I have literally been waiting a week to tell you guys this! So this last week the new missionary Presidents have been at the MTC to train a little before they are sent out to the field. This was cool on it's own, but guess who comes to train these new Mission Presidents?
The Quorum of the 12 Apostles and the First Presidency.
They literally were just walking around campus like it was the most casual thing in the world. Like we would just look up from studying in courtyard with the flags and be like, "Oh, there's Elder Holland walking with his wife." We were not allowed to go out of our way to talk to them, or even offer a hand shake. But they did tell us we were allowed to smile warmly at them. So that's what we did for three days. It was crazy to walk the same sidewalks as the Apostles for a few days.
On Sunday for the devotional all 12 Apostles were there. Since the girls Sister Dayley and I share a room with are international we got second row seats. When all twelve walked in I was about five feet away from them! I wanted to cry! They have such a spirit about them. I am so grateful to be at the MTC the time that I am. I am so grateful for all they do and the love they so freely give!
On a similar note, guess who else I saw this weekend? Tess Fisher! She is one of my good friends form home and she works as a MTC security guard. I literally was just as happy to see her as I was to see the Apostles.
It has been a really good week.
This week marks offically the half way through the MTC! That means half of our zone moved out and we got in new missionaries. There are a lot of them! To give you kind of an idea, there were about 24 of us after the missionaries in our zone moved out. There are almost 60 new missionaries that came into our zone this Wednesday. We are trying to adopt them into our family here at the MTC but there are A LOT of them.
The 24 of us had a few days alone together though, and it really brought us close. I really do feel like I have a family here. In a testimony meeting I shared that I have a hard time speaking in front of people and now they all volunteer me to speak in classes, or to be the one to speak when we discuss something. I hate them all, but it's also kind of sweet. We all know each other by name and walk each other to classes or back to dorms. I love these missionaries! I know the people in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Marshal Islands will love them too!
Speaking of our Elders. Our Malay teacher is getting married this weekend. This would be fine except we only have one Malay teacher here at the MTC. So one of the ways we are making it work while she is gone is teaching our Elders and pretending they are investigators. They were allowed to make their own profiles as investigators and this is what they came up with:
Three brothers. One is Muslim, one is Buddist, and one is Catholic. Their Mom didn't believe in God and we met the brothers at her funeral. And, because you thought it couldn't get any worse, each of their names are Prator. An Elder's name in our district.
Jokes on them because we still managed to bring the spirit, and I feel like give a successful lesson about prayer and returning to live with God again.
Another crazy thing that happened this week. This last Wednesday was my day to host for new missionaries. Basically greet the new Missionaries coming in and help them know where to go. I stood in the underground parking garage for a while waiting for my turn to host someone. When it finally came my turn, you are supposed to walk along side the car, and wave, and just help them to know where to park. Well I was walking along side the car and they rolled down the window and guess who was in the car?
My BYU college roommate, Amy! or Sister Cook now. Can you believe that? What are the odds of that? The Lord knows what he's doing.
Thank you all for the Emails! I love hearing form you guys!
Also a Birthday shout out to my sister Bethany! She's turning 10 today!
I hope you all have a good week!
Sister Skinner
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