Imagine you are up in heaven with
2000 people. There are two men standing to the side and one asks to the other
"what's going on here?" The other says back "Jehova is coming to
pick one of the 2000 to be his personal representative on the earth and his/her
job is going to be to go down there and explain what happened up here."
Jehova comes, and out of the 2000, He picks you. You are in
awe. How lucky are you.
How lucky am I to be able to wear
this nametag, with my name next to Jesus Christ's, being His personal
representative, and of all times and places, He sends me here, now.
How lucky am I to be able to be a part of His work and labor is His vineyard.
Pretty dang lucky. Or, as I like to call it, blessed.
Last Tuesday night, Elder Russel M.
Nelson came to give a devotional. I got to sing in the choir. It was so neat.
Being in the same room as an apostle of the Lord brings a pretty special
spirit. I've never been to General Conference, so I was pretty dang giddy. He
talked about being happy- "men are that they night have joy--so look like
it!" Well. That is definately something to remember. At all times. I've
been workin on smiling more lately. My face hurts.
Mary Edmunds came and gave the
Sunday devotional and it was SO GREAT. Update: for all who don't know who she
is, look her up. I think they said she was the second councilor in the general
relief society presidency for 11 years and she and her companion were the first
two sisters in the Phillipines or something like that. Anyway, she gets up to speak
after an INCREDIBLE musical number and says "May I just say 'hubba
hubba.'" Hahaha she's so old and just hilarious. She also talked about
having joy. "it is not just a suggestion, it is a commandment." She
said that when your countenance shines with the light of Christ, people will
want to know why. When you have the gospel and you know that it's true, what
reason have ye to be sad? Satan, or as Sister Edmunds calls him, "What's
his no-face" (cuz he doesn't have a face cuz he doesn't have a body, get
it? ha-ha) cant make you have a sad countenance, only you can--so diss him and
dismiss him! (Yeah, she actually said that. She is pretty sassy.)
She went on to say some other good
stuff like turn your life over to God--He can make more of it than you can. And
also, when you're on a mission, you have help from both sides of the viel. Aint
that the truth. Sister Nelson, last Tuesday, said to pray to find the people
whose ancestors are praying for you. I found that interesting. Pretty sweet.
I have also been teaching the first
vision quite a lot and I was feeling like it was so rote and then Mary Edmunds
brought up such a wonderful point: think of all the prayers throughout eternity
that were answered that 1820 morning when Joseph Smith went to pray.
Ladies and gentlemen, the power of
prayer is real. Let me explain you a thing about tender mercies. After a
cafeteria line longer than my great-grandmother's life, there was one piece of
carrot cake (basically the best part of the entire MTC) left. For me. I testify
that God lives and He loves us.
So the weeks are going by so fast
and I don't even know what to talk about. My sister told me to tell her about
my adventures, but seriously it's pretty routine here. I find it so crazy we
are already halfway through these 6 MTC weeks.
So literally every morning, we get
up at 6:30, go to gym, go to Breakfast , go to class, sing, learn, teach
"investigators," sing, study, lunch, class, sing, learn, teach
"investigators," sing, language study, dinner, more studying
(unless it's sunday or tuesday and we have a devotional) and then we go to room
and sleep at 10:30. That's the life of a missionary at the MTC. It's really fun
but it's not very...adventurous.
Tomorrow we are starting an english
fast for the next three weeks. Good luck with that, I say to my entire
district. We haven't even made it for a day yet. But hey, I have faith we can
do it.
I have also been lied to for three
weeks. It is not zoo-stir hoff but it's like...z-ehh-ster hoff. Or whatever. We
decided that if we say it fast enough it'll sound right.
I laugh a lot here. There are some
pretty hilarious people and things that happen. The girls in my district are
hilarious. Mostly just Zuster Schwab, though. She is one of the most
entertaining people I have ever met. I was planning on writing bios for you on
all the girls in my room/district (because they're the same girls in my room and
in my district) but it looks like I am about out of time. I'll have to
sometime, though. They're just too great not to tell about.
True to the faith, Brothers and
Sisters,
Have a wonderful life in the real
world.
Send letters--my comp is still way
more popular than me. Let's even it out, shall we? You can send a letter
for free at Dearelder.com (I am a sister...Kiki sent letters to Elder
Tyffani Hoff...I still got them though so yay.) And if you're a fan of snail
mail, take advantage of my next 3 weeks in the US:
Zuster Tyffani Hoff
MTC Mailbox #63
BEL-NETH 0610
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604
Off to learn how to bring the world
His truth!
Tot ziens!
Zuster Hoff
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