Week 2 MTC
Dear Family and Friends
Another week is down and as Michael pointed out to me I have
another 102 to go but I’m loving it and things are surely on their way.
To start off I’ll let you all in on something that happened to me on
Monday. As you all probably know I am basketball lover and every time I get to
go to the gym I play some basketball, well this last Monday I was playing and
in the first 5 minutes I rolled my ankle pretty bad, so it swelled up hard core
and it was not a pretty sight. But today is Wednesday it has gone down quite a
bit and I should be able to play again in the next few days.
I was so bummed I twisted it and it really hurt and I heard
it crack but luckily it didn’t break. I hope that these emails do not get
to repetitive since it’s mostly the same thing every day but I will try
to share what is going on and some spiritual thoughts. Anyway, things are going
good here just moving along trying to learn Russian. Every Sunday and Tuesday
we have a devotional and it is so cool because every time we get to sing three
hymns before we start to invite the spirit and then another one right before
the prayer, I love it and it’s amazing how good all of the elders and
sisters sound together. I can feel the spirit so strongly when I am in there.
Yesterday during our devotional we got to hear from D Todd Christofferson and
it was amazing. It was so cool to hear from an apostle of the Lord. He was
an amazing speaker and it was all about the doctrine of Christ and how we need
to bring others unto Christ. It was all around amazing. Last week we finished
up with our "investigator" who is now our teacher as well as another
investigator.
Also last week we didn’t teach for three days and it
was so weird for me not to teach for those three days. I didn’t ever think
I would miss the teaching but I know that the Lord is watching out for me and
the spirit is testifying that this is where I need to be. So now we have two
investigators we will be teaching and they are both our teachers playing as
investigators. It will be fun. I really enjoy teaching even though it’s
difficult to get my exact point across. I know they understand it for the most
part and I can just always bear my testimony because that is the strongest
thing I have! Now for some of the other stuff I get to do. On Fridays our group
that has gym together calls it field day Friday and we all go out to the field
and play kickball or some sort of sport out there. It is so much fun because we
are all just having such a good time all together. I love it. On Sunday
nights we have a fireside and then at the end of the fireside they show a movie
and this is my favorite part of the week because I can sit there not think
about anything and just enjoy a good uplifting movie, it’s so wonderful I
love it. I also love being able to do personal study, before I didn’t
really know what to do or how to study or what to study, but I just make sure
that I pray for the spirit and somehow I am always able to find something that
is relevant to what I am teaching. It is wonderful. I just want everyone to
know how thankful I am to them and how much support I have gotten it. It is so
great to be supported and know there are people out there loving me through all
of this. So if anyone is ever feeling down or feeling like everything is just a
trial they should look up the hymn Count Your Many Blessings. With all of the
things we have in our lives, I know that the blessings will always outweigh our
trials and the Lord will always prepare a way for us to accomplish or overcome
our trials. My favorite scripture 1st Corinthians 10:13..... I know the Lord
loves all of us. No matter what we do, so we can always turn to him in our time
of need and I know that for a fact. I love you all and you are the best support
a person could ask for!!!
Now just on a side note…... my companion is just like
Michael. He does everything the same I swear and it’s just weird
when he does something that reminds me of Michael. I’m just like
no……….. You didn’t just do that, but it is funny.
I love the work and I will keep working hard. You are all in
my prayers and I love you all so much!!! Keep the letters coming; they get me
through each day. You are all wonderful! The Lord loves you and will bless you
continually, just make sure you thank him for your blessings :)
Love you all
Love Elder Litchfield
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