The MTC is the greatest place!

December 24, 2015
The MTC is the greatest place!

I absolutely love it here at the MTC. It is such an amazing experience to be here. The spirit is so strong. I absolutely love my district, we are pretty tight. It is crazy how we all feel so close to one another. I will definitely miss them. There are two hermanas and one elder going to Nicaragua with me. There is one elder and one sister from our original district going to Costa Rica San Jose West. And one elder going to Kentucky. I couldn't have asked for a better MTC family.

We have taught five lessons in Spanish so far, which is crazy. The gift of tongues is real. But you aren't going to be fluent after a single week. There are times when I know exactly how to answer their question in English. But in Spanish? La lucha is real. 

There is so much. I am so blessed. Yo testifico que Jesucristo es nuestro Salvador. El libro de Mormon es verdadero. La iglesia es verdadera. La Expacion es muy importante. Si leerá El Libro de Mormon y orará, ustedes sentirá el amor de Dios. 

Christmas is is all about the greatest gift that has ever and will ever be given. The gift of Jesus Christ. Through Him we are able to receive exaltation. It is the only way. We need Him. He loves us, and knows us, and we knew Him. 

I love you all!

Feliz Navidad!

Hermana Fackrell

Here is my mailing address at the MTC:
Sister Autumn Lydia Fackrell
FEB01  NIC-MANN
2005 N 900 E Unit  91
Provo UT 84602

You can also write   through DearElder.com.  Select Provo MTC as the mission and use the info in the above address.  Letters received by dearelder.com will be printed and delivered to missionaries that same day.  It is very cool!

 

I will go and do

I report to the Provo MTC in 10 days. The last few weeks have been a blur. I moved home from BYU Hawaii. That was such a good experience; I learned many things and developed and met a lot of great people. That experience feels like a dream now. I thought that when I got home I would have so much free time. I don't know where the weeks went.

My excitement to serve a mission is through the roof. Even though it is so close, it still feels as if it is so far away it will never happen. This is definitely a leap of faith for me. Serving a mission, especially in an undeveloped country is very much outside my comfort zone. But even if it ended up being the most difficult 18 months of my life, I would still go. After all that the Lord has done for me, the least I can do is sacrifice 18 months of my life. Even if it is really difficult, and I'm sure it will be. But it will also be the most rewarding 18 months. And even if it wasn't, I would still go. Because the least I can do is go and be an instrument in God's hands, going about and doing His work. Nephi said, "I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." (1 Nephi 3:7)

I don't know exactly what my life will be like for the next while. I have a general idea, but it still feels like a step in the dark. The Lord illuminates the way as we go. This is going to be an experience of a lifetime. It is time to trust in the Lord, and give this my all.

The next few days will be crazy. I have a lot of packing and cleaning in my near future. Thursday night I will be set apart as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Then I am off to Provo! I may be broke, but I am happy, willing, and ready (hopefully).

I appreciate all your love and support. And can I just say how much I love handwritten letters? Please keep in touch, I love you all and want to know how you are doing. Everything uplifting, inspiring, and not distracting is welcomed with open arms.

Love,
Hermana Fackrell