2nd Week in the MTC

Ciao!

This week was packed so full of stuff! On top of all the normal language and missionary classes, we got to Salt Lake to get our visa papers signed! So, Tuesday morning, 17 Anziani and Sorelle packed unto the bus, to head to downtown Salt Lake. It was so nice to be able to see the outside world again! But we took front runner and Trax. On our way down on front runner, there was this man making tiny oragami dinosaurs. It was the cutest thing ever. But after a couple stops, he got off and left them all there! So we took the dinosaurs with us, and they are now our district mascots. 

After we all went and got our visa papers done, we took a field trip to temple square and City Creek for lunch! And let me tell you- we all enjoyed eating some  "real food." When we decided to finally head back to Provo, we got on Trax, and ended up meeting an Italian! He had moved to the Sates when he was younger, and is now living here, as a head chef! He has such a cool story, and was so funny! He had all of the Anziani and Sorelle gathered around to here his story, as well as everyone else near us on the train. It was one of those movie like moments when all these strangers are gathered together, laughing, and listening. It was really cool. He ended up skipping his stop to keep talking to us. He went all the way to the Front runner station with us. We had a 40 min wait until the train came, so he continued his stories. He told us how he came to join the church a year ago, mafia stories with his father, and all about the life of being a chef. At the station, he asked us to sing for him, and we did. We all sang Nearer My God to Thee, and it was the most beautiful thing. All of the sudden, the Spirit was there, and all the other nearby people stopped to listen too. I'm pretty sure we all had tears in our eyes. It was a really special experience.

We have a a huge MTC Choir! We usually have 1000+ come to choir! It is sooo cool! I mean, that's basically half of the missionaries here! But I have a pretty unique opportunity today. I was chosen from the choir to be in a small group of 22. We are going to be singing outside of a BYU building tonight as people are flown in from all over to come to a big event. I'm excited to represent the Church through this. I'm also excited to leave the MTC Campus again haha. But it should be a really cool experience.

We also had a really cool devotional this Tuesday, where Elder Andersen came and spoke to us. It was really powerful, and we all learned a lot. He brought his grandchildren with him, and there were two little boys who were so adorable. One of them said they like the missionaries because they can be your friend when your'e sad. All of our hearts melted. This same little boy was sent out to go shake hands. It was so cute, and since I was on the end of the row, he ended up shaking my hand. It was just the most heart warming thing. 

There's been soo much more that happened this week, but these were some of the highlights. I love you all so much!

Sorella Thorup