August
27, 2013
Sup.
Hmm, I do
not have much to update one, just another great, powerful, spiritual week at
the MTC. I can’t believe I have less than a week and then I am in the field! I
think the most nerve racking part is that I have no clue where I am going to
end up. I could miraculously get my visa this week and could go to Brazil! or I
could be sent ANYWHERE in the USA. I think I am going to Colorado Springs...
dunno why, I just got that feeling. Everyone else thinks I am going to go to
Texas, I wouldn't mind that for the fall. All I know is that no matter where I
go I am getting off the plane running and ready to work. I AM SO EXCITED!
I am so
excited to hear about Derek and his new calling. He will be such a fantastic Bishop!
That is a lucky Ward. (Sam's cousins husband was just called to be the Bishop of their Ward, the ecclesiastical leader of their congregation)
So my
favorite part of the day is quickly becoming the hour we get for personal study
each day. I learn so much by reading the scriptures. I have had more personal
revaluations and ah'a moments by just studying the words in the Book of Mormon.
I absolutely love reading the stories of the prophets and the people and
realizing that they are written specifically for us. There are times that I
feel like Moroni is talking directly to me, and I can imagine so vividly what
is going on at that moment. I understand the words so much better here and feel
the spirit each time I open the book, willing and ready to learn all the The Lord
is willing to teach. It always makes me realize how much I STILL do not know.
It amazes me that I have living in this gospel all my life but I still have so
much to learn.
Sunday was really good this week for so many different reasons, but
the part of the day that was the best was watching a talk Elder Bednar gave to
the missionaries at the MTC on Christmas morning, called "Character of
Christ."
It was so
inspirational and I learned a lot from his words. He explained what it takes to
become more like Christ and it all really comes down to turning your love out
towards others when the natural man wants to quit and only help himself. Christ
was the perfect example of that, especially as he suffered during the
atonement. Then he healed the soldier’s ear, the same soldier that was taking
him away to have him killed, that was unbelievable charity! Especially after he
just suffered for ALL our sins. And then when he was on the cross, he is first
concerned for his Mother and then he asked the Lord to forgive the people who
put him up on the cross! That is the perfect example of turning outwards with
love when the natural man wants to fall. Only Christ can show that kind of love
and all we can do is try as hard as we can to be like him every day. "I
WILL GREET THIS DAY WITH LOVE IN MY HEART"- Og Mandino (Thank you dad)
So I have been
looking for Sister Moyes everyday but I have yet to see her. It is nuts how big
this place is! I hope I see her before I leave. I did however see a face that I
recognized but I couldn't quite place it... Then it hit me. The elder was on
the Disney Cruise with us! He is the super blonde kid that hung with the teens.
What are the odds of that?! It was so random, the chance of us going on a
cruise at the same time and then to the MTC at the same time is soo random.
Pretty cool though.
So, two great
things have happened this week. My district and I discovered the game of KOOB,
and we also discovered the pillow room. Yes, a room of pillows. First lemme
tell you about the game. It is a Viking game that we can play at gym time out
on the field, the concept of the game is basically throw wooden cylinders at
shorter fatter wooden cylinders on the ground. It is so fun, and with the
Elders in my district we get so competitive with it. It is played by teams and
we have yet to finish an actual complete game cause we suck. But we like
pretending like we are manly Vikings throwing wood at... wood. Trust me, it is
fun! Now for the pillow room discovery... it actually wasn't the pillow room
when we found it. It is the old bookstore that been abandoned in the
basement of the old main building. They still use the other floors for class
but the basement just has a computer lab and this huge empty room. We would go
down there to study because it was cold and really quite. One day we all went
down there and we couldn't believe the blessing we received! Hundreds of
pillows were stacked up in the corner of the room. Of course we all were
responsible and went straight to our spots to study........ OK that was a lie.
We all looked at each other, dropped our stuff and ran and jumped in the fluffy
pile of heaven. When you jump into, you just vanish because you get engulfed by
them. So much fun! Since then, every day more and more pillows arrive. Now the
entire room is full of literally thousands of pillows. We don't have much time
to hang out there anymore but some times during transition time we will
"check" to make sure the pillows are still there and in working
order.
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| Pillow Room - Elder Clark is not in this picture...unless he is lost in the giant pile of pillows! |
Well that
is all I really got, next time we we will all know where I am headed! I will
keep you updated! Eu amo voces!
- Elder Clark
Alma 26:12-
"... Com Sua força posso fazer todos os coisas..."
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