The MTC is like Hogwarts.

I love the MTC. I love my district so much. The only thing I worry about is that we might be having too much fun. One of my favorite quotes from this week was when one Elder said: "I think we were late today, when we walked in the teacher yelled 'TARDES!'" to which his companion replied: "No, Elder, he was saying 'Buenos Tardes' (Good Afternoon)" We couldn't stop laughing. My wonderful roomate Hermana Moss has also started a list of all the ways that the MTC is like Hogwarts. We were sorted into houses (zones) that we study with and eat with at all our meals. We have a uniform. One of our teachers is Lupin because he's everyone's favorite. More details about this list will come in another e-mail because I don't have very much time to write. However, I will say that I've been deemed "Hermione" because I am lucky enough to already know a good amount of Spanish and am able to help everyone else. P-Day is Friday while I'm in the MTC, just so you know.  The firesides here are AMAZING. We sang "We'll Bring the World His Truth" for one of the opening songs, but we changed the words from "We will be the Lord's missionaries" to "We are now the Lord's missionaries" and I swear every hermana in there started crying. As if that wasn't enough, ELDER HOLLAND walks in! Talk about an awesome first week. The MTC has it's low points too, though. We had our first day in the TRC (a place for missionaries to practice giving the discussions to pretend investigators) yesterday and it was so nerve wracking that I just cried for like an hour after. Although, also just between you and me, my teacher pulled me out and told me that our lesson was the best out of our district so I shouldn't be so hard on myself, we just had a really harsh investigator. I guess it can only go up from there though right? 

True to MTC fashion, it turned around because today we went to the Temple and of course it made me feel a ton better. My district honestly feels like family already. I love them. I love our whole zone. It's crazy how much I miss the other districts in our zone when they leave. I'm not sure I can send pictures from here, but I'll try and find out. If not, you'll just have to wait till I get to Chile, sorry. We have lots of good ones! I didn't have to give my talk on Sunday, but I feel like I'll probably have to soon. This week's topic is "The Ministry of Christ" so of course I just took my theme from the primary outline for this year (they gave us one in Spanish). I don't know what else to say, there's way too much fun stuff to write about. I love you all!

-Jamie

The First Letter.

The MTC is way WAY better than I thought it would be. It's so awesome. I have a great companion, Hermana Griffith, and we're basically the best of friends. Sadly, she's going to Guatemala, so she's leaving after three weeks and I'll be in a trio with the other two girls in our residence who are also going to Osorno. They are also really great though, so it's not that bad. Most of our district is going to Osorno, so I'll probably be seeing them throughout my 18 months. We've only been here three days and we're already really close. My Spanish is coming along a lot faster than I thought it would, mostly because random people will walk up to us and just start speaking to us in Spanish. Everyone is very patient and helpful and we've come a longgg way. We have to say all of our prayers in Spanish and our church meetings are conducted in Spanish. Everyone in our branch has to be prepared to give a 5 minute talk and then the branch president randomly calls a few missionaries to speak once we get there. This week's topic is hope- wish me luck. The food is good. We get up at 5:30 every morning to have an extra half hour of exercise that is especially for the sisters. Both our residence and our classroom are on the top floor of their respective buildings, so we are going to be so in shape by the time we leave. hah. If you want mail to get to me faster, the more specific address for me here is:

Hermana Jamie Lynn Gebara
MTC Mailbox #310
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, UT 84604

I leave the MTC on October 18th and I'll be back home on March 6th, 2012. Crazy.

Love,
Jamie

MTC.

Jamie has arrived at the MTC.

Write Me, Por Favor.

If you would like to write Sister Gebara, hereeeee's how! 


Sister Jamie Lynn Gebara
Chile Osorno Mission
Provo MTC
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604

Packages or Letters after October:
Sister Jamie Lynn Gebara
Chile Osorno Mission
Casilla 7-0
Osorno
Los Lagos
Chile


or dearelder.com 

Sister Jamie Gebara.