Hello all!
I'm having a pretty grand time here at the
MTC! Working my tail end off to learn the language, but I'm still
learning quickly and it's a blast because I know I'm working for a good
cause! Something interesting about the MTC; there are these people who
act like "investigators" (they all wear special gold tags) and we are
supposed to contact them while we walk throughout the MTC and set up
lessons with them! Everyone else in our district is teaching one "gold
tag" as well as teaching our regular French instructors who pretend to
be investigators. But Elder Woo and I have TWO gold tags we're teaching
as well as our two regular investigators! It's nothing personal... it's
just that we're better than everyone else! Okay, no. We're actually very
much newbies to the whole "teach people about the Savior" thing. But
we're working hard and we're trying. And that's what's important.
Found
out a couple funny things this week. First, every elder in my district
has seen the Lizzie McGuire movie enough to break into song as soon as
somebody says "hey now." I'm not even kidding. We've all broken out into
a harmonious rendition of her Colosseum song. More than once. Actually,
many times. Second, I think that my roommates have a snoring issue. I
have used my earplugs many many times so far. (Thanks, Mom! <3) They
also enjoy talking in their sleep. Elder Bird woke me up in the middle
of the night by yelling, in his sleep, "I'M SITTING HERE. NO! I'M
SITTING RIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT HERE!!!! LOOK AT ME!!" I laughed pretty dang
hard. He's a funny guy. Third, Elder Sykes' mom sent him two puzzles (a
750 pc and a 1000 pc) and the elders LOVE them. We fly through our meals
just to get an extra 30 minutes at the residence to puzzle it up. We
finished a 750 piece puzzle in just our free time (about an hour a day)
in three days. We're very proud of that. Now it's time to start on the
1000 piece! I'm extremely excited.
I found a
scripture passage which I LOVE the other day. In my studies, I've been
looking at the story of Ammon, the INCREDIBLE missionary in the Book of
Mormon. His story begins in Alma 17. My favorite part of the entire
story is in Alma 18:24-40, in which Ammon teaches King Lamoni, a king of
the Lamanites, and his servants about the gospel. He starts from the
beginning and relates God's plan for each of us all the way through. But
he finishes (verse 39) with an explanation of the importance of Christ
and His Atonement for each of us. The Atonement is REAL. Our Savior and
Older Brother gave literally EVERYTHING He had for us so that we can
return to live with Him. I LOVE that!! I feel so close to Christ each
time I pray, and I know that He hears us when we turn to him in prayer.
He loves each of us so much! That's the most important part of this
gospel: the ability to be cleansed through the Atonement of Christ and
become clean and pure before He who shed His own blood and tears for
each of us individually. I love Him so much and I cannot WAIT to share
this message with the people of Montreal in 3 weeks!
I
love each and every one of you and you are in my prayers always! I'm
gonna try to attach some pictures to this letter so ya'll know who these
people I talk about are.
Good luck in everywhere you all are! Remember you never stand alone!
En avant!
Elder Bryan McOmber
P.S. Here are some pictures:
From left to right - Elders Phillips, Herring, me, Woo, Niederhauser, Bird, Critchlow, and Sykes.
Elder Woo and I
Elder Woo and I after finishing the puzzle. We were deeply proud.
P.S. Here are some pictures:
From left to right - Elders Phillips, Herring, me, Woo, Niederhauser, Bird, Critchlow, and Sykes.
Elder Woo and I
Elder Woo and I after finishing the puzzle. We were deeply proud.
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