The past couple of days have been hard, today has been crazy. There was a lot of buildup towards how our conduct should be today, and since there was a devotional, we all assumed that somebody really important was going to be at the mtc. Our suspicions were confirmed a little more when elder Winn was working out what day he’d leave for home (to recover from mono) and he was told that he was going to want to be here on Sunday. They were extra confirmed when we all received an email regarding interactions with apostles.
And today, allllllll of (like a ton) of newly called mission presidents came to the mtc. And during our first meeting we were informed that the quorum of the twelve and the first presidency were all here. (!!!!!!!) That increased the spirit around for sure. We were given strict instructions that all we could do is smile at them, and we could only talk to them if they initiated the conversation. Security dudes were just chilling on every corner and the apostles were roaming about all day. Everyone had an experience where they casually just walked past someone and shared a nod or something (including myself, shout out to my new homie elder christophersen). Holy cow this doesn’t feel real did this actually happen? What was today. My friend literally winked at the prophet in passing. Only at the mtc folks.
So anyways I was having a hard go of it today. A lot of people just seemed really frustrated with me, I was frustrated with myself, and it seemed like I couldn’t get anything right. I was feeling a lot of icky feelings about me and I was supes nervous for the devotional tonight. I was pretty positive my guilt would just be magnified x10,000.
So at choir practice before the devotional we were all trying to guess which apostle would be the one to come speak. I was feeling like a real poo poo head and said a big fat prayer in the middle of choir practice just telling God all that I was struggling with and asking for help.
Right before the devotional begin they announced the speaker, Elder Holland. (!) the audible gasp lol. (I was freaking scared do felt like I was about to get chastened to death)
As we were singing the opening hymn, the doors opened. Elder Holland and his wife began to enter the room and we all stood up. And behind him, to our surprise, was the rest of the quorum of the twelve and Elder Oaks. And oh my I broke down. Here I am little Corinne feeling at rock bottom, and God sends the 12 apostles. I was a wreck. I wasn’t just crying, I was loud sobbing. I felt as if right in front of me God was saying, “I love you, and through these men I am supporting you”. I feel so blessed to have been here at this time. God wanted me to be here with his apostles. I could feel Gods love for me so strongly. I can’t explain it very well, but God answered my prayer through them.
And Elder Holland’s talk, oh my word. Perfect. He spoke about Christ and how his Atonement completes the gospel. And it was insightful, inspiring and loving and left me feeling full of hope.
He began his talk by saying that out of all of the meetings takin place at that time this was the most important one. I am so blessed.
After that, we said good bye to elder Winn then gathered as a district. After a discussion about the devotional us Danish kiddos went to our classroom one last time. I had previously asked for a blessing before leaving for Denmark.
One of the elders gave me a blessing and it was exactly what I needed. After that everyone else realized they wanted one too so the elders all gave each other and Søster Hepworth blessings. It was a powerful experience because it was a first time for most of them. We then had a district prayer. That was probably my favorite mtc memory right there.
So in conclusion, it has been a great last day. Life is good. God is good. Christ is the way. This is the true church, and I guess I’m going to Denmark? Shoot I better finish packing. Jeg elsker dig. See you from Denmark;)🇩🇰
Oh yeah and mom my alarm clock stopped working on like day 2 here I keep forgetting to tell you,,, any advice lol?
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