April 27, 2016
This week has been the most amazing and also the hardest of
my WHOLE life!! I am learning soooo much, laughing lots and of course feeling
the spirit pretty much constantly!!
I'll start with an overview of my first week here at the MTC
I would have thought the first day would be the
hardest...but you're so dazed and shocked you really can't even get your
emotions in check to know how you feel!!
But I can sum up my 1st day with three words. Emotional Roller coaster.
Holy cow!! The goodbyes were so fast and so hard. But at the
same time it's the beginning of the most amazing journey, so its definitely a
happy sad and a whole lot of overwhelming. We met our comps, roomies and
district right at the beginning! I LOVE them ALL!! My comp is from Canada (the
opposite side from where our mission is) so shes teaching me lots! She is super tough and played rugby before
the mish...and here I am...the fairy ahaha! Sooo while we are sooo different,
its good because it really balances out well!! The only thing I may need to
work on while her is table manners(; Then the rest of the activities were all
intro type things and then before I knew it, it was time for bed!
One of my oh so wonderful teachers Brother Krudeir (Cry-dur)
explained the mtc PERFECTLY...
"The MTC is a lot like trying to drink from a fire
hose...you get a little water in your mouth, but mostly your face just
hurts" TRUTH. SERIOUSLY. It's funny...but so accurate its sad haha!!
Then the rest of the week is tons of study and classes! So
I'll give you the highlights!
we've been teaching investigators and we were able to get
two of them to pray at the close of our meeting...BEST FEELING EVER!!! To hear
a sincere prayer from someone who has never talked to there Heavenly Father, or
even realized they have a Father in Heavenly who loves them so much is the most
beautiful thing this world has to offer (other than maybe getting them to know
ALL the amazing things about this Gospel) the other thing I LOVE SO MUCH is
that being a missionary I am given the ability to feel Heavenly Fathers love
for all his children, and boy I do. I
walk into the room to teach the investigator and immediately am overwhelmed
with sooo much for love for them I have a hard time not just hugging them!!
Which by the way not being able to hug everyone is HARD! I
didn't realize what a hugger I was!! It's so cute, almost every time I time
anyone they say, "Oh, you're a good hugger" or something like that
and it just makes me happy happy!!
Some other funny things I've learned about my self are that
I apparently talk super funny, my WHOLE district makes fun of me constantly for
it! I am the only one from Utah in my district so I guess it makes sense...but
still...weird haha! I apparently say y'all a lot too, which I swear is and brand
new thing...I didn't even think I was saying it until someone would point it
out to me!! WEIRD. The MTC does things to people I guess! I had a teacher guess
where I was from (without prompting, he just did it) after a two minute max
conversation and I said "Oh I'm sister Hird I'm from..." And he
interrupted with "Let me guess Sandy, Utah?" I was in shock! I
thought the district was just giving me a hard time...NO it's real haha
The best thing in the mission to ever be shown is the
Character of Christ talk by Bednar...Elder Brumm was right to tell me to watch
that the first opportunity I got! It's amazing! i don't know if you can find it
out in "the real world" because it is a talk specifically given and
shown in the mtc...but at least look for it because it WILL change your life!
Also here at the MTC we have a devotional every Tuesday
night, and you never know who it's going to be...so when Dallin H. Oaks waltzed
on in I nearly died! An Apostle of the
church came and spoke to us!!!! Ahhh the blessings of being a missionary are
the REALEST!!!
This week I received sooo many letters and packages(my whole
district was jealous muahaha)
Funny/Amazing things about the letters and packages I got from
my two sets of grand parents was:
1st: I got two GIANT packages yesterday (tues. 4/26) I was
dying to open them because both were so heavy (or I'm just weak) so when I
finally ripped into them I died laughing! My grandparents know me SO WELL! In
BOTH packages were two packs of my V8 Energy drinks (which I desperately
needed) and two boxes of chicken in a
biscuit crackers...HAHA I LOVE IT!!! There really isn't much more in life I
could ask for!!! Of course both packages also had some other yummy treats I
adore and a letter! So they weren't exactly identical but i still thought it
was just hilarious...as did my roomies, who are also glad I got a lot so they
can eat a ton of it too!!
like I mentioned before Dallin H. Oaks came and spoke with
us Tuesday night. we get out letter at
the end of every day so they don't distract us.
So I got a dear elder letter from Papa and in it he ended with the quote
"The most effective missonaries always act of of love" by....DALLIN
H. OAKS!! Whaaaaa! Soo cool!!
Now before I tell you the next grandparent miracle I have to
tell you a quick little story! So we had an early service project one day, and
me being in charge of setting the alarm and the bright soul I am I set the
alarm...then didn't turn it on...hahah! So the alarm was set for 5:50 so we
could roll around and whine about getting up for about ten minutes before we
actually had to get up. BUT since I
didn't set it, it didn't go off. But for
some odd reason at 6am that morning, I woke up out of a dead sleep and sat
straight up as if someone had yelled my name...for no apparent reason...and any
of you who know me, know that I could sleep in until noon no problem. So the
fact that I just happened to wake up (at the perfect time), realize what had
happened and then was able wake the other sisters so we could go serve was a
miracle! We talked as we cleaned the bathrooms all morning about how lucky we
were that I just woke up so we could be there!!
Now fast forward to when I received my packages...in package from my
Grandpa and Grandma Buehner my sweet granny had written me a card which was
dated with the day we had our service project, and in it, it said,
"Funny story! I woke up this morning at 6:00am. Noticed
the time & yelled in my head "TIME TO WAKE UP MCKELL"!! Did you
hear me?"
WOW. Are you crying? Because I sure was. Not only was I
bawling when I read this aloud to my shocked roomates (who wanted me thank you
very much for them, btw grandma) but I can't seem to stop the tears from
flowing again now as I write. At the
time I am sure to my grandma it seemed like a funny thing to do...but through
this simple act of faith, 4 brand new missionaries who are eager to please were
able to wake up on time, not have to rush or panic, and got where they needed
to be. All because of you. YOU ARE MY
HERO GRANNY B.
The church is true y'all (if I say it, imma write it too
haha)
Thank you for the constant love, support, letters, packages
and prayers. They are all truly felt and
appreciated. I LOVE YOU!!!!
p.s Remember to yell at me in your head, you never know how
much I really need it(:
Sister Hird
Canada Halifax Mission
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