Week 2: In The Books

THE HARDEST THING ABOUT THE MTC IS NOT BEING ABLE 

TO GIVE THE SISTERS HUGS! Ha

I wish I could explain everything that's happening here, there is so much going on. It is amazing! Everything is amazing and I am constantly filled with the Spirit here. I am growing spiritually every day. This gospel is true and there is no doubt that this is where I need to be. I am in the right place at the right time.

Tuesday - On the night of our PDay, we had a devotional from Brother Godoy from the Seventy. He is awesome and soooooo funny. We were dying laughing during his whole devotional. He talked about his conversion story when he was younger. He was taking the missionary lessons and was told the church was true and back on the earth. He was so happy about this that he went to tell his parents but they didn't care as much as he did. He didn't understand why. He wanted them to realize how important these things were. While he described the situation he choked the microphone. haha It was so funny. I wrote a lot of it in my journal and I don't have it with me so yeah... sorry about that. :)

Wednesday to Saturday - These days were filled with class after class after class. I loved all of them. My district is connecting. We all love each other so much!! My teachers are Brother Doman and Sister Seable. They are amazing and feel like a mom and dad. They care about all of us so much. Every one at the MTC is like my new family. You feel that close to everyone. We laugh so much that we had to make district goals to be more reverent because we find the humor in everything. It is great!

Elder UDall and Elder Greenlaw 

Sisters in our district

Elder Greenlaw and Elder Edwards

Our district in our class! 

District at MTC

My Zone at the MTC!

Here are some pics of us in front of the murals in the MTC. 

It is hard to take a serious pic. ha

My family at the MTC

Elder Greenlaw said they have some of the most beautiful murals at the MTC. No where else in the world do they have pictures like this. Each ones tells a faith promoting store. 

Moses and The Red Sea!  

Elder Greenlaw

My District after class

 It makes me sad that most of our group is going to Birmingham Alabama because I love them all so much. It is okay. I know we will stay in touch and be friends forever. I am sure I will probably cry when I have to say goodbye next week. Okay, I don't really cry that much, but I feel like I might. ha  My companion, Elder McBride is from Clinton, Utah and he will be going to Louisville, Kentucky with me. I have met other missionaries that will be leaving with us.  They are all my favorite people ever. I am really excited about traveling and serving with them.

Sunday - Sunday meetings were amazing. My friend from the zone spoke. Sister Bunker talked about how her friend who was diagnosed with cancer. She was hanging out with her one time and her friend said, I am going to live until Christmas. She died the day after Christmas. Sister Bunker had a really hard time with it. A few months later, another one of her best friends died. and she felt broken inside. She was at the cemetery and was looking at these two gravestones and prayed to God and said, "Where are you?" She immediately felt like she was surrounded with love. She said she could feel all the Spirits in the cemetery with her. Her two friends and everyone else walking with her. She walked around looking at other graves and felt so much love. The next day she put in her mission papers. She is going to serve in the Mesa, Arizona mission. She is really an awesome missionary.

The funny thing about Sister Bunker is that I matched with her on Mutual before we came here. lol She is really cool and left this morning so that has been a bit hard. I also taught a Priesthood meeting on Sunday with Elder Wiseman. We killed it. I love that man. He is one of the zone leaders in my district. We taught about how we can recognize and act on the promptings of the Spirit as missionaries. We worked really hard on what we were going to talk about, because we were good boys, and the Spirit did the rest. It was a great lesson.

Monday - This day was actually really sad because Elder Jones, one of the older zone leaders left the MTC we all said our goodbyes to him. Elder Edwards left as well. God bless those men. They are amazing disciples of Jesus Christ.

I know this church is true. If we get to know the Savior and learn about Him and His life, our own lives will be so much better. I am so glad I was baptized by the proper authority so I can have the Spirit with me as a constant companion. I am thankful for Jesus Christ and His sacrifice. He knows exactly what I am feeling and how to help me if I do what He asks of me... hence the mission. God loves you all. If you are struggling to find God in your own life, I encourage you to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know if the things you read are true. I have done this in my own life. It will strengthen your relationship with God and Jesus Christ. I love you. God loves you.

I say these thing in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Elder Greenlaw