June 24, 2012
Well goodness gracious, one week down! And I'll tell you what it hasn't been easy. It has been so busy I hardly have time to take care of myself. The time between 9:30 and 10:30 pm is probably the most crazy, stressful, exciting, happy, relaxing, fast, and ridiculously busy hour all day. Personal time. I always have so much I want to write, and letters to read and pictures to look at and get ready for bed. Its always a rush but its great. It's been a week of ups and downs that's for sure. There's been moments when I'll see myself in the mirror with my tag and suit on and I'll think "This is awesome!" But there has been a lot of time thinking to myself "What the heck am I doing. Am I really leaving all the people I love for two years? I miss them so much already and I've only been out here 3 days. How the heck am I going to make it 2 years?!" I've had a lot more thoughts similar to that been flying through my brain, I just don't remember them right now. Needless to say I've felt pretty down. But the spirit and the tender mercies the Lord has been blessing me with have been helping me.
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The classes here at the MTC are so great. My district - we have the same classroom and we have 2 teachers. They are both so great. Bro. Austin and Sis. Hoopes. They both have recently returned from their missions (past couple years) so they are well experienced and so good at teaching. One activity that we are doing is teaching investigators. But he investigators are our teachers. They act the part of a person they met on their mission. It is so real. It is a huge learning experience. Its really something I am enjoying. But it is pretty darn discouraging as well sometimes. But life's good.
My district is really great. We do just about everything together. We are learning a lot from each other and it's pretty fun. We are a high energy group and we have had a lot of good times. And a lot of spiritual learning experiences too.
I've seen SO many Elders from high school. What a blessing that has been. I am so grateful that I have been blessed with so many great friends. I am so excited for all my buddies that are coming in today. In fact! I just went out for lunch ans saw Elder Issac Parkenson from my ward at USU. So exciting. I can't wait to see Elder Spencer Vernon.
I can't believe that I'm a week in! It seems to go so slow but it seems so fast.
I'm doing pretty well right now. Quite happy. I want to hear how you guys are! I love you so much.
Aaron's MTC district (and teachers):
Aaron and MTC companion, Elder Meyer
June 27, 2012
Family!
Goodness I love you all so much. A week and a half ago I couldn't imagine being able to make it all the way through my mission while feeling the pain of missing family, home, and friends. I was really concerned about that. So I prayed. I didnt want to forget about the people I left behind, wanted to still be able to love them but I didn't want to feel the pain of loss. And my prayers have been answered! I started feeling it after I got past last Wednesday. I am beginning to see that it is possible for me to be able to lose myself in the work. I really hope I can do that.
I have been blessed with so many tender mercies over the past week. I have seen so many friends from college and from home it's been awesome. I've seen so many people from Dear Old AF High its been so great. What an amazing school that was. I am so glad that I got to go there. There were so many good people in my class. I am confident in saying that our class was one of the very best classes to walk the halls of that school. I've seen my buddy Elder Spencer Vernon every single day. What a blessing it is to see and talk with one of my best buds even though we are in a completely different situation. He is doing so well. I've also been able to see and eat with my awesome friends that I met up at Utah State! My longboarding buddys from my singles ward up there. Isaac Parkenson and Weston Killpack. I love those guys. We all had church callings up there and we did some crazy awesome stuff together. It is so cool that we are all doing this crazy awesome mission thing now.
Ok! Here is the awesome tender mercy of the past week! Ok so its been pretty crazy thinking that we are going to be on our islands in two weeks. The schedule for the past week has been pretty different because the new batch of mission presidents are in here for training. So Saturday night, we got sent to the large meeting fireside devotional place to watch a movie. So I had no idea what the movie would be. Somthing like the Joseph Smith movie or something. But guess what movie it was.... The Other Side of Heaven! Oh man I was so excited. It was so good. Not only did it kinda freak me out, it got me super crazy excited. It was so great. So when that was done we walked out the south doors to where the ring of flag poles were. The day before there were no flags up except for the USA flag in the middle. When we walked out after the movie, there was only one other flag up. The Federate States of Micronessia flag. Oh my goodness gracious. It was amazing. I still cant figure out why it was the only flag up because the next morning every single pole had a flag on it. Heavenly Father loves us and knows who we are personally.
It is so amazing! I am going to be in Guam this time next week! I am so excited to know what I'll be doing. I have learned so much here in the MTC.
I love you!
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