So what to know about the MTC...the food is not as bad as they
say it is...it's extremely overwhelming on the first day...everybody is super
nice and super happy...they say "if you can make it to Sunday, you'll be
just great"...you have to wear a dork dot (a bright orange sticker) on
your name tag the first day, and everyone screams "welcome to the
MTC" at you...you start learning immediately.
So on the first day at the MTC, we met our companions and had a
quick lesson and went to a workshop. That was probably the coolest experience
so far. About fifty missionaries were put into a room and we had one
investigator to teach. And we taught them together and learned as we went. So
the first person we taught was Sarah G. (funny huh?). We learned a little about
her and then tried to teach her a lesson by the Spirit. It was really neat
because as soon as I thought of something to say, someone would pop up and say
what I was thinking. But then we started to ask the same question in a
different way, which kind of frustrated her. But Elder bore a powerful
testimony of Joseph Smith and it ended perfectly.
The next person we taught was Chae (pronounced Chay) and she was
a mom who lived in Provo because of her boyfriend's job and loved her amazing
neighbors. We taught her, and it was great! It went better than the first one
did.
But
the last person we taught was the best. His name was Ree-jay and he had just
moved to Provo because his friend asked him to. When we started talking, all we
could say was how loved he was. And all he could ask was why. Why did we love
him? How could we love someone we just met? It seemed so fake, he said. Well
one Elder got up and bore his testimony of how much God loves Ree-jay, and how
he knows because he could feel that in the pre-mortal life, Ree-jay had told
him "Don't give up on me, brother, no matter what I say." Well
Ree-jay broke down in tears and he told us that four months ago, his brother
shot himself, and the last thing he had said to him was "you'd be better
off dead." The room was so quiet and the Spirit was so strong that the air
felt thick. After a moment of silence, another Elder got up and told him two
things. One: that no matter what, God loves him and cares for him and just wants
him to return to Him. And two: he promised that Ree-jay's brother is waiting
for him in heaven, waiting to give him a hug and tell him it's okay. And then
Ree-jay asked if we could sing Families Can Be Together Forever, because it's
what one of his member friends sang at his brother's funeral. It was so, so
powerful, and I know that families really are forever.
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