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Hey guys! Hope everyone had a great week! Time flies by here at the MTC. This week was really good, so I'll jump right into it!
Tuesday: So last tuesday my district went to the temple!! It was awesome to get out of the MTC and go to the house of the Lord! That evening we got to hear from Elder Lynn G Robbins!!! He gave a great talk. He talked about Christ like attributes and how if we can develop those attributes as missionaries, we will be on the right track. He made a great analogy. He said that "the mission field is the Lord's university. There is no harder university in the world, but there is no university more worth it." I really loved that!! It's so cool that we get these devotionals every tuesday. I can't wait for the next devotional.
Wednesday: It was a great day because new missionaries arrived!!! That means that everyone gets BYU creamery ice cream haha. It's awesome though to see new Elders and Sisters be here! In class we learned how to invite people to come to church. I'm learning new things everyday!! We had an awesome spiritual experience with Brother Welburn today. We had to teach him as an investigator, and the trick was we could only ask questions. It was awesome to see how inspired questions from the spirit direct a lesson. We taught Wyatt and one of our other investigators Matthew (who I forgot to tell you about last week). The lessons went good! We taught Wyatt the Restoration and Matthew the Plan of Salvation. They are cool guys! Wyatt had to reschedule our Thursday lesson to Friday because he had class. They are both progressing though.
Thursday: We got to do some service today! We just cleaned one of the buildings, but it was cool to do something different here!! Being in a classroom all day can be rough. We played kickball today with another zone! It was really fun. In class Sister Combs talked about the role of the Holy Ghost in missionary work. Without the spirit you can not teach! We did our PI with sister combs. The investigator she is playing is Jerrica. We taught her a few times already. We talked to her about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and invited her to pray and read from the Book of Mormon. We taught Matthew again today. He is from California and is one of those surfer dudes, so he says some really funny stuff haha. It's been awesome teaching him and seeing him grow. The investigators we teach are awesome!
Friday: We got out FLIGHT PLANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We leave November 1 at I believe 11 am. I'm so excited! We also got an invitation to be hosts this upcoming wednesday for the new missionaries arriving! That's like the one thing I wanted to do while I was here, so I am pretty pumped! In class we talked about how to get our investigators more engaged in the lesson. So Wyatt had to cancel our appointment, but we have one more lesson with him tomorrow!
Saturday: Today was a good day! We taught Jerrica today! She had concerns about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon because of things her boyfriend told her, but we resolved all of them!! Sister Combs told us after that we did a good job about how we addressed her concerns and problems! Class was good. Just talked about inviting people. Then we practiced, and practiced, and practiced, and I think your catching along now. So Wyatt did not show up to our appointment. This was our last lesson with him, so it was a little sad that he was not there. We did teach Matthew. It was our last lesson with him as well. They are cool guys! I ran into Brother Stevens from Work Crew tonight!!! He got here on wednesday and he is going to the Philippines.
Sunday: It was a great day because it's Sunday!!!!!!! I had a few meetings in the morning, and then we had Sacrament at 11:30. There were some good talks on Faith. I love a quote President Eyering said "If we have Faith in Jesus Christ, the hardest as well as the easiest times in life can be a blessing." True words coming from an Apostle! The trio had to teach a lesson in priesthood today. We taught how to Endure to the End. It went good. Enduring to the end can be difficult, but just have Faith! We had choir practice today! The choir director is so funny. After we had our Sunday Evening Devotional. Stephen B Allen, the managing director of the missionary department spoke to us. He is one funny dude. He talked about a ton of different things. He said something I liked "To be the best missionary you have to make an investment, and your investment can't just be time." We have to give ALL our might, mind, and strength to the Lord in order to be the best missionary we can be. Then he talked about the Atonement for a bit. He said that we should want to give our sins to the Lord. He already paid the price. "The Savior has prints in his hands, and in his wrists, and in his feet because he wants you to give him your sins. So have the courage to give them to him." I want you guys to think about that statement over the coming week. For Film time we watched a world wide devotional on teaching by Elder Holland. At the end he talked about faith. He said "Never let your faith be difficult to detect and that Every student deserves the firework of our faith." I love Elder Holland!
Monday: So it was a good day today! We got new investigators and taught both of them. The first is Kai. He is basically a strait up Atheist. These investigators can be real investigators or they are members of the church and act as investigators. We are not told what they are. If Kai is a member he is the greatest actor I have ever seen haha. The other new investigator we have is a girl. Her name is Lin. She is from China. She is awesome. So after we taught Kai, guess who we ran into? It was Wyatt, but this time he was wearing a suit and tie, not jeans and a jacket. Turns out he is like in charge of the whole TRC program here haha. He said he will talk to us later about our visits. Monday was a good day!
The pictures are of the trio, the temple, and me and Brother Stevens. So it was a good week!!! We are going to the Temple again today and have another devotional!! Next time you hear from me I'll probably be in Montana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you all have an amazing week! Thank you for all the letters! Enjoy your week and have a Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Elder Lester
Moroni 10:32
