The first few days here at the MTC was a spiritual and emotional and very stressful roller coaster for us new missionaries! But they do say that Sunday is the hump to get over and if you make it till Sunday then you are going to be fine. And I do have to say that Life has been much better since Sunday. My companion Sister Hyoung is from San franando Valley, California and she is a piano performance major at BYU. We are very different but have come to find that we are a lot alike also. We have already gotten to teach our investigator Simon three times know (he is really our teacher Brother Morris, but we just pretend like were fooled:). We successfully got him to pray last time which was exciting. We also got to teach our investigator Victoria for the first time yesterday. I believe that she is a member of the church and we are teaching as before she was converted but we have to treat it as it is real. We only got to spend 20 minutes with her but she shared her story with us and it was incredible. She was abused by her Grandma and when she was telling us these stories she was crying and you could feel the pain. I just want to be her friend in real life.
For church we are put in branches and me and my companion got called as the sister training leaders, so we work with the zone leaders. We get to meet with all of the new missionaries in our branch tomorrow night and kind of show them the ropes, so that will be really fun. I remember thinking that our zone leaders on the first night we were here could have no way only been here for a week because they actually knew how things worked at the mtc and seemed like they werent stressed. I guess that is because the mtc can be a lot to take in at first:) So I am really excited for that. I feel as if I have learned so much but still have so much to learn. They teach you a lesson and then you implement that into your teaching and think ok I got this, and then they do that again the next day. So it is a lot to take in but I am glad to be learning so much before I go into the field. On Saturday we were at a zone meeting and were working in partners and the teacher Brother Barton came over to me and started asking me my questions that I had about getting investigators to pray when you meet with them and he helped me a lot and just talked to me for a while. I think that he was inspired because it meant more than he could have known. We got to watch the attributes of Christ talk by Elder Bednar on Sunday Night. He gave it here on Christmas Day and they only show it in the MTC. That talk was literally life changing. He talked about how the atonement was only possible because of the attributes of Christ. He shared examples of how when it is our human nature to turn in, it is the saviors nature to turn outward. It was beautiful the way that he described it. He explained that It is not about us and the only way success can happen in the mission field if we recognize that. But we also cannot think of the blessings that we will get when we forget ourselves because then we won't get them:) Makes sence but something I had never thought of before. He said that we can not just have a testimony but need to be converted unto the Lord. I love the MTC and all of the things that I am learning. Yesterday was a rough day in the district and we were all tired, and struggling to implement what we were learning, our spirits were low, and we were getting on eachothers nerves. So my teacher just sat us down and gave us a lesson on stress and how to deal with it, and it was very much needed:) I found it very funny that there is a lesson in the mtc book they give us on dealing with stress. But I guess that stress is a good thing. It is nice to know that it is a normal thing at the mtc and that it is not just me. My teacher caught onto the fact that I am a perfectionist, which I thought that I was pretty good at hiding but I guess I can't hide who I am:) My companion struggles with the same thing so our teacher just looked at us as we left class and reminded us that we are loved, and that it would be ok:)
After the first few days I never thought I would miss the mtc, but I am going to miss it a lot. The spirit here is so strong. A man, I don't remember his name, but he is an lds sports anchor in New Jersey, and he came to talk to us on sunday. He talked about missionary work and how important his mission was to him. After wards we singing called to serve and there was almost 3 thousand missionaries in the gym and in the middle of the song we all stood up and were singing at the top or our lungs and the spirit was so strong. I love this gospel and I am so excited to go teach it to the people in Boston. And I know that all of my strength and knowledge comes from my Heavenly Father and without him I am weak, but with him I can be strong.
Thank you so much for the package! It came on Saturday but I didn't get a chance to go get it until today. We went to the temple as a district today and it was a really good experience. I love the new temple video, I feel like it makes a lot more sence now! We got our flight plans last week!!!! We will be flying out next Tuesday at around 9 in the morning and will arrive in Boston at 4:35!!! SO ONLY 6 MORE DAYS AND I WILL BE IN BOSTON!!!!! We dont really get a p day next week since our assigned day is Tuesday so I am not sure I will be able to email but if not I will write letters. They may let us email on Monday but I am not sure.
I have seen Sarah a few times, and a few of my byui freinds, but no Trevin:( I also met another Sister Rushton! Which was so fun I don't know how we are related but we are somehow! Let me know when Cassie has her baby, that poor lady! Please forward this email onto Cassie, Karie, and David, because I don't have their email addreses. Also please tell Kamery and Lucas Thank you for the drawings they made my day.
Thank you so much for your emails! I love you all and pray that you are all doing well, I am glad that you made it home safe. Have a wonderful week!
Love Sister Rushton:)
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