MOI MOI MTC!

Our District minus Vanhin Haws

Sister Dickerson and my relationship in a picture....

We escaped the MTC!

Moi! Hello friends! I hope all is well and that every day you see the good things in your life! This week has once again, been amazing! The highs were so great, and the lows just made me appreciate all the highs :) Some of my tender mercies this week were:

1) Hearing from Brother and Sister Zwick of the Seventy! Our Tuesday devotional was AMAZING! Sister Zwick spoke on patience and how we, as missionaries, are the resources, not the source. I loved that because its so true. I am just a tool of the Savior, but each day I strive to be the sharpest and most eager tool hes got :) Brother Zwick spoke on what matters most and shared with us 4 steps to be a builder of His Kingdom. One thing that stuck out to me was that he said that our faithful example of living the gospel will be more powerful than a lot of things we ever say.

As members of the LDS church, we are different. Everything we do should testify that we believe and follow Christs' example and teachings. We need to remember that with or without a name tag, what we do represents our beliefs. Choose the Right :)

2) All the flowers blooming at the Temple! I am so happy for flowers and spring and yummy smelling air! 

3) My Zone. Ok people. I have the BEST ZONE EVER! They seriously know how to bring the spirit, build you up and make you laugh so hard your sides hurt! I'm really gonna miss them all and I want them to know I love them all and wish them luck on their missions! Scandinavia is getting some fantastic people! 

4) Chiropractors. Yup. This week my back decided to protest all the sitting I have been doing and so I had to go see a chiropractor for the very first time! We left the MTC! It was weird driving by King Henry and seeing the places I ate at for dinner ( Wendy's mostly :P ). But it was fun to go and have a grown man pretty much sit on me, make my back and neck crack so many times it really shouldn't be healthy and then lay with little electrode things on my back for 15 minutes! Honestly that last part was great. I got about a 15 minute nap :) 

5) Something that my fellow Finn, Vanhin Jordan, said in class that really stuck out to me. He said,

" A ship in a harbor is safe, but that's not what a ship is built for."

As I prepare to leave the MTC this Monday and go to Finland, I have been so nervous. When you do literally the same exact thing each week, for 9 weeks straight, you start feeling pretty safe. Well, as I thought about all the new things I will be doing each day in a place where I don't speak the language too well, and I got scared. But when Vanhin Jordan said that, all I could think of was when Peter walked on water towards the Lord. When he saw his Savior, he called out and asked to come unto Christ. When Christ beckoned him, Peter didn't hesitate. He jumped out of that boat and walked on water. It was only when Peters' focus was not on the Savior, but on the tempests and storms around him that he started to sink. I want to be what the Savior wants me to be. I want to walk off that plane in Finland and never take my focus off the Savior because I know if I do, I will sink. I want to do what I came out on a mission to do. To invite others to come unto Christ.

 

 I love my Savior, and the Atonement that He provides. I know that because of Him, we have a perfect example to strive towards. That if we focus on Him, we will never sink, no matter how big the waves of life are.I thankful for my beautiful companion Sisar Dickerson and all I have learned from her sweet, kind, and caring example. It has been a blessing to learn here at the MTC. I will miss the cereal, the people and the Spirit I have felt each day. I am so excited to be in Finland and to teach the people I already love with all my heart! 

Moi Moi (goodbye!) MTC! You will be missed! 

Smile and see the good!

Sisar Phipps