Well week one is officially over! I finally get to sit down and
write some emails to everyone. This week has been pretty crazy. The MTC is an
amazing place and the spirit here is incredibly strong and consistent. The first
day I was here was pretty overwhelming. They do a wonderful job at making sure
that you know where you are going and that you have everything you need. They
also make sure that you have absolutely ZERO free time haha its so exhausting
bouncing from one thing to the next but I am grateful for it. I have learned so
much already and started teaching people the 3rd day I was here. My companion is
named Elder Clapier. He is from Caldwell, ID and is a pretty good guy.
Definitely never runs out of things to talk about haha it took me until about
day 3 to get used to being here. Now I feel like I own the place. Anytime I
started getting nervous or scared or homesick, the spirit was always there to
bring me peace and comfort. I am not going to lie the days at the MTC are the
longest days of your life. I feel like I've been here for a month and its only
been 5 days. I will be headed to New Mexico next Monday so if you want to write
me or send me something please wait till I get there and get an address. The
first time I got mail was Friday and I had 15 Dear Elder letters. To those that
sent them thank you so much, the love and support I feel truly is a comfort to
me and helps keep me going. Please Please PLEASE keep sending them while I am
here at the MTC. They really pick me up when I'm down and need to feel hugged.
Send them often :) I will be here till 4 AM next Monday. Yesterday we were all
walking to the cafeteria and there were some sisters following us. I trotted up
the stairs to hold the next door for them, but was surprised when one of the
sisters raced me to the top. I might not look like I'm in top physical
condition, but I can climb some stairs. I managed to just beat her and proceeded
to make her walk through my door when since I won hahaha good times here at the
MTC. That pretty much sums it up! hope everyone has a great week!
Spiritual Moment of the Week:
When my companion and I were teaching a member lesson, the sister we were
teaching asked us a deep question. In my attempt to answer it i stumbled and
didn't really get my point across. My companion tried to answer and when he was
talking the spirit hit me really hard and I knew exactly what to say. As soon as
he was done I spoke the words of the spirit and the sister was happy with the
answer and we were able to move on. This really helped strengthen my testimony
about following the promptings of the spirit.
Quotes of the Week:
"You don't love your children as much as your Father in Heaven loves
you."
"Everything in the conversion process has to happen for you before it can
happen for someone else."
"God answers prayers in 3 ways: Yes, no and I have something better."
"We aren't here to create another mormon, we are here to strengthen
relationships with Christ."
"The Book of Mormon is a book of answers."
Love you all,
Elder Carruth
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