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| Utah Salt Lake City - Temple Square Mission |
So I still can't believe I'm here
and that it's been a full week! When I first walked into the MTC with all of my
luggage, each missionary that walked by me would say "Hello! Welcome to
the MTC!" I was pretty much
bombarded with greetings which was awesome and seriously just what I needed.
Their friendliness forced me to be friendly back and push away the emotion from
saying goodbye to my parents. My host took me to my room to drop of my bags and
we headed to a classroom to meet my District.
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| My MTC District |
Let me explain some terminology, a
District is a group of girl missionaries and a group of guy missionaries who
study and are taught together by one or two MTC teachers and then we have 4 or
5 Districts that make up a Zone. The
elders (boys) in our district our going to Mesa, Arizona and they are the
sweetest, funniest, and most spiritual kids! I feel like their older sister since most of
them are 18 and after a week I have grown to love them all so much! And all of the sisters in my District are
going to Temple Square! We all have
different personalities, but we are still a lot alike in many ways. My companion is Sister Hansen and she is from
McKinney, Texas! Ha! She is bubbly, fun,
and we are an awesome pair when it comes to teaching lessons!
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| Sister Asay & Sister Hansen |
This week we started out practicing
lessons on each other, so let's say I would teach Sister Hansen, but Hansen
would be portraying an investigator or a friend she knew back home. We tried to make it as realistic as possible
so we would answer questions as best as we thought the investigator/friend
would. It was good practice! Then once we got that down, we started
teaching our own teacher! That was
pretty intimidating, haha. Our teacher
is Brother Reeves and he is probably one of the most legit people on this
planet. He is great at guiding class and
I feel like I learn so much every time he teaches! My confidence in my knowledge of this gospel
has grown more in the past 7 days than I ever thought possible! The MTC is a wonderful place.
Also, we actually got to teach a
REAL investigator yesterday! And it
rocked! My companion and I talked to
this particular investigator for about an hour just getting to know her better.
She knows so much about our church, attends
church meetings on Sundays, has read parts of the Book of Mormon, and has a
strong testimony of prayer. We invited
her to start reading the Book of Mormon from cover to cover and she said yes! I asked her that when she reads, to read as
slowly as she wanted so that she could really be able to take in what the
scriptures were saying. It was a great
lesson and we were lucky to have someone so kind and receptive!
Soo anyone who knows me knows how
much I sleep....and can I just say there has been a miracle here at the MTC!
Haha. I have woken up every day at 6:30am without struggle! It gets pretty rough during the day since we
are awake and busy for 16 hours straight, but somehow I am able to stay awake
during all 3 hours of class (which we have twice a day). It's a long time to be in one classroom, but I
always become alert once class starts. Such
a blessing!
Anyway, I am so grateful to be here
at the MTC. I know that Heavenly Father
loves each and every single one of us and that if we are faithful to him and
follow his commandments, we will be so blessed. He is just waiting to pour out blessings on
us! We just have to take care of our end
first. I heard a quote once that
"If we do our best, God will fill in the rest". I testify to that! I
have had so many prayers answered this past week it's insane. I know that I have a Father in Heaven and that
He is watching over us. I love you all!! Thank you to those who have written me
emails and letters!!!
Sister Asay
