MTC Grind

Hey guys!! This week has been a lot like the others but a couple new

things have happened. First off, I'm doing good. I can definitely tell

that my Spanish is getting way better! It still sucks but it's getting

better. I feel like I can speak it better then I can understand it.

It's really weird! Especially when my comp and I are teaching our TRC

or Ronald (our teacher) because the spirit is there and helping us out

a ton!! Our lessons wouldn't go nearly as well as they would have if

the spirit wasn't there. Other then teaching I just go to class and

study and stuff like that you know. Class is really fun! I love it so

much. It just makes me super happy. Sometimes I don't understand due

to The Spanish barrier. But it's all good. At the end of the day we

have exercise time which is nice cause we can just unwind and have

fun. We play a lot of spike ball, basketball and go to the weight room

and lift. The weight room isn't very good though. The new buildings

here are just so pretty. I love it cause we just study here and stuff.

Last Sunday for the afternoon devotional we had one of the 12 apostles

come!! M. Russel Ballard. He gave a super good talk! Something that I

wrote down that I really like was " ye are chosen out of the world to

declare my gospel (the Lord) with the sound of rejoicing." Another

thing I thought was important was "conversion always begins with what

people feel then with what people know." And then he talked a lot

about how we need to lock our hearts. Pretty much like when it comes

to girls and stuff.. and with the sisters when it comes to guys. He

gave us a commandment that says "thou shalt not flirt." It was a good

talk! But as you can tell he was just talking to missionaries. And

then on Tuesday night we had another apostle come!! It was so cool!

This time it was Neil L. Anderson. He gave an amazing talk as well!

Before he talked I prayed he would talk about stuff I needed to hear.

And his whole talk was exactly what I needed to hear! He talked a

little about prayer and pointed out that it's not like we have to set

an appointment with him. He is a loving God and allows us to talk to

him whenever we want to. And he will answer. As he was talking to us

missionaries he would say that it's a sacred charge. We represent

Jesus Christ, THE SON OF GOD. He also said in his talk that one day

every person in this life will confess that he is the Christ. He also

said that faith can cause things to happen that wouldn't normally

happen but needs to happen. He also said another thing that really

shocked me cause it seemed kind of bold and I wouldn't feel good

enough to do this, I don't know how to explain how it shocked me but

he said this, "Ask for Miracles.... Expect Miracles." Yeah that caught

my eye and I thought that was super cool! Because that statement is

true.

Alright so here is a sweet story!! So we have two main teachers

(Hermano Gerhing and Hermano Garcia)  and another teacher that will

come in every once and a while and help out and his name is Hermano

Clayton. He is super cool! Any ways we found out on Thursday that he

was engaged and getting married on Friday. We were like no way,

congrats and yeah you know but we asked if we could go to the part

where they come out of the temple and take tons of pics and stuff. He

and all the other teachers said I don't know and didn't really answer.

Actually I don't remember what they said.  So after our TRC lesson we

went strait over to the Provo temple where they were getting married

and went and saw him. When we walked up they were taking a huge family

picture and I saw him look past the photographer right at us. He got

the biggest smile and was super happy! So yeah we went up and gave him

a hug and stuff and took a picture! After that we walked around the

temple and looked around and then went and ate lunch.. it was dope.

So that was pretty much my week. More things happened but I can't

remember right now so oh well. Just remember to always be happy and

keep the Lord and Jesus Christ in your hearts and thoughts! It always

makes your day happier and you'll make better choices and he will

bless you. So really only good things come out of it and it's really

easy to do so it must be worth it right? Well the church is true! Love

you guys!