A Day in the Life of a Missionary
First week in the MTC
I have been in the MTC about four days now and I absolutely love it! I have always been warned about the first few days and to hang on till Sunday, but I’m not too sure why because so far I have enjoyed every minute! The first day here I was escorted through lines to get my books, tags, handbook, and all those little loose ends. I was able to meet my district and companion. My district consists of 10 total missionaries. Four sisters and six elders. We all get along very well and have gotten to know each other well! We are all learning Spanish here in the MTC. Two of the elders are going to the MTC in Peru so they will only be here for 3 weeks. I love my new companion! She is incredible! We have enjoyed our time together so far! She too is just as excited to be a missionary! We are trying to live up every minute in the MTC by joining the choir, going to extra language helps, taking advantage of our study time and trying to make it to that 6am fitness class even though we really haven’t done that yet:) It is definitely in the plan! We have two teachers that come in each day and work on Gospel concepts with us along with Spanish! It has been so uplifting and exciting! I am a little ahead in Spanish right now, but as fast as the MTC goes that will probably only last a day:) It is so incredible seeing the blessings that come from serving the Lord! I feel like I am able to retain and understand so much already and I haven’t even been here a week! I have seen so many blessings in the past few days! I am so happy and excited for the times ahead! On Thursday night we met our Branch Presidency, which is a lot My companion Sister Dewitt and me outside the entrance to the MTC. like a Bishopric. I was asked to be the coordinating sister, which means I am supposed to attend Leadership council and be there to help the sisters in our branch/zone in any way that they need. I felt very blessed to be trusted with such a responsibility so soon in my mission and it made me happy to be asked to do this because I love working with the sisters that I am around! The atmosphere here is incredible! There are so many encouraging pictures and the other elders and sisters are so kind and considerate! The food here is wonderful! If it wasn’t for the 5 flights of stairs we have to climb several times a day you would probably have to worry about sending me more clothes;) The Elders let us sisters go to the front of the food line every time so I think I consume way too much at meal times:) Overall I am so happy to be here and I have had some very neat experiences that have strengthened my testimony and that have helped me to see what it takes to be a good missionary! I am so happy to be in the service of a loving Heavenly Father! Our purpose as missionaries is to invite others to come unto Christ by receiving the Restored Gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end! I was so overwhelmed with joy and happiness as a sister placed a black name tag on my collar that said Hermana Rodio La Inglesia de JesuCristo de Los Santos so los Ultimos Dias because it made me realize that I was finally fulfilling one of my greatest dreams and I am a representative of my Savior and Friend, Jesus Christ.
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