July 30 - First Day at the Provo MTC


Started our full-time mission at the Provo MTC this morning arriving at just after 10am.  We were welcomed and settled into our apartment.  We had our pictures taken just before and just after receiving our missionary badges.



These identify us a missionaries and is signed by President Nelson

These are our access cards that we used to get into the various buildings, get into the cafeteria and also use the elevator to our apartment on the 3rd floor.  
Below the access cards are our missionary badges


This morning was brief orientation.  We met several missionaries who are going to our same mission.  Lunch was crazy due to all the missionaries. We will get used to how best navigate the cafeteria.  After lunch we continued orientation with a welcome from the MTC Mission Presidency.  I felt the spirit of our call as I listened to what they shared.  

We then were organized into districts and I was identified as one of the five district leaders and am responsible for keeping track of eight senior missionaries (3 couples and two sisters).  We had a group meeting where we discussed the missionary purpose.  We discussed the Doctrine of Christ. Took a picture of the diagram.


Was given the assignment to lead the Family Home Evening for the Senior Missionaries who started today.  We watched a presentation that Elder David A Bednar gave at the MTC on Christmas Day 2011.   It was excellent and encouraged us to be truly converted and become more like Him and look outward to help others instead of looking inward when we have challenges in our lives.  What is important is to become converted and not just have a testimony.  We need to exhibit the character of Christ in our lives and act as He would.

We took a walk in the evening and took some pictures of murals in several of the buildings




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