On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:31 PM
First Companion Sister MacArthur
Sister Tyler from Smithfield also headed
to LANSING!
Hey Everyone,
I don't have a ton of time to email but i will try to get in everything! The MTC has been so awesome I absolutely LOVE IT!!! My district is so AMAZING as well as the girls in my room which are in my district as well. Sister MacArthur (my comp she is so awesome and is such a blessing in my life) Sister Bayles (her name is Hailey too and she is super energetic) , Sister Cottle (She is super quiet but sweet) Sister Newby (no one in her family is LDS so in my books she is AMAZING, She would take her little sister to church with her every Sunday by herself!) and Sister Wofendin (She is shy but sweet) They are so amazing and help me in so many ways. The boys in out district are Elder... Durtschi ,Morrow, Peterson, Larocco, Greding and Rockhill. They are such great Elders! The first few days at the MTC were pretty hard! But through prayer I got threw it. And with the sisters help we all helped each other get through the first couple days. The food here is okay not my favorite but the salads are awesome! I saw Sister Brooksby and got a pic with her but its on her camera I didn't have mine she sent it to her mom though :) I absolutely love seeing her around! Sunday was crazier than I thought it would be! We were running from class to class still and had no time to do anything) But it was good and church was amazing, you only have sacrament and relief society with your zone so there was only 30ish of us. On Monday we taught an investigator and it went okay but we felt like we could have done better so I got a little discouraged. A little homesickness set in. I asked the Elders for a blessing. (They had brought up how the would give us blessing whenever we needed them so many times that I thought I should stop the begging and just let them!) haha Anyways I can testify of the Power of the Priesthood! That was one of THEE most AMAZING Blessings I have ever received. Elder Durtschi did the anointing and then I had Elder Rockhill give me the blessing cause he's our district leader (he is so sweet and caring to everyone.) Anyways as soon as the 6 Elders laid there hands on my head I felt such power and peace it was so wonderful. I know that they are called of God and are worthy to hold the priesthood! He said EXACTLY word for word what I needed to hear! He even bore his testimony about it after and said " it definitely wasn't me that said those words." He also talked about how awesome it had been for him to give me a blessing and how he felt the spirit so strongly. On Tuesday so yesterday we taught the same investigator and it was so so so AMAZING we were prompted to do so many things and it went so well! I have seen so many blessings and miracles in the MTC so far! We went to the temple today and did Endowments it was so awesome! Before we did our district went and ate breakfast in the temple cafeteria it was SO SO SO GOOD! Way better than the cafeteria food here and it was good for a change. I may or may not have gotten a piece of peach Pie for Breakfast. haha Another cool experience happened today while in the temple. Some of us sisters were out in the foyer waiting for the Elders to come so we could all walk back together and we were waiting for another sister at the same time. Well the other Sister Sister Woffendin came out with a Lady and introduced her (I cant remember her name) and said she and her husband were the Mission Presidents of the Lansing Michigan Mission 8 years ago. They are from Heber. But it was so neat that we were there at the same exact time definitely not a coincidence. Sister Woffendin told us the story and said she was in the bathroom and the lady had asked her where are you going on your mission. Sister Woffendin said as soon as she said Lansing the lady started crying and then told her about being mission presidents there. It was so neat, She told us all about Michigan and how we were going at the most beautiful time she said the trees don't change till October so when we get there it will be GORGEOUS! Also you should send my Come thou Fount on the piano and any other music that would be awesome to play. My foot is doing a little better right now i kinda fell down the stairs though and twisted it yesterday which made it hurt worse. But its okay! I still cant believe its been a week its gone by so fast! well at least its gone fast since Sunday. I was sick last night. I am feeling a little better today. I saw Sister Harold from school she just got here today and so I helped her carry her bags up she's lucky cause she's on the 3rd floor we are on the 4th of every building! But that's okay, I don't mind it but going up and down stairs all day is not that great on my foot so me and my comp usually take the elevator which is only supposed to be used for sick or injured missionaries which is me! :) haha Also THANK YOU So much for the Food! I get so hungry at night cause we usually eat diner at 5 ish and most the time i don't eat a lot cause its not my fav. haha Also Tell everyone thanks for all the letters I will try to find time to write them all back. :) Love You LOTS!!!
Love Sister Gittins :)
