August 30, 2016

Hello everyone :) first off I want to say sorry for my late night email last week. We got cut short earlier in the day so we were given some more time at night to email and not sure what I was thinking sending that. Very selfish of me and I need to focus on others and the gospel, not myself. Sorry :)

Now to talk about my week! This week has gone by really fast at times and really slow at others. I have been kind of sick all week which has sucked but its ok. Definitely has made the days feel longer and waking up harder but it’s not that bad. I'm better than I was so that’s good :) 

We did some cool stuff this week. We got to use the observation rooms that have one way glass like in law and order lol it was fun to be able to watch the other companionships in my district teach and see how they teach! We have done that a couple times and i always learn from it :) 

Last night we gave all of the sisters in our district priesthood blessings for comfort because they are all stressed. I blessed sister Ulrich, she’s from Viewmont and is going to Jacksonville Florida. It was pretty cool to see the elders do that :) 

We also did an activity to help us learn how to be quick and to the point when inviting an investigator. We had 9 minutes to go around campus and invite as many companionships as possible to hug each other and keep hugging while we explained, told of the blessings they would receive for it, and testify to them. We won with 25 companionships :) It was weird but fun.

Last Tuesday night and Sunday night the devotional talks were really good. Elder Useda of the 70 and the head of missionary operations talked to us. They both broke down scriptures and taught a lot, and introduced the district 3 is coming out (if you guys even know what that is lol). They brought the convert from the district and he bore his testimony to us in Spanish while being translated which was cool. I love the devotionals they always teach me so much. I fell asleep during the first one we had but now I make sure to stay awake :)

Sunday I taught Sunday school to my district. it was kind of stressful having to do that and write a talk for sacrament but turned out nicely:) We were also shown a YouTube video called Missionary work and the Atonement. It has President Eyring and Elder Holland talking in it and it is amazing. All of you should watch it if you have the time! Being here has shown me how much free time we really do have. Even a way busy day back home would be laid back compared to around here. I wish i would have gotten more out of my time at home.

I got my fight plans the other day :) I have to be in the travel office at 3:30 am yay:):):) I fly to Atlanta then have a 1.5 hour layover then to SC:) We’re on Delta so hopefully we make it without the computers crashing :) 

Being District Leader is kind of like being a counselor I feel like. I have to meet with everyone and talk about their problems and see how their studies are going. It's kind of fun sometimes but kind of sucks at the same time, but it’s all good :)

We still have plenty of fun messing around here :) We cut hair every night and were all getting pretty good at catching gummy bears in our mouths. Mom all of the gummy bears you sent me are being put towards competition (hehe) We moved the couches from the commons of our residence into our dorm one day :) The MTC can be pretty fun aside from how stressful and hard it is. I'm still losing weight so that’s good :) 

1st Pic: My District

2nd: The Elder Dogs

3rd: Me, My companion, and Elder Kim

4th, 5th, and 6th: My District at the temple this morning :)

7th: Elder Parkinson and I

8th: Idk lol

9th: The couches in our room :)

10th: Elder Parkinson and I at the temple

I love it here and would love to hear from all of you! Hope you're all doing great! Love you guys

Be a PRO :)

Luke 6:37

D&C 112:10

2 Nephi 26:31

Elder Winn