Happy New Year Everybody!!!
Mission is the weirdest thing! I feel like I've been here for months but at the same time like maybe only 4 days.... idk time is irrelevant here! Like everyday you just don't know if it's a Sunday or Friday, or Tuesday just like time has no value here! Anyways it's been really good here!
Well since the last email, things have been getting stressful here at the MTC. The picture that i'll attach should tell you just how stressful. Just kidding, we were doing a role play and our teacher wanted us to close our eyes so I used my tie instead. Which if you ever want to see how good of a listener you are, try closing your eyes (without falling asleep) and you really have to focus it's weird! I'll try to add the video but during sacrament on Sunday my companions got bored and came up with a missionary rap that is actually really good! Missionary Rap
Anyways... I've been really busy lately everyday because this week we started doing TRC's. Which is teaching investigators. Most of them are just trained teachers for us to practice but every once in a while they set you up with real investigators so you have to always make sure you're doing your best because they might be real. So me and my companions are teaching two investigators this week and we've met with them both twice and so far we've been doing really good. We're a little jumpy but we're starting to get the hang of it. We've done lots of role plays in class but for some reason it's less nerve racking to teach a TRC than it is to role play in class. Teaching the investigators gets me excited to get to the mission field even though those investigators will be harder to teach most of the time but my time will come soon enough in a couple weeks.
So Sunday night was New Years Eve.... It was crazy lit down here at the MTC! We had a devotional that night with Brad Wilcox and Lexi Walker came and sang (look her up, shes only 15 and super good singer). Afterwards, we all went to our dorms and didn't go to bed till like 10:30! That's actually when we're supposed to go to bed so we got a really good sleep that night. Most nights, we're lucky if we go to bed by like 11:00 because we just have so much to do every night and to talk about! Long Story short we went to bed early on NYE so nothing too special happened that night. :P
On Monday our zone all headed out to there missions so we've been the only district in our Branch until just yesterday. We now have like 42 Elders and Sisters now compared to before of only like 16. So now sacrament will actually be somewhat full from here on out!
An elder's mom sent him a package for NYE but it didn't come on time so we had our own NYE party on Tuesday and stayed up till almost 11:00!! #rebels
Tuesday for lunch they catered Chick-Fil-A and it was amazing! It was real food and we all ate like 3 chicken sandwiches!
The only problem that I have with the MTC is there Gym rules... We are not allowed to touch the backboard, touch the net, or touch the rim! And we are scheduled for a gym time at 3:45 on Tuesdays but they don't let us use the gym or fitness center so I'm really confused on what that's all about! There are just some rules that I do not understand but I will follow them anyways b/c "Exact Obedience".
I don't remember if I mentioned that we all have a handshake with our district leader but I'll try and add that video too, it's pretty dope! MTC Handshake (Editors note: Elder Hales accidentally recorded wrong so it's sideways whoops. His handshake is at 0:40)
We heard about President Monson obviously. That's sad to hear but we all know that there is a life after this. That's the best thing about the Plan of Salvation is that we can have eternal life and see the people we love and care about in the next life. Did anyone read the statement Donald Trump released about this death? Go read it, he said really nice things about him.
Over this last week I've really been learning for myself a lot about the repentance process. Some of you already knows what it really means but I didn't truly understand it till this last week so I'll share in case you didn't know either. The repentance process is not only to take care sins and asking for forgiveness, the process is for making ourselves better everyday and "By changing our thoughts and feelings about ourselves and others to how god sees us and others". Really think about that. If we are looking in the mirror and telling ourselves that we are ugly or we're not good enough than we are sinning because our thoughts and feelings about ourselves are not in alignment with how God views us. The Atonement is SO much more than just making sure we are cleansed of sin for the life after this. When we build our Faith in Jesus Christ and use the repentance process daily, we can be blessed to change our bad habits or change the way we judge others sometimes and help us view them through Gods eyes. I just thought I'd share a little about something i learned and what I'm trying to do more daily in my life and studies.
Overall having church everyday makes you learn a lot about the gospel and about yourself.
I love and miss you all but i know all your lives can be blessed through daily scripture reading and praying everyday. Read Alma 37:36.
I'll pray for snow for you guys because we need it! :P
-Elder Hales
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