Leaving MTC:/ W2

Hello people!!! It's been an amazing week here at the MTC. I am so grateful to be here I can't believe I'm already leaving. I have made so many friends who I'm dreading to say bye to but I'm so glad I met them. My week consisted of volleyball, Sister Anderson dropping mop water down 3 flights of stairs on our heads haha, my district leader looking like the Indian kid from Phineas and Ferb, Classes, feeling God's love so strong in the temple, Devotional from Elder Bassett, real diet coke (thank you mom), getting in trouble from the security guard for being outside when my companion was receiving a blessing, and soooo much more. Update, I am not sick of my companion, and I love her more and more each day. She has helped me through so much this week and if my only reason for being on a mission is to meet her, it would've been all worth it. We have been called to be STLs here in our zone and it has been so fun to get to know all the girls and serve them!

Here's a spiritual thought for my week, I want to talk about the importance of gaining a testimony for yourself. These past couple months I've been praying for experiences and ways to strengthen my testimony on certain topics so I can teach them even better. This week I was able to receive an answer to my prayer! I had some pretty amazing things happen to me and specifically with my testimony regarding the atonement. In class we were talking about the atonement and how Jesus Christ suffered for our sins individually, it wasn't all at once. It was as if he drew a name out of a hat or something and suffered for you and he did it so you can have somebody that can sympathize with you and bring you comfort during those times. How selfless is that!! I was able to picture Jesus in the garden going through something I had been through. I wanted so badly to help him. That's how he feels about you! He understands so he wants to help you! How amazing is it that we are promised a perfect companion at our side at all times (D&C 84:88) All we have to do is come to Him. There's more to this story but it's kind of personal but basically after all this, I was shaking and felt the spirit so strong, it was hard to talk. That was an experience I will never forget. There is no way I can ever deny the atonement. I'm so grateful to be a missionary for the only true church on the earth. Make sure to pray for opportunities for God to help strengthen your testimony then don't sit there and wait for it, start looking!!

Here's some pictures because I know most people just look at the pictures! Macy.robbins@missionary.org