This is a poor title because as soon as I looked at it i realized that i miss pools. it rained the other day and i was like "Woah... Water." a little anticlimactic i know but i was taken aback a little (Also by the fact that water was falling from the sky, but that is just something that happens)
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The MTC is a place where time stands still. i officially am having trouble relating to people how long i've been here when they ask. Someone asked me how long id been here when i was standing in line and i couldn't remember if it was 5, 6, or 7. I just said "A few" and tried not to think about the weird time space continuum of the MTC. I am learning tho. i think... i hope... Oh well I am here until they say i'm not, which is supposedly pretty soon. I think we get our flight plans this week!! Woot Woot!
We also lost our Final Armenian this week. Love you Elder Shamshoian. That was about the most exciting thing that happened this week. I got sick, got better, woke up with my arm on fire, now its better. literally just a week with some huge 5 minute spike in excitement (not to time scale, but it feels like it)
Here's my favorite part of this week. Last Night we had a Devotional by the Presiding Bishop Gerald Causse. He gave a really awesome talk on being bold yet humble, on how all negative things can be spun positively, and how weaknesses are stumbling blocks, but opportunities. Not entirely sure on that last one, but it sounded good and i made a note on it so if anyone has any thoughts on that feel free to share.
Anyways, at the very end of the talk he told us he was going to play the piano for us which was something he didn't really do. he was taking one of the point of his talk and putting it into play. He started out the song and it was just one hand on one scale. i thought to myself "Alright, this is what we are going to listen to right now lets go!". that is not what we were going to listen to right then.
He started to pick it up line by line until he was using the entire piano both hands. he played Come, Come, Ye Saints (Great listen highly recommend) and it was super awesome because he started shakily, built inot where he was literally pounding the piano and just getting the chords out, and ended as fluidly and beautifully as one would imagine a piano being played. all this he did while still making the song sound incredible.
My challenge this week is a simple one in my opinion. Share a talent that you have in a way that you wouldn't normally. Read a book with someone, sing a song with someone, Carry a big ol' heavy box and just basically get out of your comfort zone and try to share what you love with who you love. Family, Friends or strangers, try hard to share what you've got!
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1. All the buildings there are gone now. Continuing destruction
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