Dear Family,
This week has gone by so fast! They told us when we first
got here that if we could just make it through Sunday of that first week, the
time would go so much faster after that. I didn't believe them because time was
moving pretty quickly to begin with, but it is definitely moving faster now!
Just love my district a lot. They are so funny, but
sometimes it is hard for all of us to be focused, especially after one of them
shares a scripture about women not talking in the church for the spiritual
thought. Yeah. It happens. But they definitely make things more interesting. It
will be hard to see them leave next week and then it will just be the Sisters
all by our lonesome for another week. This last week, we had Elder Wilson
with us. I think I mentioned him last week as well. His father died right
before he entered the MTC and his cousin, who was like a sister to him, was
killed in a car accident about a week ago, so they allowed him to stay in the
MTC and attend her funeral last Saturday. He is such an amazing Elder. So
humble and faithful. He bore his testimony on Sunday in Sacrament meeting and
everyone was crying afterwards. I was really sad to see him leave on Monday.
Our district feels really empty without him. He definitely made a great
contribution to our district and had a great effect on the elders especially.
Last Wednesday, Elder Mungia broke the record for most glasses of orange juice
drank during one meal. He drank fourteen. I'm probably glad that I wasn't there
to see it, but it's pretty obvious that the Elders need some entertainment, so
if that's what they need to keep from going crazy, go for it I guess. One of
the other elders, Elder Burt, is a sleep talker. One night, he was asleep and
his roommates heard him say "I forgot to highlight my "Preach My Gospel!”.
When his companion, Elder Mungia, told him that he was fine and that he was
just confused, Elder Burt said "I'm fine. I know where I am. I'm at the
MTC. I'm going to the Indianapolis
While Elder Mugnai was completing his orange juice
challenge, Sister Pinchak and I were sitting at the place where our district
normally sits and President Nally and President McIff, the two counselors
in the MTC Presidency, came and sat across the table with us. The fist thing
that President Nally said to us was "So which one of you has 2 Nephi 31
memorized?" We both said "What?" He stopped to say a prayer and
luckily never brought it up again. I was pretty nervous. The next day, they came and sat with us again, only this time the other two sisters from our district
were sitting with us. After President Nally started quizzing them, Sister
Pinchak and I quickly found an excuse to sneak away. Ha ha! It was nice to talk
to them, but I sure don't want to risk it again!
On Sunday, we were at the devotional and one of the ushers
asked Sister Bown and Wilson if they wanted to sit in the front row and then
invited Sister Pinchak and me to sit with them, so we were right there, right
in front of the MTC President while he talked. We felt pretty special and the
elders were a little jealous :)
This last week, we have been teaching an
"investigator" and a "less active" in the TRC. Both
experiences were pretty funny. When we taught the "less active",
Courtney (an older man), we walked in, he told us his whole story, told us
exactly what he expected us to do for him, and then committed himself to coming
back to church, making up with people he had offended, and stopping drinking
and other bad habits. It was great! All we had to do was tell him that we (and
Heavenly Father) would be there for him and reassure him that he was not wasting
our time by asking us to come visit with him. The investigator, Michael, was a
similar story. His friend, who was also there, had to keep reminding him of his
name. He was super straightforward with all of his feelings and believed
everything that we said. It's nice to teach this kind of investigators because
there is no way you can come away feeling bad about yourself, but it sure
doesn't feel like its helping us either.
The mailroom is being moved right now, so we are not getting any mail or packages until Thursday.
Love you!
Sister Lamb
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