Packing up Again

We're leaving the MTC tomorrow morning at 3:30am.  A short trip to the airport and then check-in and boarding a plane to Chicago at 7:58am.

It has been a marvelous week at the MTC.  We have attended classes been treated to some fantastic food and got to know some of the most wonderful people in the world.  From 7:00am until 4:30pm every day we've been busy learning, practicing and enjoying the training.  There have been large group classes, firesides and small training sessions.  The Senior missionaries were divided into groups of 4 couples each called districts. Each district was assigned a classroom and a returned missionary instructor.  Then we started going through the "Preach My Gospel" manual learning how to teach non-members and less active, about the Savior and His Church and how to work with local leaders.   It was a marvelous week with many rich spiritual experiences.  The 3 other couples in our district were just exciting to get to know and work with.  They each had their own talents and church experience and we enjoyed learning and sharing with them this whole week. They were from St. George, Spokane, and Missouri.

The firesides, mission conference, and sacrament meeting were a powerful spiritual experience.  The speakers were simply outstanding and very inspiring.  To listen to the young missionaries bare their testimonies in Sacrament meeting today was very reassuring.  These kids are just outstanding.  The future of the Church is in good hands. 

I have really been impressed as I have looked into their faces,and heard them speak, sing and perform.  They are the best of the best.  I am so happy to be a part of this movement, a part of this "hastening the work" a part of this Gospel of Jesus Christ.  There is nothing like it in all the world.  This is the work of the Lord.  It is marvelous to behold and even more marvelous to be a part of.  God lives and Jesus Christ is aware of each one of us. That has been clearly manifested to me personally as we have participated in this MTC experience.