Wow! What an amazing week! So you
know how each week thus far I have written to you about a new companion? Well I
figured I´d keep up with the tradition I have set and let you know that I am
not in a trio anymore but have a new companion who is going to Ukraine speaking
Russian. She is from Provo but because she has lived in Ukraine most of the
last decade, she is fluent in Russian and will only be in the MTC here for two
weeks. She is an absolute doll and we get along fantastic! With being her
companion I got moved into a room with her and her two Russian teachers so I
don´t understand much of what is going on most of the time but I absolutely
love the language so I don´t mind just listening to them.
Update on how long I am staying here
in the MTC: NO IDEA. The President met with us and said that our Mission
Presidents are aware of us three and that they are excited to have us but that
they don´t know how soon they can take us. The President said it could be next
week or it could be at the end of the six weeks but either way I am totally
happy. I love it here and don´t feel nearly prepared enough to enter the field.
I have so much to learn!
As I believe I mentioned in my last
email I have two investigators that Hma. King, Hma. Bracken, and I teach every
day. We just had our last meeting with Carlos last night and he accepted the
invitation to be baptized! Which is a big deal just so you know because he is
an evangelist and it is so hard to teach him because he is always using the
bible to prove us wrong or saying that The Book of Mormon can´t possibly be
right because there is stuff in it that isn´t in the bible. Finally two days
ago I just told him that we could argue with him until his ears fell off but
until he opens his heart to the Spirit and chooses to believe that this
actually could be true we aren´t going to get anywhere. We bore our testimonies
to him and the Spirit was so strong. I just realized that it might sound weird
that we can feel the spirit so strong when the person we are teaching is
actually our teacher but when we teach them they are our investigators, we pray
for them all day long, we prepare for lessons all day long, and we care about
them with all of our hearts. It´s amazing how helpful it is to take this
opportunity so seriously.
Proselyting went okay this week. I
was paired up with Hermana Smith. We proselyted in El Parque del Retira. It´s a
huge and beautiful park with a lot of atheists and catholics. We had a lot of
contacts, passed out a lot of cards, two book of mormons, and one of the book
of mormons was a reference. I´ll actually tell you about that a little bit. We
sat down next to her on the metro, her name is Christina, she was very sweet
and asked us a lot of questions. She started asking questions just to be polite
but then she really seemed like she wanted to know more. When we gave her the
Book of Mormon she kissed us on both cheeks (very common here) and began
flipping through it. We then asked her if she wanted to know more and she
filled out the whole reference card. I´m pretty excited about her and I hope
everything works out for her.
I´m really sorry for the lack of
letters. We really have NO time to write them, we are supposed to only write on
P-Days but with excursions and Presidency meetings and random other stuff time
is limited. I hope to find time and get some letters out next week because I
finally was able to buy stamps this week (because last week was Holy Week so
everything was closed). Please know that your letters are VERY appreciated
though.
Okay I have a couple more minutes so
I really want to tell you about physical activity. Basically it´s the highlight
of the week. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays we have physical
activity and we (Hma. Noakes, Hma. Bracken, about 10 elders, 2 teachers, and
usually one or two random friends of the teachers who are Italian and are
basically pro) go to the soccer field and play. Knowing that I absolutely suck
at soccer (and basically anything that requires coordination) I hope you will
all appreciate how awesome it is that I blocked like 10 shots on goal, got a
header, and all the Elders were super mad at me afterwards saying "Tuttle!
Why are you always in the way of my shots?" because I dominated as a
defender. I was pretty excited! Anyway I have to go talk to you soon!
Love Always,
Hma. Tuttle
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