Hey everybody I've had an amazing and spiritual week this week!! I arrived last Wensday after we arrived we went and got out name tags and got our schedule and the we had a big devo on what to expect from the MTC. The first few days there where just so much information thrown at us it was literally like being feed by a fire hose! In the first day we got out companion and roommates. Co compan is Elder Meyerhoffer he is from Salt Lake city. Elder Newton is one of the elders in my room he is from Boise Idaho he is really big in to choir. Elder Windmiller is another roommate he is from Idaho falls Idaho. Elder Replogle is from Orem Utahand is big in to football. The food is ok for the size of the groom thy have to cook for there has only been a few times that my stomach hasn't hurt after eating.
On Friday we meet our branch president and his counselors. I then made it to Sunday we went to church and had the MTC president and his wife in the meeting because he was releasing and sustaining a new first councilor to the branch president. We then had an amazing priesthood meeting where we talked about the fall of Adam and eve. After that we had personal/companshiop study where talked out investigaters that we have and how we could teach a lesson to first the need of the on the little information we had on them. At the end of the day the MTC president and his wife gave a really good devo about how one missionary changed each of their lifes and how thy meet. We then watched the characteristics of Christ by David a Bernard. In the devo he talked about how we all become "cookie monster" (the natural man) and how when we become the cookie monster it I want, or I need. Like I want cookie no or I need cookie now but for missionaries it's I want investigater now or I need Baptism now! He also talked about Matthew 4:2-12 when the devil tried to tempt christ and how that was all about the plan but because he said if tho be the the son of got then do this he was testing the authority of god which he does not like for God will not be mocked. He also thought that is we are to be christ like we must turn outward in service when times are hard the two examples he gave was with christ in the garden of gesthememe when Peter cut off the gard ear and how even tho christ suffered in the garden we still had compaction when everyone else would have turned inward he turned outward. The next one is when he was on the cross and being killed he still had compassion for Everyone around him.
Yesterday we had class in the morning because we didn't have an investigater yet other than that afternoon. In class we talked about how begin teaching an investigator. After class we had more study time to prepare for our investigaters. In the after noon we had our first investigater who's name is junior he is studying here at byu in construction. He and his wife transfered here from Colorado state. His wife is lds and as well as his in-laws. We went and saw a temple detection before he got married and loved how the temple looked. He is very interested in eternal families and how the church can help make his marrige happier and then said that he needs to know that the church is true! I the invited him to read Moroni 10:4-5 he is very exited to read the book of Mormon and pray.
Here is my address if anyone wants to send letters or packages. Also want to let everyone one know that I can read emails everyday but I just can't respond till Tuesdays that is my p-day in the MTC
Elder Tallinn Joseph King
JUL31 VA-RICH
2005 N 900 E Unit 331
Provo UT 84602