Left to Right... Elder Todd, Elder Williams, Elder Mahlandt, Elder Apsley, Elder Hill, Elder Guthrie :)
Hello Family! So this will be a letter to all
of ya'll in one if that's okay!
The MTC is awesome and
very very challenging! You are studying so often it feels like one huge lesson
haha, and it is awesome! I love being with my companion Elder Williams, he is
more on the quiet side but makes me laugh a ton :) He is 21 and awesome, in
fact whenever I don't know what to say... he's right there!
The other two
roommates I have are Elder Mahlandt and Elder Hill, with Elder Guthrie and
Elder Todd in our district along with Sister Forsen and Sister Stirm... like
stir and mmmh :)
I'm eating I promise
:) haha!
And today is our
preparation day so we got to go to the temple too! It was awesome awesome! Oh,
my scripture... Mathew 28:19-20... or whichever the last two verses in the last
chapter of Matthew are.
The pants are here!
And scripture study is great! You know it's totally different now cause so much
time is devoted to group study and study for others you hardly have time to
personal study for yourself. But that's what being a missionary is, sacrifice
and it's neat how when you are sacrificing things you love, you find answers to
your own questions too in there :)
Yes the temple was
amazing, I miss going so much and I miss you all very much. I've had a couple o
hard moments, but that's just part of being a missionary too, life is about
tough and good times, and strange enough the tough times make the good ones way
way better! :)
I am excited to get
into the field and get working!!
Elder Oaks came to
speak to the MTC 's around the world and he spoke on what makes The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the only true and living church on the face
of the whole earth! He said, 1:Fullness on doctrine, 2: Power of the
Priesthood, and 3: Unique Testimony of Jesus Christ. It was neat because in
Sacrament Meeting a member of our Branch Presidency also spoke on what sets
Christ's church apart from all other churches! And I had been praying about
those things too, God answers prayers! He also answered a prayer of a 14 year
old boy named Joseph Smith when He appeared to him in the Sacred Grove. There
He 'extended an invitation' to hear His Son, or to follow Him :) And it is only
through Jesus Christ we can be free from sin and be saved in the next life and
I know that's true :)
Tan, how is school
goin?? Seminary goin well too? Yup I'm eating haha and thank you tons for the
packages! From everyone! They are so fun to get, It's gonna take me a long time
to eat all that food haha!
Mom, thank you for all
the help packing and preparing me to be here. I would not have been able to
make it if it weren't for ya :) how's preschool going? Fun with the new little
boy?
Dad, that journal
entry was awesome haha and I can relate... you get tired here! But it's a good
tired! Haha and some of the Elders in our building quote Nacho Libre! and this
is from Su Hijo :)
So we're teaching two
people here, our teacher's friend Jessica (our teacher just plays the part) and
a Progressing Investigator George Seapol... if you forward this to Joses tell
him I thought about him because of that name :)
Jessica has read the
introduction to the Book of Mormon and some of the beginning 1 Nephi. She
committed to come to Church with us and has prayed and said she will be
baptized if she comes to know it is true!
George is a totally
different story, he is a war vet and has had a prosthetic leg for around 3
years. He has read some of The Book of Mormon, likes Lehi's dream, and believes
it is true :)
He said he has prayed
and heard God's voice. A member came to see him in the hospital after hearing
that he had his leg taken off, and she also had the same thing happen. So he
believes that she was an angel sent from God! :) And he said he is coming to
Church this sunday with a neighbor who has been watching over him
when his wife would leave to do things. And he said he wants to be
baptized but is not sure how his wife will take it, so we're gonna talk to him
about Lehi's dream and how Lehi had to partake of the fruit before he called
his family to him, hopefully that will work!
Love ya'll and I'm
continuing to keep you in my prayers. Tell me about your missionary moments!
And Tan, if you could get me Menna's email somehow... that would be awesome!!
:)
The Atonement is real and is the enabling
power that allows us to become like our Father in Heaven, even though that may
be a long ways away :)
Love you all and I know it's all true! :)
Love Elder Apsley! :)
