Week #7 TRC

Hello Hello Hello!! 

Another week in the MTC and I got to say I love it!! I never thought the day would come when I would admit that I love the MTC... But I'm admitting it, I love it!! I love my comps, I love my teachers, I love my District, I love my Zone, and I love the Branch Presidency... So why on earth would I hate it:) Life is good haha just sucks because of course when I start to enjoy it I have to leave, but I'm ready for the adventure to begin so it's all good:)

Lets see... Well all the new missionaries came in and I love them all so much!! I could tell the first day they were all so scared, but they all are truly amazing. I'm so grateful that I'm a Sister Training Leader because I was in their place once upon a time, and I really feel like I can help them!! I love serving them and helping them with questions. Serving people really does make you love them!! On Sunday it was testimony meeting and it made me think the last testimony meeting how I made a goal to go up there and be the very first one to bear my testimony. Well this testimony meeting was a little different for me? To be honest I was embarrassed because I felt like my Russian has not improved and I don't want to show all these New Missionaries that I can bear my testimony the same way they bear theirs and hadn't improved on any of my language. So I thought eh I'm not going to bear my testimony. Everyone else can have a chance and I'll just sit here and listen:) Well an hour has gone by and mostly everyone has gone... All the New Missionaries killed it by the way... But it was completely silent. I all of a sudden got this feeling to go up there and bear my testimony... In my head I was like heavenly father, I can't embarrass myself, and he answered back and said I wasn't asking you to do it in Russian? Go do it in English. So I felt prompted to bear my testimony in English. I was the last one to go and I stood up there, smiled, said some Russian words, and started talking in English. As I looked around all the New Missionaries just smiled. I could tell they felt so relieved that they finally could understand what someone was saying. I explain to them how strong they are and how they can do anything. I explain to them that I was in there position and thought I couldn't do it, but to see how far I've come proved to me that the lord really does help you!! I said some more stuff and then began talking in Russian. I did my very best and once I got off the stand I felt so good!! Because I knew that the new missionaries needed that. Anywho really cool!! Afterwards the Branch Presidency kept complimenting on what I had down and how it helped the New Missionaries so much!! 

Another cool experience that happened this week actually happened yesterday!! We had TRC which is when members that speak your language come in and you can teach them a lesson. Well we had it last night and we didn't really have a lot of time for prep for it. We were talking about prayer and how we receive answers to prayers. My job was to explain how Heavenly Father sometimes uses people to help answer our prayers. Well I went into that lesson with nothing planned to say just because we had no time to plan.. I was super nervous, but I just kept telling myself the lord will help me. While my companions were talking I was praying the whole time, H.F. please help me know what to say and how to say it, Please help these sisters feel the spirit, etc. Well my turn comes to speak.... I explain what I was going to talk about and then I just kinda sat there. I than had a feeling that I needed to tell experience that I have had, but in my head I'm like there is no way!! i don't know any vocab for that. But the Holy Ghost told me to do it so I was like ok whatever you say... I explained an experience that I had in the MTC where I received an answer through someone else. My vocab was really poor, there were so many times I wanted to quit and say never mind, but I didn't. I kept going and kept struggling, but I immediately began to feel peaceful. I began to feel the spirit so strong and there was almost a part where I almost started crying... But guess what!? I did it:) I was able to say everything I wanted to say and it felt so good!! After our lesson sister Cullen was like holy cow I felt the spirit so strong when you were telling your story:) God really does help you when you ask for it. Afterwards the sisters that we taught came out and talked to me! They had just gotten home from Moscow 3 weeks ago and they said they were there when dad was there!! Which was way cool!! They said everyone knows I'm coming over haha so that was really cool!! Then they talked to me about the lesson and explained how grateful they were for everything I shared and for the spirit I brought in. That was really cool!! But yeah the spirits great:)

Well other then that life is good! I had a lot more cool experiences, but you all are probably bored by now.. ;) Um mom I have to tell you that your Moon Sand is a huge hit!!!! Everyone Loves it!!!! My teacher even loves it haha so thank you:) My whole schedule has changed so my Pday is now on Thursday. Not like it matters because I leave in 10 days!!!! ahhh but yeah!! anywho that is my week:) Talk to you later!!