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Last week at the MTC!!

Hola everyone! It's crazy to think that in a week from today I will be in Spain! I successfully got my visa so that's a relief. We got to take a fun field trip to UVU on Monday to visit with the consulate from Spain and I definitely noticed how much attention we attract as missionaries and confirmed the importance of making sure we are always acting like representatives of our Savior. 

We had a loaded weekend here. First off there was conference which was incredible; the MTC president reminded us that our MTC auditorium was an extension of the Conference center, and when the prophet walked in, we all stood up and it was completely silent. I felt the spirit confirm to me that President Nelson is a prophet of God and he speaks exactly what the Lord needs us to hear. And then during the priesthood session on saturday night, Elaine S. Dalton came to speak to all the sisters and that was also amazing. She talked to us about how our most powerful weapon is our testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ. We also watched a video called "The witness of John the Beloved" and we all cried. I would encourage you to all go and watch it especially as we're coming up on Easter. And then Sister Bonnie H. Cordon (the current General Young Women's President) came on Tuesday and that was an incredible experience. She spoke about how the Lord really does know us individually, better than we know ourselves even. And as we come to know Christ, he can help us come to know ourselves. She also had us sing the song "Peace in Christ" together and there was an incredible spirit in the room and I testify that there really is peace in Christ. Something that I think is a good reminder that Sister Cordon said is that not only do we need to endure to the end, but we need to enjoy to the end. 

One of the Elders in our district left this morning and that was bittersweet. We had a sweet testimony meeting last night since it was our last night all together and I'm so thankful for the people I was placed with here at the MTC. And I'm so excited to be able to help others in Spain from what I've learned here. 

Hermana Marler and I are still teaching Desiree and we taught her about the first vision and the Book of Mormon earlier this week and I think we might have just made her really confused so we're probably gonna go back and teach her about faith for our last lesson haha because that's a very important thing. 

Oh and fun little fact: last week when we went to the temple, we ran into Donnie Osmond and he wanted to talk to us because we're missionaries and he told us to probably not go to Bull fights while in Spain :)

The next time I'll probably email will be when I'm in Spain so wish me luck :) even though we don't need luck when we're on the Lord's side. 

Love you all!

Hermana Pendleton
natalie.pendleton@missionary.org




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