This is Elder Devon Tomlinson if you were wondering. I'm at the MTC in Provo, UT. Tomorrow marks 4 weeks out of my 6 weeks that I will be here. If anyone wants to sent me anything by mail my address is:
Elder Devon Austin Tomlinson
MAR17 BRA-RIO
2007 N 900 Unit 46
Provo UT 84602
My time here at the MTC has been amazing. The spirit is so strong. Its amazing how the lord works with the spirit to bring to pass so many things. The language is moving at a very fast past. By the second week you are are already carrying on conversations. Last Saturday my companion and I had to to teach our investigator (our teacher acting). We had taught this investigator about 4 times now but he had no desire to carry on. My companion and I were stuck. So every Saturday we get to go to the temple and we decided to pray for our investigator will all our hearts asking the lord for guidance on what to teach him. After the temple the spirit was so strong. My companion and I were ready to teach the lesson. We head into the room and begin with a pray and right away our investigator begins to tear up. We asked if he was okay and he replied with a short "I'm good" and we continued to teach the lesson. I began teaching about prayer and the importance that it has in our lives. The investigator, David, had told us that he didn't believe in God, so I taught him about the first vision of Joseph Smith and about how he is a great example about praying to know the true and answers to your questions. I was being guided but the spirit like crazy. The spirit was showing me what to say in Portuguese. Words were just rolling off my tongue, the gift of tongues is so true. But then I realized that I was talking the whole time and didn't let my companion speak at all so I turn to him and all he does is give me a thumbs up and end with baring my testimony. David (our investigator) ended by baring he testimony about how he knows what we are talking about are true and then prayed to know if it was true. I'm grateful for the spirit and the role that it plays in my life.
I apologize for how short this letter is. I have tons to do on PDAY! Its crazy how much they put you to work. Please send letters. I can read and write letters any day of the week so it would be amazing to hear from anyone :)
I love you all :)
Sincerely,
Elder Devon Tomlinson
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