July 25, 2016

Everything is going well in the MTC. Yesterday we had a special 24th of July devotional with the Nashville Tribute Band. It was really good. I haven't actually heard much of their music, but their songs were really good. It was fun listening to them. And the MTC choir sang back up for them. Although it wasn't really back up. There were 1400-ish missionaries in the choir, so we were kinda loud. It was really cool. They do a really good job of mixing the gospel and music and inviting the spirit. It was really awesome.
Today was sad because we tried to go to the temple, but sadly it is closed. So we couldn't go. But I did see Mary and Savanna on the way back to the MTC. That was weird.
The rest of this week has been pretty good. We had to use new planners to plan this week, because the schedule is weird in the MTC. This Wednesday makes 6 weeks. That's crazy. It feels like I just came into the MTC yesterday.
I've seen Elder Fogth a couple times. He seems like he's doing well. He's awesome. It's crazy that he leaves next week (I think). We still have 4 more weeks-ish.
We had some good teaching experiences this week. It's really cool to see how far we've come in speaking Hungarian. We still can't understand most of what people say, but we can understand and communicate better than we could when we started. We also can answer questions, even if our answers are a little rough. We taught one of our "investigators" about prophets and then she wanted to know how to find what Thomas S. Monson talks about. It was interesting because all we could say was that you can use the computer and go to LDS.org. But a few weeks ago we wouldn't have even understood the question. We've been progressing and it's been awesome.
This week I've been studying D&C 121. I really like verse 41-42:
"41 No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned;
42 By kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul without hypocrisy, and without guile—"
It's so important to reach out and love each other. I've learned the importance of showing love for others and being patient and kind. Always love those around you and serve them. It's so important.
I hope you all of a good week.
Terry Elder