I'm pretty sure we've been this tired before... but I'm not sure when... and it's only day 2! We arrrived at the MTC today at 7:30am and left at 8:30pm. Whew. We've been in classes all day learning about Preach My Gospel & preparing to teach our first lesson tomorrow. People posing as investigators have their own living-room-like classroom where they video us teaching this person. YIKES! (Luckily for us we don't have to do it in French!) We were separated into districts and we go to class as districts. Here is our District:
We are on the far left, next are the Knudsens from St.George going to Independence, MO., beside them are the Syphus' from Centerville, UT going to New Caledonia in the Figi mission-They both served in Tahiti (french speaking) as single missionaries, On the right are the Watsons from Highland, UT, going to Fukuoku Japan mission- military relations in Okinawa. Our morning teacher is Bro. Jordan Hepworth, from San Diego, served in South Carolina Columbia mission.
We have studied the first lesson - The Restoration all day. Tomorrow we teach real people! The place we go is called the TRC (I think it stands for Training Resource Center) - but to many of you who have had children go thru - they will remember it perhaps not so fondly! It is always a source of anxiety! It's okay... Lindsay tells me "You can do Hard Things! ". We heard tonight that there are 2822 missionaries there now and 73 senior missionaries. That's a bigger number than usual. (you don't really notice until meal time when all 2822 of those missionaries are moving thru the cafeteria! ha!) They also told us that the church is experiencing a 20% increase in Senior Missionaries since this time last year. We are heading the call from Pres. Monson about serving - and yet, they need many more Senior Couples. Elder Cecil O.Samuelson of the First Quorum of the Seventy & BYU Pres. and his wife spoke at our devotional fireside tonight. We are pretty tired - both physically and mentally. Long days and we've still got studying to do!
We are on the far left, next are the Knudsens from St.George going to Independence, MO., beside them are the Syphus' from Centerville, UT going to New Caledonia in the Figi mission-They both served in Tahiti (french speaking) as single missionaries, On the right are the Watsons from Highland, UT, going to Fukuoku Japan mission- military relations in Okinawa. Our morning teacher is Bro. Jordan Hepworth, from San Diego, served in South Carolina Columbia mission.
We have studied the first lesson - The Restoration all day. Tomorrow we teach real people! The place we go is called the TRC (I think it stands for Training Resource Center) - but to many of you who have had children go thru - they will remember it perhaps not so fondly! It is always a source of anxiety! It's okay... Lindsay tells me "You can do Hard Things! ". We heard tonight that there are 2822 missionaries there now and 73 senior missionaries. That's a bigger number than usual. (you don't really notice until meal time when all 2822 of those missionaries are moving thru the cafeteria! ha!) They also told us that the church is experiencing a 20% increase in Senior Missionaries since this time last year. We are heading the call from Pres. Monson about serving - and yet, they need many more Senior Couples. Elder Cecil O.Samuelson of the First Quorum of the Seventy & BYU Pres. and his wife spoke at our devotional fireside tonight. We are pretty tired - both physically and mentally. Long days and we've still got studying to do!
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