"Week two down, whoop whoop!"

Okay the title of this email is inaccurate my time is going by so fast. I am not ready to leave the MTC! I have learned so much and I have so much more to learn. This email is going to be really short so sorry.

I have been struggling so much with my weaknesses lately and trying to overcome them and I am kind of hard on myself (as some of you have told me) but I have been feeling inadequate like I need to be better and do better and try to be the perfect missionary right now. Which is ridiculous of me to expect of myself but I was talking to my teacher about it and then he gave me a scripture to read Ether 12:27 so now everyone go look that up because I don't have time to type it out for you, sorry. It talks about how Christ gives us weaknesses to make them strengths. Then my other teacher expounded on this scripture and said that we know we are coming to Christ when are weaknesses are coming out. It was a really awesome insight to the scripture and it turned my whole week around. I don't know if this has made any sense because an Elder is talking to me while I am typing at this very moment and I can't stop talking to him because it is interesting but I can't stop typing either because I have limited time! So I apologize for any confusion.

Second cool thing of the week. I have been really nervous about inviting people to be baptized in the first lesson because thats intense, thats when stuff gets real ya'll! But I talked in church yesterday about baptism and while I was talking I came to a realization. Missionary work is Christ's work, not the work of men and he has asked me to invite others to be baptized on the first lesson so who am I to dismiss Christ's request? Also I am the only person, besides my companion, authorized to help people be baptized in my area, In order for someone to be baptized in my area  they HAVE TO talk to me and my companion first. How cool is that!? But in Mosiah 18:8-11 it talks about how people were so excited to be baptized they were filled with Joy! I can't wait to baptize some people or I guess watch some people get baptized since ya know I don't have the privilege to baptize... which is good because I am a girl :).

I love you all! Everyone go be member missionaries do something with your lives! Nothing is more important than sharing the gospel with those people who don't have it. I listened to a talk by Jeffery R Holland who throws down all the time and I love it and he said that I didn't leave real life to come to my mission, my mission is as close to real life as I will ever get and he is right! So I challenge all of you to get as close to real life as you can and share the gospel with some people, go teach lessons with the missionaries fellowship some people in your ward, be that person that helps someone recognize how much Jesus Christ loves them. I love my mission already and 18 months is so short!!! I will be home before I know it and I won't be ready to leave. I love you all! SHARE THE GOSPEL! Or if your own testimony is struggling, do something about it. Jeffery R Holland makes me feel bold for a day or two after I listen to him so thats were this is coming from. Get used to it thought ;) love you all!

Sister Lyman