The
days here are super long but the weeks just fly by! I can´t believe I´ve
already been here almost two weeks. So many cool things happen everyday I can
barely fit them all into my journal at night and I can only fit like 5% of that
into my email time! So here we go
Despite
my best efforts to be obedient and set a good example for the zone (Yes I am
trying very hard) I kept getting in trouble this week! First a random ¨maestra¨
was in our computer language study room (Its like a Mormon Rosetta Stone) and
she reprimanded me for speaking English...but I was just explaining to another
Elder who needed help, so that sort of upset me. Then the cafeteria boss lady got
super mad at me for leaving my backpack under the stairs ( I left it under the
stairs because I knew we werent supposed to to bring them inside and there were
already tons of them under there) and started accusing me of ´¨trying to hide
something¨´ and threatened to call MTC Police and my Branch Prez (Uhhh what)
(Obviously talked my way out of that) but this also upset me. And later I was
speaking some spanish with another elder, using some of the ´¨dichos´¨ the
native Mexican Elders taught me during volleyball gym time...(all I said was
´"Que tal, Way?") when an eavesdropping ¨´maestra´¨ reprimanded me
for using terms inappropriate for missionaries or something idk she was talking
really fast so i barely understood her. But after all this I was feeling pretty
down because I'm really trying to do my best to follow the rules and be a good
missionary and everything but I just kept getting yelled at randomly. I told
Hermano Opoate (MY maestro) about this and he taught me a pretty good
lesson. He said that I shouldnt be upset with myself or any of these women
because they don't know the intentions of my heart. My Heavenly Father knows if
I am trying to do my best and what my intentions are so I shouldn't take any
offense from these people who don't know me and are just trying to do their
job. After talking with I felt so much better. Almost like I got a big ole hug
from my Heavenly Father. Hermano Opoate is such an amazing teacher I learn tons
and tons from him all day. So much more then just Spanish. But what a blessing
it is to have a Heavenly Father who knows our name (in the scriptures He is
always calling people and prophets by name, Moses my son, Samuel Samuel, Adam,
Joseph, ect..) what makes us happy, what makes us angry and knows just what we
need and knows who we can become. God truly knows us, understands us and loves
us perfectly.
Despite getting in a little bit of trouble, this week was still
awesome! L. Tom Perry came and gave a devotional on Tuesday night which I
showed up to 3 hours early to so I could sing in the choir, got kicked out of
choir (too many people) and (long story short) ended up being a bodyguard for
L. Tom Perry (sort of) but yeah that was pretty awesome. He gave a great talk
about the importance of companionships which personally helped me a ton! Also
this week we kept teaching "Ruby" which was sometimes very hard but
my spanish is getting better and better and I always learn so much from her.
Also a district from our zone left the MTC yesterday which was pretty sad to say
goodbye to them. We all sang "God be with you till we meet again" in
Spanish and it was the coolest thing. I am starting to love the Spanish
language and love singing, praying, and everything in it. I got to bless
the sacrament in Spanish too that was cool.
A
few funny things that happened.. Tuesday inbetween classes two huge Samoan
Hermanas robbed us of all our candy. They asked for some and then just took all
of it. When we went back to class Opoate made us repeat "Hermana, NO"
ten times and said it was a very important spanish phrase. Thursday: All week
Elder Jeppsen had been making me check the mail (DL responsibility) like 4x a
day because he hadn't heard from his GF yet. So I decided to write him a fake
letter from her and when he got it he was screaming and jumping on my back
trying to get it from me and then was almost crying when he found out it was
from me. It sounds pretty mean but he laughed about it. Elder Jeppsen and I get
along really well and I love him a ton. Friday: To make a really long story
really short Elder Jeppsen tackled me into our bathtub and my suit got all
soapy so it has to be dry cleaned now. Everyday: Playing vball with the
mexicans is sooo funny and I have learned so much smack talk in Spanish already
it's awesome! I laugh so much here sometimes I think I'm doing something
wrong.
A
few thoughts and scriptures to share from this week:
"Jesus
was NOT competitive" Mary Ellen Edmonds (Gave an AMAZING talk yesterday)
"When
you're in the service of the Lord you can not keep up with his blessings"-
E. Perry
"When
you do the very best you can do heaven sends help to do the things you
can't" Sis Edmonds
"Smile
and make the world wonder why" idk
Matthew
5:44 - scripture for the haters
Luke
22: 42,43 - even Jesus asked for help
Acts
17:27- The Lord is never far
Matthew
19:29- Blessings coming my way, holla
D&C
100: 5-8 Power of the Holy Ghost (classic missionary scripture)
And
S/o to BYU Lax for winning Best of The West in Vegas! I heard you played great
Jarby
S/o
to everyone who wrote me this week, getting anything in the mail is tons of
fun. PLZ keep writing!!!
Spoiler
Alert- Elder (Duncan) Hamilton is entering the MTC on Wed and will be in my
zone!! SOoo excited for that!
Two
things that I find in everything I learn-
Love
love love everyone
Be
more like Christ
I'm
being blessed out of my mind right now
I
love you all so much and miss you
I
love my calling and I love my Savior
Pray
4 me plz
Ustedes
me laten,
Elder
Mitchell
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