First email!

This is my First week in the MTC and it has been so hard and so amazing at the same time!! My first day i got to say good bye to all my family at the temple and then They dropped me off at the MTC. it was super Scary. My host took my luggage and me and I was whisked away to The main building where I went inside and said my name about ten times to ten different people while they handed me stuff and sent me to the next person not explaining anything. Then I was showed my room, we rolled my suitcases in there and left them. I was then taken to my classroom where I met my awesome teachers Sister Thompson and Sister Wells. We went from class to a devotional which was super good there are a lot of missionaries here and a good amount of them are Sisters which is super exciting!! Our first day we learn about conversion and about our purpose as missionaries. :) We met our first Investigators. way fast right?? Its our first day and we were already planning lessons. Ashley and Danielle. We are teaching Danielle shes a 76 year old Japanese American woman who loves badminton. :P The spirit is so strong here I feel it every single day. It was the first time a teacher was demonstrating for us and the spirit hit me like a bus it was insane but sooo cool! We actually taught our first three investigators at like 6 o'clock that night. It was crazy! but we learned a ton. We didn't even ask them questions we just started preaching to them. We didn't ask them or teach them to their needs. I have been learning a lot about teaching to their needs and listening to the spirit. My favorite quote of that day was heavenly Father gave us his Son, Christ died for us and we serve a mission for two years Its amazing to think about it that way. (this is day one and day two combined) Day three We planned lots of lessons. That's what we did like all day! We just planned tons of lessons we figured out how to plan different lessons and how to plan to the Investigators. I learned soo much all the days are kind of a blur so hopefully it'll all make sense. Day 4 We met a new Investigator Named Patrick and we got to teach him a district. It was super interesting and i think we did pretty well. We are working on asking inspired questions. Which is sometimes super hard to do. We taught our first official lesson with Danielle and we got her to pray!! It was soo cool! We also Got to teach a new Investigator Patty and we actually did really bad for that one. It is really hard to teach the doctrine really simply! As if we are teaching children it is soo hard but I am trying really hard! Day 5 We went to mission conference which was super good we had a lot of good talks and I learned a ton from it about serving and how we are suppose to be acting! We got to go on a walk around the temple with our district which was a lot of fun but super hard. Because that's where we said good bye to all our families! But we pushed through. Another thing that we get to do at the MTC is we get to fast. Which was super hard for me because I really don't skip more than breakfast and its mostly just because we forget to eat. But it went really well. a lot of our elders were home sick and thinking about going home so i fasted for them and it actually worked!! We still have all of our elders so far and they are doing amazing!! Day six! We Committed Danielle to Baptism!!! We actually got her to say yes to be baptized and during the second lesson! It was soo cool I hope she stays committed to it! We did this awesome activity where we all sat in a circle and told everyone our fears most were about teaching and leaving our families then our teacher said we are symbolically going to give them to Christ then we all stood up and faced the pictures of christ in the room and gave our fears to Christ I cried for like ever but after I could feel his love soo strong! and I know he is taking care of you guys! We had a devotional last night and it was really good at least the part I didn't sleep through. :P My branch president was sitting behind me and my companion and two other elders and me and the two elders fell asleep but I was the only one that got called out for it. because I move in my sleep! My head bobbed all through it. and the elders hold really still when they sleep but its soo funny! we have an elder, Elder Fry who snores every time he falls asleep which is hilarious in the middle of class. :) That is all i can write for now! I can't wait to hear from you all! i am only in the MTC for the next 6 days and I would love to get letters!!! Here is some words of wisdom for the week! Remember who you are, Remember to always Listen Carefully, remember to always say sorry, remember to have kind regard, remember that you get an abundance of blessings every day, remember to be grateful, remember to understand the atonement, remember to know that Joseph Smith is a prophet, remember that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet. Sister Sitati The Gospel is the best gift you have ever been Given Brother Sitati Lots of Love and prayers! Sis. Hanks