1st week at the MTC

 Made it through my first week! I can't believe it's already been a week. The days are long and busy but I am loving it! I love my companion, Sister Phillips, we are getting along so well. I love my classes and personal and companion studies. 

Some fun things: in our free time, the sisters in my district throw gummy bears, swedish fish candies into each other's mouths, playing foosball with a person on every pole, the group chat of pictures of elders falling asleep in classes. 

Some tender mercies: I ran into the temple worker who walked with me throughout my endowment! How crazy is that!! We even got a picture together. We found a study room with comfy chairs, a beautiful mural of a lavender field, outlooking the mountains and Provo temple, AND it plays piano music. I love having music to study and it just made me feel so loved to find that spot for personal and companion study. I found a tiny duck toy thing on the ground in one of my classes. That is just SO random that this was on the ground, but how perfect because I collect rubber ducks so it was just a little sign from Heavenly Father that He is aware of me!

Spiritual things: Bonnie H. Cordon spoke to us on Tuesday! She had a wonderful message of how we are all meant to be on Earth at this exact moment in time and Heavenly Father has so much in store for us and will put people in our lives for a reason! I truly believe that. I am getting along so well with all the sisters in my district. I love them all so much. Their amazing faith and relationship with Heavenly Father has helped me and my testimony grow so much!

The MTC is all decorated for Christmas and it's beautiful! There are lights in all the trees and there's even a big tree that's like the tree of life from Lehi's vision! So cool! It's also been snowing a lot here so it's cold, but it's so pretty and fun!