Day 4- Preach My Gospel

The Book of Mormon-Another Testament of Jesus Christ

 Another day has come and gone. Marcia and I are resting comfortably in our room here at the MTC. This place is truly amazing. We have met so many people, young and old, who are here preparing to share to the world their testimonies of Jesus Christ and the Restoration of the Gospel through a modern day prophet- Joseph Smith. They are also preparing themselves to share The Book of Mormon- Another Testimony of Jesus Christ. It is an exciting message that they are sharing. One of the most amazing things is that it is being done in the languages of the countries in which they will go. Marcia and I have met missionaries who are going to all the continents of the world- with the exception of Antarctica. One of the great things about these missionaries is that they are not only proselyting but also serving in capacities as health advisers, humanitarian missionaries, educational missionaries, family history missionaries, employment missionaries and so on. I am sure that there are others that I haven't mentioned.

Front Row- Reen and Marjorie Call Back Row-Samantha, Max,
Mckenna, and Charma  Mount

 Missionaries can't go out there without knowing that they have support from home. We have so much support from both sides of our family. We are grateful for their prayers and support. We surely will continue to need them as we continue our language studies and as we begin our assignment in the Philippines. This past weekend Marcia and I had a chance to drive to Las Vegas and say goodbye to Marcia's brother Max and his family. We had a great, but short, time with them. I enjoy stories and we were able to listen to a few of those as we shared dinner with their family and Charma's parents, Reen and Marjorie Call. As we will be gone two years and McKenna will have graduated from high-school during that time, we informed her that she couldn't get married in the next two years!

Marcia and I being dropped off by Kasi for our official
entry into the MTC

Elder and Sister Jackson, Sister and Elder French

   During the course of the week we found out who some of the other missionaries are that are also headed to the Philippines. Elder Brent and Sister Debbie Jackson are serving as the Area Medical Adviser(s). Brent is  a doctor and will be working with Marcia from the Medical side of things. Debbie and I will find out more of our assignment when we get to the Philippines. We also met Elder and Sister West. They are going to the Manila Mission in the Philippines. They will be leaving this weekend to begin their assignment.

As our week draws to an end here we will be sad to see all our new friends leave. We know they will be in good hands as they are on the Lord's mission.

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