Provo MTC - Day One

Provo MTC - Day One                                                                                   22 July 2013

I have died and gone to Heaven!  This place is more than wonderful.  Old people by the dozens, young people by the thousands and me and Dan.  Everyone is helpful and nice and continually telling us we are not bound by the same rules as the young missionaries.  Such as:

We can carry and use cell phones.

We can carry and use computers and communicate with anyone anytime.

We can leave the MTC after class ends at 4 pm and go anywhere and do anything.

We can go shopping and leave our companion behind!

We can drive our car around.

We can go out to eat.

We can go home at night and return in the morning.

 

Because there are so many senior couples we are in the “overflow”, the Provo Marriott, executive suite, deluxe and comfortable!  We go to class from 8-4 pm and have 3 delicious meals at in the MTC cafeteria. They have many meals to choose from.   They also serve cold cereal and peanut butter and jam sandwiches at every meal and don’t be surprised if you see half the young men filling up on 2 or 3 bowls of cereal AFTER their dinner.  We have enjoyed turkey burgers, fish ‘n chips, spaghetti and meatballs, super moist chocolate cake and huge chocolate chips cookies.  My love for this place started in the cafeteria.

The other wonderful thing here are the people.  They are from half the world going out to serve the other half.  These couples are doing service, humanitarian work, job training, educational training, charity work and dozens of other things.  They are rich and poor, short and fat, old and older, but all of us are delighted to be together learning how to bring some relief to others.   The Church’s foresight, resources and connections are unbelievable!  It is very exciting to be a fraction of this effort.     

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