09-01-09

I am still doing really really well. I love it here. So last Tuesday night, guess who came to speak at the MTC? Elder Richard G. Scott (one of the 12 apostles). It was a great meeting. He told many stories of how God had saved his life and helped him. They were great. He had one story about how he was driving one time up on a narrow mountain road in Europe (near Albania or that area, I can't remember) , and then when he was approaching a sharp turn all of a sudden he thought that if his wife was with him she would tell him to honk the horn before the turn. He let the horn honk for a while and kept driving around the corner, and right around the corner was a truck that stopped and thankfully he didn't run into. This was a cool story and he told us many others like it. At the end of his time, he bore his testimony of Christ. And he said that he knows Christ lives because he knows Christ. He said this twice. It was really a powerful testimony. I definitely could feel that he is an apostle of Jesus Christ. That he truly is a representative of Him. During the time while he was speaking he gave us two apostolic blessings. 1. The gift of tongues for those learning a language. 2. A blessing of saftey. That as we used proper judgment and were worthy that we would be protected on our missions. - Mom, remember that! So the rest of the week has gone really well. I did my laundry today and then we get to go to the temple. The Spanish version of the King James Bible from our church with the footnotes in it is available now, so I am going to go buy one. I can't believe that in 5 weeks I am going to be going to Chile! It is crazy! The time is just flying. We start teaching in Spanish next week at the TRC, and that will be exciting and makes me a little nervous. I am getting pretty good at understanding Spanish and know a lot of times what people are talking about. My speaking is coming along too, and I think that I will be able to give a simple lesson. I know that Heavenly Father is helping me, I feel it everyday. I am just so thankful to have the opportunity to be a missionary. What a blessing it is. The message that I get to share makes me so happy too, and that it changes people's lives and makes them have true meaning in life - to know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the church of God that has been restored to the earth and that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. I am so happy that I can share this with people and help them come closer to Jesus Christ. I know that this church is true with all my heart and I am so thankful to know that. It the best part of my life.

I am still playing basketball and four square now. It is fun. I would go play soccer, but I never really have gym time during the times that people play soccer. Mine are more in the morning and at night, and people usually play during the afternoon, plus people in my zone don't go and play. I will play in Chile! I hope I am allowed to!