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 Hello everybody yes I am alive yes it feels like I have been gone for 5 years and yes there is a reason they call this spiritual prison


Hahaha in reality I've actually been loving the mtc it feels like a high school and college reunion all in one! I've seen basically a million people I know which has been MUITO FIXE! It makes it a little easier to adapt 

All of my classes are in full Portuguese and you're not allowed to speak any English while you're in there and it makes my head feel like it's going to explode!! Woooo! It's actually chill though I'm not too stressed about learning the language tbh cause I'm gonna have to restart when I get out to the field😃

Everybody told me the food is super gross but luckily for me I already acclimated (somebody tell me if i used that word wrong) to it during my caf days at byuh so I knew immediately to not eat basically anything and went straight to the cottage cheese and peaches😍😍😍😍 lmaooo it does kind of feel like Hawaii cause you're not allowed to have the opposite gender in your dorms, they micromanage you like craaaazy and there's a huge difference in the boy/girl ratio but instead of 10 girls for every 1 boy there's 20 boys for every 1 girl. Lol. There's no place like home!!

Waking up early hasn't been a problem because I quickly found out that i take the longest to get ready out of all 4 girls in my room (yes I am unfortunately that girl) so I jump out of bed and get ready as fast as I can in order to not annoy the other sisters. My heart rate spikes so high the minute I wake up it's honestly kind of nice cause it keeps me awake for a couple of hours while it tries to calm down. Anyway the fastest I'm able to get ready is 45 minutes and yes that is with me going as fast as I can and no nothing can be cut out or shortened. Sorry!

There's probably more that's going on but I don't want this to be a million paragraphs so this is what you get! I'll just do a quick little spiritual thought cause that's all I'm good for these days. This week I've realized that it's normal to not feel the spirit alllll the time. For some reason I thought that I would get to the mtc and just feel super spiritual all the time and get revelation 24/7. And while I do feel closer to the Lord, I also still feel like a normal person and that's ok. If we felt the spirit super strongly during every prayer, thought, and scripture study, it wouldn't be as meaningful (in my opinion). These past few days I've just really come to appreciate those little moments of tender mercies and answered prayers that happen every once in a while. They remind me that God is looking out for me and that He genuinely cares about the desires of my heart, and He cares about yours too! So if you've been praying for something lately and it hasn't been answered, don't worry, God will answer. Waiting for an answer to a prayer just makes it that much more special! 

I love you all, please message me on Facebook or email me! It's been 5 days and I already feel out of the loop😐

Here's some pictures from this week I hope you like them and I hope you can see them 



















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