It’s unbelievable that I am
half way done with my MTC experience! I do not know why people make the MTC
seem like such a drag, it’s AMAZING! I
am so happy and everyone around me is so happy! This week lots of stuff
happened--there were some funny moments, embarrassing moments, and spiritual
moments.
First off, I have some
advice for the soon-to-be missionaries, “DO NOT let another missionary cut your
hair”. They will want to play a prank on
you and shave off your side burns!! Next, DON’T play with a ball in your dorms
after quiet time. The Lord knows and will
give you a reminder that the time is His, my reminder was that the ball whacked
me in the eye which resulted in a swollen shut black eye! Last, DO NOT stuff your face with food every
meal, you WILL get food poisoning. Even though a bunch of "bad luck"
happened this week I am still so happy and love to be here!! I’ve learned to
laugh at my mistakes (which are a lot) haha!
Some of the funny things
that happened this week were that we received two new Elders in our zone and we
thought it would be funny if their District leader said he was from Germany and
talked to them in this ridiculous German accent! It went on for 3 days and they
believed it! Also, in Portuguese two words that are similar are gravada which
means tie and gravida which means pregancy...so you can see where this is
going. I was in a lesson with one of my investigators and I thought I said,
"hey nice tie," but I actually said, "hey nice pregnancy."
It was sooooo funny and I was so embarrassed!
We upped our investigators
to 3 every day! It’s crazy stressful planning for all of their needs in such a
short amount of time. I love each of them so much and truly want them to have
the gospel. Ana is an inactive member so for our last lesson I prepared a
scripture from 2nd Nephi. I asked her to
read it and when she did you could feel the spirit go through her as she read
the verse. She looked up with tears in her eyes and I also had tears in mine as
she told me about how she was praying for an answer to go back to church and
that scripture was her answer. It’s crazy how the Lord guides us when preparing
for lessons. The Holy Ghost is the best wingman, he’s always got my back! Next
is Fabio who is a logical thinker, that can be hard because belief in the
church is a lot of faith and not all logic. I talked to him about how logical it
is that a 14 year old boy wrote such a complex book. He agreed and started
reading the Book of Mormon! Now the last person is really close to my
heart. We signed up for a TRC in English
with a real investigator. She is catholic
and goes to BYU. It was so nice teaching in English as we taught her about God’s
love for her. It was such a spiritual experience for me as I really did want
her to feel the joy and love that the gospel brings. Also after that lesson it
hit me how much God loves me and how blessed I am!
We had an amazing
devotional on Tuesday as this lady talked about how you only serve a
mission once. It hit me hard, there is NO TIME for rest, and these two years I
have to be going my hardest trying to bring everyone unto Christ! Also, as I
have been reading Mosiah I have discovered a new hero in my life, King
Benjamin--MAN what a guy!! He is just such a great example to me as I was
reading about him on top of the temple preaching to everyone and saying that all
he wants is to please God and be his servant. I want to be like that in my
life. It is a privilege to serve God and wear Christ’s name over my
heart.
On Wednesday both
Elder Robins group and our group got to host the new missionaries arriving. We
knew that Elder Bunker was coming so we were on the lookout for him. They tell
the missionaries NOT to freak out when you see your friend while hosting but
when we saw Elder Bunker’s car we couldn’t hold in our excitement and started
screaming and jumping for joy. We both
got to be his host and show him around, it was amazing! This week the MSD
(missionary smack down) was sweet! I don’t think I have ever laughed so hard.
Being the commentator is sweet! Whoever says that you can’t laugh or be happy
on a mission is wrong!!
I love this gospel and
know it is true!! It brings TRUE and EVERLASTING joy! I love you all!
Elder Herrmann
PS Please send me emails/letters through “Dear
Elder” so I can see what going on with your life! If you want to send
packages (which I would love) haha send them to:
Sep 13 POR-LIS
Unit 211
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84602
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