Hey Everyone!
I feel like I have a hundred things to tell you all! I don't really know where to start and I have limited time. So bare with me if I miss something.
First of all, the MTC is amazing! Our first day here was interesting. I would bore you with some of the details about that day if I had time. I'm in a trio right now; my companions are Sister Edwards and Sister Wise, both a good friends from Layton, UT and both are 19. We have two other sisters in our room, Sisters Ogden and Noker. They are wonderful! Our district has 12 people, us 5 girls and 7 guys. You'll never guess where the guys in our group are going.... PHOENIX, AZ! Crazy, right? Harrison actually wrote me and said he feels like he's about to train again, so to keep an eye out for Phoenix Elders. I just laughed. They are so great! Our main teachers are Brother Bonner and Brother Vea. Brother Bonner is honestly the happiest person I know. And he is so full of the spirit all the time! As part of training, each of our teachers have an "investigator" personality we have to teach. Brother Bonner acts as Troy and we LOVE teaching him. Brother Vea is hilarious, but we don't like teaching him when he acts as Dennis. I actually cried at the end of our first roleplay with him and it hasn't got much better. That's okay, though. I need the challenge.
Really quick, to make sure I have time. I have a few schedule things to talk about. First of all, we leave the MTC at 3 AM a week from today (Monday). So letters please make sure they get sent here in time. (DearElder would be best). Our plane leaves at 7AM, and I do get to call home. So I'll probably be calling at like 5 AM your time. I can leave a message if no one answers. I'll probably call Mom's phone and then Dad's phone if there is no answer. We'll get to Toronto around 2 or 2:30 PM there time, so I'm not sure what time that is at home. I can't wait! The MTC is great, but I'm definitely ready. I am so glad I don't have to stay here longer than 12 days. Oh! So you'll never guess who I saw in the Cafeteria! I was in line for wraps and I looked up and there was Carlos Suffert! He was the Brazilian exchange student that stayed with Tyler Henderson our Junior year, I think. He's here learning German to serve in the Berlin mission. CRAZY! He was really excited to see someone he actually knows. Anyway, I was hoping someone could do me a quick favor. I told him I'd try to get Tyler's address for him. Tyler probably has it on his Facebook. If not, could you call the Henderson's and get it? Instead of sending it to me, could you send it to Carlos on DearElder? It would be Carlos Suffert (here at the Provo MTC) and his box is 97. That would be GREAT! Thank you!
Anyway, I have a pretty great story to tell you. So I don't know if you've heard, but the food here is definitely not very good for you. I'm trying to eat wraps, but that's not always an option. Anyway, on Saturday, my companion, Sister Edwards, ate fish and chips for dinner. She even mentioned how fried food doesn't sit well with her, but that she was doing fine. We were in class and our instructor told us to act for ourselves (it was a GREAT lesson, but I'll have to tell you about it later). We left the room and she said she wasn't feeling well and we needed to go to the bathroom. Eventually she decided to go to the Health Office, which is actually closed on Saturdays. The front desk called the doctor and he said he wanted to see her, so we went to the ER! We actually left the MTC on a shuttle and she got an IV and an Ultrasound only to find out it was just a stomach ache. The nurse told us that happens a lot from the MTC. We had to stop to get her some medicine from Walgreens. While we were there, a girl ran up to us and said, "Sister Missionaries!" She told us she just turned in her papers and was all excited to see Sisters. It was a cool moment to realize that I'M a sister missionary!
The MTC, as I have said probably half a dozen times, is amazing. But it is so hard. I have been humbled over and over again. I'm grateful for it, but it gets overwhelming. Tell the boys to start preparing now, especially Ryan and Brent. Learn Preach My Gospel inside and out and study your scriptures hard! You'll need it. I sure which I had.
I've seen Alex Barkdull, Kacy Murray, Carlos, and Catherine Andelin all since being here. It's kind of fun. Yesterday, we got to walk up to the temple. There were a TON of missionaries there all taking pictures. It was way fun to feel apart of something so big. Today I got to go to the Temple with my district. That was fun too. The temple here is WAY bigger on the inside. They had multiple sessions going on at the same time because there were so many people. When I got back into the dressing room, the Sister helping us actually asked us to change as quickly as possible because they needed more lockers. That was great!
We are the first group to do the full on 2 week MTC program. About 1,000 missionaries came into the MTC on Wednesday and they said that's only going to get bigger. We have almost 40 missionaries going into my mission on Wednesday! And at least half are sisters! This work really is hastening. You can feel it as they're trying to cram a ton of information into our brains and hearts before we leave. It's a little crazy.
I have to thank you all for the love and support. We didn't get mail until Thursday night because our District Leader has to get the mail and that's when he was called. He stood next to us and over and over again said, "Cross. Cross. Cross." as he handed me more and more mail. I feel so loved! Thank you all for your support. I will try to write back to everyone in a couple of hours during personal time, but no promises.
I have to go. I will get you pictures on my first P-Day in the field. We can't get them on here at the MTC. I love you all. 25 to my family! Have a GREAT week! This one, I've been told, flies by pretty fast. Thank goodness! I feel like I've been here for a month! Talk to you soon!
Sister Cross
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