The First Month is Over!

THE FIRST MONTH IS OVER! We are halfway done with being in the MTC! I love it in here, but I'm looking forward to going to Hungary and teaching the people.
So, the biggest news this week is that we watched the Character of Christ for the Sunday Devotional, and afterward, Elder Bednar casually walked in. It was super surprising and awesome. He did a Q&A thingy, and it was awesome. It was so cool to see an apostle taking the time to answer individuals questions and help them out. He also talked about ministering to the one. It's so important to find the people that we can help and reach out to them.
I just found out that the world is in chaos. Pokemon go has upset the social order, there was a shooting in Dallas. Things are crazy, but the MTC is always the same. And the church is always true.
Anyways, This week has been pretty good for us. We've been learning about how to become better teachers, and the emphasis has been on asking better questions. We have to ask questions that help people think about what has been taught so that they can learn. We have to ask questions the right way too. Elder Bednar talked about how we play the "Guess what's in my head" game a lot in the church. We ask questions looking for specific answers and forcing people to try to find out what answer we want. Elder Bednar said that those kinds of questions drive the spirit away. We've been learning how to teach better, and the TRC lessons (lessons that we give to members) have been getting better. We're getting better at understanding what people say to us. We still don't know much, but it's cool to see how far we've come in only a month.
This week I learned the importance of asking for gifts for the right reasons. Elder and Sister Bednar talked about it on Sunday. Gifts of the Spirit and blessings from God come to us to help others. If we pray for something just to help ourselves, we probably won't get it. We talk about that a lot with the Gift of Tongues. We won't get that gift if we only want it so we can speak Hungarian perfectly and not get embarrassed. We only get blessed with it when we want to use it to bring others to Christ. It's so important to focus on helping others.
This week has been awesome. I hope everyone is doing well. Sometimes things are crazy, but things will be okay in the end.
-Terry Elder