Year 1, Week 1: My Purpose as a Missionary

Hey Everybody!

It is my first week in the MTC and feeling pretty good! I got here and they immediately threw me into a class. Every missionary has a phone so I can communicate that way as well as have a schedule. It's pretty useful, so I am grateful.

My companion is Elder Grant. He is from Cedar Hills so that is pretty cool. He loves soccer and he loves the gospel. He has a great testimony and I like him a lot. We get along great.

The first couple of days are just orientation but they are the longest three days of my life. I feel like I have been here forever, but it's only my fourth day. I am sharing a room with two other Elders, Elder Eqihua and Elder Nelson. They are really cool ,and we have a ton of fun together.

Spanish is hard but it's coming along slowly. I know how to say a prayer in Spanish so I only really pray in Spanish now. 

The food here is not very good which is rough because I love food. 

We had a really good lesson on our purpose as a missionary.  understand so much more now of what my purpose as a missionary is. We also had a lesson on the gift of tongues which really helped me get more comfortable in learning the language.

I know that as I work hard and have faith in Christ that he will bless me for it. I know that he will compensate for what I am not able to accomplish. I know that he answers prayers because he is helping me with the language. 

Well there will be more next week because it will be an actual week haha! Also there will be more pictures. 

-Elder Bushman

"God’s miracles are not happening just in Haiti, Thailand, or the Ivory Coast. Look around you. 'God is mindful of every people … ; yea, he numbereth his people, and his … mercy [is] over all the earth.'"

—Neil L. Andersen, "Thy Kingdom Come"