To start things off, the MTC has caught the plague. Pretty
much everyone here has gotten sick, and it's impossible to avoid. I got it
Saturday, and had to take the night off because my head hurt so bad. I'm still
not feeling totally better, but the headache is gone! Somehow Elder Raisor has
managed to avoid it, he's gonna have to spill some secrets.
One of the elders in our zone went home on Tuesday. We all
know each other well, so it was pretty devastating to us, especially his two companions.
He was probably the funniest person here; he could make me laugh like no one
else.
Last week, there was an announcement about protocol if one
of the Quorum of the 12 comes. Everyone got really excited, and then last week
it was just a General Authority. This week, we heard that the devotional would
be broadcast to all the MTCs, so we got pretty excited again. Then on Tuesday,
we got word it was Elder Scott that was coming! Elder Raisor is from here in
Provo, and one of the Executive Secretaries in his ward gives really close
seats for devotional to missionaries from his ward, so we got to sit in the 2nd
row. Sure enough, Elder Scott came! Everyone stood up, and the first thing I
noticed is he's really short!! They all seem really tall, but I guess not. He
gave a really good talk on prayer, and during the opening song, he looked right
at me and smiled for a few seconds, which was awesome.
We did an English fast yesterday and only spoke Bulgarian,
which went really well! It was easy to get frustrated with ourselves, but all
in all it helped all of us a lot with speaking the language. Apparently, we are
getting two new Macedonian missionaries next week, so I won't be the only one
anymore!
It's weird to be past half-way at the MTC. Time doesn't really
make sense here. Some days it feels like I've lived here all my life, and some
days it's feels like it’s only been a few days. I'm still enjoying my time here
a lot, and I hope everything is good with all of you!
