Elder AJones: Week Number Two

One great thing about Home MTC is to get a Friday night visit from
missionaries I know and love: Elder Matthews and Elder Lucero

Wow.

It has been such a good week of the MTC.

This week started off great. On Tuesday, I got my reassignment and I couldn't be happier. I got reassigned to COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA!!! I'm so excited to be able to serve and teach the people of South Carolina. I know the Lord needs me there and I'm so very willing to go. An Elder and an Hermana from my district are also going to South Carolina and they're both awesome!

Meet my District

This week flew by. It's crazy how fast time flies by in the MTC. Just constantly busy with classes or studies or trying to learn Spanish. But it is honestly so much fun. My district is just getting better every day. We just have a good time in our classes and it's so much fun getting to get to know them better every single day.

This week my companion, Elder Rees, and I taught our first lessons. They were in English so that was a relief. We taught a woman named Aubrie. We gave two lessons, one on Thursday and one on Friday. Might I say teaching is so much harder than you think it is. It's completely different than giving a lesson in Priesthood and teaching someone who doesn't know literally anything about the gospel. 

The first lesson we taught was on the Family: A Proclamation to the World. It went terrible. We didn't share any scriptures or anything. And we only brought up Jesus Christ-like once!! So ya it wasn't good like at all. But then on Friday we decided to teach her about the Restoration of the Gospel and Joseph Smith. We followed a lesson plan from Preach My Gospel and I just have to say WOW. The lesson went great! The Spirit was so strong and it was amazing to testify of Jesus Christ and of Joseph Smith.

Here's a quick quote from President Thomas S. Monson, "There is absolutely nothing in this world that will provide more comfort and happiness than a testimony of the truth [of the Restored Gospel]."

This week has been amazing. I've learned so much and I have felt happier than ever. I can testify to the words of President Monson. I'm so happy to be a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I am so happy to be able to serve the Lord every day. It is an amazing feeling.

Hope you all have a great week!