I love getting on and seeing lots of emails from people! But just a
reccomendation...if you have the chance, please copy that email and send it
through DearElder and I will get it that same day, just like an email. The only
reason I say this, is because I only have 30 minutes of email time and it is
hard to be able to write and read them all. You guys are incredible though, and
I greatly appreciate the support!!
I got my travel information for Canada finally! I leave next wednesday the
30th at 11:00am. So I will not be getting any letters that come after Tuesday to
the MTC. Just keep that in mind :)
First things first, Brother Blake Scoresby was one of my teachers here for
Zone Teaching! It was so great to see him. Also, Derek do you know Sister
Kaitlyn Dearton? She is a teacher here also and said she served with you! Always
cool to find a connection with back home.
Last week on Wednesday I was having a hard time. Just a lot of stress and
homesickness that hit all at once. After a rough night, I asked some Elders in
my district to give me a blessing the next morning. Elder Cluff and Elder Silva
gave me a blessing. What an incredible experience that was!!!! I can promise you
that these young men hold the Priesthood authority of God and that blessing gave
me such great comfort. Then, I got the flu a couple of days ago. Super fun! But
with a sickness that would have ususally knocked me out cold at home, I was
strengthened through faith in the Lord to be able to press forward and continue
my work without missing anything! Although I felt terrible and I had no voice, I
was still able to perform my duties as a missionary. I received a blessing from
Elders Tanner and Berg for that, and I have started improving ever since. I
still cannot exactly speak, but I am feeling a little bit better!
So, we have an MTC devotional every Tuesday night and oh my gosh! Elder
Holland was the speaker last week!!!! I was 50 feet from an apostle of the Lord
(and my favorite one at that!). What an incredible experience that was. Among
the many things he spoke about, one of them was that there is no more exciting
time to serve a mission than now. Plenty of dipensations have failed and fallen
away. But this is the dispensation that WILL succeed, and we WILL see the coming
of the Lord in this one! He told us that as missionaries in these last days, we
have a greater responsibility than Ammon, Jeremiah, and even Isaiah. What a
responsibility that is to live up to! He yelled almost at the top of his lungs
about how sick he was of hearing about returned missionaries going innactive
from the church. With tears in his eyes, he said "If I see you after your
mission, you BETTER have at least one convert. And it BETTER be you!" (All this
while hitting the podium of course). What a powerful talk that was! He told us
that no industry would put their future in the hands of 19 year olds, unless it
was the only true industry of God. How true that is! We are set apart to
represent Jesus Christ on this earth and I am so honored to wear that name tag
on my chest! He told us some incredible statistics. The MTC has a capacity of
about 3,200 missionaries. By next summer, we will be up to at least 7,000
missionaries. He dedicated two brand new buildings for housing, and they will be
having to use part of BYU housing to house missionaries! There is just not
enough room for the incredible influx!!! What an incredible problem to
have!!!
We have learned lately that we need to be teaching people, not lessons. We
are all about teaching through the Spirit. We must teach to people's needs, and
who knows these wonderful people better than the Spirit?? Definitely not me! I
have found that as I listen to the Spirit, I am able to have things revealed to
me about these people that I would have not been able to otherwise find out.
In relief Society on Sunday, we sang "I hope They Call Me on a Mission".
But the words were changed to "I'm glad they called me on a mission". Tears came
to my eyes as I remembered myself singing that song in primary years ago, not
knowing where I would be today. I am SOO glad that the Lord is allowing me to
serve Him in this manner.
Richard is still planning on getting baptized on the 10th!! We taught him
the Word of Wisdom yesterday, and he says he smokes like a chimney. But he
promised to do his best to quit because he knows that that is what he needs to
do to follow the Savior. How awesome it is to be a part of such a conversion!
So the other night, we are sleeping and all of he sudden the fire alarm
goes off in our building. At 1am, we had to run outside in -10degrees and wait
for them to fix a blown pipe. So we all gathered into the gym and slept on the
gym floor! It was not fun at all! So after 2 hours, we go back to our dorms and
try to fall back asleep. The next day, we are in the middle of lunch and the
alarm in the cafeteria goes off. Didn't get to finish lunch! Again, hate fire
alarms! But it was a fun experience. :)
I am so honored to be out here. Thank you all so much for the incredible
support and prayers. I can certainly feel them as I serve the Lord daily! Stay
strong out there. I challenge each of you to preach the Gospel in any way
possible. Use Facebook, text messages, whatever it takes to help others come
unto Christ!
I will not get anything that comes to the MTC after Tuesday, so if you have
a letter then either send it before then, or send it to the address for
Vancouver that my mom will put in this message. I love you all so much! This
church is true. If you want to find out for yourself, then just test it. Just
exercise a particle of faith, and the Lord can help you see the truth too. :)
I love you!
I love you!
Love, Sister Biggs
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