Wednesday, November 6, 3013

If anyone thinks we are in Australia, Surprise!  We are still visa waiting.  We have high hopes that it won't be too much longer.

Here in Provo, Utah is a large complex built for the missionaries of all ages to come for further education before departing to various parts of the world.  There are probably 2, 000 here, mostly young men and women 18 and 19 years old.  This week's group of  "seniors" is 130.  For most the stay is approximately a week to 10 days studying our missionary handbook "Preach My Gospel."  For those learning a language there is an additional  6 or so weeks with intense language training.  Each Wednesday morning about 6 am a huge bus loads up those ready to leave and takes them to the airport where they depart to various parts of the world to "Bring people unto Christ."

A passage from the Book of Mormon reminds us of our purpose "..we talk of Christ,we rejoice in
Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins."

Because we still don't have visas we attended some classes that do not pertain to our assignment as member-leader support.  We spent a week learning about office work (which really gave me some computer knowledge that is useful).  This week we spent with people going to military bases and young single adult centers and seminary and institute centers.  We really studied in depth how to study and how to teach.  I loved it.  We had so many spiritual experiences as we shared and learned from one another.

We have a great work to do in bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all the world.  It is amazing and humbling at the same time.  We love being here and we love our calling.