Hello friends and family,
The MTC has been good, to answer all of your
questions. The ice cream is fantastic, but the food in general is the
same, and I'm starting to look for new things. I have already gained a
few pounds here, which is no suprise when you see
how much ice cream there is. My companion is Ældste Eisert. He did
ballroom in highschool, and went to Lehi High School. He is pretty
strange, and he is pretty much the opposite of me. Because he cares a
lot about what people think about him and tries to fit
in as much as he can. But we get along well. No problems are between
us... yet.
My district is the greatest district ever, we have
six Elders in our room though, which is a ton. But we are all like
family, we already treat eachother that way. We all get along, and we
all have different, awesome personalities. The sisters
in our district are all nice. Which is always a positive thing. The
teacher we have, Brother Pullan, is a great example to us. He is a
Denmark RM, so he knows how things happen over there, but he also
teaches us how to be spiritual, and what we should be searching
for in people, as well as in ourselves in everything we do. Elder Wawro
is a lot like Ty Singerman, he is super funny and he sings a ton. He is
the Elder I share a bunk with... just thought I would share.
Danish is coming along well. We started teaching an
"investigator" three days into the MTC. So, three days worth of Danish
is all we had to try and teach about recieving answers from prayer. We
have been teaching the same "investigor" ever
since though, and we are slowly understanding him better, and we are
also slowing being able to say what we actually want to say. The MTC has
taught me that the gift of tongues is a real thing. I'm able to retain a
lot more in here than 2 years of German or
Chinese in highschool.
On Tuesday night, Elder Scott came and talked to us
about prayer, and our calling as missionaries. It was one of the best
talks I have ever heard in my life. If you can find it, you should all
watch/listen to it. He told us how to recieve
answers to prayer, which is something I think we all have wondered at
least once in our lives. I felt the spirit so strongly there. I filled
up two and a half pages of notes on it. When an Apostle gives you an
Apolostic blessing (I'm probably not even close
to spelling that right), but you should listen to it. Because it is
your own personally blessing, and it can help you through out your
entire life. After he ended his talk, we sang a hymn but before the
prayer could start Elder Scott had more things to say.
It was the greatest testimony and blessing I have ever heard. He
reminded the missionaries over and over again that we have been called
BY GOD to serve where we are serving. But my favorite line from his
testimony was "I know Jesus Christ lives, because I
know him." The way he said that was so inspirational. It made me wish I
could say that the way he does. Hopefully, eventually I can say that,
even if it's in the next life. But I think we all will be able to say
that eventually.
Jeg elske jer, I love you all. The church is true!
Ældste Swan
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