Week 3

I am doing as good as I sound! I am loving the MTC more and more each week!  This place is a time warp!  It feels like I have been here for 4 days, but it also feels like it was 3 months ago that I got dropped off!  This week was so amazing!  I had so many great spiritual experiences!  My teachers are the best! We have two teachers!  One is Brother Martinez and I just found out that he went to the same mission as Zac and he knows him!  hahaha crazy!  He was at the mission reunion with Zac the night I got my mission call!  I asked if he knew that Zac and I were cousins and he said he was pretty sure the whole time! hahaha I dont know why he didn't say anything!  Tell Zac for me!  

Food is great!  Im healthy!  I'm glad that it is raining there because it is not raining here! hahahh The rain must not like me!   

So last P day we went to the temple directly after writing emails!  I always love the spirit that is felt there ! It is different!  After we got out, I was walking down the pathway and I saw someone that looked like Uncle John and as I got closer, I knew it was him! He walked down the hill with me and it was nice to talk for a minute.  It was great and refreshing and it made me think of dad because you two are so similar!  

So on Tuesday we went to Salt Lake City to go to the Mexican Consulate to get our visas done!  Some people warned me that we would hate the trip if we did not focus on talking to as many people as we could! So that is what I did! I made it my goal to talk to as many people on the bus and on the street as I could!  It was cool! As we were walking form the train to the building, we passed this lady and I got an impression that I needed to talk to her.  So I turned around and we started talking!( me and my companion and two other elders)  We talked to her and she said that she was struggling in life and needed a purpose!  We talked to her for about 20 min and taught her a short lesson! It was so cool!  She was amazing and was seeking for Christ in her life! I taught her that God knows her personally and has a plan for her and that is the Plan of Salvation! She started crying and was so happy!  My companion gave her his moms number so she could call her and get in touch with the missionaries in Salt Lake!  We felt really bad that we could not come back and teach her the lessons, but it was still great! She said she was going to call the missionaries and take the lessons!  We told her the Lord loved her and that HE has a plan for her and part of the plan is that she needs to be baptized!  She said that she would be baptized after taking the lessons!  I was so shocked but I realize that the Lord bless us for following what He asked us to do!  I was so overwhelmed with the spirit and I was so surprised that I almost fell over! haha Not really, but it was the best moment ever!  We ended by asking her if she ever prayed! She said that she didn't but wanted to!  We then taught her how to pray and we kneeled down on the side of the road and I said the first pray so she would feel comfortable with it and then she said an awesome second prayer. It was so powerful!  I bet it looked a little weird seeing missionaries kneeling on the side of the road with this lady, but it was so cool!

I don't know what is going to end up happening with Crystal but I know that the Lord put her in our path that day so we could teach her and introduce her to the gospel!  I never thought that I would have a real baptismal invitation in the mtc but I am so grateful for the opportunity that The Lord gave us that day!  It made me so excited to get down to Mexico and teach those people:)  I can't wait! The joy that comes from helping people and inviting pepple to come unto Christ is indiscribable!  AHHHHHHHH and amazing!  I love it!  Oh and I got called to be district leader!  It is very humbling because I am younger then most all the elders in the district but I am excited to serve as a leader in the MTC!  

The Lord has blessed me so much and I know that He helped us when we were teaching Crystal!  It was a very humbling experience!  I love you all so much!  

This is such an amazing gospel and I am growing closer to Jesus Christ every day!  Humility is so important!

We got pranked

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