Week 2

I apologize that last week's email didn't go through. A few people have told me they didn't get it, so I assume the same is true to all of you. So, this time, I have sent this to every email address that I have for anyone. Anyhow, things have been a bit crazy lately, and I have never been so exhausted in my life. We have classes starting at about 7:30 and ending at 9:30 at night. It has been so spiritually uplifting that I can't deny that God has given the energy to keep going. Probably the most noteworthy thing are the TRC investigators. I don't know what TRC stands for, but basically people come to the MTC either as real investigators or role players, probably pretending to be a friend, that we teach several lessons to over the course of the week. Our first investigator, even though the leaders don't tell us at all, is a real investigator by the name of Erika. She comes from Iowa, and has been investigating the church for close to a year and a half now. She is incredibly knowlegdable about the Gospel, and has a lot of questions that she will spend several minutes asking and explaining about. To all those people who told me that I would never talk about the finer details of the War in Heaven and the Davidic Descent of Christ, you lied. That was our first discussion with Erika and Elder Goertzen and I basically threw our lesson plan out the window that first day. They second day was similar. The last time we went, we talked about the Word of Wisdom and she shared some very personal struggles about it that really showed how faithful she actually is. We have one more lesson with her, and my companion and I are fasting right now to know how best to help her. Our other investigator is Paula. She hails from Colombia and moved here with her father. She is probably a real investigator, but we are nowhere near as sure as with Erika (she showed us a video of her sister's wedding from her Facebook page). She is basically investigating the church out of curiosity because of a neighbor. She started out quiet, but really started to open up when we taught the Plan of Salvation. In the last lesson we taught her about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and she committed to baptism on August 18. Unfortunately, we will be unable to be there, but still, FIRST BAPTISM! Beyond that, there are just funny stories like Elder Goertzen started singing the Spirit of God when he was asleep and it was hilarious when he repeated "like a fire is burning" roughly eight times. Love y'all! The Church is true!