Hola hermanos y hermanas!
One week is in the books! The MTC is an interesting experience and everyone describes it very well that it kinda sucks until you make it to your first Sunday or P-day and luckily for me it was only untilSunday. It's very hard at the start because you don't know anyone very well and you just met the person you have to be around 24/7 for the next 6 weeks so it's kind of hard the real hardest thing though was they instantly start speaking mostly spanish which if you don't know spanish is very hard to listen to for a three hour class and I just didn't feel like I'd ever learn it or make any friends when I first got here but I continued to pray and ask for help and if you translate the title it says "god always listens to our prayers" one of the phrases we are having to memorise and the first couple days I questioned if that were true but Sunday came around and I found the power of that phrase and the truthfulness that is in it. Every talk in church and the devotional all seemed ro be aimed at what i had been praying for and I almost laughed at how perfect these message answered my prayers it was the most direct and clear answers I've ever received about a prayer in my life. I was so focused on myself that I wasn't looking at what's the point and focus of a mission and that is to serve jesus christ and bring others unto his church. We heard a talk given by Elder Bednar and it was one of the most powerful talks I've ever heard about the character of christ and how us as humans are always focused on ourselves and our inwardness but christ always pointed his thoughts, love and feelings outwards for others and that's what we should do on our mission and in our lives. I'm so grateful for this opportunity to be around so many people who love the savior and are so ready to serve him for the next 18 months to two years and so many are. I also come with some sad news, an elder in my zone who had talked to me every night while i ironed my shirts or brushed my teeth named elder gogna had been suffering with something medical but doesn't know what it is and was supposed to leave to the field Monday but found out last night he is being sent home from his mission and he just bore his testimony to our whole zone last night about his love of this gospel and jesus christ and how sad he is he won't be ableto serve a mission in this way but just talked about how there are other ways to serve and he will try and get to the field! And I guess there's a tradition of a pair of sweat pants given to an elder and he signs them and gives them to their favorite missionary or a good missionary before they leave and elder gogna gave the sweats to me and it was very touching I'm excited to hear what happens with him! And I'm happy to hear from anyone who writes thank you all who wrote this week!
One week is in the books! The MTC is an interesting experience and everyone describes it very well that it kinda sucks until you make it to your first Sunday or P-day and luckily for me it was only untilSunday. It's very hard at the start because you don't know anyone very well and you just met the person you have to be around 24/7 for the next 6 weeks so it's kind of hard the real hardest thing though was they instantly start speaking mostly spanish which if you don't know spanish is very hard to listen to for a three hour class and I just didn't feel like I'd ever learn it or make any friends when I first got here but I continued to pray and ask for help and if you translate the title it says "god always listens to our prayers" one of the phrases we are having to memorise and the first couple days I questioned if that were true but Sunday came around and I found the power of that phrase and the truthfulness that is in it. Every talk in church and the devotional all seemed ro be aimed at what i had been praying for and I almost laughed at how perfect these message answered my prayers it was the most direct and clear answers I've ever received about a prayer in my life. I was so focused on myself that I wasn't looking at what's the point and focus of a mission and that is to serve jesus christ and bring others unto his church. We heard a talk given by Elder Bednar and it was one of the most powerful talks I've ever heard about the character of christ and how us as humans are always focused on ourselves and our inwardness but christ always pointed his thoughts, love and feelings outwards for others and that's what we should do on our mission and in our lives. I'm so grateful for this opportunity to be around so many people who love the savior and are so ready to serve him for the next 18 months to two years and so many are. I also come with some sad news, an elder in my zone who had talked to me every night while i ironed my shirts or brushed my teeth named elder gogna had been suffering with something medical but doesn't know what it is and was supposed to leave to the field Monday but found out last night he is being sent home from his mission and he just bore his testimony to our whole zone last night about his love of this gospel and jesus christ and how sad he is he won't be ableto serve a mission in this way but just talked about how there are other ways to serve and he will try and get to the field! And I guess there's a tradition of a pair of sweat pants given to an elder and he signs them and gives them to their favorite missionary or a good missionary before they leave and elder gogna gave the sweats to me and it was very touching I'm excited to hear what happens with him! And I'm happy to hear from anyone who writes thank you all who wrote this week!
Love, elder holman
mason.holman@missionary.org
What an amazing boy! So proud of Mason!
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