I've almost finished a month here! That seems crazy!
This week has been completely wild. Soooooo many things have happened.
First, on Tuesday, we had another apostle come speak to us at our devotional with his wife. It was Elder Anderson and his wife Kathy. I LOVE singing for the apostles in the choir. We sang, Lead Kindly Light this time. It was great. His talk was entitled, "First love, then Sacrifice." It was amazing. here's a quote from it: "Love, Sacrifice. We sacrifice for the things we love, we love the things we sacrifice for." His talk was a lot about the Savior and sacrificing as a missionary to be the bast we can be. I loved it. After he spoke, it was raining and storming really badly, so they wouldn't let us leave the Marriot Center yet. So Elder Anderson walked around and shook peoples hands. I was three people away from getting one, but it was amazing to stand 10 feet away from an apostle. it was still raining when we left, but they let us go becasue the thunder and lightning had stopped. (Elder Burgoyne is TERRIFIED of lightning. It's great. Mwahahaha!) We all got back to our class rooms drenched, including our suits. WE are required to wear our suits to the devotionals. But, even in the rain, everyone was smiling and joyous because of how uplifted we were.
I love my personal study time. I take pages and pages of notes in my study journal and I love it. There have been a few times where I have written a couple of pages of notes on a single verse or phrase. Study is sooo valuable.
Lately, the elders in our district have been going outside for gym and playing beach volleyball. It's super fun! Gym at the MTC is great. We ALWAYS look forward to it. I don't know what changed in me. haha
I really like the TRC's. It's fun to hear Haitian from someone other than our teachers.
On Thursday, i audition for a musical number with 'O, Divine Redeemer', on Friday, I recieved a letter saying that I would be singing on Sunday at mission conference! Let me tell you, that is a wold song to sing on a fast sunday and especially on a fast sunday at 10 am. haha. It was an extremely precious moment for me. I got to sing my testimony of the Atonement for 3,000 missionaries and other people at the MTC. So much happened with that. All of the Speakers came and thanked me and the MTC presidents and their wives. One old mission president from the Fort Lauderdale mission, who greeted me with "Sak Pase!" or What's up?! Everywhere I've walked on campus people have expressed their thanks and complimented me. Sister Nally (whom I auditioned for and who is also the MTC presidants wife) told me that O, Divine Redeemer is too sacred of a song to sing in most other meetings, and this meeting was one of the few I could have sang it at. She told me an amazing experience where she was asked to play it from memory in front of many of the Apostles and General Authorities, without having played it for a long time and where her mother (who had recently passed away) helped her remember it. Sister Hacking (another MTC presidants wife) cried as she thanked me in her talk after i sang. Sister Dunn did the same after my mic check earlier that morning.On the temple walk, we passed a couple of sisters who looked at me and then each other and whispered "It's the one!" It was hilarious. A lot of the other Elders like to tease me about getting so much attention. But what made all of it so great, was how deeply spiritual it was for me as I sang it. I know that that song IS sacred.
We also got new District and Zone leaders. Elder Lee and Welker are now our district leaders and Elder Robert and Stuart, our old district leaders, were promoted to Zone learders. haha. They'll all do great jobs in their new assignments. We also got a new first counilor in our branch presidnecy because our other one is going to serve as an MTC president in the Ghana MTC. I don't remember his name, but I had an interview with him and I really like him. he sings with his wife, and said that he has performed O, Divine Redeemer many times. it was fun to talk with him.
It sounds like things are going pretty well at home. Schools back on the road, and I'm sure it keeping you all plenty busy.
I think I'll type some of my testimony in Creole for you. It will be really short because it is a lot harder to type than speak: :)
M ap vle potaje temayaj avek ou. M rekonenson pou levanjil nan Jezikri. M kwe ke li vivan ak li renmen te mouri pou tout moun. M kwe ke Joseph Smit wè Bondye ak Jezi ak te retablisman levanjil la nan mond la. M renmen Liv Momon an ak m konnen sa vre. M renmen tanp yo: M renmen tout moun nan Florida ak Ayaiti. Nou nan Jezikri, amèn.
Really short, but it's hard to type. haha.
I'm having a GREAT time, and I'll send more pictures as soon as I get the other SD card back. ;)
I love you all soooooooooo much!!!!!! M renmen ou anpil anpil anpil anpil anpil!!!!!!
-Elder Felkins
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