This week has been so good! Just kind of the same as the other weeks in the MTC, it kind of all blends together :) We listened to a talk by Elder Holland, and one of the things that he said was that a mission is as real as a life as you will ever get. This mission is just training me for the rest of my life, Woohoo!
The sunday night devotional was awesome! It was by one of the MTC presidency members and they talked about how to have power and authority in our teaching. The things were to be obedient, have courage, serve with diligence and be selfless. He promised that we will be able to do things never thought possible and that the sacred witness of the savior will penetrate the hearts of the people. One of the main themes of that day was that God will never leave us alone in the challenges we face...and how true that is :)
One of the main things they talk about over and over is the need for obedience. It is so neat to know that I and all of these other missionaries are here to help us and other people gain their eternal salvation, and one of the main ways we do that is through obedience. There is a quote that I really like that says, 'do not let things that do not matter hold sway over things of eternal significance.' It has been going through my head a lot, and I love it! Life is about doing things that do have eternal significance, the other things don't even matter :)
One of the people that I have been studying a lot lately is the apostle Peter. He went through a lot of things in his life, and was corrected by the Savior a lot. He walked on water and then he sank--the Savior said, "oh ye of little faith." After Christ had told of the things that must come to pass concerning His death and resurrection, he begged to differ, and Christ referred to him as Satan. When he and the other two apostles went to the Garden, Christ asked them repeatedly to watch with Him, but Peter was too tired. When they came to take and bind Christ to take him to be tried, Peter cut off the man's ear--Christ lovingly healed him. Peter followed the crowd and waited for Christ as he was being tried, he waited a really long time. He was nervous and afraid and people kept asking if he was with Jesus? Out of fear for what the consequences would be he denied knowing Christ three different times. Right after he had done so, he realized what he did and he must have felt so sorrowful for doing so.
In a way, we are all like Peter. He was corrected a lot by the Savior. He made mistakes and doubted and some times didn't quite give the right answers, but Peter was being molded into the future leader of the church. He had to go through all the learning experiences with the Savior so he could testify as stongly as he did concerning His coming and the resurrection. When they had learned of Christ's resurrection, the other apostles stood at the doorway to the tomb, but Peter ran straight in to see for him self. Peter truely learned from the Savior and learned how to be like Him. Peter in my mind was a really neat man. He made mistakes, but he learned from Him and learned to be more Christ like through the mistakes he made.
We have 4 more weeks in the MTC until we head out into the field, I am so excited :)
Hope all is well and thanks for the letters! I love getting them and it absolutely lifts my spirits :)
Love,
Hermana Lori Crawford
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