Romigs ~ Called To Serve: It's been a busy and successful first week at the MTC!

Week one at the MTC came and went so quickly! It's hard to believe that we have started our 2nd week already.
Our first week here at the MTC was filled with so many spiritual high's. Every time we would look at each other there would be tears of joy and happiness in our eyes. We had to keep telling each other that we were really full time missionaries. Words alone can not explain the wonderful feeling that one experiences here.
It's wonderful to see and be with all the young Elders and Sisters daily. The cafeteria is like no other! We can't believe the amount of food that is served on a daily basis. The young Elders and Sisters have 26 minutes to eat and then get back to their classes etc. Senior Missionaries have more time to eat. Maybe it's because we can't move quite as fast the younger missionaries. It is literally like a beehive in the cafeteria. We marvel at how the MTC is able to take care of so many missionaries week in and week out. When we go in or out of a building the younger Elders usually hold the doors open for the Senior Missionaries.
Senior Missionaries are treated very well. When we have devotions and or meetings we always have special reserved seating for us.
Our first week of studies was on "Preach my Gospel" and this week we are getting to know the Young Single Adult Program better. We usually have some type of homework or assignment to do each evening in preparation for the next days activities.
"Preach my Gospel" is what all missionaries use in teaching the gospel world wide. We even had the opportunity of teaching investigators in role play situations on two different days. We can't begin to explain how strong the spirit was on those two days of teaching. It was just like we were in the mission field. It's too hard to pin point what the highlights of the first week were but teaching the investigators have to be right there towards the top. We have made so many life long friends. Some have departed for their missions already and some are still here with us. We will post our District picture along with our teachers shorty. We had both a morning and afternoon teacher last week. Both are return missionaries and both are extremely sharp.

You'll never guess who we met today at lunch. Two of our past friends. Dan and Carla Judd entered the MTC today as did Richard and Cleone Allsop. Dan and Carla will be serving in Africa. It's been 30 plus years since we have seen them. Dan and Carla were two of our best friends in the ward we moved into back in 1979 when we moved back to Utah. It was so fun seeing and visiting with them. We look forward to our short time together over the next two days. We served at the Conference Center on Sundays with Richard and Cleone. They will be serving in the Billings Montana Mission.

Time to do our homework......Have a wonderful week and Tot Ziens!