It's been a pretty good week over here
at the ol' MTC. Last week was kinda neutral, but this week was amazing.
Quickly, there are a couple things that I did not mention last week that
I want to get out. Firstly, my classroom is on the 5th floor of the
furthest building from my residency, so I get lots of exercise.
Yesterday when we sang the opening hymn for our TRC (Training Resource
Centre) prep time, half the district had just got up the stairs and was
out of breath. We sang like a choir of chain smokers and our teacher was
laughing at us. Also it's super weird here because all my teachers are
the same age as Julie. They definitely relate to us a lot better though.
The teacher who was laughing at us is actually just there to help us
with our TRC investigators; his name is Brother McLain.
More
on TRC later, but for now I have a story about the moment that Elder
Brinkerhoff discovered my true self. It was Sunday. The MTC food had
built up enough bleh in my stomach to do some damage. It wasn't serious,
mostly just gas. Gas I did not want to let out in class. Anyway, I had
to take my companion with me to the bathroom a lot. One particular trip I
sat down and was trying to be as quiet as possible, Elder Brinkerhoff
still thought I was a well-mannered person who doesn't joke around. My
attempt was futile. I let that gas out in the most funny-sounding way
possible. Of course, me being me, I begin laughing at this horrible
occurrence. Next thing I know, I hear my companion say "Are you
laughing?! That was awesome; can I write that in my journal?" Yeah, nuff
said. My embarrassment is made up for by the fact that half my roommates
sleep talk... or sleep gulp and toot... or just roll out of bed face
first and lay there for an hour. All last night by the way.
So,
back to spiritual things. It really was an amazing week. I learned so
much about teaching and following the spirit and my testimony has grown
so much. My TRC lessons are going great too. We've taught 7 lessons now
and I asked both investigators to be baptized last night. Who would've
thought it'd come so naturally after only 8 days of training. One of our
investigators said she doesn't know enough yet to be baptized. The
other wasn't clear about her answer at first, but then prayed at the end
and said, "Bless that my family may not be mad at me when I get
baptized." ... What?! It shocked us both. Elder Brinkerhoff asked her
about it after and she told us, "Yeah, I don't know if everything's true
yet, but when I do I'll baptized. I'm not meeting with you for no
reason!" Well okay then... that was awesome. I went to bed happy that
night. Until an Elder rolled out of bed and thumped on the floor without
waking up. That was slightly concerning. He doesn't remember any of it,
but I think he's alright.
Anyway, talk to you soon when I'm in Texas!
