We have had a marvelous week at the MTC with 29 other couples from the western U.S. and Canada whom we have grown to respect and love for their sacrifice and dedication. These couples have been called to serve in a variety of capacities, principally office specialists, CES Youth Centers, Perpetual Immigration Fund, and Member and Leadership Support, and they will be going to foreign shores from Cyprus, to Panama, New Zealand to Russia. Some will return to their homes and serve from there as activation missionaries. Combine these sweet folks with the power of the 2500 plus young elders and sisters preparing to go forth from this place, and then reflect on all those already serving throughout the world and those who will surely be entering the MTC tomorrow to begin their preparation, and it gives one a sense of the awesome volunteerism in the Church and the great good that can be effected around the world by this great Army armed with power and authority from the Lord.
Our training here is not simply a passive exercise. We are regularly nudged out of our comfort zone in role playing scenarios wherein we teach actors, playing the part of investigators, concepts we thought we were prepared to teach. Sometimes the "investigators" throw us curve balls, and sometimes the surprises come from our own companion who monopolizing the teaching, hands off to you when you are least prepared to catch the ball, or heads off in a direction you are not prepared to go. It has been a humbling experience for me and I realize I have much to learn. I love the scriptures but have much to learn about using them effectively in teaching situations. The last day we exchanged with another couple in our larger group but not from our four-couple study group. We each took turns
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