First I wanted to share this quick story of our district getting in trouble at the MTC. For lunch one day there wasn't really any appealing food so our district decided to eat this whole tower of cereal. In total it was 55 bowls of cereal to finish with a district of 10 people. I ate the least since we were eating coco puffs, so I only had two bowls while others ate like 8 or 10 bowls! haha it was crazy gross, two elders were in the bathroom throwing up that night and two sisters were so sick they didn't come to class the next day! And to cap it off, the cafeteria saw us doing the "tower challenge" so they called the MTC president who called our branch president who called our zone leaders who called our district leader. We were given a lecture on how we're wasting church funds and I felt so bad even though I only ate two bowls of cereal! You really feel guilty when you feel you wasted someone's fast offerings.
Now the other day we received our flight plans! We fly to Chicago then to London then off to Rome to receive our assigned areas! Then following that we skyped a church member and shared a lesson with him. Since he goes to church every Sunday we shared how to receive revelation at church so we committed him to go to church with a question in mind for the Spirit to answer.
Sunday night we had a devotional by Joseph A. Jenkins who discussed our relationship with Christ. He stated how we've become too casual in our appearance and language which really hit me hard. It's really easy to speak how others in high school speak but I challenge you (Reece & Robby) to avoid using language that you wouldn't use in front of Mom! Another thing is in our prayers, try not to use "you/your" in place of thee & thine because we really need to show respect to our Savior. Christ isn't just a man, He's a God! I encourage you all to use your modern day Leahona's: Apostolic council, prayer, scriptures. I finally finished the Book of Mormon here! There are too many great scriptures so take Ryan's advice and read that book as oft as you can! Then use the New testament to back up everything you find! We had another devotional where Tad R. Callister talked about the NT as the blueprint of the true church.
So today was the last time I get to go to the Temple for forever since I hear the Rome Temple is delayed. Hopefully it finishes while I'm still serving. Two years is a long time without a temple session! Also today we received a change of plans notice where we have to leave 5:50 in the morning for the airport. Non buono. But I get to call you at the Salt Lake airport so I'll give dad's cell a call if he's not too busy working since his is the only number I remember. Mom I'll call your cell as well but I don't remember your classroom number so hopefully I can catch you at a good time. I bought a $5 card for the airport which has like 500 minutes so I have plenty of time to talk but don't know how long they want us talking for so we'll see how it goes.
Love, Anziano LaFaye
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