Week 2 (MTC)

It’s officially been one week in the MTC, and it’s amazing!

My first Sunday here was super spiritual, I’m not sure if I’ve ever felt the spirit so strongly before. Church was great of course, and every week there’s evening devotionals on Sunday and Tuesday; both of those were amazing. But the cherry on top was the video we saw afterwards. It was called “Character of Christ,” and in it, Elder Bednar talked about Christ’s tendency to turn outwards when the natural man would turn in. He was always focused on how He could help others, and He never once did anything to only help himself. It was really inspiring, and I’m sure every missionary left there wanting to be a better representative of Christ.

The rest of the week turned out to be all about visas. Tuesday, our whole district (except Elder Ellsworth) got called to the health clinic. They needed some of our blood and, get this, a stool sample (Belgium wants to make sure we don't have parasites). If you’ve never given a stool sample, let me tell you this: it kinda sucks. But at least it was a bonding experience. We had good fun scooping our poop into a vial.

Then on Wednesday, a bunch of us France missionaries traveled to San Francisco to visit the French Consulate there. We had to wake up at 3 AM in order to make our flight, and the entire trip, things kept almost going wrong. It was a true testament to me that God watches over us when we follow His commandments.

Merci for your support!
Elder Wood

District at the Provo Temple - Soeur Petersen, Soeur Andreasen, Elder Ellsworth, Elder Poulson, Elder Bunker, Elder Wood

The view from his classroom building towards the Provo Temple

He bought himself a French hymnbook

Nametags of the elders in his district

Double band-aid from the blood draw

The French Consulate in San Francisco

Riding on the BART train in San Francisco. His companion (Elder Bunker) and Elder Birch

Heading to the Provo temple early this morning