This week has just been a great week, as the weeks get farther into the MTC and as we are getting closer to joining our fellow missionaries in the field, we feel the comfort of God everyday as we work hard and study harder and love the hardest. The MTC experience is amazing, there is a strict schedule everyday but it's for the best, so you can work hard and become a better missionary.
Great things and not so great things happened this week, as I told you, on Friday we had to go to the Embassy to apply for our residencies, there were tons of people, and a couple of us tried to place some Books of Mormon to people walking around the building. The Mexican people are amazing!! They are such hard workers and they love the missionaries. The church hires people that live nearby to work inside the MTC, they do tons of yard work, they are chefs, they clean and they are so respectful of us as ministers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Friday, a good majority of the missionaries here were served chicken that had something wrong with it, a few guys, including me got sick from it, it's all good though, I know that the Lord is watching over all of us and I know that it is a blessing because that's what it will be like out in the field for the rest of my mission.
Out here in the MTC and I know it will happen in the field, Lucifer and his army is trying to make the missionaries feel that they aren't good enough, that they can't do the work of the Lord and it's hard for some missionaries here to see that. But as we have bi-weekly testimony meetings as a district and really get to know each other, I know that it is important to develop a good relationship with your companion as well as others in your district because they will help you through the hard times. The power of the priesthood is real and it works!! There is no shortage of it here in the MTC as we give blessings a lot to help other elders get through the hard times looming ahead.
I know that God loves us each individually and that he cares for each one of you. as we practice teaching and as we play the part of an investigator for other missionaries, we understand and feel the Spirit as it resonates in our lessons. The Lord really loves us and works hard to help us feel of that love. I know he loves each one of you and that he is willing to testify that to you is you work hard and never ever take the Gospel for granted.
As all of us got into week 3, which was 2 weeks ago, we are all just ready and prepared to go out and serve, they have really made it so we can learn the language here in the MTC and I know that it will be harder as I get out in the field and work, we all know how to speak the language in basic form now, we are all speaking it very well in our classes and in our lessons, I know that as we have all worked hard and studied that the Lord has blessed us with the Gift of Tongues.
More about the MTC! It's on a 30 acre property of land, it is beautiful!! It was once an old high school but they converted it years ago, it was more of a boarding school because of the houses on the property. One of our teachers went to high school here and told us more about it.
I really love everything that you learn here, and if you have a desire to go on a mission and bless the lives of so many other people, than I know it is the correct choice for you. I promise you that the Lord will bless you as you turn to Him and He will help you change the lives of so many people.
Don't EVER let the adversary get to you, he is deceiving and will do anything he can to destroy a person close to Him. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that if you read it with a real intent to learn and pray with faith that you will receive as well as pray with a sincere heart, you will receive an answer on the power of the Book and the truthfulness it contains.
Oh!! One of our teachers is really stressed with all the things going on in his life. his name is Nefi Alvarez, please keep him in your prayers, it was his birthday this week and we tried our best to make it a great day for him. As well, keep all the missionaries in my district in your prayers because we all need them: Elder Christian Pratt, Elder Tad Richardson, Elder Thomas Payne, Elder Eli Martineau, Elder Jacob Chidister, Elder Ethan Heiner, Elder Grae Hargis, Elder Jacobsen Cole, and Elder Drake Jennings.
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Love you all,
Elder Corom Jones
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| Feliz Cumpleanos, Hermano Alvarez! |
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| Elder Jennings and Elder Jones |
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