Hey guys!
I am finally in the MTC after a week of home MTC. Home MTC was a little rough because I was on zoom meetings for several hours a day and it was hard to make a connection with my district and companion. But I have finally met my companion in person and the rest of my district.
I flew out to Utah on Tuesday and Tanner and his wife picked me up. I stayed the night at their apartment. The next morning, Emma took me to Swig and the BYU bookstore to get some chocolate covered cinnamon bears to share with my district. We met up with Tanner at Brick Oven Pizza for my final meal. We took photos at the temple, then they dropped me off. The missionaries immediately grabbed my suitcases and everyone was so welcoming. I got all my stuff and unpacked.
The first day was crazy. We got to unpack, set up our phones, and met our companions. Then we had class, a meeting, dinner, another meeting, and then we were free. A little busy, but overall super good and full of a ton of spiritual messages. My companion and I were finally able to go back to our room to shower. I am not a fan of communal showers at all. But I'll get over it. We went to bed on time because we were all tired.
The next day was p-day and we had service right after breakfast so we got to wear service clothes. You can't enter the cafeteria in service clothes though so we had to go grab sack breakfast. We went to our service opportunity and cleaned bathrooms. It was actually kinda fun because my companion and I joked and talked the whole time. They let us go early so we ran back to our room to change for the temple.
My district had the opportunity to go do an endowment session at the temple. It was super cool to go to the temple with so many other missionaries. I always leave the temple with the feeling of peace and happiness. We didn't plan our time quite right though because we got back right after lunch had ended. We ran to where the sack lunches are and a super nice employee let us in to get our lunches. We sat outside, talked and just got to know each other better. I think our district will be pretty close by the end of our MTC experience!
I'm only two days into the MTC and it has been pretty good. I'm excited to get to know my companion a lot better and to grow closer to Christ. Hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Sister O'Barr
Photos:
1- My companion and I
2 – The sisters in my district
3 – My district
