On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Sadie Maughan <sadie.maughan@myldsmail.net> wrote:
Family and friends! Oh my goodness I made it to the MTC!! It's already been a week, can you believe it? I'm like whoaa I just got here didn't I? The MTC is so amazing and there is so much to learn and take in and it's really amazing. So I'll try to walk you through the week as best as I can remember, (don't worry mom I wrote in all down in my journal so I remember). OK so my companion's name is Sister Andreason, she is from Ohio and she is very knowledgable about the gospel! Haha... and she's pretty spunky like me so we get along well in that sense. So when I got to the MTC, my host was so sweet and walked me through everything, (and I got my name tag!!) and I got on a bus to ride down to MTC West. (Raintree are our classrooms, what room were you in again mom and dad?) So we live at Wyview and have to trek across in the morning to our classes, but it's ok because I'm getting used to the cold now. Plus us Houston sisters keep saying we better enjoy it since it will never be cold like that in Houston. Elder Anderson I'm coming to see you soon!! Get ready! So I absolutely love my district, they are amazing and have become my second family. All the sisters are going to Houston Texas and the Elders are going to Farmington, New Mexico. We get taught in a tiny make-shift classroom, but it's ok because I love my teachers to and the Spirit we feel whiole they teach us.Ok so back to the schedule on Wednesday I dropped my stuff off and came back to Raintree, met my companion and went back to the other rooms in Raintree. I don't remember a whole lot about Wednesday but I do remember we had an orientation (I saw Elder Malais a couple times!) and for our song we sang "We'll Bring the World His Truth" and we changed the words at the end to "and we are now the Lord's missionaries" and I just felt so incredibly happy! I went to bed feeling super tired but I slept like a rock. Getting up hasn't really been too hard, but that alarm clock sure does start to get on your nerves! I just do what you told me Dad, I sit up and I smile, and I roll down on my knees and thank Heavenly Father for this great opportunity I had. I don't remember the chronological order of the next events but just some more stories I want to share with you!Ok so remember how Sister Kimzey was not able to come into the MTC with me? Well let me tell you how much the Lord loves us. We went up to a Devo on the Main MTC campus on Saturday I think, and when we got in we got to sit towards the front of the room. A host came up and said Sisters would you like to sit front row? We we're like heck ya! So we went and sat right in front of the speaker. So cool! It was President Daines of the Provo Temple, and he was an amazing speaker. But as I sat down out of the corner of my eye guess who I saw... that's right, SIster Kimzey, who sat on the end row of me. I was soooo happy to see her, and when the Devo ended, we ran up and hugged each other so tight, it was pretty emotional because I thought I wouldn't see her until after our missions. Then guess what! FOUR other missionaries from my BYU ward came up and talked to us because they saw us!! Such a blessing to reunite with them, I had to leave pretty quick because my companion wanted to go, but it was such a tender mercy to see them (Mom ask for pics from Madisen's mom, Madisen took pics of us!)I've learned incredible patience in the last 5 days, I have never been so humbled in my entire life. We have what's called a progressive investigator, which means our teacher basically is our investigator and we teach him. As we prepared to teach the third lesson, I felt that what we had already prepared was not what we were supposed to teach. Finally I felt so sick about it, I turned to her and just said straight up, "Sister, this isn't what we need to be teaching. We need to teach him about families." She was like what? We only have a couple min left to prepare, but ok. So instead of scrambling to prepare again, I said that we should say a prayer and ask for the Spirit to be with us. As we finished the prayer, I felt very calm and I knew that however the lesson went, it was because the Lord wanted it to go that way. Basically as we went through the lesson, our investigator told us that his mom had passed away a year ago and that he had never know his dad, and that he believed in the Plan of Salvation. My companion couldn't stop crying and I couldn't stop thanking the Lord for such a unique teaching opportunity for both my companion and the investigator. I then asked him, (Justin), what about your future family? Do you ever think about them? To which he replied: "You know, I guess I really never have before. Until now." It was the most amazing experience I have ever had. I mean, this was just our teacher too, imagine what how the Spirit could touch the lives of those who really need this Gospel in their lives! I can already feel the presence of those ready to be taught in Houston. I know that if I am exactly obedient and follow the Spirit, he will guide me.BTW, please watch "Character of Christ" by David A. Bednar. Most amazing talk I have ever watched. I just want to let everyone know that even though I know this mission will be hard, there is nothing I would rather be doing than helping others come unto Christ. He is REAL. And his love and Atonement can heal anyone, if they let it work in their lives. I thank him daily for his mercy and for teaching me through these amazing experiences.NEW MISSIONARIES COME IN TODAY! And guess who gets to welcome them... my companion and I :) We got called to be Sister Training Zone Leaders. which is such a humbling call, I LOVE helping all the sisters and making sure they feel God's love for them. Don't worry mom I will take care of the new missionaries coming in, just like that host took care of me!Ok I'm almost out of time but I love you all and here are some pics!!! Heavenly Father loves you all so much too and don't forget to watch GC this week! (Sadly I will not be singing this week, still amazing to watch it in the MTC)P.S. THANK YOU FOR THE LETTERS AND PACKAGES! (Yes I got your package mom!!) :) :) Missionaries love mail. And I love you all. Keep on smiling.GIVE EM HEAVEN!
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