Hello everyone!
Today is my last day at
the MTC. It has been a great day. I am writing today because I won't be
able to tomorrow. I have to say that I loved my MTC experience. It was a
tough three weeks, but I can honestly say that it was one of the most
rewarding three weeks of my life. I have learned so much about myself,
made some eternal friends, had the best teachers ever, and had the best
district ever. I could not have asked for a better MTC experience.
Today we watch all three episodes of "The District
2." It is only a three part show where they follow these missionaries
in San Diego around. It is amazing how much you learn from these videos.
I have never been so pumped after watching a video than I was after I
watched that. It was like watching a snowboarding video in the Fall and
being really excited about going snowboarding, but that feeling times
20. I am so excited for tomorrow. I am so excited to find the people
that I am suppose to teach. I am so excited to love them with the love
of Christ. I am so excited to share with people the message that has
blessed my life! I am so excited to fall in love with the people of
Atlanta!!! I know that people wait their whole life's to hear the
message that I am going to bring them. I am forever grateful for the
decision that I made to come and serve because if I wouldn't have, those
people wouldn't have the chance to hear that message in this life. I am
going to work so hard, harder than I ever have before. My teacher told
us yesterday that there are only two types of missionaries. There are
the "no-regret" missionaries and the "I blew it" missionaries. I want to
have no regrets when I come home, and I will. I will come home knowing
that I have shared my message with everyone I could, and that I have
helped and changed the lives of as many people as I could.
I want to end with a spiritual thought. Yesterday
the scripture 2 Nephi 31: 20 really spoke to me. It says, "Wherefore, ye
must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect
brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye
shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the
end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life." Now
replace "Wherefore" with your own name. This scripture literally spoke
to me when I did that. I know exactly what I need to do in this life and
on my mission. I know that I need to press forward with Christ, have
hope and the love of god, feast upon the word of Christ, and endure to
the end. I know that if I do those things I am going to have a fantastic
life and a fantastic mission. I am a worrier. I have worried a lot in
the MTC. When read this scripture and it told me to have "hope" I know
that that is what I needed to do. I was lacking hope. I know that by
reading the scriptures you can gain more hope in your life than by any
other means. The scriptures give us purpose, and without a purpose we
would be nothing.
I am excited to tell you guys about all my
experiences in Atlanta. I can't wait to send pictures! I have taken a
lot with all the amazing people I have met! Oh and one last thing,
everyone listen to "Abide with me; 'Tis Eventide" I love that hymn. I
have probably heard it before the MTC, but I never realized how amazing
it is. LISTEN!
I love you all so much and miss you!
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