On Wednesday I got to host some new missionaries. It was cool. I also ran into three people I know that I hadn't seen yet: Elder Bartholomew, Elder Taylor, and Sister Rogers. Last night, one of the Elders in our room woke everyone up at one in the morning. He was talking in his sleep, and he was talking loud, and in Portugês. I think he invited us all to read the Book of Mormon, but the three of us were still half asleep, so we don't remember exactly what he was saying. I also managed to earn the nickname of "DJLofty" because I can beat-box (not well, though), and I know a lot about music theory. When i go into music production after my mission, that might end up being my name, because then my MTC zone will know how to find me.
Brother Pimantel, the second counselor in my Branch Presidency, was interviewing me yesterday. We were talking about being too self-critical, and talking negatively about yourself. He shared a quote with me from Brigham Younge. "If you ever have a bad thought about yourself, send it to Hell, because that's where it came from." Satan is the one who wants us to doubt ourselves and to think we can't make it. And even though God knows that we aren't perfect, He will never tell us that we can be anything less than that, because He knows perfectly our divine potential. If there is one thing I have learned here at the MTC, it is that God is with us always. We can lean on Him in any situation. No matter what we are going through, the Atonement can help. The enabling power of the Atonement extends to any activity you could possibly do through out the day. And God is always waiting to help. Because of the laws of Heaven, God can only bless us when we obey His commandments, or when we ask for blessings. So ask! He will never get mad at you for asking for things. More likely, He will give them to you. Just have a little faith, and act on it.
Well, that's my rant for this week. If anyone wants to hear about anything specific that's going on, feel free to tell me what you want to hear. I never really know what to put into these emails.
I decided to just take some pictures right now, and I realized that I did take some pictures earlier, and here's why. On the first day we got here we saw something in our room vent. We got it out, and it was a barbie. We thought little of it, and just put it back. But this week, it rained, and the heaters got turned on, and so something started to smell like it was burning. We didn't know what it was, and we thought it was coming from the vent. Elder Harper was looking in, and all of the sudden he called out,"Guys, there's something else in here. It looks like a bottle." We spent about ten minutes trying to get it out, and when we did. We found a paper inside. It had two lines, talking about a vent in the showers. At this point, our whole zone was there, and we all went to the showers and started checking the vents. Sure enough, there was another bottle. After another ten minutes of trying to find a screwdriver, we got that bottle out, too. It had a clue leading to the vending machine room downstairs. We looked around, but didn't find anything. I don't know if the next bottle was already found and taken, but we kept the first two and the barbie.
So, here are pictures of my zone. The one in the red shirt is my companion, Elder Harper. Behind him is Elder Baker. Next, Elder Jones, Sister Anderson and Sister Metcalf, and Elder Lemon and Elder Cox.
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