Hey Guys!
Well I have been in the MTC for a full day and oh man, it's exhausting! But very...fun?...OUr schedules are pretty tight --for the most part we spend most of our days in class, learning. How to teach to our Investigators needs. it's pretty cool because it requires us to be intuned with the spirit.
In my classroom, it's called a district. There are 2 other sisters aside from me and my companion and get this, we are ALL going to Rochester NY!! The Elder's in our District are awesome. 4 Elders are goingto Jacksonville Florida, and 2 Elders are going to Anchorage Alaska. It feels like we have been here forever, but we haven't and we are kind of already close. It's weird, but I know it's because of the spirit.
So let me tell you about the first day. I'll just tell you the 3 coolest parts because I only have 10 minutes to finish this. Okay.
1-My Companion is Sister VanDenBerghe, and she rocks my socks off! Honestly her and I had this instant click and we get along SO well and have so much in common. When Iget time, I'll try to send you a picture of her and me. She is from Riverton and know's Andrew. Such a small world.
Oh. And this world get's smaller. So again in my distric there is an Elder Stone from Burley Idaho...We tried comparing ancestors but come to find out his surname was once "Stone."
Oaky so experience 2-The first night we were here, we attended this crash course fo "How to teach the Investigators' needs. So the stories they have are true. True people and it was them, who were here. They did it sort of like a play. The investigator would sit there and 2 missionaries knock on the door and do a discussion but would ask questions. So the guys name is Jon Stone. Retired Fighter Pilot and volunteers at the Red Cross, and the 2 Elder's knocked on the door and asked some questions. Every so often they would pause and have us, the audience, discuss what we know about the investigator. The whole time I fel the spirit so strongly. And we would stop to talk to our companion about what we know so far and which principles of th Gospel we should start off with. I remembered him talking about his wife in the past tense and so I mentioned it to my companion and without my knowledge she raised her hand and said what I mentioned to her and the look we recieved...just rocked me. Well to make a long story short....Afterwards, Jon Stone pulled me and my comp aside and kind of started talking family geneology because of my last name, but what he said next totally moved me in a way. He said "Sisters, I have done this many times and I havge never felt the spirit so strongly then I have with you two." This hit me really hard because I had no idea. Then he continued on to say that whatever he said after what my comp had asked him was true. We asked, "You mentioned your wife before, but not now. Did she pass away? Or do you have feelings of resentment to Heavemy Father for the passing of a loved one?" He responded "You know I do have quite a bit of bitterness because I am tired and I feel so alone." --Right here he looked at us--"A year ago my wife did pass away and ever since then there has been this void and that was why I decided to seek the missionaries again." It was such a cool experience! Wow. and seriously each day gets cooler!
It has been so crazy! Just always on the go from 6AM-10:30PM. I really never have much time for anything. But I love you guys! And hope to hear from you soon!
*uma*
Sister Stone
Sunday, December 6, 2009
11/12/09
Hey!
Okay so today is my frist P-Day and it has been pretty sweet so far. We woke up and got all our laundry ready to go, got breakfast and that is where we are right now. We are sitting in the Laundry room writing letters or taking care of our clothes.
Something cool really happened just yesterday actually....um I've been waking up every orning and my throat has just been killing me, and I thought maybe it was just because it was dry...Well not that isn't the case. I'm starting to get sick...and yesterday I had asked Sister Childs (she is our roommate and has been like the mother to us, she is really awesome!) well I asked her if it was possible to recieve a priesthood blessing..and if so who can minister it to me... it had to be our District president or someone in our zone. Well she asked and Elder Malohi'fou told her that him and our other zone leaders could minister it to me, and so we did that yesterday. --I can't even describe the feelings that I had felt when they did the blessing for me...I felt the spirit so strongly that I actually started to cry...and it was so wonderful...afterwards I knew we aren't supposed to but I even told all the Elders who did the blessing...(Elder Hall, Elder Steele, Elder Whisenant, and Elder Malohi'fou) that I really wish I could give them a hug to thank them...Really I can't express to them just how thankful I am for what the did for me. Well something else happened yesterday...So Sis. VDB got a package in the mail and when she was going through it and I was doing some studying and I was reading a verse and...I couldn't concentrate like I couldn't comprehend what it was saying...and then I just felt really off...So I turned to Sis. VDB to see what it could be, and she was just in tears...body shaking...tears...and right then I grabbed hold of her and told her to come with me and we left the classroom and went into an empty room and...come to find out...her Takewondo teacher had a baby a few months ago..bu the baby was in adn out of the hospital...and the baby passed away last week and her parents sent her a clipping of newspaper. So...I did the momly thing I could do...I gave her a hug and we just held onto each other...and the other sisters came in and we all said a prayer...I know there isn't much we can do, but I just wish I can do so much more for Sis VanDenBerghe..because seriously in the last week we have become more like sisters...and even now we just call each other "sister."
