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The Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC)

Hey guys! 

The first week at the in-person MTC has been totally awesome! Everyday is filled to the brim with the Spirit! I love my district and my companion, they make the MTC a lot more fun! 

The main focus of this week is to grind the Tagalog language, which is super hard. We have about 6-7 hours of language study a day, usually with a teacher. But Monday-Friday of this week, we will be left without a teacher most of the time haha. This is due to a lack of Tagalog teachers, and that the teachers we do have are starting school and not able to teach a lot. This makes the Language even more challenging to learn. We have a book with all of the grammar principles and vocabulary, but other than that we are pretty much on our own this week. 

This being said, my companion and I have made some pretty hefty goals. The first is to memorize at least 65 new words a day. Next is to memorize 60 new phrases a week. To always SYL or Speak Your Language. And finally to be able to teach each lesson in the Preach My Gospel handbook in Tagalog in 2 weeks. And to be able to teach them good. 

Other than the language, the MTC is filled with uplifting devotionals and speakers. We have devotionals every Tuesday and Sunday. This week was all about building up your Faith and The Atonement of Jesus Christ. These topics were the perfect topics to really dive into and learn more about during the first week. It helped me to realize just how important having Faith is. Faith is about putting all of your trust in the Lord and knowing that He will be there to help you. I have already experienced this, as I work as hard as I can in the language and in my personal studies, and strive to learn more. The Lord helps me more than I would have even imagined. I have learned more Tagalog in this 1 week than I have learned Spanish in the 2 years I took in High School. With the Lord's help my weaknesses become strengths. 

Alrighty here is a little more info on the MTC! I share a dorm with 5 other missionaries. And we share the floor with at least 50-60 other missionaries. This means bathrooms and showers are always packed, and gross. Also it's a bunch of boys, so some people will be running around all crazy. While others will be having nerf wars, playing cards, wrestling, and working out. There is also lots of junk food and snacks everywhere. 





Next is the cafeteria. The food may be the most mediocre food ever made except for the chicken and waffles; those were a 10/10 on the MTC food scale. We can have ice cream and cake and all sorts of treats any time of the day, also the Elders love the chocolate milk which makes for good smelling dorms! But yeah that is just about it for the week! Working hard to learn the Language and to learn more about my savior is taking up most if not all of my time, and I totally LOVE IT!

Elder Morgan


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