Hello to you all!!!!
So this week has been pretty weird for me and my entire
district.
First: So remember last tuesday when i
told yall i was moving out of our old Res 3m to our new Res 17M that day??
Well....that luxury didn't last very long. So THURSDAY....after we had a
mission president come teach us there was an emergency sisters meeting right
after. Everyone was freaking out bc they thought a general authority wanted to
talk to just the sisters but not the elders. WRONG.....turns out there were
BATS...YES BATS found in our residence building. They were apparently found on
the fourth floor where we were staying and a few other floors. SOOOO President
Bertasso told us "we are gonna change your lives just slightly today
sisters. Im sorry but you have to move out of 17M today right after this
meeting." NOOOOOOO OMG we just got settled in and the showers were so
great and we had a perfect view of Y Mountain. So right after the meeting I kid
you not it was like a mas exodus getting in, repacking, and moving out of out
building..into another res which is now 5M. And 5M used to be an Elders
residence hall so the walls of the rooms have writing on them and it smells
funky hahah. and We have 6 sisters per room with only 4 closets to share
between all of us.
Second: So like i said last week
the mtc had mission president training. And we got to have a mission president
and his wife come into our class for two days and teach us about prayer and
finding inspiration through the Book of Mormon. We had President and Sister
Rasmussen who are going to be the......new mission presidents of the PERU PIURA
MISSION!!!!!! They were so nice, and the last day we had with them we sang a
Tahitian song for them and for the Mission pres and his wife of the NY New York
South mission. It's called "A Rohi" which basically means to
"take courage and stand strong."
Third: And bc of the mission
president seminar we weren't allowed to even step foot in 1M which is the main
building on campus and hold the cafeteria...so we had to eat all of our meals
out of 19/18 M which is basically the gym. It wasn't bad bc we got to eat
breakfast outside before it got super hot. And the last few meals they treated
us to....wait for it.....TACO BELL, SUBWAY, COSTA VIDA (which is not as good at
Chipotle or Cafe Rio but I'm not complaining haha), and CHIC FIL A!!!!!!
...yes mom i hate fruits and veggies with
all those meals too...don't worry :)
Fourth: So i've posted a
lot about my roommate Rose, and she left the MTC this morning for her field
mission. She is supposed to serve in Recife, Brazil BUT her visa still hasn't
come so she got temporally reassigned to LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA until her visa
gets here.
Fifth: Ok so now it's time
to get down to the "weird events of McKenzie Morrill." So these past
few weeks my foot has been bothering me..mostly my right toe. Found out i had
an ingrown toenail and I've been walking on it for like 2 weeks...yea ya know
no biggy. So i had to go OFF CAMPUS....to have SURGERY on my toe and then come
back hahaha. The doctor told me i basically had surgery on my toe bc he had to
give me 3 DAGGUM SHOTS to numb my toe. I kid you not those shots were almost as
painful as my acl recovery. So now i have to doctor up my toe 2 times a day for
another week and then just once a day for 3 weeks. .....of all things that
happen to me in the MTC...hahaha.
Sixth: so what was really
cool while we were waiting for the doctor to see me was this older man
sitting next to me and my companion. He lives in Provo and when he found out we
were going to Tahiti he told us to write down our mailing address so he could
send us something. We got his package that same day and what is was was a story
about his great grandfather Heber James Sheffield who was one of the first
missionaries in Tahiti and how he survived a massive storm that hit the south
Pacific in the early early 1900s. It was a published paper at BYU Hawaii and
it's called "The 1903 Missionary Experience of Elder Heber James Sheffield
on the Island of Hikueru." My companion and I read it during our companion
study one evening, and it was one of the most interesting stories I've ever
read and it gave me chills to know that the power of God no matter where you
are can be so strong.
Seventh: so cool
story....as we were moving out of 17M i met sister missionaries who are going
to ALABAMA!!!!!! WOOOHHOOOOOOOOO!!!!! and weirdly enough one of the sisters was
in my YSA ward at BYU...small world!
Eighth: This pas
week Sister Olson and I were teaching one of our investigators name Ginette.
and we have been taking our time trying to help her gain a better understanding
and testimony of Joseph Smith, but when we asked her to commit to prayer or reading
a chapter in the scriptures she would always say NO. we always explained to her
that if she keeps the commitments we ask her to keep she will be blessed and
will gain a testimony of what she is learning. BUT she still said no....so
frustrating. and she has been like this with every one else in our district
too. So one day during companion study Sister Olson and I were reading General
Conference talks one of our teachers suggested to us. It's called "You
Matter to Him" by President Uchtdorf when he spoke in the 2011 General
Conference. Uchtdorf went on to explain in his talk even though Man is nothing
to God but to God Man is every thing we are important enough to him that he is
willing to make a plan for all of us and place people in our lives that will
change us for the better. That talk could not have been more on point with the
problem we have been having with Ginette. We need to explain to her that she is
important to Heavenly Father, and that her daughter Monica is too. It's
important for everyone to know that they all have worth in the eyes of God, and
that even though he may not answer your prayers right away He will when he
knows the time is right. We must all have faith and strength to obey His
commandments so that we may be blessed by Him later on in our lives in the life
to come. E mea faufaa i te Atua e e hinaaro tatou ia ite atoa (We are important
to God and we must always know that).
Nine: Ok...one
more "weird event of McKenzie Morrill." So just a little background:
my entire stay here at the MTC i have slept on one of the bottom bunks of our
RES and i kid you not almost 1 or 2 times every day i've hit the back of my
head on one of the bars of the bunk bed. and we have these handicap ish bar
things in all the showers and when i bend down to pick something up i always
tend to bonk my head on those bars too. Soooooo sunday night i starting getting
a headache and i was like "ehh i'll sleep it off...it's probably just bc
of me wearing my contacts too long." So i slept, but my headache never
went away. So yesterday morning as i was getting ready i got really hot and
feverish super fast and i almost blacked out (MOM I AM OK JUST FYI) and my legs
and hands got really tingley and I felt nauseous and my headache never went
away....I was super scared cause this never happened to me before. So
eventually I was able to get to the health clinic and the doctor (as
emotionless as he was) he told me that hitting my head in the same place over a
long period of time is probably not the best thing ever...hahahahaha NO
KIDDING. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? so the doctor..as weird as he was...folded up
his glasses with a stern look on his face (the kind of face doctors give you
when they have bad news) and say "ok...we can do this two ways...you...can
either sleep here at the clinic or in your res...but you need to sleep."
He made me take muscle relaxers to help the muscles in the back of my head. and
basically told me that i had "a minor concussion, trauma, and muscle
spasms from hitting my head so much"....... hahahahaha. I was sad i had to
miss class but i wasn't complaining about having to sleep. of all the things
that could've happened to me....I end up getting a minor concussion bc of
hitting my head on stupid bunk bed bars and handicap bars in the shower.
So other
than that this week has been pretty chill...if you wanna call it that. We are
starting to ease into French so we are able to speak Frahitian in our lessons
with our investigators now!
I love what
I'm doing and I can feel my testimony grow every day. Ua here au ia outou!!!
Until
next week :)
Here
Roa (much love),
Tuahine/Soeur/Sister McKenzie Morrill
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