MTC Week 4

Dievs Tevi mil!
Latvian.

This week started out with a secret combination at the MTC. (GASP!) A secret combination to the MTC visitor center training room, that is. It's a classroom with a Flatscreen and a collection of every movie that every visitor center has, with instructions to watch them before we get to the field... the Elders in the room next door are so jealous (they tried to sneak in the other day, but we crowded them out... there are 33 visitor center sisters being trained) We also have all of the kiosks that the visitor centers have because they want us to press every button and watch every clip. I am a little afraid of the Book of Mormon one because the volume is a little off it starts off at a normal volume, but it gets loud really really fast so it feels like the computer is screaming at you by the end of a segment.... I guess they want us to remember what was told to us in the clips. I must admit that it is very nice to be 'forced' to push every button on the displays. I think that I can finally put my curiosity to good use.

The sisters are numerous and amazing, of the 33 of us 2 are going to Omaha Nebraska, 5 to the Mormon Batallion historic site, and 26 to Temple Square. What amuses me is how much these sisters have gone through as they came to accept their calls... only two were particularly pleased with their calls and one of them is from Australia. There are several foreign sisters who are glad to finally be leaving the MTC after 8 weeks of English training. Mongolia, Hong Kong, China, Norway, Switzerland, Finland... all over the place. We are so large that our class room instruction is in the same rooms that we had our LGM training in (Large group meeting rooms because we are the largest district in the MTC.) We also have to have two rooms to hold practice tours in. Did you know that if you went to the TRC on a Thursday or Monday night that you get to have tours from the visitor center sisters? It would be so cool, I am doing it as soon as I get back because we only had one person in our tour and it wasn't as much fun as it could have been.

We are also going to temple square tomorrow for proselyting... weird, especially since we've only had one tour and two full days of class, and I had to miss it for the temple square enhancement class where they give us more make up because it is REQUIRED to wear make up on temple square. It is also required to wear professional shoes so my favorite brown shoes have been retired to P-day attire :( My shirts and coats have some back from alterations (finally) so now I am ready to look sharp with tailored coats and shirts.

We also get an expanded library full of church history books and packets so we can learn about the early saints in the Salt Lake Valley. I am a little sad about the choice of books because I already know most of the information in them because a certain Grandfather of mine.

That's all I can think of to report, except to say that I am leaving the MTC WEDNESDAY!!!! I can't wait to go from one bubble to another. ;)

Sister Pielstick