We just received Liz's first email! She is loving the MTC! I hope you enjoy reading these excerpts (actually most of her email--it was all so good I couldn't leave anything out!):
"it's my first p-day and it's glorious to get a day to kind of wind down and get things done! but i am LOVING it here! it's very busy and i get kind of tired by the end of the day, but i've had no trouble getting up in the mornings! for those of you who have never been to the MTC, here's a run down. our district is made up of 8 of us (i think i told you a little bit about them) . . . 4 elders and 4 sisters. all 4 elders will be going to seattle with me so that will be fun! the district is pretty much my family here. we are together most of the day, usually in class with one of our 2 teachers: bro lovejoy and sis higginson. they are both awesome! i'm learning a ton here. a lot about the gospel and the scriptures, but mostly how missionary work is all about forgetting yourself to serve the Lord. it's ALL about learning to get the Spirit, understand how it speaks to you, and follow it. I've realized that no matter what our backgrounds are, all of us missionaries are trying to learn to depend on the Spirit. It's been pretty humbling, and i have a long way to go, but i'm enjoying every minute of it!
"so yeah, other than class, we have personal and companion study time (companion study with sis ireland is pretty much amazing. we love it), MDT (missionary directed time where we practice teaching, go to workshops, and study), meals (oh so AWESOME: there are these caesar wraps in the cougar eat that i love, and they have a wrap bar here so that's what i get every day for lunch. yesterday one of the servers said, oh you're the caesar girl!), get ready for the day (i'm now the master of having 1/2 hr to get ready and actually looking cute at the end of it hehe), have gym time (i pretty much just play 4 square with this group of elders every day, it's probably my favorite sport. the elders went easy on me at first, then they discovered i could whoop them haha), and devotionals (every tuesday is a general authority . . . pretty sweet).
"So exciting things that have happened, Sheri Dew was our Relief Society speaker on Sunday!! in person! we sisters get the royal treatment here. she talked about how we can affect people in the mission field without even teaching them. just through our purity, they will know we are different from women of the world. we also got to watch the joseph smith: prophet of the restoration movie on sunday night! loved it once again!
"I am the coordinating sister for our branch, so i get to go to branch council meeting and represent the sisters. our branch presidency is awesome and it's fun to get to hug their wives. we don't get to hug many people seeing as how we are the minority. it's fun to be here though and see all these fabulous elders. they are all going to be fabulous missionaries. i love being able to see the training ground that has produced all the wonderful men i know in the church. . . . it's definitely hard work, but it's the most important work there is! i didn't expect to be so caught in the bubble. it almost seems like i didn't have a life before this."
"it's my first p-day and it's glorious to get a day to kind of wind down and get things done! but i am LOVING it here! it's very busy and i get kind of tired by the end of the day, but i've had no trouble getting up in the mornings! for those of you who have never been to the MTC, here's a run down. our district is made up of 8 of us (i think i told you a little bit about them) . . . 4 elders and 4 sisters. all 4 elders will be going to seattle with me so that will be fun! the district is pretty much my family here. we are together most of the day, usually in class with one of our 2 teachers: bro lovejoy and sis higginson. they are both awesome! i'm learning a ton here. a lot about the gospel and the scriptures, but mostly how missionary work is all about forgetting yourself to serve the Lord. it's ALL about learning to get the Spirit, understand how it speaks to you, and follow it. I've realized that no matter what our backgrounds are, all of us missionaries are trying to learn to depend on the Spirit. It's been pretty humbling, and i have a long way to go, but i'm enjoying every minute of it!
"so yeah, other than class, we have personal and companion study time (companion study with sis ireland is pretty much amazing. we love it), MDT (missionary directed time where we practice teaching, go to workshops, and study), meals (oh so AWESOME: there are these caesar wraps in the cougar eat that i love, and they have a wrap bar here so that's what i get every day for lunch. yesterday one of the servers said, oh you're the caesar girl!), get ready for the day (i'm now the master of having 1/2 hr to get ready and actually looking cute at the end of it hehe), have gym time (i pretty much just play 4 square with this group of elders every day, it's probably my favorite sport. the elders went easy on me at first, then they discovered i could whoop them haha), and devotionals (every tuesday is a general authority . . . pretty sweet).
"So exciting things that have happened, Sheri Dew was our Relief Society speaker on Sunday!! in person! we sisters get the royal treatment here. she talked about how we can affect people in the mission field without even teaching them. just through our purity, they will know we are different from women of the world. we also got to watch the joseph smith: prophet of the restoration movie on sunday night! loved it once again!
"I am the coordinating sister for our branch, so i get to go to branch council meeting and represent the sisters. our branch presidency is awesome and it's fun to get to hug their wives. we don't get to hug many people seeing as how we are the minority. it's fun to be here though and see all these fabulous elders. they are all going to be fabulous missionaries. i love being able to see the training ground that has produced all the wonderful men i know in the church. . . . it's definitely hard work, but it's the most important work there is! i didn't expect to be so caught in the bubble. it almost seems like i didn't have a life before this."
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