I'm four weeks into my MTC training people! I'm scheduled to leave on the 28th of July, but don't have my visa yet...none of us in our district has gotten one yet! Who knows where I'll be headed on the 28th, hopefully Argentina!
I didn't write any new jokes this week, I know you are all so upset. That last one was a knee slapper, right?
I think I've mentioned this before, but the rule that says sister missionaries can't play soccer with Elders is really getting me down. Never fear though, Hermana Terry and I have started Girl Soccer on Thursdays! Last week was definitely a bust...we had two other sister missionaries there. But that is because all of the other sisters in our zone had something come up! 4 of them were moving to different apartments, 1 was getting her visa for Mexico, the other three were at the doctor. So tomorrow, we'll have at least 8 more there. Our elders still tease us about our 4 person soccer game :/
One of the ten elders in our new district is from the Roswell Stake! I got so excited! Scott Wilson, from Roswell 2nd ward. I don't actually know him, but I recognized him and we've chatted a bit about good ole New Mexico!
Every Sunday, the sister missionaries get to watch Music and the Spoken Word broadcast before Relief Society-which has been such a wonderful experience. All of you know I love music and choir-y things and getting outside music is great! But this last Sunday, the broadcasting system in West Campus was down so instead of watching and listening to people sing, we sang. We had a hymn testimony meeting. One by one, sisters stood up and shared their favorite hymn and bore their testimony. After each one, we sang the favorite hymn. One of the fastest ways to invite the Spirit is through hymns. What a spiritual experience we had. It was definitely my favorite. There were so many sisters sharing their favorite song that I didn't get to. But I did bear my testimony. My favorite hymn is number 72 in the LDS hymnbook-Praise to the Lord, the Almighty. It is such a powerful hymn of praise, my favorite line says, "Hast thou not seen, all that thou needeth hath been granted in what He ordaineth?" I know that everything on this earth is because of Jesus Christ. We may not see Him, but we see everything because of Him. I love my Lord. I was reading in the Book of Mormon the other day in Alma 26, and received yet another testimony of the love He has for us. In verses 17,19, 20 it says:
Who could have supposed that our God would have been so merciful as to have snatched us from our awful, sinful, and polluted state?...Why did he not consign us to an awful destruction, yea, why did he not let the sword of his justice fall upon us, and doom us to eternal despair? Oh, my soul, almost as it were, fleeth at the thought. Behold he did not exercise his justice upon us, but in his great mercy hath brought us over that everlasting gulf of death and misery, even to the salvation of our souls.
Wow. God has so much love for us that He allows us to make mistakes. He let us come to earth and make wrong decisions, decisions that lead us away from Him. But through all that, He loves us so much to provide mercy. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to be our Savior and Redeemer. He allowed His Only Begotten to die for His other children, us, who are far from perfect. He loves us that much and I know it.
Our Sunday devotional speaker was Richard I Heaton. He talked about charity, the pure love of Christ. He invited us to ask ourselves, WWJF, What Would Jesus Feel? Something I've learned a lot here at the MTC is to have charity. I have felt the love of God, the love He has for us, I feel it in my heart when I teach my investigators.
Last night, our speaker at devotional was L. Edward Brown. He reminded us that as missionaries, we have taken Christ's name upon us. We are His representatives and that should not be taken lightly. In our devotional review as a district, Elder McCutcheon said something that really stuck out to me, he said: "Because we have taken His name upon us, the phrase 'taking His name in vain' applies to more than just our words. It applies to our actions." Takes on a whole new meaning doesn't it? I'm trying to really take it to heart and always do things that are pleasing to the Lord. I'm no where near perfect, but it is through little goals that we improve!
Here are some pictures of our happenings this week:
Provo Temple with my district!
Hermana Terry and I with the Hermanas in the district just younger than us at the Provo Temple!
I love and miss you all!
Love, Hermana Christensen
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