Alright, I am sure you are all dying to know how Christmas at the MTC was... So let me uncover the mystery for you.... (insert mystical music.)
The day started with waking up at 6:30 as usual. As soon as we got up we opened our presents from home. That was fun! I got four packages of oreos for christmas... people know me too well. After we opened presents we got ready for the day, I think this is the first Christmas in a long time that I actually got ready! It felt kind of funny. So after we got ready we went and ate breakfast. Then we went to the talent show... where we performed a Russian song and danced in front of 2000 missionaries... That was an experience I will never forget. We messed up, but it was fun and so all's well that ends well. The native Russians performed a Lady Gaga song. They changed the lyrics and made it about missionaries, it was hilarious! They are now the starts of the MTC and have done many more performances for crowds of people who wanted to record it. After the talent show we went to lunch. We had turkey and potatoes and real green beans and rolls. It was a pretty good meal. After lunch we went to a devotional given by Elder Russel M. Neilson. I love him! He is so amazing! He is so smart and knows about so much, but not only that, when he speaks, he speaks with the power of the spirit. My favorite quote of the day is this, someone once asked him if we believe in the Bible, and he said, "Of course we do. Our people wrote it!" I loved that he is not only smart but funny too. I learned so much from his wonderful teachings. He and his wife stayed until sunday afternoon with us and it was good to hear from them and see them and talk to them. He know a little bit of Russian and will be visiting the missionaries in russia in june, but not my mission. Bummer. So after the devotional we had free time! What the! Yep FREE TIME! So we went back to our rooms and ate our sack dinners and talked. We read christmas stories and just had fun together. After those wonderful 2 hours we went back for another program. This one was amazing! These two men perfromed "A Christmas Carol" for us. One of the men was Scrouge and one was all the other characters. It was amazing! complete with sound effects and voices and everything. One of the men who performed for us is leaving to be a mission president in the Philipines? I don't even know how to spell that right. Sorry Cam. Our mission president gave us the assignment after that to go back to our rooms and read a few scriptures about christ, it was an amazing day, maybe even the best Christmas ever. Full of love and joy and most importantly Full of Christ and his teachings. I love learning about them! I hope the day was wonderful for all of you too.
One last funny story. On Christmas eve we had a fun devotional and we sang this song 12 days of Christmas MTC style... It was hilarious. I am telling you. Give missionaries just a little chance to have some fun and we'll take it. By the end everyone was laughing... Even our mission president... So mission accomplished.
For your general information, I am feeling much better this week, just a little sniffle. But I gave my sickness to sister Ward :( Also I am leaving the MTC January 10th! Just so you know, I am absolutely stoked! And that's all! I love you all!
Sister Leavitt
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