Mission Adventures: Natalie April 23, 2013

My dear family!
It was so good to hear from you and I was so excited about Logan's news!!! HOLY COW. Do you realize that we're missing each other by about 2 weeks?
And you'd be in my zone and I'd see you everyday all day pretty much? your classroom is next to mine. haha that's pretty cool.
So on Sunday I met with President Zimbleman my branch president and told him all about you guys! He's excited to have you here Loge. He already knows you.
While I was having my interview I got called to be the sister zone leader for my zone! I'm super excited. This means that my stay here at the MTC just got a lot busier
but I"m really humbled and excited to serve. One of my responsibilities will be to love and comfort the new sisters that arrive each week. I get to give tours of the MTC
and give the low down of what to do and stuff. This is a huge tender mercy because I know what it feels like to go through this. I"m excited to share God's love with them
and help them feel welcomed and loved.
This past week has been pretty incredible. Gosh i don't even know where to start. Elder Richard G. Scott came to our devotional last Tuesday and i got to sing in it!
It was an incredible devotional and pretty unique. At the end of his talk, he said that he felt prompted to give us an Apostalic blessing. WOW!! Everyone gasped and the room went quiet.
Logan this blessing applies to you. so listen close! it's pretty unreal.

Those who struggle with a foreign language will be blessed to learn from the Holy Ghost. He'll help you master the language
Not everything will work out with your companion. He knows that. Pray for guidance and you'll be blessed.
This will be a rich and rewarding blessing and experience in your life. Record these principles and experiences on which you'll grow and develop
Sisters you made the choice to come. It will enrich your life. Record the things you learn. It will enrich your life as wives and mothers (husbands, fathers) These challenging experiences will enrich your life with your husband and you'll be able to reach your children.
A blessing of peace. You were called by inspiration and you won't be asked to do anything you can't do.
you'll be blessed for your efforts with the language. The challenges will be eased and remind you that the Lord has called you to your mission for a specific reason. You want to learn the language because you want to serve God's children and bless others and preach His word. He'll bless you.

So we were all writing like crazy trying to write this all down. he closed then sat down and we sang the closing hymn. The girl got up to say the prayer and Elder Scott stood up really quick!

This is what he said:

Remember that the Lord has called you. He's called you! He's called you to succeed not to fail. He will never abandon you. He knows what you need, He knows who He needs you to become. You will do the things you never knew you could. REMEMBER you have been called of God Himself. He will fit your tasks to your ability. He knows who you are and why you're here. He's given you this opportunity to know things about yourself that you never knew. And to become closer with Him.

Crazy right? The spirit was so strong we were all in awe. I testify and know that He is called of God! We felt His love for us. He said that he wanted to take each of us individually and talk with us one on one. Sharing, weeping, laughing, learning together. He said that although this wasn't possible, we have the Heavenly Father who can do this everyday all day. He loves us.

Pretty incredible. Loge I know and testify that this blessing applies to you. I thought of you the whole time! And i know that you will HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. I read your letters to my district and they all freak out.

You have a way with words that will change. the. world. hope you know that. Gosh I'm so excited for you to come feel this. We're preparing for you. You will walk the same halls as me. You'll probably be in the same classroom as me. I'm going to leave you secret notes and stuff. It'll be cool. YOU WILL LOVE IT. The MTC is the happiest place on earth. I love it with all of my heart and am so passionate about it.

I got the sweetest packages from Jean & Dale and also Janessa! I was in heaven. They are so sweet. I physically feel the love and support and prayers from all of you. I'm so grateful.

So I want to tell you a little about my district. They're unreal. So I love my companions! Soeur Smith and Soeur Lefrandt. We get along really well and are a great team! We have no issues and feel like we're best friends. It's such a blessing. The other day i was doing some yoga and missed home and Sister lefrandt came and asked me if she could paint my nails. reminded me of something jess would do. I love them! They're hilarious. The others sisters, Soeur Elliot and Soeur Hilton are incredible too. They're from Highland and Salt Lake area. We all have a lot of fun. So we have 2 sets of sisters and 3 sets of elders. Elder Ganjanakrit is from Thailand and he is pretty incredible. He is 25 and is a convert and has probably the strongest, most simple testimony i've ever heard. He doesn't speak very good english, or french, but he definetly speaks the language of the spirit. Whenever he speaks everyone gets quiet and we listen with our hearts. He's incredible and funny. He teaches us Thai phrases all the time. HIs comp is Elder STucki from AF. I was friends with him in high school and he's a year younger than me. He's stellar and I learn from him all the time. We laugh a lot and love to joke around. Elder Turley and Elder Saffell. They're hilarious. From Orem and Tremonton. They have Loge's sense of humor and make me laugh all the time when I try not to. They have a lot of inside jokes and bring a lot of joy to our district. Elder Eldredge and Elder Bates. Eldredge is from Hawaii and he's hilarious. He played football at SUU and is convinced that I have a G side to me. He said one of his goals for the MTC is to bring it out of me...haha if only he knew how right he was. Don't worry mom I try to keep it under control bra? Shaka. hahaha Elder Bates was our district leader but he and Eldredge just got made zone leaders so i'll be working closely with them. They're hilarious, humble, and awesome elders.

