Week 1- MTC

On Jun 21, 2017

 I made it and got all checked in. There are a lot of people and it's kinda overwhelming but everyone is really nice and welcoming. I'm sure I'll be fine! LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!

On June 23, 2017

Hey fam, I'm sure you weren't expecting to hear from me so soon but I got lucky and my P day will be on Friday's while I'm at the  MTC. Just a head's up, this email is going to be really scattered and random so I apologize before. 

Saying good-bye was really hard but I got control of my emotions after a couple hours and things have been good since. They keep us busy so that's good. One thing I have noticed is that I don't think I've ever prayed so much in one day as I do here. 

We pray for everything, which is good but will take some time getting used to. It's kinda crazy right now because they are training the new mission presidents here at the MTC so everything is kinda different then it usually is. At least that's what they tell me. I haven't been super impressed with the food. Maybe that's a good thing so I don't eat too much and gain weight because we really don't exercise that much. I think all of you would go crazy:) 

They gave us iPads to use at the MTC but we have to return them once we leave. I try not to use it too much so I don't become dependent on it. They are kinda nice because if we have one we are allowed to read our emails any day we want. We just can't reply until Friday. There is also something called dearelder.com where you can write a letter for free and then they print them out everyday and give them to us. My unit number is 293 if you ever want to send one of those. No pressure though!

I have two companions one is Sister Peacock, she is from St. George and the other is Sister Gillespie and she is from Alberta Canada. We are all going to Winnipeg! We are the only sisters in our district and have 6 elders. 5 of them are going to Philidelphia (I think I spelled that wrong) and then one was going to California but he just got a letter and he's going to West Virginia now which is actually where he is from so that's kinda crazy!! I really like all of them. THey all have really strong testimonies and want to be here so that really helps me too! I'm learning a lot through their examples. But also it's only the third day so we'll see how these next few weeks go:) It feels like I've been hear forever and the days have gone really slow but everyone says after your first Sunday time goes really fast. Speaking of that, I got assigned to be a greeter! That has always been a dream of mine so I'm excited for that on Sunday:) 

We get to go to the temple today and then we'll have another half hour to email after that so I will try and send pictures then. I realized I dont have a camera cord so I cant plug my camera into the computers and not all of them have an SD card reader so hopefully I'll figure something out for that. Funny story.. I took my camera out for my first picture here and the person who was taking it dropped it. It's got some scratches now, and it was kinda broken for a minute but I think I figured it out. So that's off to a great start haha. 

Also, my foot that the doctor poked and cut into is super swollen. It doesnt really hurt but it looks really swollen, probably just because I'm on it all day. Hopefully that'll get better soon though! I'm not too worried.

Anyway, sorry that was kinda long. If you don't read it all I understand:) I will try to condense it next time, everything is just so new so I feel like I have a lot to say. I will try and send pictures later.

Love you all so much!!!

-Sister Godderidge