The MTC is an amazing place! My testimony has been stretched and pulled and tried daily.... many times a day. Im not going to lie the MTC is super hard at times but as Christ said, it's very worth it.

I miss you all like crazy, but mostly you mom. Don't cry to much okay :) I have learned her so much and have grown faster then I ever thought possible. The growing pains REALLY hurt sometimes but they are totally worth it!

My companion, Sister Jackson, is very sweet. She loves music and has played the violynn for 26 years... sense she was 5.... So if you do your math right you figured out that she is 31. I am so ipressed that she still decided to serve. She already has a masters and something else. She has made me learn so much. We think very very differently and that is a very very hard thing when you are together ALL the time and teaching for half of that time. I have become more frustranted in these 6 days then ever before. I have been humbled so many times and turely brought to my knees because I could not "stand" it anymore. She really is such a sweet girl... She totally reminds me of Skye which makes me laugh sometimes. But she really lacks self conidence so that has been my goal is to help her gain more self confidence by the time we part paths. 

Preach my gosple is like Candy!! it's so sweet and I can't get enough. The missionary mantle is such a powerful blessing. It magnifies my scriptual knowledge by 10 fold and helps me understand/ remember wat I am learning so fast it blows my mind. And oh my goodness the scriptures are the best thing on earth! I love reading them almost as much as I love breathing.

We had our first TRC lesson yesterday. It was such an amazing experience. We, Sister Jackson and I, taught a man named Jose from Guatimala. He is so fun to talk to and get to know. We taught him the first lesson which starts with how God is our loving Heavenly Father. We asked him what his realtionship with God is like. He explaned that he knows that God is there but that he does not believe that he loves all of his children. He went on to explane that there are way to many people in the world who suffer and die everyday, and he doesn't understand how a loving Father would let that happen. I asked him if he has ever prayed and felt Gods love for him and he shared a very sweet experance of a time when that did happen. We shared experiences that we have had and then bore our testimoney that we know that He is our loving Heavenly Father and that He does care about him and He loves Him. 

Later that day I asked one of my teachers what she would do to help Jose understand why bad things happen to bad people and how we could help him see Gods love for him and she took me to Alma 14:10. This is where Alma and Amulek are teaching and are thrown into prission. Not just that but the wicked leader gathers all the women and children and burns them infrount of them. Amulek wants to stop them but Alma being the wise man he is told him no. That these men had agency and that the things that they are doing will be held against them in the last day. Not only that but that these people would go straight to heaven for their love, faith, and belief. 

So now you see just a little bit of how amazing these teachers are! She would just whip out these stories or scriptures and then help us find a way to share that in the way that would work best.

Okay so the girls in my room are THE BEST!!! Sister Raynor is hilarious and likes to tease me. She likes to take at least one piece of my food in each meal and it makes me laugh! She keeps all of us laughing and helps creat some awesome memories! One day she was in the book store and the brother asked her if she wanted her change. She responded, "yes I like to feed them to ducks, and sometimes they sink." He thought this was so funny so now that is our ongoing joke! Sister Moris, her companion, is such a sweet girl! She has such a strong testimony and spirit. She has such a contagious smile that cheers up your day. She is like a sweet older sister/ childhood friend. And I think she is very pretty!

On Sunday we had the best relief society EVER! There was a song we sang called "As sisters OF zion!" Amazing!!!!!!!! The lyrics are fabulous and almost made me cry.... which mom yes I have cried... more then I would like to admit. The spirit seems to squeeze me so hard sometimes that water squirts from my eyes ;) Then a sister Mortensen spoke and told us that Hand in hebrew means power! Way cool when you think about it! Then we closed singing " Come thou Fount" and everyone had tears in their eyes. The power of that song as we all stood and sang it was incredible!

I've seen both the twins so far but Kyle is on the West campus with all of the other spanish speakers. So maybe ill see him tonight when they come over here for a devotional!

I love and miss you all like crazy but I am so excited to be able to teach and preach and help my lost brothers and sisters! The church is true and the scriptures are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love Sister Draney <3