Week 6~Last week at the MTC

Not a whole lot has happened since I last wrote home. We are basically just studying and hearing stories from our teachers about the mish and getting really excited to go. Sunday was our last Sunday here so our district sang a sweet little musical number which was awesome. We sang Joseph Smith's First prayer to the tune of Come Thou Fount.. Come Thou Fount is like my favorite song since I have been in the MTC. We listen to it every time we study haha. So yeah singing that was awesome, the Spirit was really strong. We took a bunch of pictures on Sunday also and had our departing devotional with the Branch President (Shallenberger) which was sweet. We talked about what we should do on the day we travel and what we should have and all that stuff and he told us stories about his mission and gave us lots of advice. The more stories we hear from everyone, the more we realize how dang hard the field is going to be. But also we realize how awesome and rewarding it will be.  

 

Two of our buddies Elders Creighton and Orton left on monday though, which was sad. They were in the other district that came in on the same day as us so we were super tight. I had a really cool experience saying goodbye to Elder Creighton, he really thanked me for everything that I did as a leader and told me that I was probably the person that impacted him most here in the MTC. I don't really know what I did to do that, but it was really nice. Hes awesome. 

We also had in-field orientation last friday for the whole day. Which was basically a giant review of everything we have learned in the MTC. It might have been the longest day ever but it was good. The sweet part was that it was on Main campus and I knew one of my best buddies from my BYU hall had gotten there last week so I was looking for him in the cafeteria and I found him! Chris Pratt, he is going to Brazil. We talked for a couple minutes and then out of nowhere another one of our buddies from our freshman hall showed up too! Mac Wright is going to Dallas, and I had no idea he was there. So we had a sweet little BYU reunion right there in the MTC. I don't know why but it made me super happy. I think just seeing familiar faces is really nice. So that was a highlight. 

Today our main teacher, Hermano Wiest, brought all of his pictures from argentina and showed us those and told us a bunch of stories so that made me even more excited and a little nervous. I have never really tried to picture what Argentina was like until these past couple of days and it's more third-world than I realized I think. My teacher told me there's jungle in my mission? I had no idea haha. So i'm kind of nervous just because I have no idea what to expect, but I am also super excited.

Tomorrow is our last day here, most of it will be packing and getting ready. Probably a couple hours of crying as well.. Just kidding. 

Elder Filikitonga! Yes he's from Tonga