Sister Rosa and I in Provo
My District in Provo
Thank you Kemp for putting all theses email addresses together on one! It makes it so much easier for me and so much less time consuming! Because I tell you what - time is something I do not have hear. I have a timer ticking in the top right hand corner of my screen counting down the seconds until I am kicked off the computer... This is one of those times in my life, similar to those at school of being on page 4 of a 7 page paper that is due in an hour, that I wish I learned how to type fast.. maybe that will come by the end of my mission. We can hope right? So for that reason, I may not get a lot out to you in the 15 minutes I have left...
Mission life is so fantastic! Well here in the MTC it is. I really do love it here and I am sure I will love it in New Mexico too but I am just definitely not ready for that yet.. I still have a lot of learning to do which is wonderful! Because that is what we do here! We sit in class for 6 hours a day and I LOVE it! I am learning so much!WE have class time where we are instructed by a teacher (sorry gentlemen, you already know this stuff, but the women don't so I am going to share it with them) and personal study time and companionship study time and also additional study time. My zone has one of the earliest schedules at here - we have to be at breakfast by 6:45 and back to class by 7:15 for study time. It is wild - but what is really cool is that I have not been overly tired yet! Well actually Tuesday was probably my hardest day just because we had such a long week of go go go go and no break yet so I hit my wall definitely.. but today is Pday so I get that break! YAhoo.. is it bad that I have been looking forward to this day?
Let me tell y'all about my companion. She is INCREDIBLE! We have gotten along so well together. We are basically the same person - well besides the fact she goes (went) to BYU (blech) but other than that one difference, everything else is wonderful with us! oh - her name is Sister Rosa. She is from Naperville Illinois and just finished her first year of school here at BYU. She is studying to be an elementary teacher. She came out here really focused and determined to work hard which is awesome because I came out the same way. So we work together really well! She knows her scripture stories really well and is able to pull out what chapter it is in off the top of her head- something I am learning to do. We have taught 5 lessons thus far with a sixth one tonight. We have only taught two investigators - one we have taught three lessons to and the other two. While they are just role plays, if they are taken seriously thay can really become a real experience, which is what Sister Rosa and I have been doing so I am learning lots. Last night in our lesson we taught, we were teaching the plan of salvation - i was teaching the creation and said something like "under the direction of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ created the world..." and then she said, as a devout catholic, "wait, God created the heavens and earth, not Christ." that made us flustered - so we pulled out a scripture from Abraham and then she was like "wait, what is that book?" oh yeah... she doesnt know what the Pearl of Great Price is.. It threw us a little bit, but I think we recovered nicely. The unfortunate thing, we dont get feed back on those lessons. oh but that sparked a question that we are still trying to find the answer to - maybe my knowledgeable family can help. We know that jesus Christ created the world and that he was the God of the old testament.. but where is the sciptural proof of that? Is it in the bible? or just in modern revelation. I did find some good stuff in John 1 but it is kind of confusing and needs some interpretting.. so If y'all have any other great references - throw em at me!
Thanks for all the letters/emails! I love to hear from you all! Sorry this email is so scattered..but I am down to seconds..
Love you all!
-Sister Stuart
One more thing - I did see Kait and it was so wonderful! I saw her the first day and everyday until she left on Tuesday morning. I am sure she is loving Baltimore! Hopefully by my next PDay I will have heard from her again ( I have no idea when that will be)
I fly out of here Monday morning at 9 am I think is when my flight is.. so until New Mexico.
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