The MTC is really nice. It's a really spiritual place. My companions in my rooma nd my distric are just SO AMAZING!! I love them all...they are like my family and it's crazy that in one week we are so close.
I love you all with my heart and I miss you guys!
I will talk to you soon.
*uma*
Sister Stone
Okay so today is my frist P-Day and it has been pretty sweet so far. We woke up and got all our laundry ready to go, got breakfast and that is where we are right now. We are sitting in the Laundry room writing letters or taking care of our clothes.
Something cool really happened just yesterday actually....um I've been waking up every orning and my throat has just been killing me, and I thought maybe it was just because it was dry...Well not that isn't the case. I'm starting to get sick...and yesterday I had asked Sister Childs (she is our roommate and has been like the mother to us, she is really awesome!) well I asked her if it was possible to recieve a priesthood blessing..and if so who can minister it to me... it had to be our District president or someone in our zone. Well she asked and Elder Malohi'fou told her that him and our other zone leaders could minister it to me, and so we did that yesterday. --I can't even describe the feelings that I had felt when they did the blessing for me...I felt the spirit so strongly that I actually started to cry...and it was so wonderful...afterwards I knew we aren't supposed to but I even told all the Elders who did the blessing...(Elder Hall, Elder Steele, Elder Whisenant, and Elder Malohi'fou) that I really wish I could give them a hug to thank them...Really I can't express to them just how thankful I am for what the did for me. Well something else happened yesterday...So Sis. VDB got a package in the mail and when she was going through it and I was doing some studying and I was reading a verse and...I couldn't concentrate like I couldn't comprehend what it was saying...and then I just felt really off...So I turned to Sis. VDB to see what it could be, and she was just in tears...body shaking...tears...and right then I grabbed hold of her and told her to come with me and we left the classroom and went into an empty room and...come to find out...her Takewondo teacher had a baby a few months ago..bu the baby was in adn out of the hospital...and the baby passed away last week and her parents sent her a clipping of newspaper. So...I did the momly thing I could do...I gave her a hug and we just held onto each other...and the other sisters came in and we all said a prayer...I know there isn't much we can do, but I just wish I can do so much more for Sis VanDenBerghe..because seriously in the last week we have become more like sisters...and even now we just call each other "sister."
The MTC is really nice. It's a really spiritual place. My companions in my rooma nd my distric are just SO AMAZING!! I love them all...they are like my family and it's crazy that in one week we are so close.
I love you all with my heart and I miss you guys!
I will talk to you soon.
*uma*
Sister Stone
11/09/09
It's been almost a week and I love it here at the MTC! My companion is amazing. My roommates are amazing. And 2 of my roommates and my companion are going to Rochester! So I will be able to see them there. There is another Sister in room, her name is Sister Childs, and she is going to Fiji! How cool is that!
Life here is incredible, learning the gospel is hard, but the Teacher's and my district as well as my companion have made it so much easier and kind of fun as well. Yesterday for Sunday we did our Temple walk. It was so much fun! I am truly blessed to have an awesome district and zone. It was crazy fun up on the Temple. We took pictures and I'll send them in the next letter.
I love you guys so much!
Can't wait to hear from you!
*uma*
Sister Stone
Life here is incredible, learning the gospel is hard, but the Teacher's and my district as well as my companion have made it so much easier and kind of fun as well. Yesterday for Sunday we did our Temple walk. It was so much fun! I am truly blessed to have an awesome district and zone. It was crazy fun up on the Temple. We took pictures and I'll send them in the next letter.
I love you guys so much!
Can't wait to hear from you!
*uma*
Sister Stone
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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