This week has been one of the craziest weeks ever!!! So many amazing and fun things have happened, that I'm not even sure what to write about. I think the highlight of the week was Sunday. So every Sunday we have a devotional with all the missionaries that are here in the MTC. We all gathered there, and the meeting started. Usually they have a seventy or someone like that speak. So this week they were like, " We are going to watch the video of the character of Christ take that Elder Bednar gave a long time ago at the MTC." We were all like, "Okay, that's cool. It's one of the most amazing talks I have ever heard, so I was fine with watching it again." My companions and I were kind of just thinking that their speaker cancelled last minute and they weren't able to find anyone, so that's why we were watching it.
We watched the video and it was amazing as usual (everyone look it up!!!) but then the music started playing for the closing song. We don't usually stand when singing, but everybody started standing up. We were sitting on the side, and so when people were standing we couldn't really tell what was happening in the front. We stood up with everyone else and got ready to start singing. All of a sudden the music stopped playing. So we all kind of just awkwardly stood there. I'm sure most people knew what was going on, but we couldn't see anything. I was super confused, and then all of a sudden everyone started sitting down, so I did too.
Then the MTC mission president came up to the pulpit. He was like "As you may be able to see we have the privilege of the presence of Elder Bednar and his wife this evening." They always make surprise visits twice a year to the MTC and tonight is the night they decided to come. So we now turn the time over to Elder Bednar, an apostle of Jesus Christ" I like leaned over to my one companion and like grabbed her and shook her because I was so excited. Everyone was practically dying because we were so surprised. Since we have been here, we have had so many false alarms of Apostles coming, that we had pretty much given up hope of one actually coming before we left. But he ended up coming our last Sunday here!!!
Oh my goodness, Elder Bednar is such an amazing man. He started by talking a abit about why they were here, and then he opened it up for a question and answer session. It was so cool. He would call on someone to ask a question- they would ask, he would answer super powerfully, and then he would follow up with questions. He would ask them if his answer answered the question that they were asking. He would then have them tell him how they understood his answer to make sure that they all understood. It was such an amazing lesson. Afterward, he asked us to tell him what patterns we had noticed. It was mentioned that he answered the questions to the best of his abilities, following the spirit. Next, it was mentioned that he asked a lot of follow up questions, to see if he had truly answered the questions correctly. He asked questions to confirm understanding. And in the end, even though only about 10 people had the opportunity to ask an actual question, he said " Now I know that I haven't been able to answer a question out loud for all of you, but I bet that most of you have had a question answered in your heart as you have listened to the spirit today." He then laughed and said" I can tell that's true by all the smiles I see now." It was amazing because I had a question answered. It was the coolest thing ever.
I just want to end by bearing my testimony about how the Lord knows us each so well. Even though we all have different problems going on in our lives, and different struggles, the Lord knows us each individually. I know that He answers our prayers and is watching out for each of us. I know that as we pray to our Heavenly Father, with a sincere heart, He will listen. He will also answer. It may not be in the way we expect, but He will answer. I am so grateful for that knowledge in my life. I am also grateful for the great lesson he taught about teaching. We learned that it's important to have the spirit, so it can testify to the hearts of our investigators. It is also very important to make sure we answer questions according to the needs of the investigators. And also help them to make sure they understand. I know this is the Lord's work, and it is amazing.
I love you all! :) Let me know how everything is back home!!
Hermana Gittins
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