WK 6 - LP WORLDWIDE

 ሰላም ነው ወንድሞችና እህቶች፦ ዛሬ ስለ ህይወቴን እና ስራዬ ትንሽ መልእክት አለኝ።

This week was really busy...but at the same I feel like not much has happened!

Home MTC itself has been pretty plain lately! The pattern of a few hours of Gospel study and then a few hours of language study, or vice-versa, continues. Despite the monotony I feel like I’m progressing and learning so much spiritually as well as in my language/teaching skills.  And even though 9 weeks feels like forever when mostly stuck inside, I’m grateful for the extra time to learn, prepare (Especially shopping-wise we’ve done a lot of that lately. Woof.), and just enjoy still being at home. Little fun experiences in class, with my comp, and with my district also help keep things interesting. Home MTC has been amazing, but goodness I'm ready to serve and teach in Ethiopia.

My brother suggested I watch a certain BYU devotional talk this week, and it ended being one of the best church talks I've ever heard. If you have the time, please go watch Elder Holland's "Lessons from Liberty Jail" because it is so powerful and so applicable to our lives. I know that God is always aware of our individual circumstances. In our personal "prisons" of life, though God can seem far, he may actually be closer to us than ever. And I know that the Savior Jesus Christ is always there walking beside us.

This story goes out to all my Lone Peakers out there! The other day in class, I was in a bit of a daze when something snapped me back to reality (Elder Miles ft. Eminem). In the corner of my eye, I saw the sister in my district from Uganda leave her chair and I kid you not there was a LONE PEAK LOGO there. I was shocked. I brought it up with my district, and some of them told me they noticed it was a Lone Peak Ballroom jacket. Apparently, she has a sister who had been living in Utah and going to school here, probably at Lone Peak? I’m gonna ask her more about it when I get a chance! But to the knights who read this I have one message:

We’re worldwide.

ጤና ይስጥልኝ

May God give you health

Elder Miles

(P.S. Go Jazz)

Elder Pilling and I went and donated blood on Tuesday and then we hit up Noodles & Co

This is what I imagine Amharic Snapchat would be like

Sweater Squad

I dunno what we're doing in this district photo but Wendim Beyene thought we looked cool doing it