We started VC training this week! and OH IT IS SO GREAT! Normally there are only 2-6 sisters during a week in vc training, but this week there are 20 of us! 10 of the sisters are going to temple square! 4 of us are going to NOM, 2 are going to Idaho Falls, one sister is going to the mormon batalion on san deigo! Another sister is going to DC, another to st george! and these sisters are INCREDIBLE!! We have sisters from Korea, Argentina, Switzerland, Peru, Honduras, the Philippines, Mexico City and all over the US! A couple of them didnt know english before and they sound so so good! I am learning so much from them!! Sister Chappell and I have become pretty good friends with sister Hug from Switzerland and sister Leyes from Argentina! (Buenos Ares corinne, not Bahia Blanca sorrrry) They are so awesome!
In our intro to VC training someone from salt lake came to talk to us about how important visitor centers. And about why they are so important. Out of the 88,000 missionaries all over the world only like 600 of them are serving in the visitors centers throughout the world! Talk about pressure.... one of the things we do in a VC is online teaching. So we get on and chat with people! either though instant messaging, or talking to them on the phone, or skype! So after someone leaves a vc we can continue to keep in contact with them and teach them! Its honestly so cool! We have been practicing a little bit... and i answered a phone call! I was able to help someone know how to get a book of mormon, and she agreed to meet with the missionaries :) SO COOL
We get to go up to temple square tomorrow!! AHHHH I am so excited! In training, we've been learning how to use our purpose as VC sisters! And how we can do more than just share spiritual thoughts! So it will be really fun to actually get to do that and be in a familiar place! Temple Square! We're taking the front runner up, so sister chappell and i have some goals on talking to people and not being shy!
But my favorite experience of the week was yesterday when Sister Chappell and I were giving a tour. A sister came into the "MTC visitors center" and we gave her a tour! Her name is Jessica! Jessica is a returned missionary and served in the london vc. -now the hardest part about being in a vc is you cant really prepare for what youre going to teach. in a normal lesson, you know the person before you teach them. In a vc, you have no idea who could walk though the door. So we were pretty nervous, we wanted her to have a positive experience and come closer to Christ when she was here. We talked to here and got to know her a little before we started. We started walking down the hall of 1M (the main building in the mtc) were there are so many beautiful paintings. Long story short, the Spirit is AMAZING! We werent exactly sure what Jessica needed, or where we should go or what we should talk about! But as we were walking i heard "stop" and we stoped, and started talking about trusting in God. As we were talking, we turned to look at a painting of Christ in the Garden. It is just of His face, and He is crying. We talking about the atonement and how that has to do with Trusting in God and His plan for us. Then I learned something new, a thought i have never thought before. "Christ had to trust in God too." How much trust did it take for Christ to perform the atonement for us? Alot. Christ has quite literally felt everything we feel. It was such an amazing excperience to see jessica, sister chappell and I all come closer to Christ during that time.
I AM SO EXCITED!!!! I love you all so so so much! Thanks for all the letters/emails/packages!! Keep them comin :) Remember that everyone you meet and see is a child of Heavenly Father just like YOU! So remember to love them :)
Sister Orton!
PS THE NEXT TIME YOU GET AN EMAIL FROM ME I'LL BE IN NEBRASKA WHAT
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