Today is my first Preparation Day in the MTC. I'm surprised it came so soon after getting here, but I'm not complaining! For anyone who doesn't know, P-Day is the one day a week where missionaries get a small break from missionary stuff. It's when we do our laundry, go shopping, write home, and do anything else to prepare for the coming week. We also went to the Provo Temple this morning. It was amazing. I'm looking forward to going the next five weeks I'm here.
Backing up a bit, after I finished writing on Wednesday, the other people in my district showed up. There's six of us, four Elders and two Sisters, divided into companionships: me and my companion Elder Bunker, Elder Ellsworth and Elder Poulson, and Sister Peterson and Sister Andreason. We're all in the same class learning French together, and it's a lot of fun. All of us except Elder Ellsworth are going to the France Paris Mission, he's going to New Hampshire. It's also stressful though, we have to teach our first amie de l'Eglise (investigator (person interested in the Church)) tonight. It's only our third day here! I'm sure we'll do alright, but it's still nerve racking.
It's so spiritual here, you can feel the Spirit almost constantly. I've only been here for a few days, but I can already tell I'll be sad to leave. The MTC is so great and I love it here. But I know France will be great and I'm looking forward to serving the French (and Belgian and Luxembourgian) people.
Au revoir!
Elder Wood
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| Elder Poulson, Elder Ellsworth, Elder Wood, & Elder Bunker |
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| The elders in his district, backlit |
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| The view from the computer lab, Heritage Halls/BYU campus |
Love you Elder Wood! I feel the spirit through you. Such a wonderful blessing to you and your family to serve the people of France et al. God bless!
ReplyDeletei really agree with you michael go serve the people in your mission
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