If you've ever heard the phrase "The days turn to weeks and the weeks turn to days" relating to the MTC, it is completely true. But that doesn't necessarily mean a bad thing! Yes some days can be dreadfully long but definitely not boring! My testimony has been growing tenfold and I feel like I am becoming such a grown up it's super weird haha. And while the days are long, I feel like my three week stay here has been only a couple days. It feels like yesterday I was picking up my study materials and had no clue how to read Le Livre de Mormon en francais. Whenever I feel like I'm not progressing, I just look at how far I've come and it's incredible! I've said it before and I'll say it again. The Gift of Tongues is SO real. And I can't wait to be able to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of Cote d'Ivoire in their native tongue!
I'll just start with Elder Stevenson coming on Tuesday to give a devotional!!!! It was awesome to see an Apostle of God come and speak to us. And even more cool was that it was broadcasted to all of the other MTCs in the world! So my fellow Elders in the Ghana MTC and I could share a devotional which I thought was pretty cool. We sang in the choir for it with Nearer My God to Thee and it was crazy powerful! Plus Elder Young and I got on the big screen during the performance so we're famous now. Elder Stevenson spoke about the missionary toolkit and how our toolkit is much simpler than before coming on our missions. Last little bit about this is when Elder Stevenson entered the room, we were all singing I Know That My Redeemer Lives and the Spirit flooded the room and it gave me a solid witness that we have Apostles and a Prophet on the earth today and they are divinely directed by God and Jesus Christ.
My title is for when I am in class at night and the people walking or driving by can see inside our classroom. So me being right next to the window, I feel the need to wave at people and it's so fun! Sometimes they wave back or honk which makes it even more special haha.
My district got to be hosts on Wednesday! That means that we are the ones that rip the incoming missionaries from their families and start them on their missionary journey haha. It was such a cool experience because I remember my first day here and how crazy it was but it was nice to have someone there that knew his way around and could answer my questions. So it was cool to be on the other end of that experience. It was pretty awkward just standing there with a missionary's luggage watching them cry and hugging their family but other than that it was super fun!
The language has been getting more difficult for me this past week. I feel like I should be at a certain level with the language but I'm not there yet. I know it will come over time though!!!! I just need to have faith and keep studying hard and practice.
With the departing German districts leaving this past week, someone needed to take up the mantle of snack supplier and the title has been put upon me thanks to my amazing family sending me more than enough sweets haha. Seriously I think it's one of the biggest box I've seen here not to flex on you guys or anything. So now I have a big box of snacks also including contributions from my roommates and we feast almost as much as we feast upon the words of Christ.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK- We were throwing a frisbee around in our residence hall with our church clothes. We were being pretty goofy with our throws and then Elder Cortes lunges super far to throw it between his legs, and then I just hear the biggest and most defined rip I have ever heard in my life followed by Elder Cortes' "NOOOOOOO". I was on the floor crying it was hilarious. It was a tragedy because they were really nice pants.
I only have 16 days left here in the MTC. I still don't know for sure if I'll be going straight to Cote d'Ivoire but I am getting so excited to enter the field! It's super scary for sure but I believe that I will be protected and guided while serving the Lord.
This is Elder Perkins signing off.
Au Revoir
If you want to send him snail mail or a package at the Provo MTC, his departure is Sep 30, so please make sure your letter arrives by Sep 28:
Elder Kartchner Chase Perkins
SEP30 CDIV-ABIW
2005 N 900 E Unit 111
Provo UT 84602
SEP30 CDIV-ABIW
2005 N 900 E Unit 111
Provo UT 84602
So I sincerely apologize for my lack of pictures this week but honestly not much photo opportunities presented themselves this week so without further adieu...
The Baloonie Saga
1. Baloonie tries to sneak some snacks from our stache...bad Baloonie!
2. Baloonie grieves the death of his father(that was our first baloonie but he popped shortly thereafter) ~Probably won't continue because I'm running out of ideas~
3. Returning to the single day I've seen the Cote d'Ivoire flag flying
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