Week 8: Goodbye MTC!

Hola!!!

So, this is my last week in the MTC.

I feel like I just got here not too long ago!

It's crazy how it's a time warp; part of you feels like you just came and part feels like you've been here your whole life (and will never leave).

Not much happened this week. It's really just been a bunch of reviewing Spanish and trying to perfect what we still don't understand. I've learned more about teaching, though. I feel like I'm really starting to get a grip on how to ask thought-provoking questions, how to discern what their real concern is from what they're telling me, and how to teach with the spirit and just listen. I'm excited and nervous to be doing this with real people!! But our mock investigators have really helped us a lot to have a feel for what it will be like.

Man, you really have to be totally worthy for the spirit and totally in tune with whatever it is trying to tell you about your investigator. When I'm not perfectly listening or in tune with the Spirit, we aren't successful teachers. I feel like it's kindaaaa a huge deal, it's really nerve racking because I'm definitely not perfect and it can be pretty hard sometimes to really have the exact kind of lesson you should have. I really hope that my first companion in the field is just completely stellar and I can learn soooooo much from her in the very beginning. If not.....well, bring it on.

So, I got my travel plans!!!! I'll be flying to Tucson on Monday the 21 (next monday) with Delta. My flight leaves at around 10-ish I think.....but while I'm in the airport I GET TO CALL HOME!!!!! So my guess is that I'll be calling anytime from like 8-9:30 my time, or 10-11:30 your time. Send me a dearElder to let me know if I should call your cell phone or call the house or what, and MAKE SURE TO SEND ME YOUR HOME PHONE NUMBER---I've forgotten it and I don't have it. So be ready! I can't wait to call!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grandma and Grandpa--I was supposed to give you my mission home address right now and I was totally dumb and completely forgot to!!! I'll probably hop back on email later today and send it to you. But would you mind sending my bedding package tomorrow to the mission office? I can't remember if you got the check for it or not, let me know :)

I met ANOTHER Wadsworth yesterday. She is the wife of a branch president here at the MTC. She is from Pinaca (Pin-a-kuh, don't know how to spell it), Las Vegas. I've heard this from multiple people before-- people always say "Oh, do you have family in Las Vegas? I know a bunch of Wadsworths from there." Once again, can't wait to do my family history. Yesterday I actually learned all about how family history is a great way to find people to teach. Did you know that all church family history centers are open to all people and that 60% of the people that use these centers are not LDS? It's a huge hobby these days. We were told we could organize classes in meeting houses for people who are interested in doing their family history. I'm so excited! I encourage you guys to get started with your family history! It's so exciting. The church has the largest database of geneology files in the entire world. And you can just go to FamilySearch.org and do it all from your computer at home. It's actually really fun :)

Wellllll I guess that's it for now....I've got time left on my email so if I can think of anything else I'll hop back on later and send you another one. But I loooooooooooove you. Today we're doing sealings in the temple. I'm excited.

Well LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

Hermana Wadsworth