I will cover some things requested that I discuss. And so my day goes like this...(and then I"ll write the good stuff!)
I wake up in the morning before 6:30. I hop into the shower and out in 5 min. I get dressed, I make my bed and shave. I then go to the class at 7:00 with my companion and we have personal study time for an hour where simply study to our hearts content the wonderfulness of the gospel.
Then we go to breakfast at 8:15. Breakfast is good. We then return to the class room where we have a teacher. Harmano McAllister is in the mornings now. Class for 3 hours and then either gym or M.D.T. (missionary directed time) which is our choice of what we do. Being the good missionary I am and my companion also, we usually study the language or work on prepping for our next teaching opportunity.
In gym I play four-square. No it is not the kid's game you think. The ball moves fast, low and hard. Just try to stay in for a solid 5 min. Entonces... Then we have lunch. The food here is pretty good all around. There are some meals that are just..... no. But most are great. After lunch is either gym or more M.D.T. till dinner. After dinner we have another 2 hours of class. Last semester we had a LOT more class. I need time to write the good stuff.
So last night we had the AWESOME opportunity to hear from Elder Holland for the second time during my stay hear in the MTC!!! IT WAS SO AWESOME!!!! He speaks with so much passion. I can feel every work is directed towards letting us know that he wants the best for us. Not only for the church because that is imporant, but for for ourselves as individuals. He loves us and wants this experience to be as life changing as his mission was for him.
He spoke last night on the different missionaries that have gone out in the past years of the church. "You are the hope of Israel. And you are only 19. Be the best you can be because there is no going back. Never go back." Or something to that effect. He then went into the story of Peter the apostle returning himself and the others to fishing after the death of Christ. It was all he could think to do. He did not understand that when Christ asked him to leacve his nets it was forever. That when Christ asked him to throw away his paddles it was forever. That his mission was not just during the Saviors life with him, but forever. Upon Christ's return, He asked peter 3 times, "Do you love me?" to which peter replied each time, "Thou knowest I love you." It was not until that last reply that he was converted. He then became the mighty apostle that people would sleep in the streets for in the hope that his shadow would pass over them. My mission is forever. I will never go back. I love Him.
I love you all!!!
Until next time!!! Elder Heath, Out.
