MTC Week ONE!

HI everyone!!! My first week in the MTC has already been the most amazing, stressful, uplifting, difficult thing I have ever done!! When we first got here we had a little orientation meeting with the Zone leaders and Sister Training Leaders of my zone and they told us that by Monday, we will have cried ourselves to sleep MULTIPLE times. At first we just thought they were all a bunch of whimps. The first 2 days were busy but super awesome! We have so much study time and class time that it feels like each days consists of a whole weeks worth of activities. The Spirit here at the MTC is one of the most amazing feelings ever and it truly can't even be explained by words. I love it sooo much! My district consists of 4 Elders, and 6 sisters. Half of us are going to San Diego and the other half is heading to the Kentucky Lousiville mission! Our district is such a great group of missionaries and I'm really going to miss them!

So far we have taught 2 lessons to our progressing investigator (one of our teachers). The first lesson was one of the coolest things i've ever experienced! Before I came into the MTC I was talking to Derek and he told me that I wouldn't feel different after being set apart as a missionary until I taught my first lesson. Boy, was he sure RIGHT! I felt like I wasn't even having to say anything because the Spirit was saying it for me. That doesn't mean my delivery was the clearest.....I kind of rambled for a while but its totally fine. Thats why i'm here! Our second lesson was probably about as opposite to the first one as it could get. I truly learned that having the Spirit is a GIFT that we must work hard to keep as our constant companion. My companion (Sister Twitchell) and I weren't as obedient during study time as we should have been which means we weren't as prepared and didn't rely on the Spirit for help. I have truly come to realize that I can't do ANY of this work on my own. I constantly need to be relying on my Savior Jesus Christ and have faith in Him to make up for my weaknesses.

By friday, the sleep deprivation, mental exhaustion, and difficulty of this work REALLY hit hard. Now I don't think our zone leaders are big whimps....hahaha oh yeah which reminds me, seriously HALF of my Zone left today for the Colorado Springs Mission!! So watch out for them! They are all soooo awesome! I told them to look up my family if they are in Monument or Mountain Shadows. So you guys better feed them well :) One of the sisters though in that Zone that left today truly has a special place in my heart. Her name is Sister Ikahhefo (eekaaheeefo i think? haha) On friday I was really struggling with everything and during our Zone Teaching our teacher just told us to find someone we don't know, go to a corner by ourselves, and then only ask and answer sincere questions. We only had about 10 minutes together but it felt so nice to just have someone to talk to and relate experiences to. After we talked all of us had to go back to the classroom and then sit down and study for about 5 minutes with that person in mind and find a scripture to teach to them. After teaching each other it was amazing to see how both scriptures that we found applied directly to the others life. It just amazed me to see how powerful sincere lisenting is! We both ended up crying and hugging each other for a minute. It was exactly what I needed to hear and it is just amazing to see how inspired EVERYTHING we do here is! The Lord truly does work in mysterious ways!

But what I have truly come to learn this week is that I can't do ANY of this work on my own. Even things that I thought I could do perfectly fine by myself at home. In EVERYTHING we do we must continue to rely and have faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is through Him and only Him that we can recieve comfort and strength, have our weaknesses become blessings, and touch the hearts of every person we meet. Serving a mission is already one of the hardest things I've done. But I can't imagine being anywhere else. Even though it has been hard, I have loved every minute because I know that Heavenly Father is just molding me into the tool that HE needs ME to become.

I love you all and I pray that Heavenly Father will continue to bless you everyday!

Sister Morgan

Scripture of the week: D&C 6: 10-11 &14

Sorry I'm not sending any pictures this week. I guess the computer i'm on wont let us do that so I'll go to one next week that will let me so you can see the missionary life of Sister Morgan! :)