So... this is my last day at the MTC!!! Well, more like my last three hours. I head for the travel office at 11:50am and am starting to get a little nervous! I am also super excited though. I bought a couple books of Mormon today (the cheap ones) and am going to try to give them away to people on the plane. Hopefully that goes well. I guess I shouldn't worry about it so much... It's not like there's anywhere they can go. :)
Anyways, I think I am more sad to leave my district and my kasamas more than anything else. I love them all so much and feel like we have gotten so close over these past six weeks. I'm not going to lie, there were a few tears over it last night, and I wasn't the only one. Sister Mosher had her fair share of tears too :)
This past week has been a little rough, I got sick last Thursday and am still trying to recover. Thankfully I am just down to a runny nose and a cough. On Thursday and Friday it was a lot worse. I ended up getting sent home on Friday and literally slept through the whole day! I think I needed the sleep, but I had totally forgot how depressing being sick can be. I felt so bad missing out on in-field orientation (even though I heard it was boring) and I hated not being able to talk to everyone! But the worst part was that I woke up the next day feeling better, BUT I WAS STILL TIRED!!!! How does that happen? I feel like if you sleep all day you should be able to stockpile some of it for later ;) Oh well, I think it is a blessing that I got any extra sleep at all. :)
Saturday was SOOOOO much better. I GOT TO GO TO CLASS!!!!!
Yay! I had so much fun talking to everyone again and I got to play snaps, green glass door, and black magic with the new districts. It was so fun to watch them struggle trying to figure out the riddles! I remember back in the day when I struggled with green glass door (three weeks ago) lol. And we celebrated Elder Taubwerei's Birthday!
Sunday flew by! We fasted and it was actually pretty easy (considering I haven't really eaten much the past few days) but I will say, I was definitely excited for my last bowl of icecream at dinner before leaving the MTC. I had peanut butter cup :)
On Monday we started packing for the flight (since they don't actually give us any time to do it) and things started to get more real. We had to say goodbye to our teachers Sister McGrath and Brother Cuttler and that was rough. They are so awesome and I love them so much! Brother Cuttler is hilarious! He always tells the funniest stories and sister McGrath is probably the happiest, cutest, smileyest person I have ever met. I will definitely miss them a ton.
~ Me and Sister McGrath ~
Tuesday was packing day to the max. We litterally spent every spare moment shoving stuff into suitcases, it was definitely a little stressful. We also had our final devotional. The General President of Primary came to speak and she was amazing! I loved her message on loving others and obedience. And I really do believe it is true that as we make obedience a way of life more than an irritant, we will have so many blessings and be so happy because of it.
TAGALOG
So, I think I meant to mention this earlier but sorry in Tagalog is Pasensiya, which sounds almost like plasensiya. So my first few weeks at the MTC, I walked around saying plasensiya every time I made a mistake. Oops :)
SPIRITUAL THOUGHT
So, since I have been here my testimony has grown so much. I know the gospel is true, that God loves each of his children and wants us to be happy. But more than anything, I feel like I have really developed a testimony on the Atonement. Before, I had always thought it was something we used to get over sin, but now I realize it is so much more than that! Yes, Christ took on our sins. And he didn't just suffer for our sins, he litteraly took our sins, he suffered each and every trial each person has been through personally. And he didn't only suffer our sins. He suffered our sorrows, hardships, pains, afflictions, and every other kind of thing you could possibly imagine. He suffered for each and every person so that he could completely 100% understand anything we might go through. And because he suffered guilt, pain, loneliness, sorrow and every kind of affliction imaginable for you, you don't have to feel those. The atonement is not just something to help us get over sin. The atonement is there for us always, in any situation. It is paid for, we just need to use it.
I know that as each of us strive to use the atonement more fully in our lives, by turning to Christ in times of need, asking for help, and allowing him to love and comfort us, we do not have to suffer through our trials. We can be happy, we can always be happy because of what the Savior did for us.
I am not perfect. I am not even close! But because of the atonement I can always keep trying :)
If you have time, I would really suggest watching these two amazing Mormon messages this week about the atonement. They really hit me, hopefully they can also help someone else
Sincerely, Sister Matheny
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