Thanks so much for keeping me updated on things going back home! I love hearing about it!
Thank you so much for the letters too! I love getting them and they totally make my day!
Here's the answers to some questions I got:
How
many elders and sisters there are in my district: There are 10 elders
and 4 sisters (including myself). 6 of the elders are going to West
Virginia and the rest of us are going to Vancouver Canada! It's a little
weird, for some reason I was expecting there to be a lot more sisters!
But my district is pretty awesome! Funny story, two of the elders in my
district grew up together and then got called to the same mission. And
now they're MTC companions! They keep calling each other by their first
name on accident and it's kind of funny! I'm hoping my companion and I
are companions again later on down the road!
What
is my room like: It has 3 bunk beds and 6 closets I think, I can't
remember. There are only 4 of us right now which is pretty nice
Am
I able to use the new classrooms: Yes! They are sooooo amazingly
beautiful! In fact, tours started yesterday which is a little weird
haha. I feel like I'm in a zoo. There are floor length windows in each
classroom and floor length murals on each floor, it's amazing and the
spirit is so strong!
Choir: So choir is
optional but totally worth it! The choir director is super awesome and
the songs we sing are beautiful! Not to mention we perform each Tuesday
for a general authority. My companion and I are pretty excited about
who we suspect is the visitor today...... we won't know until tonight though ;)
What
are Sundays like: On Sundays we have Relief Society (taught by a
companionship. My companion and I taught last time) then district
meeting, then Sacrament meeting. Something cool about Sacrament meeting
is that they randomly call an elder and a sister from the congregation
each Sunday
and you don't know if you're speaking until you're called on the spot.
So far I've escaped it but I'm not so sure about this week. Anyways,
then we have a temple walk which is pretty fun! Sundays are pretty
relaxing! We also have choir of course
Congrats
to Palmer Ridge on making it to Nationals! I hope Josh has fun with
that! I'm also glad to hear everyone's been having fun!
Something
totally cool happened this week! The other day I was in the computer
lab writing my email to the president and my companion and I were
talking about how we're going to Canada etc. when this random teacher in
the computer lab says "Hey you're going to my mission!" I turn and look
and it's the guy from the prepare to serve videos!!!!!! Before my
mission I watched videos of an RM being interviewed from my mission. And
it was him!!!!! I told him I recognized him which he thought was
funny. Anyways, my companion and I see him all the time now. It's kind
of like seeing a celebrity. Every time he sees us he says "there are my
sisters going to the promised land!!!" It makes me so excited haha!
Also,
I ran into one of my friends from my Ecuador group who I didn't even
know was going on a mission! The MTC is such a small world, it's
awesome!
We got our travel plans!!!!!!!! We leave Wednesday,
so in a week and a day!! I'm so excited!!!! There are 15 missionaries
in our travel group which is going to be pretty awesome! We had to say
goodbye to our STLs last night which was kind of sad... but exciting
because that will be us in a week!!!!!!!
I love
being a missionary and I love the MTC!! I have loved learning how to
teach and applying it when we teach volunteers for the MTC! It's so
awesome and I'm so grateful to be a missionary!!!
One
thing I've been learning about is the importance of being converted
versus having a testimony. Having a testimony is good but you need to be
converted to the gospel! Being converted means you are dedicated to
Christ and no matter what happens you will always be dedicated to Him.
That's our goal as missionaries, to become converted and to help others
(members and non-members) become converted as well! It's amazing
learning about helping others come unto Christ because you get to see
just how much He loves everyone! It's incredible!
Wow,
this email is long! I hope everyone is doing well! Thank you for
keeping me updated, I love hearing about how everyone is doing!
I love the gospel, I know it's true, and I'm so grateful to be a missionary!
Love, Sister Bloomfield
