It's hard to describe in words how I feel about serving a mission at the MTC in Provo, Utah. But I will do the best I can.
We began our mission at the MTC on September 3, 2018. Prior to this, we had been serving as volunteers so we knew the Spirit that was there is something we were anxious to experience long-term, well, at least 18 months! From walking the grounds of the MTC, attending devotionals, meeting young people from all over the world, who were there for the same reason: To serve a mission and to testify of Jesus Christ. It always amazed me that so many young people from so many different cultures and countries, they all had a love for the Savior and a conviction of the truthfulness of the Gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I add my own testimony that Jesus is the Christ, and that this IS His Gospel that has been restored. I know that Joseph Smith was the Prophet of the Restoration. We have a living Prophet and Apostles today who lead and guide the Church. What a blessing to have this knowledge and testimony. It isn't something that just happened over night. It began 48 years ago when I was 18 years old. It began as a sincere desire to know for myself these things. It has come through prayer, fasting, study and reading the Book of Mormon. I would recommend anyone who is reading this to try my plan of 48 years ago, with a sincere desire to know for yourself. Read the Book of Mormon!
Our mission at the MTC was recruiting volunteers for the missionaries to teach. When we first begain, we were assigned:
Mandarin Cantonese Burmese Vietnamese Cambodian Hmong
French Italian Malagasy Tahitian Romanian Haitian-Creole
We have been over the Senior missionaries, Visitor Center Sisters and ESL(young people from
all over the world who were learning English for their missions.)
At the beginning of this year, they changed everything. We no longer have any of our languages,
with the exception of the Seniors.
The languages we have now are:
Hungarian Norwegian Armenian Dutch
Finnish Georgian Persian Polish
Turkish German English Albanian
Bulgarian Danish Estonian Icelandic
Latvian Lithuanian Slovak Slovenian
When we served our mission in Independence, we associated a lot with the young Elders and Sisters,
and what a wonderful experience! However, at the MTC, our association has been with the
volunteers we recruit! What an amazing group of young people. They have blessed our lives in
so many ways. We know for a fact that Heavenly has saved His most valiant spirits for the last
days! Our testimonies are stronger from having served with them. Every Tuesday night at the MTC
they have a devotional. What a blessing to be taught by leaders of the Church. That as well has
changed our lives and we have been richly blessed. And to get to hear the "Heavenly" MTC
choir every week was very moving! The only way I can describe our mission at the MTC, is
when we drove through the gate, we felt like we were entering Heaven. We forgot the world and
our trials and struggles. Everyone we served with were kind and loving, and everyone worked together in harmony.
We are finishing our mission in just 5 weeks. March 3. We are sad to be done, but we hope and pray that the spirit we felt serving at the MTC will be with us throughout the rest of our lives. We will always be grateful for our mission there. As we will be grateful for the mission we served in the Washington DC Temple, and our mission in Independence, Missouri. We have learned so much from each, and the people we served with have become our Eternal friends.
I know God lives and that He sent His only begotten Son to live and die for all mankind. It is only through the atonement of Jesus Christ that we are saved, after all we can do. I have a strong testimony of the Prophet Joseph. He was indeed the Prophet of the Restoration. The Book of Mormon is true, and was translated through inspiration by the Prophet Joseph. It IS a second witness of Jesus Christ. Sister Shirline Tefteller
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