HALFWAY THERE

Buenas tardes amigos y familia,



¡Hola a todos! Right now I am about halfway through week 4, so I am more than halfway done with the MTC. It's going a lot faster now, which is super nice. I'm enjoying it so much and I'm learning heaps,  but zoom meetings all day can be pretty hard. This past week has been the best so far. My sister Emily flew up for the weekend so 4/5 of the siblings were together again for one last time... life is always good with the family, and I'm going to miss them SO MUCH once I am in the field.



This week went really well in terms of learning the language. We had a bunch of lessons over grammar, which was nice especially because the teachers never really taught us any grammar the first few weeks. They kinda just had us hit the ground running, and we had no idea what they were saying. For the rest of the week, we have a bunch of teaching investigator role plays, so it'll be interesting to see how that will go with my companion(hopefully they go better than our first 2 lessons.) Almost every day this week, I've gotten something for free, so that's way cool. I've gotten a free frosty from Wendys, a free burrito from a restaurant, a discount from the BYU Bookstore, and I'm still going to the gym for free every day with Michael. It must be nice being a missionary in Utah haha. 



One of the things my brother told me and what I've learned from the MTC is "Nunca Estamos Solos." We are never alone. This simple phrase has helped me tremendously during this experience, and has pushed me to continue to work hard every day for preparation in doing the Lord's work. Not only are there thousands of missionaries doing the same thing as me, but the Holy Ghost has been by my side this entire time. I know that the Holy Ghost is our constant companion who guides us, helps us with our trials, and gives us joy and comfort. One of my favorite scriptures from this week is Moroni 8:26. It says " And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness of heart; and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with God." As long as we act, and pray to our loving Heavenly Father with faith, we will feel the holy spirit with us, and feel the perfect love that God has for us. I love every one of you, and I hope you are all doing well. I would love to hear how you are all doing!



Love, Elder Felt



PICS

1. Skating down Provo canyon with my bro

2. Hanging with the sibs during break

3. Emily and Michael

4. Saying goodbye to my sis:(

5, 6, 7: With my boys Jack and Justin at alpine loop







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