Halfway through the MTC!

This week was much better.  Sundays are great.  In the mornings we have from 7-9:30 for just personal study time and I love it.  We then go to priesthood which is always so good and then we go to sacrament meeting which is all in Spanish.  I have yet to give a talk but there´s still plenty of time for that.  I was reading in the BoM on Sunday and in Alma I was reading about the stripling warriors and came across a verse that really helped me: ´´They were taught by their mothers that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them´´ that gave me so much hope.  I know that my mother has definitely taught me that all my life.  As long as I just continue in this work with faith in the Lord, I know He will strengthen me and help me along my way. 

Twice a week all the Elders in the whole MTC get together and watch a devotional.  We watched one that was recorded from a Christmas devo that elder Bednar gave at the Provo MTC a few years ago.  He talked about the Atonement and said that there would have been no Atonement without the character of Christ. He stated that Christ turns out when the natural man turns in.  I learned that I need to strive to turn out and serve people as much as possible. 

We also had a devotional from president Pratt about the Atonement.  He said the Atonement is putting ´´At one´´ those who have been estranged.  All of us as mortals have been ´´estranged´´ from God, but it brings me so much joy to know that we can be made ´´At one´´ with our Father in Heaven again through the Atonement of His Son. And I can´t wait to share the same message with all the people in Indiana!

All but two of the people in my district are from Utah.  One of them actually lives in Cedar Hills and went to Lone Peak so he lives quite close to us.  So I live in a house that has about 5 separate rooms in it. Each room has 4 elders. about half of the Elders in my house are in my district. All the guys in my district are super funny! There are two Hermanas and we are all from the U.S.  On p-day we usually just do laundry, clean the house, and relax :)

My Spanish is going really well.  I´m able to give the first 3 lessons with little to no notes.  It´s so cool to be able to understand the language and have an intelligent conversation with people!

I´m really excited for conference this weekend.  They will be broadcasting it in English, but I might go see a few talks in Spanish just to see what it´s like.

Thank you for the packages and all the support and love!