So this week as been
pretty intense on our Tuesday devotional Elder
Jeffery R. Holland came and spoke to us! He was so bold and up in our
faces! A lot of people afterward said that it was so inspirational to them, but
to me afterwards to tell you the truth I kind of felt like crap! Like I needed
to have a stronger testimony and I needed to be a 10 times better missionary
that I was. I definitely felt chastened, but it was good for me. One part that
I really like though was that he said never go back to how you were before you
mission. Then he said I do not care how good you were before your mission never
go back to it! It was an awesome talk!
Then yesterday for our
fireside Alex Boye came and spoke to
us! He did a little bit of music but he is an amazing speaker! He was really
funny and told us about his conversion story and it was incredible! It really
got me pumped to be a missionary! So it was a pretty intense week with seeing
pretty famous people! I was able to go do sealings in the temple today, I had
never done them before and it was a really cool experience and I felt grandma
Tilley was there with me! So it was way awesome! I just acting as a child and
as a witness, and it was really good. Were you able to figure out anything with
my visa? It is something that is just always on the back of my mind because
there are a lot of missionaries here in general that haven’t got their visas
and stuff! Love you a tons mom! Should be able to get on this afternoon again!
Oh and next week on Sunday daylight savings starts so the time I email will
change by an hour just so you know. I don’t know if you have sent the package
yet but if you haven’t could you throw in Braden’s mission filter bottle. That
is if he doesn’t need/want it! Thanks! Love you a tons!! Elder Tilley
Rebecca-The MTC is pretty
good. It is kind of weird because it feels like the Days go by really long but
the weeks go by really fast. It is kind of weird but I am learning a ton! Well
it is not like I have a certain amount of class, but I will tell you a typical day. First we wake up and go to
Breakfast at 7:10. Then we go to our classroom at 7:40 and are in the classroom
for 3hours. During that time we teach our investigator and have a Portuguese
Lesson for about an hour and then some other kind of training. Then we have
personal Study time at 10:40 to 11:40, which is in our classroom. Then we go to
lunch at 11:40. At 12:25 we go back to our classroom for another 3 hours and do
the same thing we did before, but with our other teacher. At 3:25 we have
personal Language study in our classroom for am hour. Then we go to dinner at
4:40 then we have gym time at 5:25. At 6:25 we go to a classroom with a bunch
of computers and do an online course that helps us with Portuguese. We do that
for an hour. Then we go back to our classroom at 7:45 to 9:00 and do Personal
study time again. At 9 we do planning and at 9:30 we go back to our residence
to get ready for bed. So I do not know how many classes I have, but I am pretty
much in the classroom all day unless I am eating or at the gym! The food here
is pretty much like cafeteria food. It took me a while to get use to it so it
is not so bad anymore, but yes definitely cafeteria food! I have never tried
the eggs or orange before because I have heard they do not do good things to
the body! If you know what I mean My
companion tried both of them and lets just say I believe the rumors, or at
least I smelt them haha really funny with the
whole spear thing!! Maybe I will learn how to be nice on my mission or
something and I wont get angry any more! Good luck in Basketball just remember
to work your very best!!!! Hmm we better figure out something better then (sparkle
bun power) any ideas? Love you favorite little sister! Elder Tilley
Preston-That is pretty
crazy man! I am glad you are doing better. I have been praying for you every
day and have been fasting for you and I know the Lord is answering my Prayers!
That is so cool that Josh was able to get you guys a dog! I forget did he get you guys an Australian Sheppard or a Queensland
heeler? I love you tons man! Keep up the hard work! And you are in my Prayers
every day!! (my concussion?) … Lets see man, so right after I fell off the bunk
bed (and got my concussion) I did not remember anything really, but after a
while my memory started to come back. What I remember is that I was sitting on
the bunk bed with my feet over the bars and I was saying the poem I memorized
for school to mom. The next thing I remember is everybody around me in my room
and I did not really know what was going on. Then I remember going and threw up
in the bathroom except I do not think I made it to the bathroom the first time!
:) So that is what I remembered! So I guess we are concussion buddies!! Except yours was a lot more intense! Love you
man!! Just remember that the Lord is always watching over us and everything
that we go through is for our own good!! Love you!!
Mom-… I need the water
bottle for Africa I am not sure if they have them there. I just know that they
are pretty expensive so if Braden did not need his then maybe I can just take
his…I do not think I told you about my companion,
but he does not really do any kind of music stuff, but there are a lot of guys that sing here so we have been
harmonizing and stuff and he loves it!! It is so funny he loves to sing now! He
is a big black football guy who now loves to sing it is pretty funny! And there
is about 4 or 5 of us who sing songs as we walk around the MTC it is a lot of
fun! One of our favorites we like to sing is Army of Helaman, some of the other
ones you could say aren’t church songs, but I think it really helps us to
become closer together it is really cool. We have some other songs too, We also
have practices in showers! Probably one of the highlights of my day! It is kind
of ridiculous but it is fun!! One Elder who is leaving tomorrow that I have
never seen before came up to us and said hey can I hear one of your guys’ songs
before I leave! That is kind of funny! My companion decided that we are going
to be called the" Sons of Mosiah" I am in the choir and that is alot of fun we have sang come thou fount and be
still my soul! I do not know if we are going to be in conference yet. I have
not heard anything. I have definitely been feeling the spirit more in my
personal study. Just today I was having my scripture study and I just felt so
happy! It was awesome! Our district is doing a lot better, it is fun to see
everyone including myself grow so much in such a short amount of time!
Pops!-I am so glad that Preston
is doing better. I have been praying really hard and fasting that Preston would
be able to play sports again. I know
how much sports helped me and meant to me and I did not want him to miss out on
those things. I am so grateful that the doctor thinks he will recover so
quickly the Lord is definitely answering my prayers!
It sounds like you are
cleaning house at work! And it sounds like things are going really well! My Portuguese is coming. Spanish has definitely
helped me a lot. And it has been good for me because all of the rules are
pretty much the same so I know how to conjugate and stuff. The conjugation
endings are a little bit different, but it is not too bad. We are pretty much
teaching lessons without having to read a lot of the stuff. The hardest part is
understanding the investigator and figuring out their needs. It is definitely
really hard though sometimes with the language, it feels like we will never be
able to speak really well in Portuguese, like our teachers, but the Lord is
definitely blessing me! I feel like I can speak better Portuguese then I ever
could speak Spanish so I know that the Lord is helping me. Our district on
Saturdays from now is trying to only speak Portuguese, so we will see how it
goes!
Would you be able to check
on my visa this week! It is just a
little bit stressful not really know what is going on with it! And if you
figure out anything maybe just dear elder me it! Thanks! One of the district Presidents was telling us a little
bit about the election. How is it going? I heard Romney is still the front
runner, but that Super Tuesday is tomorrow? Let me know how it goes? I think there are two
other missionaries in the other zone that are going to same time as me I only
know the Carmichaels nephew I am not sure of the other one, but there are three
Elders that are leaving on Thursday for Angola so that is pretty cool!
Love
you!!
Braden…That is way cool
about the girl with her trials! We are soooo blessed it is not even funny!
Thanks man for the comfort it really does help! For a while I felt like
Hell was shaking me! But I am starting to shake Hell back!!! (quote J)
Thanks so much man Love
you!! Love you family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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