Oh my lands, I've been out a week and a day! Honestly, it's felt way longer than that. haha
First, THANK YOU SOO MUCHHH to everyone for all the dearelders, emails, packages and LOVE! I love all of you so much. I got your brownies and they totally made my day!! That was so cute and sweet of you guys. Thank you so much! I got gourmet cupcakes from the Loveridges today they look so good! And I loved all your dearelders, that website is seriously the best invention. Mail time=THE BEST TIME! Holy cow batman I don't even know where to start. SO much has happened so I'll try to be as detailed and include everything that I can in this limited amount of time. My companion is Sister Richardson! And the other sisters names in my district are Sister Hardy and Sister Hawken.
Wednesday was a whirlwind! It feels so long ago. You guys dropped me off, shed some tears, then wabam! I walked away and it felt right to be doing what I was doing! It felt right to be here. We went to my room and dropped off my stuff then went to the classroom and met my district and teachers! Which I totally love every single one of them. By like day 3 or 4 we were all bonded like peas in a pod. I LOVE my teachers. I have sister Turner and Brother Farr. Brother Farr tried out for Vocal Point yesterday. I'm super excited to hear how it went! His voice is like angelic. Anyway, 1st day all the new missionaries taught these investigators and one of them, her name was Lisa, and when we taught her the spirit was so strong. One sister suggested we sing A Child's Prayer and I could not even start singing the Spirit hit me like a brick wall and I started to BAWL. It was such a cool experience. Yeah and just wait! That wasn't the end of the spiritual tears this week. We met our zone Wednesday too! Which they are gone now, it was a sad goodbye I loved them. We are the only district in our zone right now till next week.
Thursday we met our branch presidency and their wives. We had interviews with them. They are all so sweet! That night Sister Hardy and I became the Sister Training Leaders!!
Friday we finally got to exercise! We played volleyball and had a grand time. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten my ear bit off unlike Cam and his experience hahaha. We taught our first investigator BK over the phone, and it went so well! Taught him about having faith in Christ.
Saturday and Sunday I was like superrr tired when we were watching Conference. Probably because we were in a dark gym and it was super relaxing haha. But conference was so good!! I loved Holland's talk, that was my favorite. I loved where he said "The great thing about the Gospel is you get credit for trying even if you don't succeed." No one's perfect! But God knows our efforts and our hearts. He knows when we are struggling and He knows when we are trying. We get credit for truly trying, isn't that wonderful?! :) We sang songs as a zone that day and walked around. It was so nice!!
OKAY and guess what. Ya'll aren't going to believe this. VOCAL POINT CAME for our Sunday devotional!!!!! My heart was bursting at the seams, their voices are straight heaven. Hearing them live is so so cool, I can't even describe it. They performed Nearer My God To Thee as the last song, and you would not even believe how AMAZING it was!!!! It sounded just like the recording! They were spot on! After, I met two of the Vocal point members, it was quite the devotional! And then afterwards we watched Bednar's famous "The Character of Christ" talk, and MAN now I know why everyone loves it so much! I have never loved a talk so much! And I love talks so that's saying something. It was so spiritual, empowering, and just flat out AMAZING. I loved it so much! AGH! I can't even express how wonderful it was. Oh and half way through watching it, BATS started flying around!! Yeah it's so true! There are bats here! HAHA Then Monday we started teaching our first TRC (teaching resource center) investigators!! My comp and I have had way awesome lessons with them. I've bawled my eyes out in 99 percent of our visits but it is all good because every time I walk out of a lesson my testimony has been strengthened ten fold. I love it so much.
Tuesday we had an awesome devotional and Elder Ardern of the 70 came and spoke about missionary work. It was awesome. He gave 10 different lessons about missions and I just loved it.
Wednesday I saw my Pre MTC tutor in real life! BLESSINGS! It was so awesome, what a wonderful reunion!
And today, we went to the temple!!! AGH so good. And so beautiful! Then did laundry! Which it was super funny because all the leaders in our district were asking us how to do laundry. Good thing we were there, because one of them almost bleached their clothes. Then we came here and now I'm emailing you!! That's my whole week and a day in a nut shell.
I am so grateful for this opportunity. I have grown and changed so much since last Wednesday. I literally feel myself change everyday. I am a changed woman! haha The MTC is a wonderful place. I truly love it here. I will miss the MTC and the good memories I've had here, so I have got to live it up while I can! I know now more than ever that we are so LOVED. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is REAL. He LIVES. We have a Heavenly Father who knows every single one of us individually. He LOVES us. I have felt blessings be poured upon me as I've been here, Heavenly Father loves me so much and has blessed me with so much joy and happiness. I LOVE BEING SISTER HYMAS! Being a missionary is by far the best thing I have ever done in my whole 19 years of life.
I wish I could say more but i just want to say thank you SO SO much to everyone who has emailed me and sent letters and packages. I have felt so much love and support and I know for a fact I could not do this mission without that love and support, and without the help of the Lord.
I hope you all have a wondrous week! Remember to study your scriptures, pray, and love everyone you come across. We are all children of Heavenly Father. Spread the Love!!
LOVE,
Sister Hymas :)
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| And she's off! |
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