MTC week

We have had a wonderful week.  It went by extremely fast.  I have been able to get a nap everyday because of the convenience of the location of our buildings.  And  also we have an hour and a half for lunch.  I did really well health-wise. I feel really good.  



Probably the most photographed map of the world in the world

We studied and were taught this week.  We had the opportunity to teach 3 times from the lessons in Preach My Gospel.  Our teacher was awesome and kept us awake the whole time!

One highlight this week was the devotional on Tuesday night.  Sister and Elder Matthew O. Richardson, he is second counselor in the Sunday School General Board, were the speakers.  She talked about being truly converted.  He talked about having the courage to be true to your calling.  He used the David O. McKay plaque that is displayed in the foyer of the MTC.  It refers to Shakespeare's quote  "What e'er thou art.  Act well thy part."   Here is a picture of the plaque.  If you add the points of each picture and then add the whole line, each line will add up to 18 (A magic square puzzle).  The objective being that if you do your part and everyone else does their part it's like magic to make things come out right.    D&C 90:24------search, pray,believe and all things shall work together for your good.

WHAT E'ER THOU ART---ACT WELL THY PART

The 4th of July was a fun day.  In the evening we (with thousands of other missionaries at the MTC) watched 17 Miracles and then watched the fireworks from the Stadium of Fire. Of course, we were not in the stadium but we had a good view of the firework display and enjoyed singing with all the missionaries the patriotic songs.  It was very touching.

Saturday we took the time to visit with the missionaries here at the MTC getting ready to go to Armenia and Karalyn Crawford who teaches them.   Karalyn served in Armenia with us and was a next door neighbor when she was growing up.  We saw Arthur Minasyan who we knew in Armenia.  He is here studying at UVU.  His father is Elder Minasyan, the Area  Seventy in Armenia.  Then we had a great visit with the couple that served in Ukraine who we had worked with on employment programs (E/S Burr).

Today we went to the Tabernacle Choir broadcast in the Conference Center in Salt Lake.  We walked in and within a few minutes we had helped several people find the restrooms and seats for the broadcast.   With our badges on, people thought we were hostess and host there.  A real Hostess came up to us and asked us to talk with a couple who were wanting a Book of Mormon.  We had a nice visit with them and were able to locate a Book of Mormon to give to them.   They were there for the Glen Beck Workshops going on in Salt Lake this week.  Glen Beck was in the audience, they introduced him and everyone gave him a standing ovation.    Tonight we went to a fireside given by two well known authors in the Church,  George    
Durrant and Susan Easton Black Durrant.  They were very entertaining and very impressive.  They have been called to the Nauvoo Mission and will be there next month.

While at the MTC learning how to teach from the Preach My Gospel manual we were divided into groups of 8  so that we could practice teach with each other.  Below is a picture of our "District" .

Our MTC District

from left to right: E/S Boyd going to Oregon serving as MLS(member-leader support); E/S Pincock going to Nauvoo to serve in the Visitor Center; Brother Jacobs-our morning MTC teacher (awesome teacher) E/S Clawson going to Tahiti  serving as MLS; and E/S Miles going to the Liberia (Africa) mission to serve as office couple.

We love you all and thank you for your prayers on our behalf.  We are excited to get to Nauvoo.

Elder and Sister Pincock