Hello everyone!
Today marks one full week of being a missionary! I have learned so much in just this first week of online MTC (or CCM as it is called in Mexico). If you haven’t heard already, I have been called to the Missouri Independence Mission Spanish speaking. I have two weeks of live online training here, begun on 8/15, then I fly to the Mexico City MTC on Tuesday the 30th.
I couldn’t be more excited to have started missionary training and I can’t wait for what is yet! On Monday, my first meeting was at 6:00 am Pacific Time which is 8:00am in Mexico. I was pretty nervous going into that meeting because I didn’t exactly know what to expect, but the instructors did a very good job of being welcoming which helped calm my nerves. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one feeling that way.
The MTC does a very good job at keeping its missionaries busy and learning. My typical day consists of companion study at 6:00 am then straight to a three-hour class with my district, then an hour of “Mentoring” which is a continuation of the previous meeting but more specific to learning Spanish. Following that we have a workshop meeting with about 80 missionaries. Then there’s a two-hour break for lunch and other studies. The last class is from 2:30pm-5:00pm which is similar to the other long class in the morning.
I can’t wait to meet my companion, district and teachers once I get to Mexico! My district has already bonded, and it is a very positive environment as we are all learning how to be Spanish speaking missionaries. My companion Elder Hanks is a rockstar! Almost everyone in my district took Spanish in high school, but Elder Hanks took ASL which means that he had no experience with Spanish before the mission. I admire his enthusiasm for learning the language.
My testimony of missionary work has been strengthened so much in just one week and I am so grateful for that!
I wanted to share my mission scripture with you all. This scripture is amazing, and it relates to us in our daily lives but also very strongly to missionary work. I love how it illustrates our importance and purpose here on earth. As a missionary I have the opportunity to be anxiously engaged in being a branch (or conduit:) to help spread the love and peace that comes through Jesus Christ.
John 15:4-5
“4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing”.
Pictures:
1. Family picture after being set apart
2. Rachel making arepas for dinner
3. Getting some exercise with my companion Gavin
4. My home MTC workspace
5. Some friends I grew up with at Wakely Stephenson’s Wedding that I attended Friday after Zoom classes were complete
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