2nd week in the MTC

Hey Everyone! 

Another great week at the MTC! It's crazy cause I feel like the whole MTC is starting to get real close now and i;m gonna miss them all when they all go on different missions. But something cool is that I think 12 of us are going to the Zimbabwe mission! So basically more than a third of the people here! I heard that it was because Zimbabwe started to let more visas in so the church decied to send so much more people here!s BUt yeah love our misison president!

Anyways so I'm just going to tell some cool stories that happended so I cant tell you the best of things! (These aren't in order)

President Ashton:

So President is really awesome and both him and sister Ashton are amazing and hilarious! There was this time, actually just Yesterday Monday, where it was storming and raining, yes it does storm and thunder and lightning in Africa, and we went inside a little chapel to play some group games and like little soccer games and stuff since we weren't allowed to go outside. Anyways what happened was once Sister Ashton left, President was like, "alright moms gone, lets go outside!" and it was just super funny! We did some more relay stuff, won the long jump contest and afterwards we played some rugbee again. IT was pretty cool!

Bro. Johnson:

So there was this time we were teaching an investigator Bro. Johnson, and btw (all the investigators here are teachers that are actinig) But we were in the middle of the lesson and Ramirez Rahamanana, (Don't know how to spell it but litterally has like 6 n's in his name) But he came in burtsing into the lesson we were having and we was like oh I bet your've met my wonderful husband! haha and he like got all comfy with him and Bro. Johnson was like, yes this is.. my wife.. Lucy. And it was super hilarious cause it was really random and even Bro. Johnson didn't even see it coming! But yeah we ended up having a great lesson.

Sunday:

Sunday is always the best cause for one, it's always super spiritual. This week was Book of Mormon week and we  all prepared talks on the Book of Mormon and how we gained our testimony and then President that day decides who talks! I got lucky enough to give a talk. But that day we also saw the Josephe Smith Movie and it was pretty awesome! I had some allergies there. Also that night we celebrated Elder Noel's birthday which we figured out that we were in the same Math section together at BYU! But it toook us two weeks to figure it out! haha it was awsesome when we figure it out. Then that night we had some time left over and some Elders started making a rap or song to the song Thrift shop and this is how the main verse went,

I;m gonna flash my tag,

only got pamphlets in my pocket,

I;m im a tracking,

looking for a brother,

Missions are so awesome!

Haha so that's what happens when you have a bunch of Elders in a room with a sugar high. 

Classes (in general):

So classes are going awesome as well! I realized how important the spirit is when you are teaching! Like it is super important! And it;s amazing when you teach a lesson when you have it too! it's such a great feeling like I can't even explain it just feels good and you know that they feel the spirit and feel good and that if you are led by the spirit the lesson will always go amazing and no matter what they throw at you it always ends up well! So That is just aweomse!!! But yeah a scripture that I have found that I've used a lot has been 3 Nephi 18: 19-21 It's such a great scriupture about prayer and the blessing you get and its alwasys super usefull in lesons.

Well that is all I have to say this week! There is so much more I would tell you guys but don't have time! I love you all and hope everythign is going well fro everyone!!

Love,

Elder Parco

My first week in the MTC

Hey Family!

How's everything going!? We dont get much time to email but I will try my hardest to tell you everything that happen!!

Wednessday:

So today was very very long cause it was bascially in an airplane all day! A 15 hour plane ride. But luckily I got to sit next ot a member of a church that I talked to. She served a mission and got married a week before and was headed to South Africa to meet an MTC mission companion! It was really cool and she said that she was going to stay there for 3weeks! haha longer than she has been married! which is kinda insane! Also the food wasn't very good but they actually gave us three meal even though it only said one on the tidcket. When we arrived the bus picked us up and we headed over to the MTC, which we all crammed in a small bus! SOmething surprising was that there was about 25 or more missionaries all from America going to the South Africa MTC which holds at a maximum, (which we are at now) of like 35 people! It's was super surprising how many Americans came! All basically from Utah. But on the bus ride we got lost on the way and had to ask for directions multilple times. It was funny. We then ate met President and SIster Ashton who are hilarious and went to sleep. Also note: Elder Clark had a bible coloring book that we colored in.

Thursday:

SO beofre I start I'  going to tell you a bit about my roomates! So Elder Bollenger is my compantion and he is a big guy and very sweet! All my roomates are from Utah so to clear that. Elder Whiting is our distric leader and is a super spiritual guy! As well as everyone else! Llike i'm around some spiritual giants! Which means Zimbabwe since we are all going there has some pretty cool things in store. Lastly there is BRo Allen who is Hilarious and a super fun guy to be around! But that day it was chillax, we didn't do much but had one lesson about missionary work, don't exactly remember. Oh and a awesome scripture was shared! D &C 18:34-36!

Friday: So to day was the actual first day of lessons and let me tell you it felt like a long time! But it was good! We did a lot of role playing and learned how to start teaching. We learned that you have to teach by the spirit i9n order to do anything! Also that day we taught an inversitgator that day and man it was hard to teach for the first time! Also in exercise time we all started to play touch Rugbee which is super fun! Also this whole day we learned about charity!

Saturday:

So today went alot better!! I found out I like to talk to people! That's good! But cool story about today is while playing rugbee me and Elder Allen did some sick stuff! So you can only move the ball forward with a pass by kicking it so we tried that and it workd!!! it was pretty awesome! But second time Elder Clark has it kicked it and me and Elder Allen went for it and i caught it, slipped out then hit elder Allens back then caught it again! It was pretty cool and we scored!

Sunday: (Sorry these are getting shorter cause I have like no time)

So Sunday was super spiritual we all prepared a lesson of why we served missions and President picked who would speak that day! It was real spiritual. Also we watched 17 miricles and I love that movie!

Monday: 

This day went a lot faster! It was nice! I also learned so much more about how to teach an invesitgator and learned about the first and second lesson! I also know that I need ot learn so much more! 

Also here is our Districts scripture Moto in Corinthians 10:27!! Just look it up!!

Well I am doing well in the MTC I love you

Here I go!!!!

Pictures from my flight to Africa