Last week in the MTC

Last week in the MTC

Hey Y'all. How are you?? Time is going so fast out here..Seriously the days feel like weeks, but the weeks go bye like days. I love it and hate it at the same time...but all in all...Life is very good. It is amazing here. I love the MTC. Pretty decent food, good basketball/volleyball games everyday, my Italian is coming, my companion is amazing, and I will be in ROME ITALY next week. I am so so so excited, but very nervous. We got our flight plans. We fly to Dallas, then To London, and then to Rome. We head out of the MTC at 3:30 in the morning next Tuesday from the MTC and head to the airport. WE have a 5 hour lay over in Dallas...SO I will call from there. I will also call from Salt lake sometime after 5 in the Morning...SO just be ready anytime after 5 mom and dad!! Can't believe it has already been 5 weeks. Seems like so long ago, but then again it seems like it was just yesterday.

We are getting a new MTC presidency this week and last night Elder Russell M Nelson from the Quorum of the 12 came and spoke. It was so good to hear from Him again!! He is amazing and when He walked into the Room....The whole spirit just changed. IT was sweeeeet for sure. He says to tell everyone back home hello for him. SO Elder Nelson says Hello! I sang in the choir last night again and it was way fun. The choir is like my favorite thing here...It is fun! 

So I just wanna bare my testimony on The Savior...

I love the Savior. He truly is the Savior of the World. He came to earth to fulfill His Fathers will. I know that with the Savior that we are never alone. He is always near. "Christ will succor His people." Succor means...To Run To. He will never leave us Comfortless. I have grown a whole new love for The Savior since I have been a missionary. I know that He will never leave us comfortless. "Be Still, My Soul...The Lord is on Thy Side." We are destined for Greatness. Everyone single one of us. No one, ever in this world, is Destined to fail. With the Savior of the World on our side..Anything that is logical, is Perfectly Possible. His atonement is Infinite. His love is infinite. He loves us even when we fell we don't deserve it. I know that He suffered in The Garden, and The next day was Nailed to a Cross. My name, Your names, and the people of Italy's names are engraved upon the Scars in His hands, wrists, and feet. He saved us.

He was betrayed, denied, accused, rejected, bound, scourged, rocked, reviled, spit on, forsaken, and crucified.

He did His Fathers will, He Atoned, He Healed, He held His Peace, He Forgave, He gave His life.

He is Risen. 

This life is hard. I think we all know that...but Heavenly Father doesn't give us these hard times to punish or hurt us. He is simply trying to mold us into who He needs us to be in this life. When we are Hurt, is when we Grow and Change. When this life beats you down to your knees, you are in the perfect position to pray He is the only one that Knows are True Full Potential, and He is the only one That Can Get us to our True Full Potential. When this life gets hard, and I promise that it will....Lean on the Savior. I promise He is there. He will always be there and Has always been there. He has a perfect plan for every single one of us. All of us... Sometimes we need to realize that His Plans are much more important then our Mortal Dreams. When we turn ourselves over to God...He works wonders and miracles in our Lives. He can turn us into a person that we never thought we could become, and also take us places that we never even dreamed of going.

"Pray He is There, Speak He is listening, You are His Child, His Love now Surrounds You"

Lean on the Savior. He is there.

His love is infinite. 

 

SO yeah...Things are good. You guys are in my prayers!! I can't wait to talk to you soon. I am so so so excited for this next week. It is going to be SWEET! Also....The last day for me to receive mail is Friday, because the Post Office is closed on Monday. And the last day that I can recieve dear elders is on Friday... If you would like me to call you send me your number in a dear elder and I will call you next Tuesday!! I cant wait to call!! 

I love you so so so so much!!!! Missionary work is so amazing and I can't wait to get to Rome. My Italian continues to get better and better slowly. It is a beautiful language.

Have an amazing week. I love you so much. Always remember that. I pray for you Health, Safety, and Protection. I LOVE YOU.

elder jardee nessen

anima mia ( "Be still, My soul" in Italian)