Things are great here at the MTC and over the next few days (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years) the MTC has a lot of awesome stuff planned for us! On Christmas, we get to hear from Elder Russel M. Nelson on Christmas Day! General Authorities are great and I can't wait to hear from him! They also have a bunch of other things planned as well; talent show, Christmas program, and plenty of devotionals! This is going to be the most spiritual Christmas I've ever had! I'll have more to report on how everything went on my next P-day.
This week, our district came to a pretty crazy realization; we basically run the MTC. For one, our district has been here the longest out of anyone that is currently here! Second, we know the inside scoop on the devotionals and things because our district always helps to set up and take down the gymnasium before and after devotionals. We are the grandparents here at the MTC...
This past week, we have had the opportunity to get to know our kohai better and they are a great group of missionaries. Their room is right next to ours so we get to talk to them and hang out after a long day of studying. It's crazy to think that we are the ones that they are asking language questions to and we are able to answer them... It's amazing how far we have all come in the language so far.
An experience with that this week was when we got the chance to mock-teach a less active member. We went into the lesson only knowing that she was 50 years old and that she was baptized when she was 21 and became inactive 7 years ago. As you'd imagine, you can't plan much for this type of lesson because you don't know the needs of the investigator so you have to be ready for anything and follow the spirit as far as what to say and teach. As we got into the lesson, we were able to find out a lot more about her and identify her problem and teach accordingly: keep in mind that we were able to do this all in Nihongo! Saying things and understanding are both very hard but we were able to do both in this lesson! We shared a great message and bore awesome testimony and when we left, we were both filled with gratitude for all that we have been provided with being here on our missions. It's amazing what you can accomplish when the Lord is on your side and the Spirit is with you! I love this language; it is hard but I love it!
An experience with that this week was when we got the chance to mock-teach a less active member. We went into the lesson only knowing that she was 50 years old and that she was baptized when she was 21 and became inactive 7 years ago. As you'd imagine, you can't plan much for this type of lesson because you don't know the needs of the investigator so you have to be ready for anything and follow the spirit as far as what to say and teach. As we got into the lesson, we were able to find out a lot more about her and identify her problem and teach accordingly: keep in mind that we were able to do this all in Nihongo! Saying things and understanding are both very hard but we were able to do both in this lesson! We shared a great message and bore awesome testimony and when we left, we were both filled with gratitude for all that we have been provided with being here on our missions. It's amazing what you can accomplish when the Lord is on your side and the Spirit is with you! I love this language; it is hard but I love it!
Merry Christmas and if you haven't remembered, He is the Gift! Watch the video!
Brower Choro
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