This will be my last post from the MTC, on Monday I head to France! Finally! Unfortunately, one missionary in my district doesn’t have their visa (other than Elder Ellsworth, he was never going to France). Sœur Andreasen got reassigned while she waits for her visa. The great thing is that she was reassigned to the Oregon Portland Mission! (For those who don’t know, that’s my home mission)
On Saturday, our district had an “English fast.” We spoke nothing but French the entire day. To be perfectly honest, it was kinda difficult. Which isn’t good seeing as how we’ll be in France soon. I’m hoping being totally immersed in the language will help. Also Le Don des Langues. That’ll help too.
This morning we served in the Provo Temple, and it was really cool. We worked for 3 and a half hours ripping out carpet, and it was really hard. My arms and legs are super sore, but it was a lot of fun. Totally worth it.
For Tuesday’s devotional, Craig C. Christensen spoke. He’s in the presidency of the 70, and his initials are CCC. One thing that stuck out to me was that he said, every time you invite someone to change their life, you are calling them to repentance. Which is exactly what missionaries are called to do.
I’ll leave you with what I learned from Elder Holland’s recorded devotional I watched on Sunday. He talked about astonishing. He quoted a scripture about how the people were astonished, and because of that they were converted. He told us we had to be astonishing out in the mission field, and honestly, I felt like he astonished us. It felt like the Spirit had punched me or something, but I guess that’s just what happens with apostles. He also quoted a poem that was written in French, but he of course read the translation. He used it to say we had to go to where the magic happens. If we stay where we are, nothing’s going to happen. Get out of your comfort zone! Obviously, I had to look up the original French, so here it is:
«Venez jusqu’au bord.»
«Nous ne pouvons pas, nous avons peur.»
«Venez jusqu’au bord.»
«Nous ne pouvons pas, nous allons tomber.»
«Venez jusqu’au bord.»
Et ils y sont allés.
Et il les a poussés.
Et ils se sont envolés.
Au revoir,
Elder Wood
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| Elder Wood and Elder Bunker with new haircuts before they head to Paris. (Haircuts in the MTC are free, by the way.) |
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| "The French flag was right next to America's. They change postitions every day, so I tried to get a picture whenever I saw France." |
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| He likes to send us pictures of his care packages. This one was from Aunt Pam (thanks!) |
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