First P-Day

1.7.15

Hey!!!

Today was my first P-Day!!! Man has my first week been amazing, I never knew how much my faith and knowledge and testimony could grow in the gopsel in just one week!! I have been truly Blessed! I do miss my family but they keep us soo busy and on a tight schedule that I dont have much time to let my emotions out so that is probably a good thing:) The first day I got here and said Good Bye to my family a sweet sister helped me around the Campus and told me that I was going to get tired of hearing "Welcome to the MTC," I probably heard it 100 times but made me realize how sweet everyone is here. I got to my classroom where I met my companion, Sister Flake. She is such a sweet heart! The first day we were all kind of timid but by Saturday we were literally like family! There are 4 sisters in my district and 4 elders in my district and they are all kind and loving and willing to help me grow as a person and in the gospel. I share a room with all the sisters in my district and they are all different and funny in their own way. Two of them are from AZ, and then the other one is from Hawaii, even cooler, and then there is me from lil ol Wyoming. But I do have an advantage because I am use to the cold. The one from Hawaii has taught us a few words in Hawaiian but I would butcher the spelling even if I remembered how to say it. One night, our district leader asked us sisters if we all wanted priesthood blessings and all 4 of us sisters got blessings. My eyes were wet and I felt the spirit so strong in the room and having the opportunity to hear some of the elders give some of their first priesthood blessing was a blessing in its self, as well as their examples of holding their priesthood worthily. I can’t wait to have investigators that I can watch grow in the gospel who hold their priesthood the same way. The next day was Sunday and on Sundays the MTC gives you freedom for maybe a little over and hour and you can leave and take a walk to the temple. We were not sure as to which way we were supposed to leave the temple and so a couple of sisters and elders from our district got yelled at because they went under some kind of gate and got yelled at and then they proceeded to show us the gate that we had to go out of. Silly workers, how were we suppose to know where they gate was. We were just excited to go walk around the temple and take pictures. One thing about class is there is a lot of role playing and I despised it before I came out on my mission but I have learned to love it and realized that it is a learning experience both in knowledge and in experience. I have learned that every time I have a thought while teaching someone and it is a thought on the gospel that I need to act on that and that it is a thought from the holy ghost. My companion and I have been called to sister training leaders and it was intimidating at first but it gives us an opportunity to look for ways to serve. I am soo excited because we get to meet the new missionaries today and give them orientation.

I love you all and miss you as well but I am glad to be on the Lord errand and to be here at the MTC to learn about myself and learn soo much about the gospel. One of my favorite Missionary quotes has been "Missionaries leave their family for a little while so those they teach can be with their family for an eternity," Or something along those lines. I hope everyone is well and I am praying for you all.

With love,

Sister Mauck