Sundays are now my all time favorite days. In RS Sister Esplin came from the General primary presidency as well as the new General Yw's presidency! IT was pretty powerful singing As Sisters in Zion with a full gym of sister missionaries. They were all bawling and overwhelmed. You never get used to people's reaction to our numbers right now. It's so powerful and I love it. I got to meet her and she's so kind! I loved it.

So some funny moments at the MTC this week:

Showing up to sacrament meeting this week. haha One of the elders was asked to play prelude and he got up and starting playing "Too late to Apologize" by one republic. We all looked at each other then burst out laughing. Bless his little heart. hahahah
Watching the Testaments. You RM's probably know what I mean. It was all the elders quoted for the next few hours. "Where is the place of the records" hahaha
So Jess convinced me to have chocolate milk right? haha So i ate healthy all week and was doing great and had some chocolate milk for breakfast one day! Well it just happened to be the same day as one of my blood tests for dear old Belgium. They took my blood and it had too much fat content so I had to come back and do it all again the next day. haha I was laughing pretty hard. Gosh dang it. I better serve in Belgium after all they've put me through!
So our teacher just got back Paris like 1 month ago. aka still in awkward missionary stage am i right? Well we've had some fun moments with them. He's so fun and really nice. Not sure if I told you this story, but He was speaking french and said that he was going to go home for the night. When he said that he looked at my comp Sister Smith. She didn't understand him and thought that he said "Will you say the prayer" So she stood up and said SURE! and followed him. his face went really red and we were LAUGHING OUR HEADS OFF> haha he claims there are no awkward moments as a missionary...somehow I have a hard time believing that....haha
Got to play in a soccer game and was on Cloud 9! best hour yet!

I absolutely love the MTC. I love being here. I love learning!! I love it. Everyday, every hour! I learn something new about french of the spirit or who I am. I love it. I miss you all a lot but it's a good miss. I know this is where I'm supposed to be and i know that this will help us all! I go running outside, go to the classes in the morning and am loving it! I'm healthy and happy and doing good.

Mom. bad news. so i carried my little rock around with me everywhere! everyone made fun of me for having to be close to my mommy. but i set it down somewhere and someone took it or it fell or something and i was devestated. i went to every single lost and found in the mtC and looked everywhere!! everyone looked at me like i was crazy asking for a little black hawaiian rock with Christ on it. But i was wondering if you could make me another one? it helped me so much with more on the back. i'm so sorry i lost it. i think i have a hawaiian rock in my room you could use? i would appreciate it so much. thank you thank you.

OH and loge! Did you hear about Cree? if you can will you let him know I'm thinkin about him and want his address or something! All of us missionaries here lept for joy when we heard:) Let him know! AF is well represented here. it's like a HS reuinon. I eat with ARI and Mikelle, see Dave Clarke daily, and tons of people we know. it's pretty fun.

Well I love you all with all of my heart. You are all in my thoughts and prayers every hour! I miss you. But it's a good miss. And I know and testify that missions are huge blessings. I feel myself change everyday! And i'm so excited to go to France to give them my heart. Let me know if I can do anything for you! Your names are in the temple:) And always in my prayers.

Love you so so so much. Send me dear elders with good news! or anything new going on.

Dad mom thanks for your love and letters! Loved hearing from ya. Loge so pumped for you. Em loved hearing about your life and baby and lessons learned. So stoked for Just and Shan's new adventure! So grateful for the support of jess and ammon and the prayers you all offer. you are my life and i'm so excited to tell the world about you and the blessings of eternal families. love you with all of my heart

L'eglise de Jesus-Christ est vraie!

Avec l'amour

Soeur Cameron

100%. No regrets. I've promised to give more