Last Day in the MTC

Dear Family, 

Because it is the last day in the MTC, they are letting us email home a day early because we will be shipping out early in the Morning! This has been such a great experience here in the MTC, I have been able to learn and grow so very much and it is amazing what we can learn in just 12 Days. Our second class time teacher was gone all week and it was kind of nice because she said "cool" and "yeah" way to many times every day.

We were able to wrap up things with our TRC investigator and end on a good note. We were all sad because he had had some problems praying when he was younger, and he said that he felt like he never got an answer to his prayers. Elder Lee and I were stumped because we did not know how much we could teach him because he refused to say his prayers because of this. We invited him to pray and he said that he didn't think that he would be answered so he didn't pray at all about it. I was led to find this talk on the ways prayers are answered by Elder Scott. It talked about the many different ways prayers were answered. It was from 1989, and If you have the chance to read it on lds.org, I challenged everyone to read it because it applies to everyone.

The investigator went boating and camping that night and woke up early and read it the next morning down at the lake and then he finally prayed! It was such a great thing to hear when he told us that! He said that after reading the talk it felt like there was a barrier in his mind that went away from his childhood! Elder Lee and I were filled with joy as we heard this! We were sad because this was in our last lesson with him but it was great to hear him progress!

This Sunday we had two devotionals, one was because we were departing and the other was just the Sunday devo. After the first one I wasn't excited for the second one, but then I heard that the Nashville Tribute Band was the devotional! It was so amazing being able to hear them live, It kind of made me a little home sick because I remember listening to their songs with Brady in his car. But it is all good now because I am all good now. I sang to like every song that they sang and it was just a fun and powerful devotional about Joseph Smith and the trials they went through so we could have the Book of Mormon.

Thank you so very much for the packages this week! The box full of fruit snacks and gushers was nice because they are fun to snack on! But i think my favorite thing to eat is apple sauce, I used the apple sauce box and the tape to make a scripture holder for my quad set. 

Elder Lee is such a great guy, we have the same humor and so whenever a joke is told be both just laugh our heads off. His accent is still killing me because I just love listening to it. He is the district leader, sometimes it get annoying taking him everywhere and dropping him off for a meeting. On Wednesday, he was able to go on a tour of temple square because he is international. He said that the live session was different but that he liked it.

Being here in the MTC has really made my patience grow. There are just some things that bother me, but I am just trying to not look inward and to look outward towards others.

The gym time here has been full of spikeball, so when I get back, everyone should be ready because I am practically a professional at it now. I was able to find Elder Ross while I had my camera on me today so I got a picture with him. It brought tears to my eyes realizing that that was goodbye for the next two years. That was a tender mercy to me because we love the work. 

I will call home in the morning when I am at the SLC airport!

Love Elder Bentley