It's been an interesting week (yet again). On Sunday for the evening sunday video, instead of letting all the missionaries split up and watch whatever conference talk we wanted they made us stay in the gym and watch the Characters of Christ talk Elder Bednar gave when he spoke at the MTC one Sunday morning on Christmas several years ago. We were all upset because we watched that one last week, but after the video was over, GUESS WHO SHOWED UP. Ya that's right, the man himself, Elder David A. Bednar. He had a question and answer session and I was sitting 20 yards away from him (When I was telling the Elders in our district I was sitting 20 yards away from Elder Bednar a couple of them looked at me funny and asked if I was a hunter. I proudly said I was and then we even became better pals! Haha the plane ride to Guam is gonna be a party! But a spiritual party. Full of missionary work.), with no one in the seats in front of us, so I could see him and his cute wife perfectly! It was so incredible! His message was simple. Don't be an idiot, stop thinking about yourself, quit whining because a mission is not about you. I really hoped my one companion was listening.
On Sunday I was also called to be a Sister Training Leader in our Zone. It's been kind of fun to welcome all the new girls and see how lost I probably looked when I first got here too. Now I'm so ready to go. I've got the lessons down, I've received lots of personal revelation, and I am SO READY TO GET OUT OF HERE. Hahah I love the MTC :) Honestly though, it really has strengthened my testimony and it's such an incredible place to just study the gospel and learn about what is truly most important in this life. Everything else is just fluff. Except for my Mom, she's pretty important ;)
I'm sitting here trying to remember what happened this week, but everything at the MTC has become a blur. My companion (Sister Nelson) is writing her email just asked me "Is Groundhog Day the movie where the one guy just keeps repeating the same day over and over again?" Geee I wonder why she'd be asking about THAT right now.. haha I just laughed 
Couldn't POSSIBLY imagine how she'd be be able to relate to that 
Though the food here is still horrible (thank you to everyone who has sent me food. You're my fav) the cardio is still intense so I've maintained weight. Not sure how the plane ride to Guam is going to go, I haven't traveled in a long time. For those of you who don't know, I leave Monday morning at 3am. woot woot!
So on Thursday, I was in the lunch room finishing breakfast and I saw this Blonde sister with cute bangs standing in the corner looking lost. It was SISTER KARLEE LINDHARDT! I ran over to her and gave her the biggest hug in the world!! My beautiful cousin just got the the MTC and she's made me feel so at home one last time before I leave Utah. I went and found her room that night and brought her food and we laughed talked and cried together. Earlier that day during a Sister Training Leader thing one of the leaders was talking about when the residence halls were dedicated and in the prayer they said "Angel's and guardians will watch over and protect the missionaries that reside here." and when they said that (I wasn't paying attention to any of the meeting, I think I was sleeping or something) I had this super clear thought come to me that was just, 'why wouldn't my relatives be some of those angels?' And when I was in my residency hall that night, crying and laughing with my cousin, I told her that and we cried and laughed some more.
It's been good. This is Jesus Christ's Gospel, and it is wonderful. Live by his standards and you'll be incredibly blessed and you wont drive your companions crazy. Also, having the Spirit with you all the time is pretty cool. Personal revealtion is definitly something worth being worthy of.
Oh, and I invited one of our investigators to be baptized and she said yes :) Pretty cool!
Love you all!
-Sister Nicole Felt
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