Guys. I made it one week and one day. This is crazy.
The MTC is the greatest place on this earth and i secretly want to stay here for longer than 2 weeks. It looks like we will be flying to Vegas on May 1st- so next Wednesday! That means you won't get another letter until the following Monday. Sorry. BUT don't you fret- I can call when i get to the airport before we head out. Which is going to be between 6am and 8 am Utah time. Sorry it's so early :) I guess I'll call mom's cell phone...so don't put it on silent :) That also reminds me- my teacher will be calling mom for a number that should be in the stake directory...except i just rememberd that our stake is crazy and the Benton City wards might be in a different stake. Either way, there is an elder from my district who had to go home for medical reasons that was in the Benton City ward and his last name is Young, so if you could let my teacher (Brother Clark) know what his address is, that would be fantastic. We want to send him a letter.
I am OBSESSED with my companion. Guys she is the greatest thing that ever happened to me- i swear she could be one of my sisters and we get along SO well. It is such a blessing. Her name is Sister Nichols and she is from Kansas and I love her. Sorry i probably won't be able to attach any picture with this email, most of my pictures are on another sister's camera. But i'll get them for the next one. Our district is so great. The Elders and Sister Nichols and I are headed to Vegas and then there are some Sister going to Omaha. We have so much fun but are also really good at staying on task. I love how as we all become closer to the Savior together we become closer to each other. There is such a strong spirit in our classroom.
When I got here, on my way to my room i passed Kaylee and that was one of the greatest moments of my life. It was so great to see a familiar face. Then I went to the computer lab to fill out some test thing and I heard Landin and his companion yelling "SISTER STOKER!!!" all the way down the hall, so i got to see him too. I've also ran into Brant Black a couple times and his companion told me he went home, so if you see him give him my best. I have seen a ton of people from my ward too, and Juliette and Kaylee and I had a great reunion in the middle of campus. I also ran into Ken Beus's son and Sister Lowe (the one who was from Vegas and served in our ward) so it has been nice being around all these familiar faces.
It's incredible how much the teachers rely on the Lord to know what to teach us, and how one lesson can be an answer to all of our prayers, but it happens every single day. I have been pondering on how to know if promptings we feel are from the Holy Ghost or from myself, and I love the anwer I got yesterday. Elder Bednar gave a talk on that and said there is one simple solution: Quit worrying about it. Basically what he was trying to say is that if it is good, it is of God, and we don't need this constant huge spiritual comfirmation everytime we are prompted to do something. My teacher pointed out that we are striving to to have our thought aligned with God's, and so if we truly want what He wants, He shouldn't have to be constantly feeding us spiritual revelation and confirmation. What i got from that was that i have been blessed with so many resources: scriptures, talks, a great home environment and church my whole life- I don't need to rely on the spirit to tell me what i need to teach every tikme or to have a huge spiritual experience with every lesson. If i am obeying His commandments and doing what i'm supposed to, He will teach through me. It really doesn't matter how good my teaching skills are because I'm not the teacher, He is. I"m just the mouth piece.
Ahh i have so much i want to tell you but I have zero time here...maybe i'll hand write another letter. I love you all SOOOOOO much! Thanks for the letters-you have no idea how much a letter from home means. It really helps. Tell the bakery I love them and i hope they can survive without me there. It will be hard I know.
Forever and Ever,
Sister Stoker
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