MTC

My mom asked me (Cristi) to update their blog. They are really busy. They arrived in the MTC in Provo, UT on Monday March 23. It was snowing and pretty cold. After being there for just one week they said that if they went home now, they would have partaken of a spiritual feast.
They were able to squeeze in a "date". They went to the basement of the Wilford Woodruff building and did laundry.
There were 16 other couples and one single sister in the group that entered the MTC with them. They are going to different parts of the world; Florida, Fiji, Russia, New York, Romania... Many of the group have served before. Mom and Dad are doing CES as well as PEF and there is one other couple doing the same.
On their first full day in the MTC they learned how to teach a discussion on the Restoration and were able to practice teach on members from the Provo community who pretend to be investigators. It was a great experience. Tuesday evening is a devotional with a general authority. Elder Kenneth Johnson and his wife spoke. It was an uplifting experience.
The next day they were able to focus on the Plan of Salvation. "As we opened the door to greet our investigator the person was a familiar face from our past. June Nelson a dear Sister from the old 21st Ward in Las Vegas was this familiar face. What a joyful reunion meeting with her. After our lesson sister Nelson found her husband Glenn and we stood and talked with them for several minutes before going to our next class"
The next day they wrote, "For one hour today we served in the call center, both of us received on call from persons asking to receive material that was advertised on a television ad. Today’s teaching ended with a visit from Ed Pinegar, he has served several mission, been a mission president and is a professor at BYU. The time we spent with brother Pinegar was inspirational and entertaining. He quoted many scriptures without using notes or the actual scriptures. He would give us the reference and called on one of us to read. What a spiritual giant Brother Pinegar is. Giant meaning tall in stature and heavily endowed with the spirit.
Many of the other couples left for their fields of labor last Friday but Mom and Dad will be staying for another week of CES training and PEF training. They leave for Africa April 4th.