MTC Week 2

Hola!!!!

Hi! How are you guys? Oooooh I miss you!!! I love every letter and every email and everything! I love you all!!!!

K so guess what happened? Oh no big deal, just Richard G Scott came and talked to us on Tuesday. No big deal. BIG DEAL! And guess who got to sing the most amazing song in the world in the choir while he was there AND get to be on the Jumbo Screen that was (no big deal) just broadcast to every MTC in the world? Oh me. Not a big deal at all (sorry... that's getting obnoxious)

He gave the best talk ever. Maybe last Tuesday was the height of my homesickness. I was feeling SO down, and I saw elder Scott and I was like "Man, I would just love to have a one on one interview with him. I would just love that. And just tell him everything that I'm worried about and everything that's bothering me and what I need to do about it." Seriously, his talk answered EVERY SINGLE CONSERN. First thing he does is give an APOSTOLIC BLESSING to all of us who are learning a language. That through our diligence, we'd be able to MASTER it. And to just have faith in the gift of tongues. SO cool. Anyway, he talked about prayer. Prayer. What a simple concept but it was seriously the most powerful talk of my life. I mean, I wish I could tell you everything that he said, but more or less what he said was what seriously was the theme of my entire week: God is our Heavenly Father, and HE. LOVES. US. Like, how simple is that? How simple. But if you break down everything that this gospel is about, everything that happens to us in our lives, is because GOD LOVES US. Anyway, Elder Scott, something that he talked about was that sometimes God answers our prayers by ... not responding to them. Whaaa? Right. But (Oh my gosh I'm so panicked about the time I can't get my thoughts straight!) the Lord trusts us, He wants us to learn and be patient and grow in faith. He said, literally, "If you have a hard companion, don't complain. Ask God what you're supposed to learn and GROW from it." He told us like- 3 times about how our calls were inspired. And he even stopped the closing prayer and was like "Remember that the Lord called you to succeed and not to fail. He knows what you need, and you'll descover you'll have strength beyond what you thought you had. He will not abandon you, He inspired your call."

Yeah. Epic. No kidding.

Anyway, yeah. This week I seriously prayed "Heavenly Father, what am I supposed to learn?" Welp, Hahaha. "If men come unto me I will show them their weakness" (Ether 12.......27?) And Welp, I have a lot. Hermana Dorain, like I said, has a lot of strengths that are my weaknesses and she's been able to help me out with them a lot. But what a HUGE weakness of mine is Lables. I HATE being labeled more than anything. and I’ve been so concerned about that going to Texas. "You Mormons are like this... you Mormons are like that... you Mormons are brainwashed.... you don't know what you believe." I, more or less, have been SO worried about that. Welll ..... what a great way to practice overcoming that weakness than in the MTC! And it made me refocus: Where is my worth?

I am a daughter of Heavenly Father. And there is no wrong way to be a daughter of God.

He knows my strengths, He knows what I'm capable of. He loves me perfectly, and He knows who I am. That's where my worth is. It's in Him. It's because I'm literally His daughter, and we are literally spirit children of Him. And that makes us great! Because He's given us like- a part of His spirit. Just like we get physical aspects from our physical parents, we get spiritual aspects from Him. I hope that makes sense. But I learned really to Rely on Heavenly Father.

Yeah, Emily Watkins is in my district!!! Just kidding, she's on my floor though, and we're on the same schedule. So we see each other all the time. She was definitely my tender mercy yesterday when I was like "blaaaaaahh.... everyone here." And she's like "Listen, I feel like I can't be me here." And I'm like "SAME!" Also talked to Brisa Ruppe. Glad to know I'm not alone. Hahah.

Oh. Hermana Dorian is 19 from Heber City Utah!! She loves clothes and sloths. Haha. She's the 2nd oldest of 6 - 4 sisters, one brother. Also, we just hang out with the other Hermanas alll the days long. Hermana Green is 24- she seriously saves my life when I'm a little "Teenager'd out" Hahaha.

Anyway, K. Read 3 Nephi 11. We had the best discussion about it. Jesus wants to have a One-on-One experience with us. Not cuz someone told us, He wants us to experience it for ourselves. Oh my goodness. Best thing ever. I wish I had time to explain, but that chapter is awesome. I'm learning so much here!!!!!!!!

 

Yo se que Vive mi Senor!!!!!

 

I love you I love you I love you I love you!!!

Love

Hermana Jade Johnson