Well. It's been a crazy week here. How do I even begin?
First, Elder Ballard came to the MTC on Tuesday to speak to us. It was just a rumor at first about a General Authority coming, and I was so excited I couldn't even focus. My district was making fun of me cause I was making everyone rush through dinner so that we could get good seats. When Elder Ballard came in, everyone stood up and the whole room changed. We sang "Consider the Lillies" in the choir, and the rest of the meeting was just as good. He talked to us about how we know the gospel, we've known it our whole lives, and we shouldn't doubt our ability to teach it. It was empowering to be told that by an Apostle of God. Afterwards, we had a district meeting, and our Branch President jokingly had to tell me to calm down a little because I was so pumped up afterwards.
Our lessons have started to progress really well teaching Amalio and Consuela, a lot of people have been writing and asking me if it's weird to teach "fake investigators" and it's really not. When I teach Amalio, it's Amalio, not Hermano Opoate. Our last lesson, my companion and I prepared a whole lesson, then were studying the next day and ended up changing the lesson plan 10 mins before we went in to teach. It ended up being just what we needed. We talked about Christ's sheep and had him read John 10:16 and 3 Nephi 15:21 talking about Christ's sheep from other lands. He's reading the Book of Mormon and always has lot's of questions for us. At the end of the lesson, Amalio was looking down at the scriptures, and I said "Amalio, if we are also Christ's sheep, that means He will come to visit us. Christ will come again to the Earth." I believe that with my whole heart.
I heard in a mormon message this last week that God has set is hand in preparing the world to recieve His work and His coming. One of the ways that I see His Hand in this work in the age change. God has always called the young people to take part in His work, Nephi, Mormon, Joseph, David, Samuel, and now His 18 and 19 year-old missionaries. I've seen how the power of God is working in these young men and women. Especially this week.
Love, Hermana Montgomery
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