Well it is the end of the second day at the MTC. The weather is warm, the food is good,( I am trying to not eat too much), the lessons are interesting, the company is great.
When I arrived on Monday and was getting acquainted, I realized that the one lady whom I had found was going to Nauvoo also had my name on her packet as her companion and lo and behold when I checked my packet there was her name on mine.
Her name is Susan Brown. She is from Draper. And would you believe she also taught kindergarten for 21 years. She has 4 children all boys, all return missionaries. We have struck up a good friendship. She is 5' 10" and makes me look rather short and wide since she has not an ounce of extra weight on her.
We have each our own nice room just like in a motel only without the funny smokey smell. Mine has a full size bed, plenty big enough for me, with the whitest bedding you ever saw. I hope I get caught up on my sleep soon. I have had such a struggle staying awake. It feels like I have narcalepsy (sp.?) It is kind of embarrassing but I can't seem to do anything about it.
Tomorrow we are going to try to teach an investigator. We are learning how from the Preach My Gospel book. You'ld think at our age we would be able to teach someone about the gospel but there are a few things we needed to learn.
There are 180 senior missionaries here right now. They say that is the second largest group ever of seniors ever here at the MTC. They treat us very good, like we were really special. There are many going to church pioneer sites; Martin's Cove, Sixth Crossing, Old Cove Fort, Kirtland, and of course Nauvoo. There are 4 single sisters here going to Nauvoo. Also about 5 couples.
Tonight there was a devotional with all the missionaries. Elder N? an emeritus general authority was the speaker along with his wife.
So far out of all my methods for alarm clocks some thing always goes off to wake me up. Like the saying on the old shirt I found at home the other day, I have a bit of oversleep aphobia, fear of my alarm not going off and my not waking up on time.
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