Hello Family!!!!! M renmen ou anpil anpil anpil!!!
Oh boy. It's really hard not to type in Creole sometimes. I'm not great at typing in the first place. Haha.
This was the most uneventful week at the MTC for me, up until Sunday.
Monday- Sent off the Elders going to New York and Tampa in our distict at 3am. Was tired the rest of the day.
Tuesday- Sent of the Elders going to Boston at 4am and was tired all day. haha. Had a good lesson in class that day, but it was wierd that there is only 5 of us left. of the 18. The devtioanl was great that night, and the Speaker was great too. I think the highlight was the choir number. We sang a great arrangemnet of Joseph Smith's first prayer. I think it was arranged be the Beebe's. I wrote it down somewhere. :) There is so much power in the truth of what Joseph Smith saw.
Wednesday- The new Creole district arrived and we're getting to know them. There is 5 of them, 2 to New York, one to Tampa, one to Boston, and one to Ft. Lauderdale. It's crazy to see the difference between the new missionaries and those of us who are preparing to leave. Then we studied all day. We share teachers with the New distrcit of Croele speakers, so they teach them most of the time and we just study A LOT. Got to give my first blessing of Council to an Elder in my district. It was an amzing experience. The priesthood is amazing.
Thursday- Fastest day yet at the MTC. Studied all day. A Sister, Sister LeVitre, who is learning portugese asked me top sing with her a couiple of weeks ago after I sang at the misision conference. She's been studying Opera at..USU....ithink...anyways. We auditioned with 'I heard him come' and we recieved the letter that day that we would be singing at the Sunday devtional. Then more stidying. haha
Friday- Another quick day of mostly studying. Said goodbye to one of our teachers and took pictures wioth him. Studied. Studied outside. Studied inside. haha. Said goodbye to another teacher. last day of gym.
Saturday- We taught a TRC in English. That was wierd, but really cool. it was a great lesson. Taught an investiogator and were reminded that we need to focus on their needs. Studied.
Sunday- AMAZING day. We were advised to give blessings to our companions beofre we leave, so our district did that. It was great both to recieve and to give a blessing. Loved it. The devotional was great. I got to sing with Sister LeVitre there. The song teaches really well about the first part of the missionary purpose "invite others to come unto Christ..." I know Christ lives and he knows everyone and can heal us all. The speaker congratulated us from the stand and asked if we had sang with each other before. It was funny. Some of the presidency talked with me afterword and Pres. Roach in particular said something I will never forget. To paraphrase: "You have an amazing gift that you share so humbly. Thank you for being humble. Do you know how I know you were humble? Becasue we felt the Spirit." It wasn;t exactly like that, and I hope it's not not humble of me to share it, but I'm only sharing it becasue there is a great lesson in it. Humility brings the Spirit. I hope I really was humble, becasue I really wanted people to understand my testimony of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
I've made some lasting friends here at the MTC, learned some lasting lessons, but I can;t wait to get out to the field.
-M renmen ou anpil!!!
-Elder Felkins
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