Sister Janelle Jensen: Home MTC Week 1

Hello everyone! Welcome to my email list :) I would like to start by sharing a quote by my wise afternoon teacher Brother Truman. "English speaking missionaries go to the MTC for three weeks so that they can learn to teach. Spanish speaking missionaries go to the MTC for six weeks so that they can learn Spanish. And Mandarin speaking missionaries go to the MTC for nine weeks so that they can learn to be humble." Wise words Brother Truman :)

Online MTC took a bit of getting used to at first, but it's been really good so far! My district is so fun and I'm so excited to meet them in person. It kind of gives me EFY vibes with how fast we've gotten close without even meeting each other in person! But it's seriously been so good. The spirit can be felt over zoom in case you were wondering. We've had some fun classes and activities to help us with our teaching, and I had my first helping others lesson on Saturday! It was short and sweet but actually went pretty well so that was nice!

Oh, by the way my companion is named Sister Conder, she's super fun! The schedule is very busy but I mean I don't have anything else going on, so it's been good. Since it's all just zoom classes there isn't too much to talk about...but email me back with any questions you might have! Spiritual thought for the week: we had a super awesome devotional by Elder Christofferson and his wife, and in her talk, she emphasized the importance of "unpacking your bags" and "unpacking your heart." If you refuse to unpack your bags and make a home of wherever you are, you will be miserable. In this way she compared it to unpacking your heart, and that only by unpacking our hearts and letting ourselves connect with people will their hearts open enough to be touched by the spirit.

Elder Christofferson talked about how Christ will call us in His name, and we need to internalize Him in ourselves as His disciples if we are to hear Him. He then went through five ways the Book of Mormon can help you be a disciple of Christ. I won't really get into those, but it was a super good talk and I highly recommend watching it :) Anyway I hope you all have a good week!