THE GOSPEL IS AMAZING!!!!!!
I cannot even comprehend how amazing the past two days in the MTC have been! The spirit is so strong and it is the absolute most intense spirit I have ever felt in my life! When I first got here, it was pretty scary, but they honestly just throw you into the work! You start learning the MINUTE you arrive! My companions name is Sister Goble and I LOVE HER!!! Shes so cute and so sweet! It's crazy how much we have in common and I know that we were definitely meant to be companions!! Sometimes I call her Sister Gobble Gobble hahaha, but only sometimes! :) My companion and I and our two other roommates are all going to Nauvoo together! On wednesday we were able to meet our teachers and the rest of our district! Our teacher Brother Pillar is so funny!!! He has such a strong testimony though! Later than night we were able to start teaching to investigators for the first time though! The spirit was so strong!!! They have been teaching us to really just LOVE THE PEOPLE! My companion and I taught our teacher who was playing an investigator "Hank" yesterday! When we were preparing for it, I felt so overwhelmed like I didn't know what to say or what to teach the people. One of the sisters who was my teacher sat down in front of me and said, Sister Chapman what two names are you wearing on your nametag? I looked down at my nametag and replied "Sister Chapman and Jesus Christ." She than responded who are you thinking about when you say that you are not good enough to teach these lessons? And then I realized I was thinking about myself and not of the Savior Jesus Christ. Because that's the trick! We really aren't the ones who are teaching.... the spirit is the one who teaches, we are just the ones who are the tool that he can use if we will be willing and if we will let him. After she told us that my companion and I went into the room where Hank was sitting and we taught that lesson. It was scary and EXTREMELY HARD, but we did it!!! The spirit radiated in that room and I could feel the love that heavenly father had for Hank, my companion and myself! The church is so true and I am so thankful and grateful to have this opportunity to serve and 18 month mission. I never knew that someone could be so exhausted and tired in just three days, BUT IT IS TOTALLY POSSIBLE TO BE THAT TIRED! It's the best type of tired though and I know that at this moment in my life I am not supposed to be anywhere else except for on this mission! Heavenly Fathers Children are so precious and so amazing!!!! I know that this gospel is true and I know that heavenly father and the savior are always watching out for us and willing to help us if we will lean on him and if we will trust him and say " Okay heavenly father you know way more than I do...now you take the lead." AHHHH THIS IS AMAZING! I HOPE EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD SERVES A MISSION SOME HOW!!! This gospel is amazing! I miss you all and love you, but this is so worth it!! Say your prayers and read your scriptures and love your neighbor and even the people who don't smile because heavenly father loves them all so much!!!!!!! I also feel the strange need to call everyone hermana hahahaha even though I'm in an english speaking mission... how strange :)
Adios Amigos!!!
Lots of loves, Sister Chapman :))))))))) :) :) :) :)
