The Sisters in the district!
Can I just say THIS is ONE of my FAVORITE pictures we haven gotten till now. What a joy it is to see these 2 name tags together. Both Missionaries of the Lord and BOTH serving in Denmark. AWESOME!!
Food time at the MTC. I like that they all eat together that is kind of sweet.
Parts of Søster Millika E. Holbrook's email this week to us:
"I have been so blessed! I have not been homesick at all! I have heard all of the horror stories about people who cry their eyes out the first night, so I was a little nervous heading into the MTC. But I have not missed anything! well... I missed my pillow for the first two nights because the pillow here is crummy, but now I'm too tired at night to even care.
Over the past couple of months since I got my call, a lot of people have told me stuff like: "how can you give up 18 months of your life?" "that's so cool you're willing to sacrifice 18 months of your life." "Its a sacrifice, but man! its worth it!". I have been pondering this and now that I'm in the MTC I finally can confirm what I've been thinking. It is not a sacrifice. But not in the way you think! The blessings are SO great so yeah it's not a sacrifice, but I mean something else. Heavenly Father has always known I was going to choose to serve a mission and He's been helping me make that decision for the past FIVE years. It's not a sacrifice because I was never meant to do anything else with these 18 months. I'm not giving up 18 moths of my life, because I was ALWAYS meant to serve this mission (something about preordained or something?). It is such a comfort knowing that I am doing the right thing at the right time, and I am not missing out on those 18 months. God is so good.
Believe it or not, but for the entire first week of us being here, none of the sisters in my room had an alarm clock. So I went to bed every night and prayed "We don't have an alarm clock, but I want to be obedient and do thy work. Please wake us up." We were up at 6:30 everyday. When we told our district leader and teacher about it, they both freaked out a little bit. The next day our district leader brought us an alarm clock. See what I mean? God is good.
There has been so many good things this week that I can't even begin to write them all. Thanks for the love and the support and especially the emails! I've been studying the Savior a lot this week and I really loved His question "what manner of men ought ye to be? Even as I am." Growing closer to the Savior is my goal and it is my life. I love this work. I love the Savior."
Over the past couple of months since I got my call, a lot of people have told me stuff like: "how can you give up 18 months of your life?" "that's so cool you're willing to sacrifice 18 months of your life." "Its a sacrifice, but man! its worth it!". I have been pondering this and now that I'm in the MTC I finally can confirm what I've been thinking. It is not a sacrifice. But not in the way you think! The blessings are SO great so yeah it's not a sacrifice, but I mean something else. Heavenly Father has always known I was going to choose to serve a mission and He's been helping me make that decision for the past FIVE years. It's not a sacrifice because I was never meant to do anything else with these 18 months. I'm not giving up 18 moths of my life, because I was ALWAYS meant to serve this mission (something about preordained or something?). It is such a comfort knowing that I am doing the right thing at the right time, and I am not missing out on those 18 months. God is so good.
Believe it or not, but for the entire first week of us being here, none of the sisters in my room had an alarm clock. So I went to bed every night and prayed "We don't have an alarm clock, but I want to be obedient and do thy work. Please wake us up." We were up at 6:30 everyday. When we told our district leader and teacher about it, they both freaked out a little bit. The next day our district leader brought us an alarm clock. See what I mean? God is good.
There has been so many good things this week that I can't even begin to write them all. Thanks for the love and the support and especially the emails! I've been studying the Savior a lot this week and I really loved His question "what manner of men ought ye to be? Even as I am." Growing closer to the Savior is my goal and it is my life. I love this work. I love the Savior."
Love it and it says it all. It ALL about the temple where families can be together forever!
Temple day as a district.
Two sweet sisters.
Be ready Denmark HERE she comes.. I hope you are ready for Søster Millika E. Holbrook.
Teaching and learning how to share the gospel!
Sisters all wearing Lava Lava's . This is what Søster Millika E. Holbrook said about it, "My companion gave me a lava lava and "its weird seeing a white girl wear it"
Great week in the MTC. One more week and a half and she is off on a plane to Denmark. We miss her. We LOVE her and she is where she is meant to be like you can see she said in her own words on this post!!
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