First Week in the MTC

So this was my first week in the MTC.

Wednesday- Upon arrival here at the MTC, I was moving non stop. My host took me to get my tags. I received a room key and an MTC card. We grabbed some other things and then went to put my bags in my room. After that, I headed straight to my classroom to meet my district. I have an awesome district. There are two elder companionships and one sister companionship. The sisters are Sister Colledge and Sister Smart (they were made to me companions). The other Elders are Elder Brinkerhoff and Elder Siddoway. They make such great companions. My companion is Elder Ludwig. He is amazing. I just love the guy. We had a lot of classes. After all of the classes were over, we met the other district in our zone. They are rock stars. They are so spiritual and they make missionary work fun. They are leaving to enter the field within the next couple of days, so that's a bummer.

Thursday- We were told that the first few days are the hardest, and they weren't kidding. We have class after class after class. Every minute was planned out for us. After a long day of classes, we met our branch presidency and received our leadership assignments. Me and Elder Ludwig are Zone Leaders!!! After the meeting, we went back to our residence to find another one of our Zone Leaders (Elder Colburn, Coolest guy ever) trying to get something out of a closet. We found out that he had dropped a letter behind the closet, and there is no way to move it. He was finally able to dig it out, but not without damaging the closet haha. 

Friday- We had to wake up early to go do our service hours. We had to pull double, cause the elders in the other district didn't show up. We were pretty much last for everything. Me and Elder Ludwig taught our first lesson to our "investigator" Frank. Frank is really just one of our teachers acting. Our lesson bombed. Elder Ludwig was so nervous, he just had a doctrinal vomit. This means that he went through everything in the gospel without our investigator knowing anything about it haha. I didn't know what to do. He just kept talking!!! We finally had gym time and we went outside to the sand for some volleyball. 

Saturday- Today was just simply awesome. I had signed up for a Book of Mormon enrichment program. My tutor didn't even talk about the understanding the BOM. He had so much great advice for me and I just sat there and took it all in. I am so much more prepared for it. The spirit was so strong and it set the tone for the day. Elder Ludwig had a chance to redeem himself for his doctrinal vomit. We had another lesson with Frank and we did soooooooooo good!!!!!!!!!! We were riding a spiritual high. The other Elders' second lesson didn't go as well as they had hoped and they were so bummed out. It was really sad cause both Elders have such amazing testimonies and they are both so great. We had zone teaching that night and we had another chance to teach an "investigator." That lesson went just as awesome as our first lesson. After that, we had more gym time and of course we went out and played v-ball again. A few of the Tongan Elders came and played with us. They are soooo funny!! 

Sunday- Today started kinda slow. It was fast sunday, so we were hungry. Elder Ludwig had hurt his ankle pretty bad the night before, so we couldn't move as fast. We had testimony meeting and the spirit was strong. We went on a temple walk, but me and Elder Ludwig fell behind. It took us a while to get up there, and all of the other missionaries in our zone were about to leave the temple, but we got up there just in time. We had a devotional and then watched a recording of the MTC Christmas devotional from a few years back. Elder Bednar was the speaker and OH MAN!!!!!! The spirit just about knocked me out of my seat. It was life changing!!!!!

Monday- Elder Ludwig's ankle was feeling better. We went to the temple to do a session. I'm so grateful for the temple. We played a little v-ball, but not much cause the sand was so hot. And that brings us to now. Me and Elder Ludwig have our first lesson with a new investigator (who may be a real one or not) tonight that we are stoked for. We are so ready for it. 

That was my first week at the MTC. When they said that the days are slow, but the weeks are fast, they weren't kidding. We're getting two new districts in our zone on Wednesday. High School rush I guess. 

Love you all. 

Elder Dumont