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Week 2 in the MTC

I've successfully made it through my second week as a missionary! It just gets better every day. Last week my mom sent me a pumpkin pie for pi-day and everyone got a pretty good kick out of that so thanks mom ;) We taught our first lesson yesterday!! It feels so good to actually be putting into practice what we've been learning here. Hermana Marler and I taught a cute middle aged lady from Costa Rica named Hazel who is confused and just wants to figure out how she can develop a relationship with God and Jesus Christ which is exactly what we want to help her with so I'm super excited. We meet with her again on friday so I'll let you know how it goes next week.

This week's Tuesday devotional was General Authority Claudio R M Costa and his wife and it was incredible. He talked to us about how ever since the day he was baptized (as a convert), he has not had a single bad day. Sure there are difficult things he's had to go through, but Heavenly Father's plan is the plan of happiness and when we have faith in him and trust in his plan, we have no reason not to feel happy every single day. That's what the gospel of Jesus Christ does for people and I'm so excited to share that!

Last night we got together with all the other hermanas in our zone and reenacted a picture that all the elders had taken on one of their birthdays and it was pretty entertaining. I'll attach it below.

Some of my favorite things I heard this week in class are the two following thoughts:

When someone prays to God and asks for patience, does he give them patience? No. He gives them an opportunity to develop patience. (I think that one comes from Evan Almighty)

Every single person you come in contact with is a person with needs.

Just some things that have changed my perspective and helped me focus on my purpose as a missionary. Thanks for all the emails, I love hearing about everyone's lives! I love you all!

Hermana Pendleton






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