Well...the MTC is super 100% unlike I expected it to be! Don't worry, that's a good thing. :) I was expecting to be super stressed out, homesick, and exhausted. It's so not like that! The first day was hard until I got to the MTC and saw who my escort was...MY BEST FRIEND!! Now that's a tender mercy if I ever saw one! Sister Engstrom (more commonly known as Sarah) showed me around with a smiling face, and she was super excited...as was I. :) unfortunately we had to bid farewell after she showed me where my classroom was. Slowly our district started filing in, and we were getting to know each other. Wanna know something cool? We are an all sister district! :) four of us going to Columbus, (Sister Franks, Sister Bennett, Sister Rolfson, and mysekf) and four are going to Ogden, so watch out for them Lynn and Gordon! :) they are sister Sudweeks, Sister Ure, Sister Clapton, and Sister Mars. We have had a ton of fun with each other, and we all get along great!! My companion is Sister Rolfson, and she is just amazing. :) the funniedt thing was that as a new missionionary, they guve yiu a sticker on your tag, so literalky every singke oerson uou pass says, "Welxome to the MTC!" I learned lated that day that the same missionaries give that sticker is a "dork dot". Lol nedless to say, i was glad to tske it off that night. ;) dthr most stressful part of that first day was honestly putting our dinner trays onto this weird conveyer belt thing. I don't know why that was stressful, but holy cow...it was.
Alright, now for some stories. :)
It is insane how quickly paced the MTC is!! We taught our first investigator on our second day! Sister Rolfson and I have a ton of different Interests, but we work really well as a companionship! :) but I guarantee that our lessons wouldn't go as well as they do without the Spirit. For example, we got two new investigators yesterday, and had planned on teaching them about the Restoration. We are given some background information on our investigators, so we planned around what we knew of them, and what we were feeling inspired to study. We had our first lesson with our investigator named Carrie. Sister Rolfson and I spent the first little bit just getting to know her, and then we started getting into the lesson. She really wanted a relationship with God that she could know for sure He is there, to feel of His love, and also to feel comforted. It was going really well, and then suddenly the Spirit prompted me very strongly to open up to John 14 and have her read a few verses. HOLY COW. LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT, PEOPLE!! As she was reading them, she just started crying. I was soo happy that the Spirit told me to have her read those two verses and that I listened, because she definitely felt our Heavenly Father's love. :) now hopefully we can make her aware of that tomorrow;) as we got up to leave, she hugged us and said with a huge smile on her face, "I feel like you guys are my sisters!!"
Okay, story number two!! :) our second investigator is José. He moved from Cali, and doesn't really like Utah very much. Haha Sister Rolfson is from Colorado and could relate with him thankfully. The first ten minutes of the lesson I just sat back not knowing what to say as Jose was saying what he doesn't like about Utah and Mormons, and Sister Rolfson was agreeing with some, but trying to emphasize that the gospel is perfevt, but members most certainly aren't. She started gaining his trust, and he opened up more to us. He said that he has struggled with anxiety because of bullying and that it's been really hard on him. BOOM! Finally I could relate!!! I bore my testimony of coming to know for myself that Heavenly Father is there, and how persistent prayer was definitely the key. :) Sister Rolfson bore her testimony as well. Then he'd talk about something else, and we would be prompted by the spirit as to what to say to him. The only possible way to describe how it felt in that room was an insanely intense spirit. :) Heaven Father loves us soo much, and as missionaries we get the amazing privilege of feeling some of that love He has for others. Jose felt that spirit. He got emotional and said, "wow, I wasn't planning on telling you guys any of this when we first started talking. Ithink you're an answer to 8 dang (not the word he used) years of prayer." WHAT?! I wanted to explode with tears of gratitude and joy when he said that!!! Now, Sister Rolfson and I didn't hit hardly any of the lesson points we had planned, but as we are told everyday, we teach people not lessons. :) the Holy Ghost really is the best teacher!
I am so extremely grateful to be a missionary. :) thank you all so much for your prayers! They really do help so much! :) I hope you all enjoy this beautiful summer weather! Don't forget to laugh, and don't forget that Heavenly Father loves you...SO much!! :) OH! Before I forget, I have been so happy because there is unlimited juice here!! Juice is the best!! :) alrighty...that's all I have for this week!! Keep on being you and keep on being haooy!!
Sister Morris
PS
Thanks so much to the Engstrom family for the sweet note and packsgs!! You guys are the best!! Much love:)
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