MTC Week 3

Mauri!

Another great week here at the MTC! We've been doing a lot of the same stuff around here, but we've improved a lot since our arrival.

For any of you BYU fans, Chad Lewis spoke at our Sunday Devotional. He talked about missionary experiences throughout his mission and football career. We also had to opportunity to hear from Elder Christofferson for our Tuesday Evening Devotional, which was broadcast across all the MTCs. He talked mainly about repentance, and also about being trusted by the Lord as well as our companions, investigators, members, and mission president. I also got to sing in the choir for the Tuesday Devotional with Sweet Hour of Prayer. (Elder Davis, you might have been able to see me) I haven't heard anything yet about the missionaries singing in General Conference this October, but I'll let you know if I'll be in the choir so you can look for me!

Our teachers have also told us some more interesting things about their missions in Kiribati. Apparently they eat pretty much anything that washes up on the shores, including whales! They also apparently like eating sea turtles.

We also got to host on Wednesday, which was pretty cool. Hosting involves picking up missionaries (for me, Elders) from the car drop off, helping with their luggage, and getting them to their residence and class. Apparently most people don't get to host that soon into their MTC stay, so I guess we got lucky.

I'd also like to say how much of a blessing it is that I can still run after all the trouble I had with my leg injury and the surgery for it. I had stopped running for a while before my mission to see how my leg would react. It held up just fine, but it was hard getting back into the habit of running. I just started again, and I've been reminded just how much I enjoyed running. It's helped a lot with clearing my mind and having more energy to last the whole day. I feel so blessed to have been able to recover from that injury and continue running without problems. I know the Lord's hand was in the recovery process after my surgery.

I also forgot to put my MTC mailing address in my previous emails, so here it is:

Elder Jared Paul Schoeny
OCT04 MRI-MAJ
2005 N 900 E Unit 136
Provo UT 84602

Thank you so much!

I tangiringkami ngai! I love you all!

Elder Schoeny

 Elders in our district, in front of the Provo Temple.

 The first pic is all of us at our favorite study spot.

The guy sticking his head through the door is one of our teachers. Just a fun pic.