HELLO!!!!!
Can I just say that i LOVE you all!!
Soo i don't even know where to begin!
The MTC has been great! When i first got here it was pretty rough i realized that i am actually gone and now on my mission.. and it was like i was overwhelmed with soo much but at the same the spirit was so strong i was calm and i knew that it would all work out great!!
My companions name is Sister Trussell I love her soo much. She is from Nampa Idaho, so that is cool home town neighbors! She is a sweet girl and we balance each other because she is really hyper and crazy and i am more the calm person. God sent me here with her for a reason and we are learning how to work together. It is helping me build more patience of not having free space and handling all of her excitement and such 24'7 haha but i love her she is such a great girl!!
So just like President Tateoka (sorry if i missed spelled his name) said to learn how to work all day long before serving a mission. So thank you mom and dad for teaching me to have a strong work ethic because it sure is coming in handy here. So the day begins at 6:30 AM (learning how to be a morning person) and so you are busy all day long until like 9:30 and go alll day long. You learn so much here!!!! I cant even explain!! i have been here for 8 days! God is so involved in our lives! I have been so blessed i have been able to learn/comprehend/ and ACT so much easier!! It is amazing!! We are teaching 2 investigators right now. Shawn is one of them and we have taught a total of 3 or 4 times. it has been amazing the experiences we have had. You can prepare and study and them you go in there and you let the spirit do all the work. it is soo cool how you can open your mouth and know what to say! Shawn has come so far he is an overwhelmed college kid, loves to learn about religion and has member friends who are great examples to him we have helped him come to strengthan his relationship with God long story short last night we said he would like to be baptized!!!!!!! He wants to do what God wants him to do He has some things to work on which the new missionaries will continue to help him get ready for his baptism date. he has come so far!! The biggest thing to TEACHING PEOPLE not lessons is to love them and be there completly for the investigator that we are there for them. that we care!
We also have a TCR investigator (not sure what it stands for) but we are assigned to an investigator and they could be real or they could be members. But they all stay in role and so we treat everyone like they are not members. Our TRC investigator never came we left her notes and all finally the 3rd time we went to the office and the scheduling was messed up so they gave us a new investigator named carol and we skyped her, she told us her whole life story! childhood to now.. let me just say she is incredibly strong she is being prepared by the lord. it almost brought tears to my eyes. we shared our love for her and Gods love for her that she is truly a daughter of God who is loved!! that she can always turn to him! she asked questions and answered them her self she wants to be happy like her friend who is a new member.. perfect! skype than started to die.. she could hear us and we cans see her but we couldn't here her. so we bore our testimony. shared our lover for her and set up a time she would give us a thumbs up for a good time or bad time haha anyways it was amazing!!!
some things i have learned this week that God didn't call the serious, all knowing, perfect sister Traughber he called me with my personality, for who i am. So thats what i am working on being myself. that i have grown so much in 8 days! I love my district soo much sister Oldroyd and sister Hochstrasse are the other sisters and we room with them. they are so sweet and funny. Elder Nez is our district leader he is a convert very strong spirit hs is awesome, you come to love him even more because he brings us mail!! Haha so write me, dear elder m and email me!!1 Elder Brown and Elder Fenwick are the other elders in our district!! = AMAZING every one brings something to share. we are like a family been through the hardest/ best experiences together. Everyday (almost) we have gym time and i love it! Its time to relax!! oh our other district in our zone just left on monday or tuesday (days mix together) but it ws like saying good bye to family!! I loved them!! they all our on their missions ! Almost wanted to cry but im excited for them!! our old zone leaders remind me of Jade Or Elder Parsons! little piece of home they are hilarious and spiritual. ther4e is sooo much i can tell you but time is flying.. lets see
i love my teachers here brother Stayley and bro Craft!! they are amazing!! They know what to say when exactly you need it they keep us strong!!! They are a blessing!
The spirit is soo strong here 24'7 i love it!!!
now that i am getting use to everything and learning that its okay i don't remember everything. things have been soo much better i feel your prayers for me everyday! Thank you! I love you all!!! REmember God loves you!!!
i am out of time!!!
I love you all
please right/email me!!!
I leave on monday at 2:30AM and will experience many new things including flying!!
Keep me in your prayers and i will keep you in mine!
Love ya!!!
Sister TRaughber!
