Thanksgiving here at the MTC was absolutely amazing. We had a devotional with Elder Oaks in the morning. He and his wife spoke, and Jenny Oaks Baker performed 3 numbers with other members of the Oaks family, and they are all extremely talented. Elder Oaks' remarks were short, but he spoke about the importance of remaining grateful through trials, and oh how important that is for missionaries. We then had thanksgiving lunch, and it was fantastic for MTC food. Real potatoes, juicy turkey, pie, it was so nice. After lunch we had a devotional with one of the church's welfare program leaders. The Church's welfare program is truly huge and amazingly well run. We also heard a talk from the founder of the charity we worked with, and though he wasn't LDS, he gave a great talk about unity as Christians. Because there were so many missions, the service project had two shifts, and my district watched 17 Miracles right after that devotional, and I felt the Spirit and was so grateful for the terrible sacrifices made by those early pioneers. How little we thank them sometimes, but at least our actions as missionaries honor them. The service project was seriously so much fun. We were packaging meals for children. This was done in an assembly line style. Each table had about 12 missionaries, and there were around 50 tables in operation. First two people would fill bags with lentils, and then another two would add spices, another two veggies, and then my job with another missionary was to seal the bags, and then two others would package them. In total the MTC produced over 357,000 meals, the most in the 5 years the MTC has been doing this, and it felt so good to help out. When we finished the service project, they had the Christmas lights here turned on and we then had another devotional that was also a talent show. My favorite talent was an improv two person jazz piano duet.
Last Tuesday I also found out that I made a 40 person choir that will be performing at a devotional for all of the MTC branch presidencies and their families. I'll be rehearsing all this week and performing on Friday, and I'm super excited. The choir director here is absolutely hilarious, and I love getting to work with him.
Yesterday the Elders in our district got to help host the new senior missionaries, and it was a blast. They're so nice. I'm seriously considering possibly going on a senior mission now.
That's about all the news for this week. I'll only have one more official P-Day here at the MTC before I head out. I can't believe it's already been a month already. Thanks for all the love and support!
Sincerely,
Elder Miner
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