Hey!!!
It's finally P day hahahah Sorry it was a whole week! I've been dying to let you guys know how I've been doing!! First I'll just say that the first day was tough haha, the thought of being gone for two years was very daunting, but the Spirit is so strong here and I felt comforted :) The MTC is such an amazing place! My companion is so awesome!! I love him and the rest of my district! There are 14 elders and two sisters in my district! My companions name is Elder Waters, he is from New Zealand and we are a really good team!! In the last week my testimony of the gospel has grown so much and I am sooo excited to preach it!! But it does scare me. But Heavenly Father is on my side and I take great comfort in that fact!!
Albanian is so tough! I know how to pray and mostly bare my testimony in Albanian and a few other things! It is really hard though but the Lord will help me get there, all I have to do is have faith and put forth the effort! It was awesome to hear Zach talk about the Nephites example in 3rd Nephi because THATS WHERE I'M READING TOO! :) so that was awesome! I miss all of you guys, but I'm where I'm supposed to be! SO I'm really happy about that!!
We taught an investigator on Friday, we were supposed to do half Albanian and half English but my companion and I only knew how to pray in Albanian haha. The first lesson didn't go as well as we wanted, but it was I first time so it wasn't a big deal!! then we taught her again the next day and it went better!! My teachers are great and who taught us right before our third lesson with the investigator said that he would commit people to baptism on the first lesson, which surprised us haha but whatever! and our third lesson we though went awfully but Brother Vance, our teacher, said that if we had asked her to commit to baptism she would have said yes, because our lesson was so spiritual and powerful, we were meant to be companions and that is a perfect example that Heavenly Father knows what He's doing!! The reason Brother Vance knew she would say yes was because he asked her, and get this, she turned out to be out third teacher that we hadn't met yet. PLOT TWIST. It was cool! All of my teachers are awesome and I have had some amazing experiences here. As my dad said before I came, the MTC is one of the most amazing experiences and one of the best to feel the spirit, and boy was he right! I am looking forward to the next 8 weeks and I will cherish them instead of just wish they would be done!
I don't know what else to say, I don't expect my blog posts will be as long as Zach's or Spencer's hahah but I already wrote more that I thought I would hahah. I love you all, and this gospel is true!! I am so excited to learn Albanian and preach it to the People there! I want them to be as happy as I am with God in my life!! Know that I have a firm, and now firmer testimony that this church is so true, it is the church of Jesus Christ, and that this gospel is so true!! and Jesus Christ atoned for our sins!! oh btw I cried in my testimony during my third lesson because I testified of the truthfulness of the Atonement, because I've been to the places where it happened! and I felt the Spirit tell me that it was true! I miss Israel so much and I am going to go back one day!! I hope everyone is having a wonderful life and if you are facing trials, have faith in Jesus Christ and His gospel, and our Heavenly Father, because he trusts to you get through that trial and be stronger! I love you and miss you all!!
Love,
Elder Simons
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