Here's Taya's first email from the MTC:
Hi everyone!!!
So to start off It's crazy busy being here!! They definitely
work you to the bone! My district is really strict on only emailing and writing
letters on P day, so i'll take advantage of it all day!:) My companions name is
Sister Armstrong from Elko Nevada! She's amazing and such a good listener. We
teach in different ways so we make a really good team. My district consists of
us and three other companionships of elders, so we are the only sisters in the
district. We're already all really close, they're like brothers!!!:) We all do
our fair share of teasing with each other but the spirit is so strong in
classes!! I room with four other sisters and we're all pretty close and laugh a
lot:) The first few days have definitely been hard and a bit overwhelming, but
each day that goes by gets better and better!!! So Saturdays are my P-days and
we already have our flight tickets out of here! We leave on October 5th at 3:30
in the morning, our flight is at 8:30 and we'll be in Spokane by 9:30!! So our
teachers names are Sister Felt and Brother Christiansen and they're awesome.
Classes are reaaaallly long but amazing and I need the extra time to study!!!
We taught our first "investigator" named Bill (really it's just
Brother Christiansen pretending to be someone else;)) and I think we mostly
just confused him.... but it actually went a lot better than I thought it would
have for our first lesson!! It's crazy because you think you have a plan and
then you get in there and it goes totally different than what you think. We met
with our branch president on Thursday, but they are being released on Sunday so
we'll get to meet another branch president then:)
So we don't get to go to the temple:( it's closed this week
and next week for conference:( So my district doesn't get to go, but we get to
watch conference in the MTC which will be a way cool experience! I'm excited
for Sunday tomorrow! I'm finally learning where everything is and not getting
lost every two seconds;) We get our first real investigators on Monday! Most of
them are members but there are some non members mixed in there too. They don't
tell you if they are a member or a non member:) Hopefully we'll be able to
simplify our lessons so that we don't get too overwhelming with them!! I think
that's our main problem right now:) I love being in the MTC (although i'm kind
of excited to leave and be in Spokane;)) and I love being a missionary!! The
spirit is SO strong here and I've learned more about the gospel in the three
days I've been here than I think I really ever have in my entire life! They
call us English Speaking MTC missionaries the "twelve day miracles"
because we are in and out of here so fast but we've already learned so much:))
The food here kind of stinks, its the same thing every other day, but it could
definitely be worse:) I've also learned it's impossible to take a ten minute
shower, I don't know how the Elders get ready so fast! Us sister missionaries
are always rushing around in the mornings:) My new best friend is the eliptical
machines:) I'm excited for the next coming week! Only one week left (and two days)
until i'm a missionary in Spokane Washington!!!!!!!:) I still have so much to
learn and to grow, and even though the first couple of days have been tough,
each day gets better and better:) I love this gospel and I love being a
missionary!!
I love you all!!
Love,
Sister Worthen (how cool is it to say that as a
missionary now?!;))
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