MTC-Last Post!

I'm going to Argentina!!

So this is my last post from the USA!  Argentina, here I come - I'm so excited!!!  Last Monday morning another district left for the mission field.  Hermana Hickman and I woke up at 4AM to take Hermana Cattich to where she needed to be and say goodbye.  I sure miss them but they are doing amazing things and my turn is next!

Lumber sniffing :)

Tuesday night we went over to the Main Campus for a large group devotional (Which was awesome).  So I hope everybody knows how much I love the smell of wood and lumber, and if you don't, now you do :)  There was some lumber outside the entrance to where the devotional was so I sniffed it and Elder Taylor was like "You love the smell of lumber?! I do too!" So we just stood there for a couple minutes smelling the lumber. Awesome!  Before the devotional we saw Elder George and his companion and talked with them and then they told us they were getting 12 new hermanas on wednesday and had no idea what to do!  They've been looking for sister training leaders to help them so they asked my companion and I to help them.  We were more than willing!  After the devotional on our way out I heard two elders yell "Cousin!" So I turned around and there were these two giants of Elders just looking at me and smiling.  I was SO CONFUSED!  I said "I don't know you or who you are."  They explained that they were in my cousin's district (Elder George). Then we rode a school bus back to West Campus!  It was my first time being on a real school bus!  So we photographed the special moment.  

Riding my first School Bus!

Wednesday We got to host the new missionaries coming to West Campus and I got to host Sarah Edwards! She went to SVU with me and we worked at Jonzzey's together.  She is so nice and we were excited to see each other again. That night we helped Elder (Steven) George's zone with their new hermanas.  We pretty much organized their orientation meeting for them because they had no idea what to do, then we took everyone on a tour of campus.  The we took the hermanas back to their apartment and had some hermana-hermana time and answered some of their questions.  It was so fun to serve and help another zone and spend some time with my cousin, Elder George. That night I learned that Elder George's whole district calls me cousin, which explained Tuesday night's incident with the two giant elders.  So now I have two zones full of new cousins!  

Thursday We had in-field orientation since we are leaving on Monday It was fun and entertaining but very long. We learned a lot and made me feel a little more ready to go to Argentina.  Something really cool.  Since it was Halloween our bus driver who took us to and from west campus was wearing a fox costume!  Totally made me think of the music video "What does the fox say?" - totally made my day!

In-field training in preparation for going to Argentina!

Friday we went to the temple.  I love the temple! This morning was the last time I will be going to the temple in the USA for 18 months!  It was my favorite temple day yet.  I received so much peace and comfort that I needed before heading to the mission field.  I was comforted and I know that I'm ready to go.  I may not know every trick in the book or and expert at Spanish but it's time for me to go and serve Heavenly Father's Children in Buenos Aires Argentina.  When we left the temple there were two old men protesting outside of the temple.  They were yelling at us that we needed to run away as fast as we could from the Mormon Church.  I wanted to talk to them and share with them my testimony but I knew they wouldn't listen to what I had to say, so I just wished them a good day and continued on my way.  It's so sad that people feel like they had to tear other people down just because they don't believe in the same things or are different.  We are all children of our Heavenly Father and he loves us and wants him to return back to live with him.  Why can't we just all respect each other and show love for each other?  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints doesn't attack other people because they aren't members.  We lift everyone up and serve and help others because that's what Christ would have done.  We need to love everyone and serve each other and lift each other up.  Its called charity, the pure love of Christ.  

Well I guess that is it from the MTC.  Not sure when my next post will be since I don't know when my preparation day will be in Argentina.  (Editorial Comment - Preparation day is a designated day during the week in which missionaries take care of house keeping chores, write letters home, do laundry, etc. so the rest of the week they can focus on their missionary labors.)  So......... hasta luego and vaya con Dios!   Hermana Allison Scarlett

Missionary Bear from my SVU family - He will be sharing my mission experience with me.
Here he is doing group study with my district. Watch for more pictures of him!