome I learned about the importance of
earning the members respect, all eyes are on me as a missionary, and that my
attitude determines the outcome and success of my mission, and to not question
my ability as a missionary that is the adversary trying to lower my ability of
being the best I can, to have faith that as I do everything I can, HF will do
the rest.
I learnt a
lot this week and few interesting things that I’m sure you all knew; but I had
no idea and was blown away them.
Oh yea
and I saw a tutor here! That was something I really had to lower my pride on
and just be like okay, so I met with a lady twice - one on one for an hour and
she helped me with my reading comp. and understanding the BOM scriptures, and
how to really understand the scriptures. Like we took a verse and broke in down
in 12 steps and once we did that I totally took it in another way! And then she
showed me the other day another 10 steps with reading and understanding. It was
an awesome experience and something I’m going to use through my mission and my
life!
Every
Relief Society it’s all the sisters, we fill up the whole gym - like Blake
where the Sunday and Tuesday night devotionals are, we have our relief society
there and the whole place FULL. We have an authority for like the ladies come.
And each Sunday we sing as sisters in Zion it’s amazing!!
And
yesterday our district sang in sacrament and WOW it was awesome! We sang the
Spirit of God but Sister Lee set it all up in the craziest arrangements we had
Elder Chapman playing the violin for verse 3, then alots/sapronos /tenors
basses? I don’t know the lingo but things were way different and formed
beautifully while we were singing I just had goose bumps the whole time and
just looked around at everyone’s faces in my district thinking how much I loved
them all and was so grateful for all of them. It was our last day with our
elders yesterday as they left today, I loved them all but a few of them were
quite flirty haha. They were all awesome though and for our last district
meeting yesterday we sang "God be with you till we meet again" it was
quite funny and a memory I’ll have forever.
But yes
that pic was from my teacher and me AND SISTER keeler. Any hoo I don’t want to get logged off.
I had
more time today to write, our DL allowed us!
I will
talk to you guys tomorrow I love you all soooo much and pray for you every
night!
LOVE
SISER
Pizzey xoxoxox
Have your
phones with you I’ll call home, mom, dads cell!! 11am-12 or 4 pm or maybe even all!
Much love
xoxoxo
